Among the selected competing artists was former Maltese Junior Eurovision entrant Marilena who represented Malta in the 2004 contest as part of the group Young Talent Team. Among the songwriters, Alfred C. Sant, Elton Zarb, Marc Paelinck, Paul Abela, Ray Aguis, Gerard James Borg and Philip Vella were all past writers of Maltese Eurovision entries. Paul Giordimaina represented Malta in the 1991 edition and together with Fleur Balzan co-wrote the Maltese entry in 2011; Dan Attlerud and Thomas Thörnholm co-wrote the Norwegian entry in 2004; Johan Bejerholm co-wrote the Azerbaijani entry in 2009; co-wrote seven Eurovision entries for various countries, including the winning Swedish entry in 2012.