This year's Carnival was a great success from various aspects. Not only did it attract larger crowds than usual and the participants' works was of higher quality but a number of  new float-makers also took part for the first time.

Carnival artistic director Jason Busuttil, said: "Carnival was a huge success this year. Valletta was so full of people during the past weekend that you could barely move. Even on Monday morning, when usually less people attend because of work, St George's Square was still full of people. This year the judges are going to find it hard to choose the winner as everyone presented work of high quality: floats, costumes and dance choreographies. It's going to be a tough competition."

He also mentioned how even the new events were successful.

"The Carnival in Hamrun was also a success. We didn't expect so many people. St Joseph's High Street was full and this encourages us to extend Carnival to further localities, not limit it only to Valletta," explained Mr Busuttil.

He added the workshops beneath Pjazza Teatru Rjal were always busy with children working with paper-mâché and the candy float was a great attraction. It is a miniature float with all the mechanisms of a normal float but built from sweets. Mr Busuttil wishes that more confectioners would participate in next year's exhibition.

Il-Qarcilla too is increasing in popularity as this year it was performed twice during Carnival, while in the past years it was only performed once.

The best Carnival costume was organised on Tuesday by the Arts Council Malta in Piazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta. The competition was aimed at children and youths 5-16 years old and was divided in two categories according to age groups.