Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) has released the 16 names who will be performing their entries in the final phase of the Maltese national final.
PBS had already announced the list of the 30 songs that had qualified for the last stage before the final. The finalists were determined behind closed doors over three days of auditions and were performed before a jury of seven foreign judges. Today the names have been released !
The 16 finalist songs are:
| 1 | Dai Laga | Aidan |
| 2 | We Can Run | Avenue Sky |
| 3 | Heart Of Gold | Brooke Borg |
| 4 | Taboo | Christabelle Borg |
| 5 | One Step At A Time | Danica Muscat |
| 6 | Turn It Up | Deborah C |
| 7 | Back to Life | Eleanor Cassar |
| 8 | Supernovas | Jasmine Abela |
| 9 | Love Renegade | Lawrence Gray |
| 10 | Call 2morrow | Matthew Anthony |
| 11 | Breaking Point | Mikhail Attard and Cherylis Camilleri |
| 12 | Rocket | Miriana Conte |
| 13 | Evolution | Petra |
| 14 | Beyond Blue Horizons | Rhiannon Micallef |
| 15 | Song For Dad | Richard & Joe Micallef |
| 16 | First Time | Tiziana Calleja |
The competition will consist of sixteen entries competing in a national final which will take place in February 2018. The winner will be decided solely by a public televoting.