Our ANGEL in Kyiv

Eurovision 2005: Chiara - Angel
Chiara earned a 2nd place for Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Well done Chiara!

Pictures from Chiara's Eurovision Adventure in KYIV. >Click Here<
Pictures from Eurovision 2005 finalists on stage.
Pictures from Eurovision 2005 semi-finalists on stage. These are the pictures from Chiara's performances in Kyiv at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005:

Final dress rehearsal: Saturday 21st May 2005:

First dress rehearsal: Friday 20th May 2005:

These are the pictures from Chiara's performances in Kyiv at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005:

First technical rehearsal: Monday 16th May 2005:

Second technical rehearsal: Tuesday 17th May 2005:

The ANGEL Tour

The Maltese entry for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Angel was released as a cd-single on Sunday 24th April at Baystreet. In the meantime, the Maltese performer, Chiara is in the middle of her promotional tour, which so far included visits to Greece, Cyprus, Belarus and Lithuania.

Chiara 'The Voice'
The Maltese performer for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, Chiara has been nicknamed The Voice by many journalists whom she is meeting in her pre-Eurovision promotional tour. It seems that the Maltese Delegation was delighted by this nickname and has included it in all its official promotional material, including the singer's profile on the official Eurovision Song Contest website, eurovision.tv.

Interview with Chiara
In the meantime OGAE Malta met Chiara for an interview about the Angel promo tour. Chiara described the experience of her first visit in Greece as a truly magical one. "It was my test to see how foreigners would react on the song I'm presenting for my Eurovision come back. They even gave me a standing ovation at the end. The reaction is truly magical and the feeling is thrilling," Chiara described.

She says that people were clapping enthusiastically throughout her song and a magical atmosphere was created in the large hall. It was also the place where she met Helena (Greece), Glennis (Netherlands), Marian (Andorra), Alcazar (Swedish selections) and Zelijko (Serbia & Montenegro 2004) for the first time. She met Constantinos for the second time, after meeting him for the first time in Malta during the Maltese national finals at MCC, Valletta.

Trips to Cyprus, Greece, Belarus and Lithuania
Her second stop was Cyprus, where she was interviewed on various television and radio stations. She visited Greece for the second time and she describes this experience as even better than the one before. "I was taken to the Acropolis in the middle of the night thanks to Fotis, from oikotimes.com, who I really would like to thank for making this possible for me and my team," Chiara said. She was on MAD TV and the experience was once again very positive for her, with youths giving her all the support for her Eurovision entry.

Next in line was the trip which left her luggageless. She arrived in Belarus via Gatwick airport. Luggages were re-directed back to Malta instead of Belarus. In Belarus she was once again interviewed on various radio and television stations. "In Belarus I was fascinated by the architecture and buildings I saw around me. I was even shown the buildings hosting KGB," explained Chiara.

The Maltese singer travelled by coach from Belarus to Lithuania. She met many fans of the Eurovision Song Contest in Lithuania, who all seemed to be awed by her voice. "They were even calling me The Voice", Chiara remarked. She met Aiste', one of the Lithuanian semifinalists, who was really helpful toward luggageless Chiara. "Aiste' was really nice to me. She gave me her make-up kit and told me this is all I can help you with." Chiara was taken to a discoteque where she had to perform her song Angel. She remarked that she was really afraid at first that youths wouldn't appreciate such a slow song in a discoteque. Instead, a romantic atmosphere was created and couples were dancing together whilst others were lighting their lighters, as in open air concerts.

Trips to Bulgaria, Romania, Israel and Netherlands cancelled
Chiara has now taken a short break from her Eurovision promotional tour. She confirmed that the trips to Bulgaria and Romania were cancelled because she needed a short break for personal matters. The trip to Israel was cancelled by Maltasong because of the current instability in flights, to and from this country. Seems that even Cypriot singer, Constantinos, encountered some problems when visiting Israel lately. The trip to Netherlands was cancelled by the Dutch TV show. Chiara was invited for an interview on a popular Dutch TV show, which interview was cancelled in due course, so Chiara had to give up visiting Netherlands as part of her busy promo-tour.

Cd-single released on 24th April, Baystreet
The single release was held at Baystreet, St Julians, where press and fans gathered to see Chiara. The Maltese representative for Kyiv performed Angel and signed singles for her fans.
Chiara's cd single Angel, includes the following tracks:
1. Angel - written by Chiara Siracusa
2. Another piece of my heart - written by Anders Dannvik
3. Don't wanna let me go - written by Marc and Dirk Paelinck

You can order your cd-single Angel by sending an email here

To Croatia, Belgium and the United Kingdom
Soon after the launch of the cd-single, Angel, Chiara will continue her promotional tour, taking her to Croatia, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

Croatia
26th April: Landing in ZAGREB airport at 19:20 (Flight LH2484M from Frankfurt)

27 April: Appearance on Croatian TV at 17:00

28 April: Departure from ZAGREB airport at 11:40 to Brussels (Flight SN5502K)

Belgium
28 April: Landing in BRUSSELS airport at 13:24 (flight SN5502K.
Chiara will be at the Radisson SAS in Antwerpen where she will also visit the City Centre.

28 April: Evening: ANTWERPEN - recording interview Chiara with ‘EurovisiO’ on ORadio (www.oradio.be) to be aired on Sunday 1st May between noon and 1pm, live through the net also.

28 April: Night: Salsa Party for Chiara!

29 April: Chiara at National Television Building in Brussels for the following interviews:
14.00h - 14.30h : Press interview : Het Nieuwsblad (1.000.000 readers daily)
16.00h - 16.30h : Press interview : Het Belang Van Limburg (500.000 readers daily)
16.30h - 17.00h : Site Interview : Showbizzsite : influential music site (10.000 visitors per day)
17.00h - 17.30h : Press interview : TV Story (800.000 readers weekly)

30 April: 07.00h : soundcheck for Radio 2 'Niets Is Zeker' in Amerikaans theater (Brussels.

30 April: 08:00-10:00am - live show on Radio2 (streamed live via www.radio2.be)
Chiara will perform live, followed by a short interview. This show has an audience of 800.000 listeners.

30 April: 10.00 - 11:00am : Interview with the biggest magazine Dag Allemaal with a circulation of over 1 million copies

30 April: 15:25h : Departure Brussels - Destination Heathrow

(Thanks to Olivier Vanhoutte from Eurosong.be for the schedule from Belgium)

United Kingdom
30 April: Landing in HEATHROW airport (flight BA 295V)

1 May : 10.00 am on ITV talkshow, together with other Eurovision participants.

2 May: Departure Heathrow - Destination Malta at 21:00 (Flight KM 103N)

(Thanks to Maurice Siracusa, Martin Gauci Maltasong & Olivier Vanhoutte eurosong.be for Chiara's Promotional tour schedule)

She will to return to Malta on 3rd May at 01:10 (from Heathrow). There are other countries she is planning to visit before the Eurovision Song Contest, but these are still to be confirmed.

Chiara is now signed to BMG-SONY GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) who will take care of the launch of her upcoming album, Here I am and also a re-launch of the cd-single Angel for their territory. Chiara is also planning a concert for the period just after the Eurovision Song Contest. Concert details cannot be unveiled yet because discussions are still underway.

Chiara's favourites
Asked about her favourite entries from this year, Chiara told OGAE Malta that she still hasn't heard all entries but from the ones she heard so far her favourite entries are the ones from Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands. Chiara is very fond of her own entry and is looking forward to her experience in Kyiv.

Chiara is also very happy that bookmakers and fans are agreeing about a final position of the song, though she thinks that all depends on the performance in Kyiv. Like many other performers this year, Chiara has a secret card up her sleeve for the performance in Kyiv, which card she doesn't want to disclose, yet!

Eurovision Radio
Hear more about Chiara's promo tour on Eurovision radio show on Super One Radio 92.7 Fm every Wednesday night at 20:45 CET
Listen to the show live by clicking HERE