Chiara had the distinction of joining an unusually extensive list of 2005 competitors who had competed previously in the contest, including Iceland's 1999 runner-up Selma, and Greece's Helena Paparizou, who in the 2001 contest was lead singer of third-placed Antique. Chiara came second in the Contest with 192 points, putting her ahead of Malta's only other Eurovision runner-up, Ira Losco and making "Angel" the most successful Maltese entry of all time. One scholarly study has claimed that, were it not for the effects of regional "bloc" voting, Chiara would have won the Contest.