Gerard James Borg

Template:Short description Gerard James Borg is a Maltese songwriter, author, and concept creator. He is well known for writing multiple songs that competed in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Borg has written six of the Maltese entries for the annual Eurovision Song Contest with composer Philip Vella. Their song "7th Wonder" sung by Ira Losco gave Malta 2nd place in the contest. This was the first time Malta reached 2nd place and it is the country's best result in the contest so far, alongside the 2nd place earned by Chiara with the song "Angel" in 2005. Borg and Vella also penned the song "Reaching Higher" as the official theme for the 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe which were held in Malta that year. Some of their compositions have also done well in foreign charts.

Borg has also co-written the song "Shine" which represented Russia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and wrote songs for several national finals in other countries which include France, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Borg has also written blog-style articles for the Times of Malta, and been interviewed for the Maltese newspaper by journalist Ramona Depares. Some of his fashion designs appeared on the German fashion publication Burda.

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest entries

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Vertigo dress rehearsal in Helsinki 2007

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Julie and Ludwig performing "On Again... Off Again" at Istanbul (2004)

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Morena performing "Vodka" at Belgrade (2008)

• Desire by Claudette Pace (Malta 2000)
• 7th Wonder by Ira Losco (Malta 2002)
• On Again... Off Again by Julie & Ludwig (Malta 2004)
• Vertigo by Olivia Lewis (Malta 2007)
• Vodka by Morena (Malta 2008)
• Shine by Tolmachevy Twins (Russia 2014)
• Breathlessly by Claudia Faniello (Malta 2017)

National final entries

Country	Contest	Year	Song	Artists	Placing	Sources
Belgium	Eurosong	2006	Beyond You	Vanessa Chinitor	7th place in Quarterfinal
		2008	Décadance	Femme Fatale	3rd place in Quarterfinal
Bulgaria	EuroBGVision 2006	2006	Wish	Neda Karova and Da	8th place
France	Les chansons d'abord	2014	Ma liberté	Joanna	unknown whether 2nd or 3rd in the final
Greece	Ellinikós Telikós 2011	2011	It's All Greek To Me	Antigoni Psihrami	4th place
Iceland	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins	2008	I Wanna Manicure	Hara Sisters	eliminated before the final
		2011	Ég trúi à betra líf	Magni Ásgeirsson	2nd place
Malta	Malta Song for Europe	1999	Breathless	Claudette Pace	5th place
		2000	Shine	Ira Losco	6th place
			Desire	Claudette Pace	1st place (8th at ESC 2000)
		2001	Spellbound	Ira Losco	2nd place
		2002	Dazzle Me	Paula	5th place
			7th Wonder	Ira Losco	1st place (2nd at ESC 2002)
		2003	Superstitious	Natasha & Charlene	5th place
		2004	Tango 4 Two	Keith Camilleri	6th place
			On Again... Off Again	Julie & Ludwig	1st place (12th at ESC 2004)
		2005	Déjà vu	Olivia Lewis	2nd place
		2006	Amazing	AnnaBelle	14th place
		2007	My Love	Isabelle Zammit	10th place in Semifinal
			Night Wish	AnnaBelle	12th place in Semifinal
			Vertigo	Olivia Lewis	1st place (25th in semifinal at ESC 2007)
		2008	Tangled	Jessica Muscat	eliminated in Semifinal
			Throw Your Stones	Daniela Vella	eliminated in Semifinal
			Superhero	Klinsmann	eliminated in Semifinal
			Casanova	Morena	5th place
			Vodka	Morena	1st place (14th in semifinal at ESC 2008)
	GO Malta EuroSong	2009	Kamikaze Lover	Baklava	18th place
			Typical Me	Alison Ellul	8th place
			Crossroads	Raquela	11th place
		2010	Fired Up	Foxy Federation	18th place
			Samsara	Claudia Faniello	8th place
			Three Little Words	Ruth Portelli	8th place
	Malta Eurovision Song Contest	2011	Movie In My Mind	Claudia Faniello	9th place
			Love Me Like Your Money	Kelly Schembri	15th place
			Moondance	Baklava	6th place
			Heart Of Glass	Cherise	eliminated in Semifinal
		2012	Autobiography	Dorothy Bezzina	8th place
			DNA	Romina Mamo	eliminated in Semifinal
			Pure	Claudia Faniello	2nd place
		2013	Fall Like Rome	Richard Edwards	13th place
			Love-o-holic	Deborah C	9th place
			Loverdose	Melanie Zammit	eliminated in Semifinal
			Starting From The End	Dorothy Bezzina	15th place
			The Remedy	Klinsmann Coleiro	eliminated in Semifinal
			Ultraviolet	Jessika	8th place
			Overrated	Marilena	eliminated in Semifinal
			Dress Rehearsal	Saska Hunt	withdrawn from competition
		2014	Hypnotica	Jessika	8th place (Winner of Public Televote Award and TVM Award)
			Invisible	Raquel Galdes	eliminated in Semifinal
			Lovetricity	Christabelle Borg	8th place
			Oblivion	Chris Grech	13th place
		2015	Fandango	Jessika	9th place
		2016	The Flame	Jessika	7th place
		2017	Breathlessly	Claudia Faniello	1st place (16th in second semi-final at ESC 2017)
		2022	Aphrodisiac	Jessica Grech	eliminated in Semifinal
			Electric Indigo	Baklava ft. Nicole	15th place
			Kaleidoscope	Jessica Muscat	17th place
The Netherlands	Nationaal Songfestival	2003	Heatwave	Ebonique	4th place
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix	2005	Velvet Blue	Kathrine Strugstad	5th place
		2006	Absolutely Fabulous	Queentastic	3rd place
		2010	Million Dollar Baby	Belinda Braza	eliminated in Semifinal
Romania	Selecţia Naţională Eurovision	2007	Lovestruck	Indiggo	disqualified
		2012	Girls Don't Cry	Ioana Bianca Anuta	4th place
			The Best A Man Can Get	Lucian Oros	9th place
Russia	Kto?	2014	Shine	Tolmachevy Sisters	Chosen by internal selection after national contest was abandoned. (7th in ESC 2014)
Spain	Destino Eurovisión	2011	Golden Cadillac	(no artist assigned)	eliminated in Song selection prior to Final

Publications

Gerard James Borg has published 5 novels.

• Sliema Wives (2013)
• Madliena Married Men (2015)
• Bormla Babes: Behind the Scenes (2017)
• Tigné Point Bachelors (2019)
• Sliema Wives: The New Breed (2021)

Borg's debut novel Sliema Wives is a local best seller and it peaked at number one after one week of its release. Part of the proceeds from the book were donated to local charity Puttinu Cares. Similarly, Madliena Married Men also reached the number one spot in the local bestseller list.

External links

• Official facebook site