Sebastian Calleja
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Sebastian Calleja representing Malta at the OGAE Eurovision Song Contest in Berlin Germany 2016
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 3, 1998 |
| Origin | Qormi, Malta |
| Genres | Pop |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Sebastian Calleja (born 3 July 1998) is a Maltese singer. He started his singing career at the age of 11. He studied voice and in March 2016 he placed 1st in the Trinity College of London vocal exam. His vocal coach is Glen Vella. Calleja is a resident singer on 'Hadd Ghalik' which is aired on the national Maltese television channel TVM. He also played main roles in various musicals on the local stage, including 'Aida', 'Rumpilstilskin', 'Barnuza Blu', 'Katrin tal-Imdina', 'The Pantomime Sossy u Tezor Mitluf', 'Carmen', 'Dracula' and 'Star Child'. In 2016, he also was chosen (together with other 5 local singers) to be part of the song and music video for the Maltese version of the World Youth Day Song 2016 - 'Henjin li jhennu'.
Sebastian Calleja debuted in the Maltese selections for the San Remo Junior Contest in 2014 with the cover version of Ronan Keating's song 'If tomorrow never comes'. He was chosen as one of the finalist to represent Malta in Italy's San Remo Junior. In Sanremo, Italy he was one of the finalists in the competition where he competed with other singers from various countries around Europe.
The following year, in 2015, he was invited as a guest (together with the other singers who participated in San Remo Junior 2014) to perform again during the 2015 San Remo Junior. For this occasion he performed his version of 'Cara Mia' together with the Artemocion Malta dancers.
Sebastian Calleja was also chosen from the Maltese selections to represent Malta in the Microfono D'Oro 2014, held in Mirandola, Italy, with the cover version of Paolo Meneguzzi's song 'Era Stupendo', where he placed 2nd from 25 competing artists from different countries.
Sebastian Calleja was chosen to represent Malta in the OGAE Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Berlin. He won this event by performing his version of 'Golden Boy'. He placed 1st with the jury's votes and 2nd in the viewers votes, giving him the overall winning score of 216, leaving Portugal in 2nd place with 205 and Italy in 3rd with 172 points.
The OGAE Germany held this event in Berlin, Germany, with the partner fan club of The Netherlands, with pre-conferences and parties, with the main event on the 16th July. 12 singers competed to win this event, each representing different countries but the general idea is to spend a whole weekend together with the Eurovision Community, have parties as well as a Gala, get together and meet the other fans and celebrate Eurovision.
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