Eurovision 2023: Liverpool mayor presentes Eurovision trains and buses!

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Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram has unveiled the trains and buses that will be hitting the Liverpool City Region’s roads and rails during the two weeks of Eurovision Song Contest.

The contest coming to Liverpool has been made possible with the help of £2m of funding from Mayor Rotheram and the Combined Authority. As the eyes of the world turn their attention to the city region, the mayor has commissioned a new look for the region’s public transport to mark the occasion.

One of the region’s new publicly owned £500m trains has also been wrapped in Eurovision livery and will appear on the Merseyrail network from today.

New zero-emission hydrogen buses will also start appearing from today (Monday 24 April) draped in Eurovision’s colours. They will initially be used for driver training before entering passenger service in the coming days on the 10A route between St Helens and Liverpool.

Eurovision artwork will also appear at train and bus stations, bus stops, ferry terminals and tunnel entrances with the region set to welcome an estimated 100,000 extra visitors, while the contest itself is expected to attract around 160 million TV viewers.

Rotheram said: “The chance to host a global spectacle like the Eurovision Song Contest is an opportunity that doesn’t come around very often – especially for a city in the UK – that’s why so many cities bid for the accolade.

“I’m enormously proud of the investments we’ve made to deliver a publicly-owned, public transport network run in the interests of the public. We’ve commissioned these new liveries to celebrate this global spectacular coming to our region – it really is once in a lifetime.”

Eurovision is predicted to be directly worth around £25m to the city region economy when it takes over Liverpool next May and, looking at the impact on previous host cities, it could also increase tourism to the city by up to five per cent a year – which equates to over £250m extra revenue by 2026.

INFE Poll 2023: The results from Czechia!

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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 Czechia:

Croatia – 1 point
Slovenia – 2 points
Italy – 3 points
United Kingdom – 4 points
Austria – 5 points
Spain – 6 points
Israel – 7 points
Norway – 8 points
Finland – 10 points
Sweden – 12 points

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

Sweden – 67 points
Finland – 58 points
Norway – 56 points
Italy – 40 points
Israel – 33 points
France – 30 points
Austria – 30 points
Czech Republic – 28 points
Spain – 28 points
United Kingdom – 18 points
Moldova – 16 points
Georgia – 9 points
Serbia – 8 points
Greece – 8 points
Croatia – 7 points
Slovenia – 7 points
Romania – 4 points
Albania – 4 points
Armenia – 4 points
Latvia – 3 points
Netherlands – 2 points
Australia – 2 points
San Marino – 1 points
Portugal – 1 point

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Source: ESC Today

OGAE Poll 2023: The results of the United Kingdom and Ukraine

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The next OGAE clubs that revealed their votes are OGAE United Kingdom and Ukraine.

The 948 members of  OGAE United Kingdom voted as per below

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

The 29 members of OGAE Ukraine voted as per below

  • 12 points to Finland
  • 10 points to Sweden
  • 8 points to Norway
  • 7 points to Austria
  • 6 points to Spain
  • 5 points to Lithuania
  • 4 points to Moldova
  • 3 points to the United Kingdom
  • 2 points to Israel
  • 1 point to Georgia

After the votes of the 23 fan clubs the overall results are as per below

Sweden is still in the lead with only 6 points away from Finland in the second place.

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Source:Ogae International

INFE Poll 2023: The results of Hungary

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

Network members from the 21 local fan clubs have already voted for their favorite songs from Eurovision 2023 and are gradually announcing their results via ESCToday.

Here are the results from INFE Hungary:

  1. Moldova – 1 point
  2. Israel – 2 points
  3. Italy – 3 points
  4. Armenia – 4 points
  5. France – 5 points
  6. Austria – 6 points
  7. Czech Republic – 7 points
  8. Finland – 8 points
  9. Norway – 10 points
  10. Sweden – 12 points

The total results after adding the Hungarian votes stand as follows:

  1. Sweden – 55 points
  2. Finland – 48 points
  3. Norway – 48 points
  4. Italy – 37 points
  5. France – 30 points
  6. Czech Republic – 28 points
  7. Israel – 26 points
  8. Austria – 25 points
  9. Spain – 22 points
  10. Moldova – 16 points
  11. United Kingdom – 14 points
  12. Georgia – 9 points
  13. Serbia – 8 points
  14. Greece – 8 points
  15. Croatia – 6 points
  16. Slovenia – 5 points
  17. Romania – 4 points
  18. Albania – 4 points
  19. Armenia – 4 points
  20. Latvia – 3 points
  21. Netherlands – 2 points
  22. Australia – 2 points
  23. San Marino – 1 points
  24. Portugal – 1 point

Source: ESC Today

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Iceland: Power by Diljá winner of the third Alla leið episode!

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The third episode of the Icelandic preview show Alla leið was broadcast a while ago. The big winner was Dilja from Iceland, with the song Power.

The four judges of Alla leið evaluated eight more songs of this year’s contest, with Iceland’s Power topping the chart.

The results were as follows:

  1. Iceland – Diljá – “Power” – 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 – 48 points
  2. Belgium – Gustaph – “Because of You” – 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 – 35 points
  3. Denmark – Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” – 6 + 10 + 10 + 8 – 34 points
  4. Armenia – Brunette – “Future Lover” – 7 + 6 + 8 + 12 – 33 points
  5. Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou – “Break a Broken Heart” – 3 + 8 + 12 + 5 – 28 points
  6. Greece – Victor Vernicos – “What They Say” – 5 + 2 + 12 + 7 – 26 points
  7. Estonia – Alika – “Bridges” – 6 + 7 + 2 + 7 – 22 points
  8. Romania – Theodor Andrei – “D.G.T (Off and On)” – 1 + 4 + 1 + 2 – 8 points

Next week the Alla leið  panel will be rating the songs of the second half of the second semi-final.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the Alla leið results!

Eurovision 2023: Final wave of tickets to go on sale tomorrow!

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The BBC has announced that the final wave of tickets for Eurovision 2023 will go on sale from midday tomorrow. Tickets can only be purchased through Ticketmaster and only for one show at a time.

Tickets will cost:

  • Between £90 and £290 for the Semi-Finals
  • Between £160 and £380 for the Grand Final
  • Between £30 and £280 for General Rehearsals

https://twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/1649352322584047617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Despite the official announcement of the organizers that the sale of tickets takes place only on Ticketmaster, attempts to deceive fans who are anxiously trying to secure a ticket for the live shows of the contest take place every year.

Furthermore, complaints were also made by hotel customers who made online reservations. The well-known company Booking.com confirmed to the BBC that some of its partners received phishing emails, but denied that there was a leak of personal data. The company also advised the public to communicate only and directly with the hotels in which they intend to stay and not to respond to suspicious messages.

The 67th Eurovision Song Contest will be taking place on the 9th, 11th and 13th of May at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool!

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Source: BBC

Italy: The first live performance of Eurovision version “Due Vite”!

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As part of the international promotion of the Italian participation, the representative of Italy in this year’s Eurovision, Marco Mengoni, was in Germany performing for the first time live the Eurovision version of “Due Vite”.

The presentation took place on ZDF’s “Giovanni Zarrella Show” in Germany where he performed “Due Vite” live for the first time, as it will be performed on the Liverpool stage.

You can watch his performance in the video below:

We remind you that the changes made to adapt the piece to the three-minute rule for each entry, is that excerpts were removed from the first couplet, but also from the first chorus.

You can also watch the EurovisionFun team’s reaction to Italy’s entry, below:

Italy, as a member of the Big 5, is directly qualified in the final.

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OGAE Poll 2023: The results of Portugal!

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The next OGAE club that revealed its votes are OGAE Portugal.

The 75 members of  OGAE Portugal voted as per below:

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

After the votes of the 24 fan clubs the overall results are as per below:

Sweden is the leader of the overall OGAE Poll 2023 Scoreboard with 236 votes, while Finland in the second place is closing further the gap.

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Source:Ogae International

Switzerland: Remo Forrer filmed his postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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Switzerland’s representative in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Remo Forrer, has completed the shooting of his postcard, the video that will be shown before his performance in the First Semi-Final.

The filming took place on the Swiss lake.

The countries that have confirmed that they have completed the shooting of their postcards are:

  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi
  • Austria – Teya & Salena
  • Croatia – Letya and Teja and Tina/Teya, Telja and Kyaena
  • 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
  • Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
  • Poland – Blanka
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Romania – Theodor Andrei
  • Belgium – Gustaph
  • Estonia – Alika
  • Greece – Victor Vernicos
  • Azerbaijan – TuralTuranx

Switzerland are set to appear in the 8th place in the First Semi-Final which will take place on 9 May in Liverpool:

https://youtu.be/_8-Sbc_GZMc

You can see our editors reaction video to Switzerland’s participation in the video below:

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Norway: Finland wins Adresse Liverpool show two!

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Norway’s state broadcaster NRK broadcasts a special programme dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest every year. Each week approximately eight songs will be reviewed with the judges scoring the songs from one to twelve points.

Käärijä from Finland won the second episode of the Norwegian preview show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The celebrity jury for the second Liverpool address show includes Ingeborg Heldal (music editor), Staysman (singer and presenter), Kevin Vågenes (comedian) and guest judge gnete Husebye (YouTuber). While the audience jury consists of four participants, as in previous versions.

The results were as follows:

  1. Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 88 points (12, 12, 6, 12, 12, 12, 12, 10)
  2. United Kingdom – Mae Muller – “I Wrote a Song” – 77 points (5, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
  3. Ukraine – TVORCHI – “Heart of Steel” – 52 points (4, 6, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7)
  4. Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” – 48 points (4, 6, 1, 10, 8, 8, 8, 3)
  5. Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi – “Duje” – 47 points (12, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 10)
  6. Slovenia – Joker Out – “Carpe Diem” – 47 points (4, 4, 2, 6, 12, 7, 4, 8)
  7. Denmark – Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” – 45 points (7, 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2)
  8. Estonia – Alika – “Bridges” – 39 points (4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 4)
  9. Poland – Blanka – “Solo” – 24 points (8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4)

https://youtu.be/znWi3zN8Ucg

This means the combined results so far are:

  1. France – La Zarra – Évidemment – 96 points (12 points from all jurors)
  2. Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 88 points (12+12+6+12+12+12+12+10)
  3. United Kingdom – Mae Muller – “I Wrote a Song” – 77 points (5, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
  4. Italy – Marco Mengoni – Due vite – 73 points (12, 4, 10, 10, 10, 12, 10, 5)
  5. Czech Republic – Vesna – My Sisters Crown – 62 points (7, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 12)
  6. Malta – The Busker – Dance (Our Own Party) – 61 points (10, 6, 10, 8, 1, 8, `12, 6)
  7. Ukraine – TVORCHI – “Heart of Steel” – 52 points (4, 6, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7)
  8. Armenia – Brunette – Future Lover – 51 points (4, 8, 12, 5, 4, 3, 5, 10)
  9. Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” – 48 points (4, 6, 1, 10, 8, 8, 8, 3)
  10. Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi – “Duje” – 47 points (12, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 10)
  11. Slovenia – Joker Out – “Carpe Diem” – 47 points (4, 4, 2, 6, 12, 7, 4, 8)
  12. Denmark – Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” – 45 points (7, 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2)
  13. Greece – Victor Vernicos – What They Say – 42 points (5, 6, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4, 7)
  14. Australia – Voyager – Promise – 41 points (6, 7, 3, 4, 10, 4, 2, 5)
  15. Estonia – Alika – “Bridges” – 39 points (4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 4)
  16. Croatia – Let 3 – Mama ŠČ! – 32 points (5, 2, 6, 10, 6, 1, 1, 1)
  17. Latvia – Sudden Lights – Aijā – 30 points (6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 8, 4)
  18. Poland – Blanka – “Solo” – 24 points (8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4)

The broadcast dates of the next Liverpool Address shows, the additional judges and some of the countries that will be featured are:

  • 28 April -Amanda Tenfjord (Greece 2022) & Fawad Ashraf (former Eurovision judge), for Iceland, Austria and Germany.
  • 5 May- Henrik Aasheim (deputy leader of the Conservative Party), Linn Skåber (comedian and writer), for Sweden, Finland and Moldova

You can watch the show on NRK Player here

Source: Eurovoix.com

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