Eurovision Awards 2022: The Winners!

From Wednesday 30 November to Sunday 4 December, the Eurovision audience had the opportunity to vote for their favorite entries among 10 categories through the official Eurovision Instagram account. A few hours ago, the winners of these categories for the Eurovision Awards 2022 were announced, as they emerged after tens of thousands of votes in just a few days.

The Results

Most Innovative Staging

  • Rosa Linn – Snap / Armenia
  • We Are Domi – Lights Off / Czech Republic
  • The Rasmus – Jezebel / Finland
  • Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano / Serbia  WINNER 

Best Vocals

  • Nadir Rustamli / Azerbaijan
  • Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord / Greece
  • Ochman / Poland  WINNER 
  • Cornelia Jakobs / Sweden

Best Prop

  • Georgia – Miniature Circus
  • San Marino – Mechanical Bull   WINNER 
  • Slovenia – Enormous Disco Ball
  • United Kingdom – Space Cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmX64N_sXM&feature=emb_title

Best Non-Qualifier

  • Ronela Hajati – Sekret / Albania   WINNER 
  • Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure / Croatia
  • Andromache – Ela / Cyprus
  • Andrea – Circles / North Macedonia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jWXmo0-ZjI&feature=emb_title

Best Lyrics

  • Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi / Italy
  • Maro – Saudade, Saudade / Portugal
  • Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano / Serbia   WINNER 
  • Kalush Orchestra – Stefania / Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcu0wEc32Cg&feature=emb_title

Best Look

  • Sheldon Riley / Australia
  • Monika Liu / Lithuania
  • Subwoolfer / Norway   WINNER 
  • Kalush Orchestra / Ukraine

Best Hair presented by MoroccanOil

  • Monika Liu / Lithuania   WINNER 
  • WRS / Romania
  • Chanel / Spain
  • Sam Ryder / United Kingdom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqSTVJhD44&feature=emb_title

Best Official Video

  • LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – Halo / Austria
  • Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – Trenulețul / Moldova
  • S10 – De Diepte / Netherlands
  • Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN / United Kingdom   WINNER 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udsMTb2NIak

Best Choreography

  • Michael Ben David / Israel
  • Subwoolfer / Norway
  • Konstrakta / Serbia
  • Chanel / Spain   WINNER 

Best Moment

  • Sam Ryder consoles Marius Bear
  • Alessandro’s green screen segment
  • Laura Pausini sings Nel blu, dipinto di blu
  • Ukraine’s televote results   WINNER 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1fl60ypdLs&feature=emb_title

Below you can see the results through the official Eurovision channel on Youtube:

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Source: eurovision.tv

Eurovision 2022: These are the 50 most-watched performances on YouTube!

For yet another year, just some hours before the New Year, Eurovision TV reveales the 50 songs that got the most views throught the year, on the contest’s official YouTube channel.

On the list, there are 13 winning songs, while 23 more from the 40 songs that took part in Eurovision 2022.

Let’s see the songs that the TOP 50: Most watched in 2022 is consisted of:

50) 🇱🇻 Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad” – Latvia 2022 

49) 🇦🇿 Efendi – “Mata Hari” – Azerbaijan 2021

48) 🇫🇮 Blind Channel – “Dark Side” – Finland 2021

47) 🇦🇿 Nadir Rustamli – “Fade To Black” – Azerbaijan 2022

46) 🇬🇷 Helena Paparizou – “My Number One” – Greece 2005

45) 🇹🇷 Mor ve Ötesi – “Deli” – Turkey 2008

44) 🇫🇮 The Rasmus – “Jezebel” – Finland 2022

43) 🇷🇸 Marija Šerifović – “Molitva”– Serbia 2007

42) 🇩🇪 Lena – “Satellite” – Germany 2010

41) 🇸🇪 Måns Zelmerlöw – “Heroes”– Sweden 2015

40. 🇲🇩 Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira – “Run Away” – Moldova 2010

39) 🇮🇹 Mahmood – “Soldi” – Italy 2019

38) 🇬🇷 Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – “Die Together” – Greece 2022

37) 🇧🇪 Jérémie Makiese – “Miss You” – Belgium 2022 

36) 🇺🇦 Ruslana – “Wild Dances” – Ukraine  2004

35) 🇷🇺 Sergey Lazarev – “You Are The Only One” – Russia 2016

34) 🇦🇿 Aysel and Arash – “Always” – Azerbaijan 2009

33) 🇺🇦 Jamala – “1944” – Ukraine 2016

32) 🇷🇺 Manizha – “Russian Woman” – Russia 2021

31) 🇵🇹 MARO – “saudade, saudade” – Portugal 2022

30) 🇩🇪 Malik Harris – “Rockstars” – Germany 2022

29) 🇫🇷 Barbara Pravi – “Voilà” – France 2021

28) 🇵🇱 Ochman – “River” – Poland 2022

27) 🇫🇮 Lordi – “Hard Rock Hallelujah” – Finland 2006

26) 🇸🇪 Loreen – “Euphoria” – Sweden 2012

25) 🇨🇾 Eleni Foureira – “Fuego” – Cyprus 2018

24) 🇨🇾 Andromache – “Ela” – Cyprus 2022

23) 🇫🇷 Alvan & Ahez – “Fulenn” – France 2022

22) 🇹🇷 maNga – “We Could Be The Same” – Turkey 2010

21) 🇳🇱 Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” – Netherlands 2019

20) 🇸🇪 Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer” – Sweden 2022

19) 🇺🇦 Verka Serduchka – “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” – Ukraine 2007

18) 🇹🇷 Hadise – “Düm Tek Tek” – Turkey 2009

17) 🇦🇹 LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – “Halo” – Austria 2022

16) 🇲🇩 Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – “Trenulețul” – Moldova 2022

15) 🇳🇱 S10 – “De Diepte” – Netherlands 2022

14) 🇮🇹 Mahmood & BLANCO – “Brividi” – Italy 2022

13) 🇦🇱 Ronela Hajati –“Sekret” – Albania 2022

12) 🇮🇱 Netta – “TOY” – Israel 2018

11) 🇦🇲 Rosa Linn – “Snap” – Armenia 2022

10)🇷🇸 Konstrakta – ”In Corpore Sano” – Σερβία 2022

9)🇷🇴 WRS – ”Llámame” – Ρουμανία 2022

8)🇺🇦 Go_A – ”Shum” – Ουκρανία 2021

7)🇳🇴 Alexander Rybak – ”Fairytale” – Νορβηγία 2009

6) 🇮🇹 Måneskin – ”Zitti E Buoni’‘ – Ιταλία 2021

5) 🇳🇴 Subwoolfer – ”Give That Wolf A Banana” – Νορβηγία 2022

4)🇬🇧 Sam Ryder – ”SPACE MAN” – Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο 2022

3)🇷🇺 Little Big – ”Uno” – Ρωσία 2020

2)🇪🇸 Chanel – ”SloMo” – Ισπανία 2022

1)🇺🇦 Kalush Orchestra – ”Stefania” – Ουκρανία 2022

 

What do you think of the TOP 50, do you agree with the results? Write us in the comments below!

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Germany: New information on the national final “Unser Lied für Liverpool 2023”!

New information about the German national final for Eurovision 2023 “Unser Lied für Liverpool” (“Our song for Liverpool”) is given to us by Thomas Mohr and Marcel Stober in their podcast “ESC Update“.

Specifically, the selection process takes place in three stages, in the first of which the candidate songs for participation in the national final have already been evaluated by a jury made up of the ARD-ESC close team as well as other experts. Therefore, in addition to the editorial team for Eurovision with members, among others, the head of the German mission Alexandra Wolfslast and the editor Stefan Leidner, the committee also included representatives of eurovision.de (eg Marcel Stober) and representatives of the radio (eg Thomas Mohr ). The purpose of this committee was to involve people who deal with Eurovision and have the necessary knowledge about it. The jury heard and selected the best from around 600 entries at its meeting on December 9, with the exact number of entries not yet known.

In the second stage of the selection process, the songs selected by the jury will be presented to a second international panel of experts, whose members and selection criteria remain unknown. A similar international committee was used, however, in the process of selecting the country from 2018 until 2021, which did not vote but expressed its opinion regarding the candidate songs.

In the third and final stage of the process, the closest editorial team, the aforementioned ARD-ESC will select which (possibly seven) entries will participate in the national final, along with one entry that will be determined by a vote on TikTok.

Regarding the date and venue of the national final, which channel will broadcast it and who will be the presenters, relevant announcements are expected to be made in early January, according to the NRD press office.

Germany was represented at Eurovision 2022 by Malik Harris, who took last place in the final with the song Rockstars.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the German participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

source: ESC Kompakt

6 songs and over 50 Eurovision artists nominated in the Serbian Music Awards!

After two years of absence due to the healthcare crisis, the Music Awards Ceremony 2023 of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia will return on January 25 and 26.

The purpose of the event is “to celebrate artistic creativity and the development of the music industry in the region”. The countries of origin of the nominees are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.

This year, the valid nominated songs are those released between 01.10.2021 and 15.10.2022.

A quick glance at the shortlists reveals several names that are familiar to fans of the Contest. Let’s take a closer look at them by category:

Pop-Folk

  • Hurricane (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Ajde bre’
  • Ksenija Knežević (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Hir’
  • Sanja Vučić (Serbia 2016, 2020, 2021) – ‘Omađijan’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Pop-Folk

Music Video

  • Angellina (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Oko moje’
  • Dino Merlin (Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999, 2011) – ‘Krive Karte’
  • Karolina Gočeva (North Macedonia 2002, 2007) – ‘Od nebo do dno’
  • Konstrakta – ‘In Corpore Sano’ (Serbia 2022)
  • Sanja Vučić (Serbia 2016, 2020, 2021) – ‘Omađijan’
  • Sara Jo (Serbia 2013, participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Divlja’
  • Severina (Croatia 2006) ft. Azis – ‘Fališ mi’
  • Vladana – ‘Breathe’ (Montenegro 2022)

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Music Video

Female Pop

  • Colonia (participated in Croatia’s national selection in 2020‘Nijanse crvene’
  • Danijela Martinović (Croatia 1998) – ‘FORTUNATA’
  • Doris Dragović (Yugoslavia 1986, Croatia 1999) – ‘Sve smo mogli imat’
  • Franka (Croatia 2018) – ‘Priča o nama’
  • Ivona – ‘Znam’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Jelena Tomašević (Serbia 2008) – ‘Ne žalim’
  • Karolina Gočeva (North Macedonia 2002, 2007) – ‘Od nebo do dno’
  • Marija Mikić (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Kombinacije’
  • Maya Sar (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012) – ‘Ljubav’
  • Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure (Croatia 2022)
  • Nevena Božović (Serbia 2013, 2019) – ‘Kraj’
  • Nina Badrić (Croatia 2012) – ‘Pamtim’
  • Tijana Bogićević (Serbia 2017) – ‘Blizu’
  • Tijana Dapćević – ‘Ljubi, ljubi’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2020, North Macedonia 2014)
  • Vladana – ‘Breathe’ (Montenegro 2022)

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Female Pop

Male Pop

  • Boris Subotić – ‘Vrati mi’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)
  • BQL – ‘Maj’ (participated in Slovenia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Damir Kedžo (Croatia 2020) – ‘Kad ljubav’
  • Dino Merlin (Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999, 2011) – ‘Krive Karte’
  • LPS – ‘Disko’ (Slovenia 2022)
  • Sergej Ćetković (Montenegro 2014) – ‘Ne odlaziš’
  • Tony Cetinski (Croatia 1994) – ‘Čuvam ljubav’
  • Vasil (Northern Macedonia 2020, 2021) – Dangerous Waters
  • Zdravko Čočić (Yugoslavia 1973) – ‘Sto dukata’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Male Pop

Alternative Pop

  • Andrea – ‘Circles’ (North Macedonia 2022)
  • Luma – ‘All in’ (participated in Slovenia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Eye Cue (North Macedonia 2018) – ‘Zavedi me’
  • Konstrakta – ‘In Corpore Sano’ (Serbia 2022)
  • Sara Jo (Serbia 2013, participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Zar ne’
  • zalagasper (Slovenia 2019) – ‘oblike oblakov’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Alternative Pop

Folk

  • Aca Lukas (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Jednom’
  • Neda Ukraden (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2020) – ‘Lavanda’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Narodna

Rock 

  • Joker Out (Slovenia 2023) – ‘Barve Oceana’
  • Lift – ‘Drama’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Rock

Balkan Trap

  • Angellina – ‘Origami’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Hurricane (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Legalan’
  • Ivana Boom Nikolić (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Ispočetka’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Balkan Trap

Urban Pop

  • Albina (Croatia 2021) – ‘Plači, mila’
  • Andrija Jo (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2020) – ‘Bez kompromisa’
  • Angellina (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Oko moje’
  • July Jones – ‘Girls Can Do Anything’ (participated in Slovenia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Mia – ‘Blanko’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Mia Guček – ‘Independiente’ (participated in Slovenia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Sara Jo – ‘Muškarčina’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)
  • Zorja (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘Lavine’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Urban Pop

New Age Collaboration

  • Franka (Croatia 2018) ft. Sara Jo (Serbia 2013, participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022) – ‘On’
  • Severina (Croatia 2006) ft. Azis – ‘Fališ mi’
  • Teodora ft. Hurricane (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Kontroverzne’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: New Age Collab

World Music

  • Vasil (North Macedonia 2020, 2021) – Ave Maria (Caccini)
  • Zorja – ‘Zorja’ (participated in Serbia’s national selection in 2022)

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: World Music

Viral

  • Hurricane (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Legalan’
  • Konstrakta – ‘In Corpore Sano’ (Serbia 2022)
  • Sanja Vučić (Serbia 2016, 2020, 2021) – ‘Omađijan’
  • Severina (Croatia 2006) ft. Azis – ‘Fališ mi’
  • Teodora ft. Hurricane (Serbia 2020. 2021) – ‘Kontroverzne’

You can easily vote by subscribing to the channel and liking the entry you want to support in the playlist below: Viral

Did you remember the artists above? Did you vote in a category? Did a nomination or category catch your eye? Let us know in the comments!

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Martin Österdahl: “The decision to exclude Russia from Eurovision was hard”!

The executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest said the decision to exclude Russia in 2022 was “hard”.

In a recent interview, Martin Österdahl, the executive supervisor of Eurovision, said although the contest was not political it must always reflect the basic values of democracy.

Martin Österdahl made the comments whilst speaking to Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, who was guest editing the flagship UK radio show, BBC’s Today program.

Asked if the decision to exclude Russia from the contest earlier this year was hard, Osterdahl replied:

Albania: “Duje” to remain in Albanian for Eurovision 2023!

A few days ago, Festivali i Këngës 61 ended with Albina & Familja Kelmendi being the ones who received the ticket to represent Albania in the Eurovision 2023 contest, with the song “Duje“.

Speaking to RTSH, Albina made revelations about the song “Duje” in Eurovision 2023. In an interview with Albania’s public broadcaster, Albina confirmed that “Duje” will remain in Albanian, meaning that Albania is one of the countries that chooses its own language in Eurovision every year since 2018.

However, one more tradition of the country that will continue in 2023 is that the song will be revamped ahead of the competition this May in Liverpool as she revealed.

Below, watch the winning performance of Albina & Familja Kelmendi, with the song “Duje” that will represent Albania at Eurovision 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZxe3Ce6yEI

Watch the Eurovisionfun team react to Albina & Familja Kelmendi with the song  “Duje”, Albania’s entry for Eurovision 2023!

Source: Eurovision Albania

What do you think will be the fate of Albania in Eurovision 2023? Tell us in the comments below!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all developments regarding Albania’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Romania: Listen to the songs for Selecţia Naţională 2023!

The songs that will represent Romania in this years Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool have just been released!

You can listen to the nominated songs below:

  1. Adriana Moraru – “Faralaes
  2. Aledaida – “Bla Bla Bla
  3. AMIA – Puppet
  4. Andrada Popa – “No time for me
  5. Andreea D Folclor Orchestra – Periniţa mea
  6. Deiona – “Call on me
  7. Erin Dăneţ – “Bad & cool
  8. Maryliss – “Hai Vino
  9. Ocean Drive – “Take you home
  10. Andrei Duțu – “Statues
  11. Steven Roho x Gabriella x Formaţia Albatros – “Lele
  12. Theodor Andrei – “D.G.T. (Off and on)

The Selecţia Nacională 2023 final will take place on February 11, 2023 and will be broadcast live from TVRs studios. The winner will be decided solely by audience vote, with voting opening during the show.

Last years Selecţia Nţională winner was WRS who withLlamamebrought Romania to the final for the first time since 2017!

https://youtu.be/nPpuwy79sHs

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Slovenia: Joker Out! recorded their entry for Eurovision 2023!

Slovenia was the fourth country to announce its representative for Eurovision 2023. Pop/rock band Joker Out! were internally selected by  Slovenia’s public television RTVSLO, something that came as a surprise since the country has selected Eurovision entries through national finals, apart from once.

Joker Out! consists of Bojan Cvjetićanin, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh, Jure Maček and Martin Jurkovič . They have already released four singles and a full length album since 2016 when they were formed. They are one of the most popular Slovenian artists in recent years. In 2020 they won the award for the best new artist, and in 2021 for the artist of the year! All their concerts are sold out, while they recently released a single in Serbian, aiming to target a broader market in the former Yugoslavia region.

Through an Instagram post, the band announced that they have finished recording their Eurovision entry. The song was recorded in Hamburg at the Cloud Hills Studio. Lyrics will be in Slovenian and the entry will be released on February 4th.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Joker Out (@joker_out_official)

Are you excited to hear the Slovenian entry for Eurovision 2023? Let us know in the comments!

Greece: These are the results of the vote of the Audience Jury!

Yesterday, Wednesday 28/12, the 70 members of the Audience Jury heard for the first time the 7 candidate songs of ERT for Eurovision 2023. In a well-organized process by all accounts, we also have a first fairly reliable picture of the voting results. Eurovisionfun having contacted many of the committee members, but also from social media posts, related forums and groups dealing with the Eurovision contest, we are able to reveal to you the results of the voting.

So, based on all the above, the three songs that are leading in the Audience Jury’s rating are the following:

  • Melissa Mantzoukis – Liar
  • Klavdia – Holy Water
  • Victor Vernicos – What they say

We may not know the exact order of the above three songs, but without any doubt they are the three songs that the Audience Committee singled out and were first in their preferences.

On the other hand, the three songs that seem to be in the last three places of preference of the Audience Committee are the following:

  • Monika – I’m Proud
  • Konstantina Iosifidou – We’re young
  • Antonia Kaouri & Maria Maragou – Shout out

Right in the middle of the preferences, it seems, is the participation of Leon of Athens – Somewhere to go.

Η επιτροπή κοινού κατά τη διάρκεια της ακρόασης των 7 τραγουδιών

Similar results to those of the Audience Committee were also given by our readers, where with more than 2,000 different votes, they have approximately the same ranking in their preferences. You can see the results of our Poll HERE.

We remind you that the vote of the Audience Jury constitutes 50.6% of the final result, with 49.4% determined by the seven-member jury of ERT.

Immediately after the New Year, the artists and their groups will meet the artistic committee and the management of ERT in separate appointments, in order to present their plans for the stage appearance, the promotion of the song, etc., if they are selected. The artistic committee will then give their own score, where combined with the score of the Audience Committee, they will determine the artist and the song that will represent Greece in Liverpool. The announcement is expected by mid-January.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Greece: These are the titles of the 7 shortlisted songs for Eurovision 2023!

The titles of the 7 shortlisted songs have been announced today by the Greek Public Broadcaster ERT. One of these will represent Greece at Eurovision 2023.

The titles are:

  • Antonia Kaouri & Maria Maragkou – Shout Out! 
  • Konstantina Iosifidou – We are Young
  • Klavdia – Holy Water
  • Leon of Athens – Somewhere to Go
  • Melissa Mantzoukis – Liar
  • Monika – I’ m Proud
  • Victor Vernicos – What They Say

The Greek entry for Eurovision 2023 will be selected by a combined vote of a demoscopic jury counting for 50,6% and a professional jury counting for 49,4%, a voting pattern similar to the new system which was announced a few months ago by EBU, to be used at the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023.


Don’t miss our YouTube live at 20.00 Greek Time, where we’ll be talking all about everything, commenting on today’s announcements and the voting process of the public committee!

 

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on the Greek entry and more!

source: ΕΡΤ