Background
Federica Falzon was born on 17 February 2003 in a rural village named Ħal Safi.
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She represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 on home soil with the song "Diamonds", and placed 4th. She has been interested in music for most of her life, and has started singing at age 8. Her grandpa took her to karaoke clubs where most people encouraged her to take singing lessons.
In 2011, Falzon sang in front of an audience for the first time at Festa Hiliet.
There, she sang two songs - "Sailing" by Rod Stewart, and "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson. Federica started out as a country-popular singer, but discovered her passion for opera music through her singing tutor and mentor Gillian Attard from Malta"s Louisiana Voix Academy.
On 18 July, Falzon was one of the guest performers in the annual concert held on the Granaries Floriana by Maltese tenor and internationally acclaimed Joseph Calleja. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
On 15 November 2014, Federica represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 on home soil.
According to lyricist Matt Muxu Mercieca, the song talks about how Federica finds her “way out of the storm” and how “together we can all shine, like diamonds in the sky.” The song placed 4th with 116 points.
Achievements
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Falzon has also taken part in Sanremo D.O.C. and won Radiotelevisione Italiana United Nations Organization"s Ti lascio una canzone 2014, despite not knowing any Italian when she arrived in Italy. In November 2013, Falzon won Ghanja Gmiel is-Seba Noti with an original song titled "Ilwien il-Holqien" (Nature"s colours). In July 2014, Falzon performed a cover of Conchita Wurst"s "Rise Like a Phoenix" alongside Junior Eurovision 2013 winner Gaia Cauchi at the Malta Football Association Awards.
