Gerard James Borg

Gerard James Borg is a Maltese songwriter, author, and concept creator.

Borg has written six of the Maltese entries for the annual Eurovision Song Contest with composer Philip Vella. Their song "7th Wonder" sung by Ira Losco gave Malta 2nd place in the contest. This was the first time Malta reached 2nd place and it is the country's best result in the contest so far, alongside the 2nd place earned by Chiara with the song "Angel" in 2005. Borg and Vella also penned the song "Reaching Higher" as the official theme for the 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe which were held in Malta that year. Some of their compositions have also done well in foreign charts.

Borg has also co-written the song "Shine" which represented Russia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and wrote songs for several national finals in other countries which include France, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Bulgaria, and Romania. and been interviewed for the Maltese newspaper by journalist Ramona Depares. Some of his fashion designs appeared on the German fashion publication Burda. 2008 Décadance Femme Fatale 3rd place in Quarterfinal Bulgaria EuroBGVision 2006 2006 Wish Neda Karova and Da 8th place France Les chansons d'abord 2014 Ma liberté Joanna unknown whether 2nd or 3rd in the final Greece Ellinikós Telikós 2011 2011 It's All Greek To Me Antigoni Psihrami 4th place

2008 I Wanna Manicure Hara Sisters eliminated before the final 2011 Ég trúi à betra líf Magni Ásgeirsson 2nd place

1999 Breathless Claudette Pace 5th place

Shine Ira Losco 6th place

Desire Claudette Pace 1st place (8th at ESC 2000) 2001 Spellbound Ira Losco 2nd place

Dazzle Me Paula 5th place

7th Wonder Ira Losco 1st place (2nd at ESC 2002) 2003 Superstitious Natasha & Charlene 5th place

Tango 4 Two Keith Camilleri 6th place

On Again... Off Again Julie & Ludwig 1st place (12th at ESC 2004) 2005 Déjà vu Olivia Lewis 2nd place 2006 Amazing AnnaBelle 14th place

My Love Isabelle Zammit 10th place in Semifinal

Night Wish AnnaBelle 12th place in Semifinal Vertigo Olivia Lewis 1st place (25th in semifinal at ESC 2007)

Tangled Jessica Muscat eliminated in Semifinal

Throw Your Stones Daniela Vella eliminated in Semifinal Superhero Klinsmann eliminated in Semifinal Casanova Morena 5th place Vodka Morena 1st place (14th in semifinal at ESC 2008)

Kamikaze Lover Baklava 18th place

Typical Me Alison Ellul 8th place Crossroads Raquela 11th place

Fired Up Foxy Federation 18th place

Samsara Claudia Faniello 8th place Three Little Words Ruth Portelli 8th place

Movie In My Mind Claudia Faniello 9th place

Love Me Like Your Money Kelly Schembri 15th place Moondance Baklava 6th place Heart Of Glass Cherise eliminated in Semifinal

Autobiography Dorothy Bezzina 8th place

DNA Romina Mamo eliminated in Semifinal Pure Claudia Faniello 2nd place

Fall Like Rome Richard Edwards 13th place

Love-o-holic Deborah C 9th place Loverdose Melanie Zammit eliminated in Semifinal Starting From The End Dorothy Bezzina 15th place The Remedy Klinsmann Coleiro eliminated in Semifinal Ultraviolet Jessika 8th place Overrated Marilena eliminated in Semifinal Dress Rehearsal Saska Hunt withdrawn from competition

Hypnotica Jessika 8th place (Winner of Public Televote Award and TVM Award)

Invisible Raquel Galdes eliminated in Semifinal Lovetricity Christabelle Borg 8th place Oblivion Chris Grech 13th place 2015 Fandango Jessika 9th place 2016 The Flame Jessika 7th place 2017 Breathlessly Claudia Faniello 1st place (16th in second semi-final at ESC 2017)

Aphrodisiac Jessica Grech eliminated in Semifinal

Electric Indigo Baklava ft. Nicole 15th place Kaleidoscope Jessica Muscat 17th place The Netherlands Nationaal Songfestival 2003 Heatwave Ebonique 4th place

2005 Velvet Blue Kathrine Strugstad 5th place 2006 Absolutely Fabulous Queentastic 3rd place 2010 Million Dollar Baby Belinda Braza eliminated in Semifinal

2007 Lovestruck Indiggo disqualified

Girls Don't Cry Ioana Bianca Anuta 4th place

The Best A Man Can Get Lucian Oros 9th place Russia Kto? 2014 Shine Tolmachevy Sisters Chosen by internal selection after national contest was abandoned. (7th in ESC 2014) Spain Destino Eurovisión 2011 Golden Cadillac (no artist assigned) eliminated in Song selection prior to Final Publications Gerard James Borg has published 5 novels. Sliema Wives (2013) Madliena Married Men (2015) Bormla Babes: Behind the Scenes (2017) Tigné Point Bachelors (2019) Sliema Wives: The New Breed (2021) The Divorce Party (2024)

Borg's debut novel Sliema Wives is a local best seller and it peaked at number one after one week of its release. Part of the proceeds from the book were donated to local charity Puttinu Cares. Similarly, Madliena Married Men also reached the number one spot in the local bestseller list.