Kurt Calleja

Kurt Calleja (born 5 May 1989) is a Maltese singer-songwriter. On February 4, 2012, Calleja won the Maltese national final to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, with his entry, "This is the Night". Following four years of training under Brian Cefai, Kurt took a gamble and went for a year in London. While he was there he performed in Clubs like Tiger and Tiger and Host. The King’s Arms and Bada Bing where amongst other places in which he occasionally gave a performance. Back in Malta he started off as a backing vocalist on a television programme and landed a solo on another television station. In 2010, he took part in the Malta Song for Europe in a duet alongside Priscilla Psaila with the song "Waterfall". In the following year, he performed ‘Over and Over’, which he wrote alongside the Swedish, Johan J’amtberg, as a lead singer with his own supporting band. The song earned many plaudits in the process however it placed 3rd. The supporting band consists of Kevin Calleja (rhythm/acoustic guitar), Rebecca Spiteri (drums), Christian Calleja (lead guitar), David Baldacchino (bass) and the backing vocal Walther Anthony. Following the success of 'Over and Over' Kurt released his the Single on the 16th March 2011 at Barcelona Lounge in Paceville. Alongside a performance of the released single; Kurt was also signing copies of the single that were bought on the day. Following which the single could also be bought from local music retail outlets. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.