) ▁Ol ga ▁Sal am ak ha ▁( Bel arus ) ▁Carlo ▁Borg ▁B ona ci ▁( Mal ta ) ▁ ▁Pre par ation ▁On ▁ 2 ▁March , ▁Be zz ina ▁travel led ▁to ▁Armen ia ▁to ▁promote ▁the ▁M alt ese ▁entry ▁during ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁national ▁final . ▁ ▁At ▁Euro vision ▁ ▁Mal ta ▁was ▁allocated ▁to ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁semi - final ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁May ▁for ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁May . ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁semi - final , ▁the ▁produ cers ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁decided ▁that ▁Mal ta ▁would ▁perform ▁ 6 th , ▁following ▁Finland ▁and ▁preceding ▁Bulg aria . ▁On ▁stage , ▁Gian lu ca ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁two ▁backing ▁vocal ists , ▁Louise ▁Ann ▁Bu ge ja ▁T ate ▁and ▁Sam aria ▁Be zz ina , ▁backing ▁vocal ist ▁and ▁uk ule le ▁player , ▁Ken ny ▁D ' U go , ▁backing ▁vocal ist ▁and ▁bass ▁player , ▁Gabriel ▁Cass ar ▁and ▁drum mer ▁Chris ▁T ate . ▁ ▁Mal ta ▁qualified ▁from ▁the ▁second ▁semi - final , ▁placing ▁ 4 th ▁and ▁scoring ▁ 1 1 8 ▁points . ▁At ▁the ▁second ▁semi - final ▁w inners ' ▁press ▁conference , ▁Mal ta ▁was ▁allocated ▁to ▁perform ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁final . ▁In ▁the ▁final , ▁the ▁produ cers ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁decided ▁that ▁Mal ta ▁would ▁perform ▁ 9 th , ▁following ▁Bel arus ▁and ▁preceding ▁Russia .