Chris and Moira
Chris & Moira were a Maltese duo, formed by Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna. They were best known for representing Malta in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.
Life and career
Stafrace was born in Malta in 1970. At the age of 12 she started her singing career.[citation needed] She bought a guitar and she started to sing with many bands. She took part in numerous festivals where she won many awards.[citation needed] In 1992 she was given the award for Best Personality in the music industry of her country.[citation needed] In 1993 she met and fell in love with a guitarist, Chris Scicluna.
Scicluna was born in Malta in 1959 and started music studies at the age of 8 and spent most of the 1980s freelancing in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] He recorded his first album in 1979, 'Starlights' as a singer composer with a band. In 1990 'Ever Changing Moods' was released by a band called Getting Closer. One of the songs from Getting Closer's second album 'This Time' was chosen to represent Malta in the 1993 Eurovision with William Mangion. In this event Chris met Moira and in 1994 composed the music for the song More than Love, which represented their country at the contest in Dublin. They ranked 5th with 97 points – one of the best results for Malta.[1]
In 1999, the duo returned to Eurovision, this time writing a song entitled Believe 'n Peace for the girlband Times Three. The leading singer of the group was Moira's sister. Both Chris and Moira were on stage as backing vocalists.
Scicluna died in February 2022, at the age of 62.[2]
Stafrace participated in the Maltese national selection for Eurovision 2024 with her song "Feather Flight", however she did not progress past the semi finals.[3]
References
External links
- Eurovision Song Contest Today Unofficial Site
- The official site of the Eurovision Song Contest
- Chris and Moira discography at Discogs
See also
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Preceded by William Mangion with "This Time" | Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | Succeeded by Mike Spiteri with "Keep Me in Mind" |
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- Amber
- Sarah Bonnici
- The Busker
- Kurt Calleja
- Chiara
- Lynn Chircop
- Christabelle
- Chris and Moira
- Destiny
- Claudia Faniello
- Fabrizio Faniello
- Firelight
- Ludwig Galea
- Thea Garrett
- Georgina
- Gianluca
- Paul Giordimaina
- Joe Grech
- Helen and Joseph
- Olivia Lewis
- Ira Losco
- William Mangion
- Michela
- Miriam Christine
- Morena
- Emma Muscat
- Claudette Pace
- Renato
- Debbie Scerri
- Mary Spiteri
- Mike Spiteri
- Times Three
- Glen Vella
- Julie Zahra
- "7th Wonder"
"All of My Love"- "Angel"
- "Another Summer Night"
- "Believe 'n Peace"
- "Breathlessly"
- "Chameleon"
- "Coming Home"
- "Could It Be"
- Dance (Our Own Party)
- "Desire"
- "I Am What I Am"
- "I Do"
- "L-imħabba"
- "In a Woman's Heart"
- "Je me casse"
- "Keep Me In Mind"
- "Let Me Fly"
- "Little Child"
- "Loop"
- "Marija l-Maltija"
- "More Than Love"
- "My Dream"
- "On Again... Off Again"
- "One Life"
- "The One That I Love"
- "Singing This Song"
- "Taboo"
- "This Is the Night"
- "This Time"
- "To Dream Again"
- "Tomorrow"
- "Vertigo"
- "Vodka"
- "Walk on Water"
- "Warrior"
- "What If We"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Malta did not compete