Walk on Water (Ira Losco Song)

Walk on water
Ira Losco
publication	17th March 2016
length	3:03
Genre (s)	pop
Author (s)	Lisa Desmond Tim Larsson Tobias Lundgren Molly Pettersson Hammar Ira Losco
Label	Warner Music Sweden

Walk on Water is a song by the Maltese singer Ira Losco . With this song she represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 .

Background and publication

Ira Losco sings "Walk on Water" at the ESC 2016

Walk on Water  by Ira Losco became known as the Maltese entry for the  Eurovision Song Contest 2016  on March 14, 2016. Before that, Ira Losco won the Maltese preliminary round Malta Eurovision 2016 with the song Chameleon (Invincible) on January 23, 2016. The rules of the Maltese broadcaster PBS allow the winner to change the winning song in whole or in part with the consent of the composer.

A jury selected  Walk on Water as the Maltese entry. The song was released on March 17, 2016 along with the official music video. The song was published on April 8, 2016 on music platforms such as iTunes , Spotify , Amazon etc. and is available there as a download or purchase. With a third place in the semifinals, she was able to qualify for the final with the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and reached a 12th place in the final.

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed in Gozo  and at St. Paul's Bay Malta in early March 2016  . The music video was made available on March 17th on the official Eurovision website.

Others

• Ira Losco represented her country Malta already at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn and landed on place 2 with "7th Wonder".
• The Swedish singer  Molly Petterson Hammar , who   took part in  the Melodifestivalen in 2015 and 2016  , is one of the authors of the contribution.
• Ira Losco received the most points of the national juries in the first semifinals and was therefore first place in the jury evaluation. In the final she came fourth in the jury, while she only came 21st in the televoting.

credentials

1. ^ Malta sends Ira Losco to Stockholm. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved April 5, 2016 (UK English). 
2. ↑ Malta considers which song Ira Losco will perform in Stockholm. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved April 5, 2016 (UK English). 
3. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Watch the music video of 'Walk on Water' - TVM News. In: TVM News. Retrieved April 5, 2016 (American English). 
4. ^ Malta: Ira Losco presents "Walk On Water". In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved April 5, 2016 (UK English). 
5. ↑ Eurovision 2016 Semi-final 1 Results. Retrieved October 2, 2016 (American English). 
6. ↑ “Walk on Water” - Malta's song for Eurovision 2016 - TVM News. In: TVM News. Retrieved April 5, 2016 (American English). 

predecessor	Office	successor
Warrior ( Amber )	Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016	Breathlessly ( Claudia Faniello )