Georgina Abela (born 23 April 1959) is a
Maltese singer and musician. She is best known for representing
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
in the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
on several occasions, either as an entrant,
backing vocalist
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...
or composer. She is married to fellow composer Paul Abela.
She is popular in her country and she has taken part in many song festivals around the world.
Eurovision
See also
*
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in . The contest is broadcast in Malta on the PBS channel, TVM. Malta has yet to win the contest, but is the only non-winning country to have achieved four top th ...
References
External links
The official site of the Eurovision Song Contest
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abela, Georgina
Living people
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Malta
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1991
1959 births