Ukraine: These are the betting odds for Vidbir 2023!

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Tommorow evening, the first national final for Eurovision 2023 is going to take place and it’s no other than Vidbir, the national final of Ukraine. Ten artists in total, will take part  in order to win the country’s representation in the contest and the ticket to Liverpool.

According to the betting odds just one day before the final, the odds’ favorite to win is Jerry Heil with the song “When God Shut the Door”. The remaining artists that complete the top 3 are Krutь with the song “Kolyskova” while there is a tie in third place with Finka and “Dovbush” and Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”.

Vidbir 2023 will be broadcasted live from the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv and the winner will be decided through a combination of jury vote and public vote. The juries of the show, who were selected after an online voting by the Ukrainian public, will be Taras Topolya, Jamala and Yulia Sanina. The three hosts of the show will be Kateryna Pavlenko, Timur Miroshnychenko and Zlata Ognevich.

The final of Vidbir 2023 will start at 16:00 CET and will last for about four hours. You can watch it through the Ukraianian YouTube channel for Eurovision Song Contest, HERE.

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

Spain: the songs of Benidorm Fest 2023 to be revealed this Sunday!

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Spanish TV doesn’t stop surprising us this year!

As we informed you, RTVE had announced Monday 19 December as the official release date of the entries, but according to the latest statements of the channel there seem to be changes in the scheduling.

As can be seen from the way the organizers have handled the whole project after Chanel’s third place in Turin so far, it is quite obvious that public television wants to attract the interest of as many Spanish people as possible to BenidormFest.

It was therefore decided that this Sunday, right after the end of the World Cup final, around 19 CET, this year’s songs will be broadcast on TV through the La 1 frequency and then will be available on the RTVEplay platform. It should be noted at this point that the 2018 World Cup final in Spain had a viewership of 57.3% with over 8,200,000 viewers!

On Monday, December 19, a press conference will be held with the 18 artists at 11:30 CET to discuss their thoughts and feelings about this year’s festival as well as any acceptance their songs have managed to gain in the last few hours. Subsequently, the candidate songs will be available on all digital platforms after 13 CET, as the original announcement predicted.

We remind you that the titles and artists already announced are:

  • Quiero arder – Agoney
  • Desde que tú estás – Alfred García
  • Yo quisiera – Alice Wonder
  • Flamenco – Aritz Arén
  • EaEa – Blanca Paloma
  • Uff! – E’ffemme
  • La Lola – Famous
  • Mi familia – Fusa Nocta
  • Inviernos en Marte – José Otero
  • Quiero y duelo – Karmento
  • Arcadia – Megara
  • No nos moverán – Meler
  • Tracción – Rakky Ripper
  • Aire – Sharonne
  • Que esclati tot – Siderland
  • Tuki – Sofía Martín
  • Sayonara – Twin Melody
  • Nochentera – Vicco

Source: RTVE

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Ukraine: The hosts of Vidbir 2023 were announced!

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This Saturday, the first national final for Eurovision 2023 is going to take place and it is no other than the Ukrainian national final, Vidbir! On Saturday, February 17 at 16:00 CET we will be able to listen to the first song that is going to be performed live on stage at Liverpool.

Vidbir 2023 will be broadcasted live from the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv, with 10 participants taking place. The juries of the show, who were selected after an online voting by the Ukrainian public, will be Taras Topolya, Jamala and Yulia Sanina. Just earlier today, the three hosts of the national final were announced, and these are:

  • Kateryna Pavlenko (Representative in Eurovision 2020 & 2021 as member of GO_A)
  • Timur Miroshnychenko (Ukrainian Commentator and Eurovision 2017 host)
  • Zlata Ognevich (Representative in Eurovision 2013)

We remind you that the 10 participants that claim the Ukrainian representation in Eurovision 2023 are:

  1. Moisei – «I’m Not Alone» 
  2. OY Sound System – «Ой, тужу» (Οh, I miss you)
  3. DEMCHUK – «Alive» 
  4. Jerry Heil – «WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR»
  5. FIINKA – «Довбуш» (Dovbush) 
  6. KRUTЬ – «Колискова» (Lullaby) 
  7. Tember Blanche – «Я вдома» (I’m home)
  8. Angelina – «Stronger» 
  9. 2TONE – «Квітка» (Flower) 
  10. TVORCHI – «Heart Of Steel»

The winner will be decided through a combination of jury vote and public vote.

Despite coming second in Vidbir, Ukraine’s reprentatives, Kalush Orchestra were also the winners of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their song “Stefania”:

https://youtu.be/F1fl60ypdLs

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Belgium: Listen to snippets from the 14 songs of Eurosong 2023!

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Belgium’s Flemish broadcaster VRT has released snippets of the 14 candidated songs that will take part in Eurosong 2023, the country’s national final.

Seven artists and 14 songs will participate in this national final:

Ameerah – The Carnival & Armageddon
Cherine – Ca m’ennuie pas & Mon ‘Etoile
Gala Aliaj Dragot – Emotion Ollie & T’lnquiete
Gustaph – Because Of You & The Nail
Hunter Falls – Home & Ooh La La
Loredana De Amicis – You Lift Me Up & Dream in Colors
The Starlings – Oceanside & Rollercoaster

Watch the video below and listen to excerpts from the 14 songs of Belgium’s national final:

We remind you that the Eurosong 2023 final will take place on January 14.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Belgium’s entry in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: Een / Photo source: Eurovision World

Romania: 84 Songs Submitted For “Selecția Națională 2023”!

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The submission window for “Selecția Națională 2023” closed on the 11th of December 2022. Romanian broadcaster TVR released an official statement regarding the selection process.

According to the statement, 84 entries were submitted for the selection process. Last year, 94 songs were submitted for the selection process.

Both Romanians but also foreign citizens can take part in the contest without any restrection on the nationality of the composer or the singer(s) of a song. These songs will now be listened to between December 14th and December 16th by a jury of experienced professionals. They are:

  • Sebastien Ferenţ (Festival Director)
  • Laura Coroianu (Founder of a concern organisation company)
  • Bogdan Stratula (Radio/TV Director)
  • John Varbiu (Festival Founder)
  • Alin Vaida (Festival Director)
  • Mihai Predescu (Head of Delegation)
  • Unannounced

Selecția Națională 2023 will take place in February 11, with the Romanian viewers being the only ones who will vote, either by sms votes or via online voting.

The previous winner of Selecția Națională and Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was WRS with the song “Llámame“ and ended up in 18th place in the Grand Final, while also bringing his country back to the final after three consequtive non-qualifications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpuwy79sHs&feature=emb_title

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

Source: TVR

Estonia: Lineup for the semifinals of Eesti Laul 2023 is announced!

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Estonia’s public broadcaster ERR, released earlier today the line up of the two semi-finals of Eesti Laul 2023, the winner of which will represent Estonia in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. Here is the official line up of each show:

Andreas, Anett & Fredi, Bedwetters, ELLIP, JANEK, kaw, MERLYN, MIA, Neon Letters & Maiko and OLLIE will compete in the first semi-final on January 12.

Alika, Carlos Ukareda, Elysa, Inger, Linalakk & Bonzo, m els, Meelik, Robin Juhkental, SISSI and Wiiralt will perform in the second semi-final on January 14.

From each semi-final, five songs will qualify and the order of performance will be announced in the beginning of January.

The Grand Final, is divided in two rounds of voting. In the first round, that consists of 50% public vote and 50% jury vote, will determine the songs that will advance to the Superfinal. Then, the Estonian representative will be decided by 100% public vote.

We remind you that these are the dates announced for Eesti Laul 2023:

  • First Semi-Final – January 12th
  • Second Semi-Final – January 14th
  • Grand Final – February 11th

The previous winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Stefan with the song “Hope“,  who ended up in 13th place in the Grand Final, while on the same time he brough his country back to the final after a non-qualification in 2021:

Source: Menu.err.ee

 

Croatia: The participants of Dora 2023 have been announced!

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Croatia’s national broadcaster HRT has announced the artists who will compete in Dora 2023, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2023.

From a total of 196 submitted songs, a jury consisting of Željko Mesar, Zlatko Turkalj, Robert Urlić, Ema Gross, Igor Geržina, Željen Klašterka, Ivan Horvat, Tomislav Krizmanić and Dražen Miocić selected 18 entries to compete to represent the country on February 11 and 4 more as back-up.

Among them, as it was already revealed, is Damir Kedžo, who was the winner of Dora 2020 and would have represented the country in the competition had the event not been cancelled. It is also worth noting that the composer of Hana Mašić‘s song Accident is Darko Dimitrov, a distinguished songwriter with a plethora of Eurovision and National Finals entries in the Balkan countries.

The participants of Dora 2023 are:

  1. ANGELS AND DEMONS – DAMIR KEDŽO
  2. BYE BYE BLONDE – MERI ANDRAKOVIĆ
  3. DISTANCE – MARTHA MAY
  4. DOM – TAJANA BELINA
  5. FREE FALIN’ – ĐANA
  6. GRIJEH – BORIS ŠTOK – GRIJEH
  7. I STILL LIVE – MAJA GRGIĆ
  8. I WILL WAIT – PATRICIA GASPARINI
  9. KME KME – KREŠO I KISELE KIŠE
  10. KRENI DALJE – ENI JURIŠIĆ
  11. LOST AND FOUND – THE SPLITTERS
  12. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT – YOGI
  13. MAMA ŠČ! – LET 3
  14. MASTER BLASTER – DETOUR
  15. NESREĆA – HANA MAŠIĆ
  16. NEVERA (LEI,LEI) – HARMONIJA DISONANCE
  17. PUTEM SNOVA – BARBARA MUNJAS
  18. PUTOVANJE – TOP OF THE POPS FT. MARIO 5REKOVIĆ

In the event that one/some of the above participants do not compete, the following have been appointed as back-up entries:

  • SAMA – LANA MANDARIĆ LANCHI
  • ODLAZI – MIRNA ŠKRGATI
  • ON THE SAME TRAIN – VOICE FOR YOU
  • TALKING TO ME – ROSANNA KUMERLE

This year Croatia was represented by Mia Dimšić and the song “Guilty Pleasure“, but failed to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest Final, finishing in 11th place in the First Semi-Final for the second time in a row.

Will Croatia be able to break their curse of 11th place this time? Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all things related to Eurovision!

Source: HRT

Azerbaijan: Launches the selection process for Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

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Just a while ago, the public broadcaster of Azerbaijan, Ictimai, announced the beginning of the selection process for Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Ictimai published an open call to all artists and songwriters wishing to represent Azerbaijan in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, asking for them to submit their proposals. Performers and composers intersted in participating in the selection can send in their performances, demos or new songs exlusively for Eurovision, as well as a small bio, in song@eurovizion.az until December 31.

Songs submitted to represent Azerbaijan must be fully prepared and comply with the rules of the contest published by the EBU. This wil also be the first time in years, that Azerbaijan allows artists to directly submit their proposals, instead of just searching for a song as they usually do.

Nadir Rustamli represented Azerbaijan in Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with the song “Fade to Black” and ended up in 16th place in the Grand Final with a total of 106 points. On the same time he is the first artist to qualify for the Grand Final while getting zero points from televote in the semi-final.

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

Source: 12xal.com

Slovenia: Joker Out! will represent the country at Eurovision 2023!

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A while ago, the fourth artist for Eurovision 2023 was announced . Slovenia made a surprise because for the second time in its history, the artist that will represent the country in the contest will not be selected through a national final, but by internal selection.

Slovenia’s public television (RTVSLO) in a special press conference announced that Joker Out!, a pop/rock band will fly the country’s flag in Liverpool. Joker Out! they were already working on the song they intended to submit to EMA (the Slovenian national final for Eurovision), when the RTVSLO people made them a proposal.

We talked about the Eurovision Song Contest years ago, but we were waiting for the right moment, which is obviously now!

Bojan Cvjetićanin , frontman of Joker Out!

The 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 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, targeting the entire music market of the former Yugoslavia.

The song that will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2023 will be recorded next weekend in Hamburg and we will be able to hear it on February 4th!

Watch their presentation video below:

What do you think about the choice of Joker Out!? Tell us in the comments below!

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Greece: The registration for the demoscopic jury opens tomorrow!

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As previously announced by ERT President Konstantinos Zoulas, the Greek public television invites all interested fans who wish to be a part of the citizens’ committee – demoscopic jury, that will contribute in the selection of the Greek entry in Eurovision 2023, to apply for participation.

According to the new selection method, along with the ERT experts jury, the public will also have a say as to who will represent Greece, through this special demoscopic jury.

Through a platform that opens tomorrow, December 8 at 10.00 am and will remain open until December 10 at 10.00 am, anyone who wishes to participate in the electronic draw that will determine the 70 members of the demoscopic jury can do so by simply filling in some personal details.

The applicants will then be split into 4 age groups and from each age group a certain number of individuals will be randomly selected :

  • 18 – 25 years old: 25 persons
  • 26-35 years old: 20 persons
  • 36-45 years old: 15 persons
  • 46 years old or older: 10 persons

Those who are selected will be invited to visit the ERT headquarters in Agia Paraskevi, Athens (at their own expense) and rank a small amount of songs that have already been shortlisted by the experts jury. The demoscopic jury will determine 50.6% of the final result, with the remaining 49.4% being determined by ERT’s seven-member experts jury.

Participation in the electronic draw is prohibited to ERT employees, employees of record labels and production companies involved in the selection process, as well as to candidate artists and creators and their first and second degree relatives. The prohibition applies to those involved in all 106 songs and not only to the songs on the final shortlist, which will probably be announced after the members of the demoscopic jury cast their votes.

Those interested in helping ERT to select the Greek entry for Eurovision 2023 can register tomorrow and participate in the electronic draw for the selection of the members of the demoscopic jury by clicking HERE.

Source: ERT

Will you register? Tell us in the comments below!

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