I Am What I Am (Emma Muscat song) explained

I Am What I Am
Cover:	I Am What I Am (Emma Muscat song) cover.png
Alt:	The official cover for "I Am What I Am"
Border:	yes
Type:	single
Artist:	Emma Muscat
Ep:	I Am Emma
Language:	English
Released:	14 March 2022
Length:	3:02
Label:	Warner Music Italy
Misc:	Embed: yes Song: "I Am What I Am" Year: 2022 Country: Malta Artist: Emma Muscat Language: English Place Semi: 16th Points Semi: 47 Prev: Je me casse Prev Year: 2021 Prev Link: Je me casse Next: Dance (Our Own Party) Next Year: 2023 Next Link: Dance (Our Own Party)

"I Am What I Am" is a 2022 song by Maltese singer Emma Muscat. The song was released on 14 March 2022, as a replacement for Muscat's previous entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, "Out of Sight". The song represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 after Muscat won Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Malta's national final.

Release

The song was released on 14 March 2022, after heavy speculation that Muscat would change her song.^[1] According to the rules of the contest, the winner could send any song they wished, and could change it if they wanted to.^{[2] [3]}

Swedish singer Dotter, fiancée of Dino Medanhodžić, one of the song's composers, provides backing vocals on the studio version of the song.^[4]

Eurovision Song Contest

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Malta was placed into the second semi-final, held on 12 May 2022, and performed sixth, in the first half of the show.^{[5] [6]} it had finished 16th out of 18 in semi 2, with 27 points by the jury (12th) and 20 points by the televote (15th), making Muscat's entry the first ever NQ in both juries and televotes for Malta.

Charts

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Peak position
Malta (BMAT PRS)^[7]	1

See also

• List of number-one singles of the 2020s (Malta)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diacono . Tim . 2022-03-13 . Listen: Emma Muscat's Potential 'New Eurovision Song' Has Been Leaked . 2022-03-14 . Lovin Malta . en-GB.
2. Web site: 2022-03-14 . Malta: Emma Muscat will sing "I AM WHAT I AM" at Eurovision 2022 . 2022-03-14 . wiwibloggs . en-US.
3. Web site: Grace . Emily . 2022-03-14 . Malta: Emma Muscat Confirms "I Am What I Am" As New Eurovision 2022 Entry . 2022-03-14 . Eurovoix . en-GB.
4. Web site: 2022-03-14 . Rumours are true: Emma Muscat will sing "I Am What I Am" for Malta . 2022-04-20 . ESCXTRA.com . en-GB.
5. Web site: 2022-01-25 . Eurovision 2022: Which Semi-Final is your country performing in? . 2022-01-25 . Eurovision.tv . EBU.
6. Web site: 25 January 2022 . Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Second Semi-Final . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220329180357/https://eurovision.tv/event/turin-2022/second-semi-final . 29 March 2022 . Eurovision.tv . EBU . 16 April 2022 .
7. Web site: 2022-05-01 . PRS Malta on Facebook: BMAT PRS Malta Top 10 Airplay Chart - 29 April 2022 . January 7, 2023 . The Malta Independent. English.