Malta’s The Busker finished in last place in the first Eurovision semi-final last Tuesday, the full results of the competition show.

Representing the country with the funky ‘Dance (Our Own Party)’, The Busker only managed to muster three points, which left them in 15^th place out of 15 countries in the semi-final.

Two of the points came from Israel, while the remaining point came from the Rest of the World vote.

Malta was handed a tough semi-final draw: Four out of the countries who finished in the top 6 in Saturday’s Grand Final – eventual winners Sweden, runners-up Finland, bronze medallists Israel and 5^th place Norway – all emerged from Malta’s semi-final.

The only two countries who placed in the top 6 not to come from that semi-final were Italy and Ukraine, who both qualified for the Grand Final automatically.

The last-placed finish was still unexpected, however.

It was Serbia which qualified for the Grand Final in the final place with 37 points.  Latvia were close behind with 34 points in 11^th place – but there was then a significant gap to the remining four countries.

Ireland finished 12^th with 10 points, the Netherlands finished 13^th with 7 points, Azerbaijan finished 14^th with 4 points, and Malta propped up the rankings with 3 points.

It is one of Malta’s worst ever results in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first time that the country has finished in last place in a semi-final.

Malta has now only qualified for the Grand Final twice since 2017 – with Michela Pace’s ‘Chameleon’ in 2019 and Destiny’s ‘Je me Casse’ in 2021.

Despite their early exit, after the band failed to qualify for the finals, ending their experience at the first semi-finals in Liverpool, David "Dav.Jr" Meilak, Jean Paul Borg and Sean Meachen said on Wednesday that participating was a great experience.

The band also said that they were not disheartened, and filled with courage from the constant support pouring in from Maltese fans.

"We know how, every year, there are people who say it is useless participating. Remove that mentality from your minds. We have started with 1,200 followers on Instagram, and now we have reached 14,000. This was an opportunity for people to at least get to know who we are," Meilak said.