Christabelle Borg (born 28 April 1992), sometimes known as simply Christabelle, is a Maltese singer, songwriter, and television presenter. She represented Malta in the

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, with the song "

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", but failed to qualify to the final, finishing in 13th place with 101 points".

Early life

Borg was born on 1992 in

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. She later studied music at

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, graduating in 2014. Afterwards, she studied accounting at the

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and graduated with a Master's degree in 2015.

Career

Borg began her career as a teenager, hosting the Maltese television shows ''Teen Trouble'' and ''Teen Traffic''. In 2005 she tried to represent Malta in the

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with the song "Going wild". In 2014, Borg took part in '' Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014'' with the song "Lovetricity", placing eighth in the final. She returned to the competition in

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with the song "Rush" and

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with the song "Kingdom", placing second and fourth, respectively. In 2018, she returned to ''

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'' for the fourth time with the song "

", winning the competition. She represented Malta in the

Discography

Singles

References

External links

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