Aidan Cassar

Aidan Cassar (; born 17 December 1999), known mononymously as Aidan (stylized as AIDAN), is a Maltese singer and songwriter. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Bella".

Career In 2015, Aidan competed in the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest. In 2018, he competed in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dai Laga". Following reports that the song, originally described as an original composition, had used a publicly available production beat and could have potentially violated Eurovision rules, it was revamped and re-released so it would not be disqualified. The song placed fourth in the contest. Afterwards, he participated in the X Factor Malta. In 2020 he wrote "Anywhere" for Leah Mifsud, which placed 2nd in Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest that year.

His single "Naħseb Fik" has been compared to "Tick Tock" by Clean Bandit and Mabel and was said to have a similar chord progression. He denied the beat and melody were plagiarised. The song was entered into the Mużika Mużika song festival in 2021, it was the first time he has written a song in Maltese and performed in Maltese. The music video won music video of the year at Lovin Malta Social Media Awards in 2021. The song went on to top the Maltese Radio airplay charts for three weeks, and Aidan was later invited to perform it at the London Eurovision Party. He was also the Maltese jury spokesperson at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

On 24 July 2022, he performed the songs "Naħseb Fik" and "Ritmu" during the Isle of MTV 2022 festival in Floriana.

In 2023, he entered the Malta Eurovision Song Contest again with the song "Reġina". He was disqualified from the contest allegedly due to social media posts about his song which were not allowed by Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). He threatened PBS with legal action but went on to perform a medley of his songs in the interval.

Aidan tried attempted to represent Malta again, by entering the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Bella" and won, which enabled him to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. He placed 8th in the Second Semi-Final, thus qualifying and ended up placing 18th in the final with 89 points.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums Title Details This Is Aidan Released: 31 March 2023 Label: Self-published Format: digital download Cowboys Don't Cry Released: 20 March 2026 Label: Self-published Format: digital download

Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Details Wild, Wild, Wild Released: 7 March 2025 Label: Self-published Format: digital download

Singles Other charted songs +List of songs with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album "Pupa" 20231 This Is Aidan "Strawberry"1 "Juliette" 2024 9