United Kingdom: Watch BBC’s trailer for Eurovision 2023!

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BBC published its trailer for Eurovision 2023, which takes place in Liverpool from 9 to 13 of May.

https://www.tiktok.com/@bbceurovision/video/7226390130586684699?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

A spectacular trailer indeed having as a musical background the famous British hit song Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit, the British entry in Eurovision 1996. Mae Muller, this year’s entrant for the host nation is also displayed in the clip, along with Graham Norton, the BBC commentator for years and one of the hosts of Eurovision 2023 as well as Rylan Clark, who co-hosted the Semi-Final allocation event back in January.

This trailer indicates the great interest the British have of hosting Eurovision 2023 for the first time in 25 years and behalf of Ukraine, the winner of the 2022 edition. British do not miss a chance of showing how excited they are, having already hosted a grande event revealing the stage of Eurovision 2023 with the royal couple attending. The Royal couple had also the chance to meet Mae Muller, the participant of the United Kingdom and also people involved with hosting Eurovision 2023.

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Taking care of every little detail and the huge excitement shown on behalf of the host nation augur a wonderful Eurovision Song Contest, that we will further watch during the following weeks.

What do you think of BBC’s trailer for Eurovision 2023? Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news regarding Eurovision 2023!

Spain: Eaea’s stage appearance will be magical and dynamic!

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Strength, magic and power are the words that characterize what the Spanish team is preparing and what we will see on stage in Liverpool.

Speaking to Eurovision Space, Dalia Negra, the studio that has taken over the artistic direction of Eaea, mentioned what we will see from Blanca Paloma on the Eurovision stage. The said team has taken over the visuals and design that will be used in Spain’s appearance in the Grand Final on 13 May.

Eaea’s stage appearance will be different from what we saw at Benidorm Fest and these changes will mostly relate to the 2nd half of the show.

In general, the structure of Benidorm is maintained, at least in the first part. Towards the middle and the end is when there will be more details and changes…with respect to Benidorm.

In general, the team explained that in the appearance of Blanca Paloma on the Eurovision stage, they want to keep the basic elements that were also present at Benidorm Fest and upgrade them with all the possibilities that the stage in Liverpool can give.

The words that characterize Blanca Paloma’s appearance are:

Strength, magic, power, root, feeling, show and truth.

We remind you that Spain, as a member of the BIG-5, competes directly in the final on May 13 and claims the first prize after 54 years and after the 3rd place that Chanel achieved last year and rekindled the Spanish interest in the competition.

You can watch the EurovisionFun team’s reaction video to Blanca Paloma’s participation below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news about Eurovision 2023!

Source: eurovoix.com

Poland: Blanka will have a new choreography team for Liverpool!

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According to Polish media reports, Blanka will present a different stage performance in Liverpool, compared to the Polish national final, as the choreography of Solo will be done by a new team.

The polish broadcaster, TVP, has assigned the stage direction to a new choreographer for this year’s competition, replacing Agustin Egurrola, who has been in charge of the Polish entries in recent years, both at Eurovision and Eurovision Junior. It is worth noting that Agustin has worked with this year’s Polish representative in the contest, Blanka, on several occasions in the past, and was also a member of the jury for the national final, which placed her in first place, ensuring her victory.

The reasons for Agustin’s replacement have not been confirmed, and the name of the new choreographer for the Polish entry has not yet been announced.

Poland is set to appear in 9th place in the Second Semi-Final on May 11 in Liverpool:

You can see our editors’ reaction video to Poland’s entry in the video below:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Poland’s participation in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: dziennik-eurowizyjny

Germany: Lord Of The Lost cover Évidemment by La Zarra!

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Lord Of The Lost might be the most likeable rock personalities not only of this year’s Eurovision edition. They represent Germany in Eurovision 2023 and they now shared a cover of the French entry, Évidemment.

Lord Of The Lost are posting daily covers of Eurovision 2023 entries, proving that they don’t compete against the other artists. Instead they compete with them, as they are all a part of the same journey.

Germany as a member of the BIG-5 is automatically qualified to the Grand Final of May 13.

You can watch below the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Blood and Glitter as well as our exclusive interview with Pi Stoffers:

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news regarding Eurovision 2023!

INFE Poll 2023: The results from Australia!

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For the seventh consecutive year, the second fan network of the Eurovision Song Contest, the INFE Network, in collaboration with the website EscToday, is conducting the INFE Poll.

Network members in the 21 local fan clubs have already voted for their favorite songs from Eurovision 2023 and via ESCToday, they are announcing their scores.

Here are the results of INFE Australia:

  • Belgium – 1 point
  • France – 2 points
  • Slovenia – 3 points
  • Switzerland – 4 points
  • Spain – 5 points
  • Norway – 6 points
  • Austria – 7 points
  • Sweden – 8 points
  • Italy – 10 points
  • Finland – 12 points

After adding the Australian votes to the scoreboard, the overall score is as follows:

  1. Sweden – 99 points
  2. Norway – 75 points
  3. Finland – 75 points
  4. Italy – 57 points
  5. France – 47 points
  6. Austria – 43 points
  7. Israel – 37 points
  8. Spain – 36 points
  9. Czechia – 31 points
  10. Moldova – 22 points
  11. United Kingdom – 18 points
  12. Armenia – 14 points
  13. Germany – 10 points
  14. Slovenia – 10 points
  15. Georgia – 9 points
  16. Serbia – 8 points
  17. Greece – 8 points
  18. Croatia – 7 points
  19. Iceland – 5 points
  20. Romania – 4 points
  21. Albania – 4 points
  22. Switzerland – 4 points
  23. Latvia – 3 points
  24. Cyprus – 3 points
  25. Netherlands – 2 points
  26. Australia – 2 points
  27. Estonia – 2 points
  28. San Marino – 1 points
  29. Portugal – 1 points
  30. Belgium – 1 points
Source: ESC Today

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun.com for all the updates regarding the INFE Poll 2023 results!

Lithuania: Monika Linkytė shot her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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Monika Linkytė, the Lithuanian representative for Eurovision 2023, finished the shooting of her postcard that will be displayed before Lithuania’s perfomance in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11.

The filming took place in Trakai Castle, a place that Monika admitted to have had a concert before. In her postcard Monika Linkytė will be displayed practicing Muay Thai.

20 countries are confirmed to have been finished shooting their postcards for Eurovision 2023:

  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi
  • Austria – Teya & Salena
  • Croatia – Let 3
  • Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou
  • France – La Zarra
  • Germany – Lord of the Lost
  • Ireland – Wild Youth
  • Latvia – Sudden Lights
  • Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  • Malta – The Busker
  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
  • The Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
  • Poland – Blanka
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Romania – Theodor Andrei
  • Belgium – Gustaph
  • Estonia – Alika
  • Greece – Victor Vernicos
  • Azerbaijan  – TuralTuranx
  • Switzerland – Remo Forre

Lithuania with Monika Linkytė and her song Stay will perform 15th in the 2nd Semifinal of Eurovision 2023.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Stay below:

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news regarding the Lithuanian entry on Eurovision 2023!

OGAE Poll 2023: The results of Belgium, Ireland and Lithuania!

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After the votes of 32 OGAE International Network clubs, it is the turn of Belgium, Ireland and Lithuania to submit their votes.

In detail, the 226 members of OGAE Belgium voted as follows:

  • 12 points to Sweden
  • 10 points to Finland
  • 8 points to France
  • 7 points to Norway
  • 6 points to Austria
  • 5 points to Italy
  • 4 points to United Kingdom
  • 3 points to Israel
  • 2 points to Czechia
  • 1 point to Slovenia

Also, the 216 members of OGAE Ireland voted as follows:

  • 12 points to Finland
  • 10 points to Sweden
  • 8 points to France
  • 7 points to Austria
  • 6 points to Norway
  • 5 points to United Kingdom
  • 4 points to Italy
  • 3 points to Spain
  • 2 points to Czechia
  • 1 point to Israel

Finally, the 23 members of OGAE Lithuania voted as follows:

  • 12 points to Sweden
  • 10 points to Finland
  • 8 points to Italy
  • 7 points to Austria
  • 6 points to Norway
  • 5 points to Slovenia
  • 4 points to France
  • 3 points to Serbia
  • 2 points to Spain
  • 1 point to Armenia

The added up results after the votes of the two fan clubs are as follows:

Finland remains in 1st place and maintains its lead against Sweden who comes 2nd with a distance of 9 points. The top five is completed by France with 254 points, Norway with 209 points and Austria with 196 points.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all OGAE Poll 2023 scores and all the Eurovision news!

Source: OGAE International

Eurovision 2023: King Charles and the Queen Consort revealed the stage of the contest!

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In Liverpool -the host city of Eurovision 2023- , today the royal couple of the United Kingdom attend to events that are related to the Eurovision Song Contest. One of them was the unveiling of the stage, which is ready to welcome in a few days the 37 participants of this year’s contest for the first technical rehearsals.

The stage of Eurovision 2023 has already taken shape, while these days the stand-in rehearsals are also taking place, so that everything is ready for the technical rehearsals and according to the plans that the organizers have already received from the missions of 37 countries competing this year.

The royal couple will also tour the M&S Arena. They will meet the creative team, the presenters of the contest and this year’s British contestant, Mae Muller.

The BBC has revealed via Twitter the moment that the royal couple flip the switch and the Eurovision stage comes to life oficially for the first time. The stage is flooded with light and glitter.

https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1651206498955976705?s=20

It’s the first time we’ve seen this year’s stage in action, giving us a small taste of what it’s capable of, which we will be looking at in more detail in the next days.

The royal family are heavily involved in Eurovision 2023, as the contest come to British soil for the first time after 25 years with the last time taking place in 1998 in Birmingham.

Now, Eurovision 2023 takes place in Liverpool following Sam Ryder’s 2nd place in Eurovision 2022. The winner was Ukraine but due to the war, Ukraine wasn’t able to host.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news regarding Eurovision 2023!

 

 

Slovenia: Ljubljana “overflowed” during the last concert of Joker Out before Liverpool!

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Just before departing for Liverpool and the final destination of their Eurovision journey, Joker Out, the band representing Slovenia in Eurovision 2023 gave a last big concert in downtown Ljubljana. The central square of the city was literally overflowed by the crowd attending, loudly singing along Joker’s Out entry, Carpe Diem. Joker Out, the most popular band in Slovenia, gave once more a really powerful performance, full of energy.

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Joker Out proved once more how strong their live performances are and how capable the band is of elevating their song live. They, also, announced that they will also perform Carpe Diem live in Eurovillage.

Member of the band, Kris Guštin, noted that the sound on their video clip is not what they wanted and in their live performances on Liverpool, everything is going to work right.

Joker Out are all set for Liverpool after a long promo tour in 6 different countries. They are not stressful at all, instead they are hopeful that they will manage to bring Slovenia back to the Grand Final after 4 years.

The crowd left the concert super excited and after a long time, the local media seem to consider Eurovision as a hot topic.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Carpe Diem below, as well as our interview with Joker Out!

We remind you that Slovenia participates in the 2nd semifinal in May 11, performing 10th.

Source:RTVSLO

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news regarding Eurovision 2023!

 

Loreen: “There are things I had wanted to do in Stockholm that I think we are able to do in Liverpool!”

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Over the last couple of months, uncertainty had emerged regarding the staging of the Swedish participation at the Eurovision Song Contest. Despite the fact that the Swedish national broadcaster SVT had known the EBU staging restrictions for months, there was not a clear answer by the Swedish delegation on whether they will make any changes on the staging of “Tattoo“, in order to comply with the EBU rules.

A few weeks ago, Loreen took part at an AMA event on Reddit, where she revealed that all the staging issues have been resolved, removing any uncertainty about her appearance at M&S Bank Arena. But up to now Loreen had never spoken openly about the Swedish delegation thoughts on the staging.

Loreen has opened up in an interview she had with Expressen today revealing that they had several crisis meetings with SVT regarding the technical specifications of the stage of M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool:

A new stage always comes with other technical prerequisites. I have, together with SVT as a united team, had meetings discussing what is possible and what is not. What can we improve and where do we back off?

As usual, she kept a mystery around her final staging, firing up uncertainty and speculations shadowing her “Tattoo” Liverpool performance once more:

I won’t tell if there is a ceiling or not, you will see that on Sunday. There are things you can do now because of the larger stage. The equipment is different.

Finally, she revealed that there have been many ideas that she backed off for her performance in Stockholm that can be implemented on stage in Liverpool:

There are things I had wanted to do in Stockholm that I think we are able to do in Liverpool that can turn out really powerful.”

Like the number, Loreen is secretive about exactly how her outfit will look on stage in Liverpool, but gave a hint of what to expect:

It is quite an extensive number and there are so many details. Always when you have to create something, you have to “kill your darlings”. Now that we’ve had some time, me and Fadi al Khoury, my designer, have the stuff we didn’t have time to test. It’s a cinematic number so there’s a lot you can do.

This is actually what she has mentioned in one of her TikTok videos, that was published a couple of weeks ago:

@loreenofficial Let’s talk about “The Outfit” A massive thanks to the one and only Fadi el Khoury, who made this happen ❤️🙏🏽 🫶🏽 #FashionTok #loreentattoo #designer #eurovision2023 ♬ Tattoo – Loreen

Even though the resolution is still not public, an answer will be given at Loreen’s stand-in rehearsal, while her first technical rehearsal is scheduled for this Sunday 4/30.

You can watch the EurovisionFun team’s reaction to Sweden’s entry below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for more news about Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis
Source: Expressen