Malta’s Eurovision hopeful Destiny has been given the all-clear to take part in the song contest’s semi-final tomorrow after she and the Maltese delegation tested negative for Covid-19.

Destiny, who is one of the favourites to win the competition, was forced to miss the Eurovision’s opening ceremony on Monday after a member of the Polish delegation tested positive for Covid-19.

While nobody had any symptoms, the Maltese delegation did not take part in the Turquoise Carpet event on Monday and were also PCR tested as a safety precaution.

The same procedure was applied to the Romanian delegation, which is staying in the same hotel.

All the members of the Maltese and Romanian delegations tested negative for the virus.

“Both these delegations will be welcomed to the arena today for rehearsals following negative results from the routine test this morning, as is normal procedure”, the Eurovision said in a statement on Monday afternoon.

Destiny will perform in the first semi-final on Tuesday, singing last. 

She is expected to breeze through the semi-final and into Saturday’s Grand Final, where she, according to the bookies, stands a great chance at becoming the first Maltese winner of the song contest in history.