Claudia Faniello will be representing Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the Malta competition last night.

Faniello placed first at the Malta event with her song Breathlessly.

It was her ninth participation at the festival.

She obtained 4,996 points, and was followed in second place by Janice Mangion on 4,544 points with her song Kewkba, while Kevin Borg finished in third place with his song Follow on 2,502.

The Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Ukraine in May.