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Chiara Siracusa

Chiara Siracusa, billed as Chiara, sang at three Eurovision Song Contests, in 1998, 2005 and 2009, for Malta. The best result was 2nd place in 2005, with “Angel”.

who
Maltese singer
born
25 September 1976, Senglea, Malta
billed as
Chiara
contests
1998, 2005, 2009
best result
2nd, 2005
music
pop
active
since 1998
sang for
Malta

Biography

Chiara is a Maltese singer who has sung for Malta three times: “The One That I Love” finished third in Birmingham in 1998, “Angel” finished second in Kyiv in 2005, and “What If We” finished 22nd in Moscow in 2009.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Chiara Siracusa”.

At Eurovision

Three songs, oldest first, and what became of each.

  1. 1998 Birmingham

    Malta

    “The One That I Love”

    3rd of 25 Finished 3rd of 25, with 165 points.

    Billed as
    Chiara
    Sung in
    English
    Written by
    Sunny Aquilina, Jason Paul Cassar
    Running order
    10th of 25
    Age on the night
    21
    Won that year
    Israel: Dana International, “Diva (דיווה)”

    The story of Eurovision 1998: Dana International, under armed guard, and the public's first verdict

  2. 2005 Kyiv

    Malta

    “Angel”

    2nd of 24 Finished 2nd of 24 in the final, with 192 points.

    Billed as
    Chiara
    Sung in
    English
    Written by
    Chiara Siracusa
    Running order
    3rd of 24 in the final
    Age on the night
    28
    Won that year
    Greece: Helena Paparizou, “My Number One”

    The story of Eurovision 2005: The fiftieth contest, and the Big Four at the bottom

  3. 2009 Moscow

    Malta

    “What If We”

    22nd of 25 Finished 22nd of 25 in the final, with 31 points.

    Billed as
    Chiara
    Sung in
    English
    Written by
    Gregory Bilsen, Marc Paelinck
    Running order
    14th of 25 in the final
    Semi-final
    6th of 18, 86 points
    Age on the night
    32
    Won that year
    Norway: Alexander Rybak, “Fairytale”

    The story of Eurovision 2009: A pun on Putin, voters called in for questioning, and a record win

In our contest stories

What we wrote about Chiara Siracusa, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1998 The result

    She won. "Diva" finished on 172 points. The United Kingdom's Imaani had 166 and Malta's Chiara 165: three songs within seven points of each other at the top.

  • 2005 The result

    Malta's Chiara had now equalled her country's best result. Romania, which had won the semi-final, was third in the final, its best ever. Moldova came sixth at the first time of asking.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.