World Song Contest

53 countries took part in the 58th edition of the World Song Contest. No semi finals were organised: all songs were directly qualified as a gift for the end of the year 2009, this editions started in December.

Among the participants, two former WSC winners. Pati Yang represented Poland and managed to reached the 8th position. Pati Yang won the contest back in WSC. 20. South Africa also called back their winners of WSC .30. Freshlyground didn't reached the top 10, but got a respectable 13th position.

After F.Y.R. of Macedonia in WSC .54, Belarus in WSC .56 and Malaysia in WSC .57, another country with usually poor results in WSC was going to win. When it was revealed that Carrie Haber would represented Malta with "Me Oh My", it became one of the clear favorites. And the song didn't disappointed. This time the competition came from Oceania, with Australia and New Zealand, and from Ireland. But Malta kept the lead and finally won the contest with 124 points. Australia and New Zealand came second and third.

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THE WINNER

Country: Malta
Artist(s): Carrie Haber
Song: Me Oh My

Singer, songwriter and pianist Carrie Haber was brought up in the tiny island of Malta, which floats at the heart of the Mediterranean sea. She started studying piano at the age of five and wrote her first song when only 10. Her beautiful home was her inspiration and she took her time to develop her piano, singing and song-writing skills, determined to settle for nothing less than the best results. When the time was right she decided to move to London, which is where she now resides. At the Malta Music Awards 2009, Carrie won two important awards - Best Female Award and the Best Songwriter award.  During the same night she gave an outstanding performance of her hit single, 'Me oh my'.