UK: BBC asks Mae Muller to focus on her singing and leave politics!

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The BBC people are asking this year’s representative for the country in the contest, Mae Muller, to focus in the next month until Eurovision 2023 only on the song and leave any political comments.

The BBC asks to avoid political comments

British public television bosses have issued guidelines to Mae Muller on what’s allowed and what’s not, ahead of next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.

Mae Muller who took the media by storm a few days ago with what I had posted on her Twitter account about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Deputies of the ruling party, as well as conservative media, criticized the 25-year-old singer for what she had posted on her social networks.

In one of her tweets, which many readers criticized as unacceptable, the singer said she “doesn’t feel sorry for Boris Johnson” and that she “has no sympathy for him”. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized at the time due to Covid.

Mae Muller against JK Rowling this time

Commenting on a photo of Harry Potter author JK Rowling holding a sign that read: “Get your hands off my f****** rights”, the young singer said:

Not transphobic talking about rights, what’s going on here.

Mae Muller

Earlier Mae Muller had described JK Rowling a defender of women’s rights and against the trans movement, as annoying.

People from Mae Muller’s record company confirmed to the press that the BBC asked the artist to only deal with the song and her participation in the upcoming contest and not with politics.

Both the BBC and her managers are acutely aware of the need for her not to be known for her controversial statements, rather than for good music.

Mae Muller has not hidden her political beliefs, since in the last election she publicly expressed her support for the Labor Party.

It should be noted that the United Kingdom’s Eurovision song is not political in nature. Also, the political statements and activism that artists make outside of the competition do not affect the non-political character of Eurovision.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: dailymail

Austria: The solo entries of Teya & Salena were on the top 3 of the internal selection!

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This year’s Austrian representatives Teya & Salena were invited on the last episode of the Euro Trip podcast.

The duet revealed that they had also submitted separate entries in the internal selection for the representation of Austrian in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Their solo entries managed in fact to reach the final top 3 of ORF’s internal selection alongside with Who The Hell Is Edgar? which they submitted together.

The duo were chosen to represent Austria in the contest last December by a Focus Group, made up of domestic and international audiences.

In the end, they revealed that Who The Hell Is Edgar? was written at songwriting camp last year just to make the other artists at the camp laugh at the end of the day. But after receiving a great positive reaction from the other songwriters, Teya & Salena’s manager recommended that they submit it to ORF, for Eurovision 2023.

Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Austrian entry for Eurovision 2023.

Teya and Salena are going to perform 13th in the Second Semi-Final on 11th of May at Liverpool.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates regarding the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. 

Armenia: Brunette performs a different version of Future Lover!

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The Armenian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Brunette, was invited in a TV show of the public broadcaster Armenian Public TV where she performed a different and more dynamic version of her entry Future Lover.

You can listen to the different version in the video below.

You can also watch the reaction of the Eurovision Fun team to the Armenian entry in the video below

Brunette is going to perform second in the Second Semi-Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on 11th of May at Liverpool.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates around the Armenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

 

OGAE Poll 2023: The results of Albania and Armenia!

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The OGAE 2023 Poll is gradually unraveling as Albania and Armenia officially published their votes for this year’s annual poll.

You can see their respective votes here:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

The final scoreboard of all the fan clubs that have voted so far looks like this:

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Source: OGAE International

The Netherlands: All the performances of “Eurovision in Concert 2023”!

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Eurovision in Concert 2023 took place in AFAS Live in Amsterdam, last night, with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.

The concert was hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai. Cornald has been the Dutch Eurovision commentator since 2006. Hila is a radio DJ and member of the committee that selected this year’s Dutch representatives (Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper). She also hosted the Eurovision 2021 press conference in Rotterdam.

The artists that performed last night were the following:

Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija

Balcan sounds and consistent vocals is what we got from Albina and the Kelmendi Family! Might be the suprise entry of this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UKBP_v3BPY

Armenia – Brunette

Brunette singing about her Future Lover with ethereal vocals and the crowds singing along. Beautiful performance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KspC8I7MXl0

Australia – Voyager

Voyager give what they promise! Rock and electronic sounds, so 2025! What is concerning though, is that even though their song is supposed to be very uplifting, the crowd was too static. Also falsetto was not always on point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx73Q68eWwU

Austria – Teya & Salena

That’s not a song where you can show off some unreal vocals, however it’s the song that will definitely make you dance! And Teya & Salena deliver, solid vocals and much much fun! One of my personal favourites and if you ask me, a finalist and highly likely a Top5 entry!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdh6cFfcfKo

Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX

TuralTuranX “tell us more” about their entry this year, however I’m still not getting it. A song that I could listen to the radio without complaining, but wouldn’t catch my eye/ear at the contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiT0RvJPn0

Belgium – Gustaph

The queerest entry of the year! His vocals are as good as the studio version! He is a fun guy! This is the kind of entries that I would like to qualify, even though that’s not the style of songs that I normally listen to!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgx-CPHRx5A

Czechia – Vesna

I can only comment on their vocals. They were okay. However, this entry started off as a potential winner, but I’m not getting that vibe, at least not yet. But hey! It’s just a party performance! Let’s wait for their contest rehearsals!

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

Denmark – Reiley

Danish heart-throb Reiley, had his best performance to date. Some minor vocal issues, but overall a nice performance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT–QEIyag

Estonia – Alika

Nice song and great vocals! But for me, it’s no more than just that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Estonia got disqualified.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UKYFFFWjgU

Finland – Käärijä

Normally, that’s a song that I can’t stand listening to for more than 10 seconds. Strangely, combined to his eccentric looks and his super nice personality, I could now handle listening to his entire Amsterdam performance! Personal opinion aside, I can totally see why this is a contender for the win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0n_sNDiAo

France – La Zarra

Unfortunately, after a statement in her personal Twitter account, La Zarra announced that she has to cancel her appearance in Amsterdam, due to personal circumstances.

Germany – Lord of the Lost

I can’t be objective, I don’t like this style of music. I can only be objective about their vocal abilities, which are on point I must admit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmPSRnNpd0A

Iceland – Diljá

That’s a song that I would add to my daily playlist, however, this song lacks something that I still don’t know what it is! Diljá’s voice is great admitedly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjjsWy1R93k

Ireland – Wild Youth

“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” x “Ritmo De La Noche” x “We Are One” would be a great mashup! I low-key like this song and I loved their Amsterdam performance. But something tells me that they will struggle to qualify this year. Let’s see what happens!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NY6OODALZU

Latvia – Sudden Lights

Another performance that sounds exactly like the recorded version of their song! I didn’t see the love from the AFAS Live crowd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1qFm5Wtkgg

Lithuania – Monika Linkytė

Monika definitely sounds even better than the studio version of the song. She will try to claim a high placement in the rankings of the jury voting in this year’s contest! In the beginning I didn’t quite like “Stay“, I can now say that I love her vocals on this track!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSO-3m9J1js

Malta – The Busker

They were not bad, not at all sounding bad live, but were they as good as it needs to be to qualify to the final show of Eurovision Song Contest? Song-wise I think not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIswu3YrrfU

Moldova – Pasha Parfeni

Despite the technical issues with his Madrid performance, Pasha, the Moldovan 2012 representative and returning artist of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, managed to pull off his performance. Great vocals and energy overall!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7LsW-dA_0U

Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper

It’s really sad to see my 2nd place to perform questionably in their own country’s party concert. Their vocals sound a bit off at times and as a duo their vocals don’t seem to connect on their live performance. I hope they fix it till their semi-final, I don’t want to see them become the shocking non-qualifier of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toUGDak3o1Y

Norway – Alessandra

Very much improved vocally, Alessandra, gets carried away by the strength of her song and her fans are absolutely loving it! The whistle note was so-so. She will improve, I am sure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97_a4eMpK0

Romania – Theodor Andrei

Theodor has a nice voice, but this song is totally “Off and On” so one would either like it or not. I don’t.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyin57pzpcc

San Marino – Piqued Jacks

Their are very very good vocally. Their lead vocalist sounds like Klaus Meine, frontman of Scorpions band. Their song is not at all bad after all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqne0dGawhQ

Slovenia – Joker Out

I simply love this band and this song! One of my favourites! I love how they sound in each and every appearance they make before the contest. I hope they continue delivering up until the Eurovision finals!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7brJYVqqgZc

Spain – Blanca Paloma

A blend of flamenco and modern sounds, bringing Spanish tradition to 2023. Her vocals are absolutely amazing. I just don’t get the hype around this entry, it is a great entry for Spain, but definitely not a top 3 entry as many fans are claiming over at social media!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycUxy4l00M

Sweden – Loreen

Her vocals are out of this world! Another amazing performance of the former Eurovision 2012 winner and potential 2023 winner! And for those that claim that she sings with the assistance of an Auto-Tune device, I can assure you that even when she rehearsed in the corridors of Malmö Arena or Friends Arena during the Melodifestivalen season, she sounded exactly the same, or even better than the studio version! My winner for sure!

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

Switzerland – Remo Forrer

I absolutely love his Amsterdam (and every single one of his) live performance! I can’t wait to see this song complete and staged and Remo joined by his four dancers! I think he will qualify! But let’s wait and see!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGsRTZ5sPcA

Ukraine – TVORCHI

I love TVORCHI and their song and their Amsterdam performance. They sounded really really good, I am a fan of their style of music, but I don’t see this entry winning. Let’s see another country winning this year!

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

United Kingdom – Mae Muller

Come on, she doesn’t sound as atrocious as most of the Twitter people claim. And at least she enjoys it and the crowd loves her! I hope she will do much better in Liverpool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EMepsNxZUU

 

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool!

Photo: EurovisionInConcert

London Eurovision Party takes place tonight! | 21 Eurovision 2023 contestants will perform!

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The last Eurovision Party for this year takes place tonight in London. Twenty-one of this year’s contestants will perform, for a last concert in front of an audience, just two weeks before the rehearsals kick in, in Liverpool.

London Eurovision Party 2023 takes place at “Here at Outernet“, a new venue that opened last year. The event will be hosted by Nicki French (UK Eurovision 2020) and Paddy O’Connell (former BBC commentator).

The artists who will perform at the London Eurovision Party this year are the following:

  • Australia – Voyager
  • Austria – Teya & Salena
  • Azerbaijan – TuralXTuran
  • Croatia – Let 3
  • Czechia – Vesna
  • Estonia – Alika
  • Finland – Käärijä
  • Iceland – Diljá
  • Ireland – Wild Youth
  • Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  • Malta – The Busker
  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
  • Norway – Alessandra Mele
  • Portugal – Mimicat
  • Romania – Theodor Andrei
  • San Marino – Piqued Jacks
  • Serbia – Luke Black
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Sweden – Loreen
  • Spain – Blanca Paloma
  • United Kingdom – Mae Muller

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest developments, regarding this year’s Eurovision Song Contest!

Iceland: Remo Forrer’s Watergun wins the second episode of Alla leið!

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The second episode of the Icelandic preview show, Alla leið, was broadcast last night (15/4). The big winner was Remo Forrer from Switzerland, with Watergun, who continues to impress in all their live performances.

Eight more entries of Eurovision 2023, evaluated by the four judges of Alla leið. At the top of the rating was the song of Switzerland, Watergun.

The results were as follows:

  1. 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Remo Forrer – “Watergun” – 12+8+12+8 – 40 points
  2. 🇨🇿 Czechia – Vesna – “My Sister’s Crown” – 10+6+10+10 – 36 points
  3. 🇸🇪 Sweden – Loreen – “Tattoo2 – 10+8+12+4 – 34 points
  4. 🇫🇮 Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 12+8+12+1 – 33 points
  5. 🇲🇩 Moldova – Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele și luna” – 12+7+7+5 – 31 points
  6. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX – “Tell Me More” – 10+6+10+2 – 28 points
  7. 🇳🇱 Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & DIon Cooper – “Burning Daylight” – 7+3+5+1 – 16 points
  8. 🇮🇱 Israel – Noa Kirel – “Unicorn” – 7+1+1+3 – 12 points

The results of Semi-Final One are:

  1. 🇭🇷 Croatia – Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ!” – 12+8+12+10 – 42 points
  2. 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Remo Forrer – “Watergun” – 12+8+12+8 – 40 points
  3. 🇨🇿 Czechia – Vesna – “My Sister’s Crown” – 10+6+10+10 – 36 points
  4. 🇸🇪 Sweden – Loreen – “Tattoo2 – 10+8+12+4 – 34 points
  5. 🇫🇮 Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 12+8+12+1 – 33 points
  6. 🇲🇩 Moldova – Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele și luna” – 12+7+7+5 – 31 points
  7. 🇵🇹 Portugal – Mimicat – “Ai coração” – 8+7+6+8 – 31 points
  8. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX – “Tell Me More” – 10+6+10+2 – 28 points
  9. 🇳🇴 Norway – Alessandra – Queen of the Kings – 6+7+6+8 – 27 points
  10. 🇱🇻 Latvia – Sudden Lights – “Aijā” – 2+12+8+4 – 26 points
  11. 🇮🇪 Ireland – Wild Youth – “We Are One” – 6+4+5+7 – 22 points
  12. 🇲🇹 Malta – The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)” – 3+6+5+7 – 21 points
  13. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” – 7+5+6+3 – 21 points
  14. 🇳🇱 Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & DIon Cooper – “Burning Daylight” – 7+3+5+1 – 16 points
  15. 🇮🇱 Israel – Noa Kirel – “Unicorn” – 7+1+1+3 – 12 points

Next week the Alla way panel will rate the songs of the first half, the second semi-final.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovoix

 

INFE Poll 2023: The results from Germany!

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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 Germany:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3vJfR81xO0

The overall results after two votes are as follows:

Norway – 20 points
Sweden – 15 points
Israel – 15 points
Finland – 10 points
Spain – 9 points
Greece – 8 points
Moldova – 7 points
United Kingdom – 7 points
Georgia – 6 points
Czech Republic – 6 points
Austria – 4 points
Albania – 4 points
Australia – 2 points
Netherlands – 2 points
Italy – 1 point

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: ESC Today

OGAE Poll 2023: The results of Estonia and Norway!

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The announcement of the results of the OGAE fan clubs continues. The eighth and ninth club to announce their results are that of Estonia and Norway.

The members of OGAE Estonia voted as follows:

The members of OGAE Norway voted as follows:

The aggregate results after voting by the seven fan clubs are as follows:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the OGAE Poll 2023 scores!

Source: OGAE International

Norway: La Zarra is the winner of the first show of Addresse Liverpool!

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The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK broadcasts a special show dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest every year.

Adresse Liverpool  premiered yesterday with the first entries of this year’s competition. Each week approximately eight songs are reviewed with the judges rating the songs from one to twelve points.

The presentation of the show has been undertaken by the Norwegian commentator Marte Stokstad, who will be joined by Ingeborg Heldal (music editor), Staysman (singer and presenter) and Kevin Vågenes (comedian). There will also be an additional celebrity judge to sit on the show’s judging panel each time.

This show featured Kim Wigaard (former MGP contestant).

The results of the first episode are as follows:

  • France – La Zarra – Évidemment – ​​96 Points (12 points from all judges)
  • Italy – Marco Mengoni – Due vite – 73 Points (12, 4, 10, 10, 10, 12, 10, 5)
  • Czech Republic – Vesna – My Sisters Crown – 62 Points (7, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 12)
  • Malta – The Busker – Dance (Our Own Party) – 61 Points (10, 6, 10, 8, 1, 8, 12, 6)
  • Armenia – Brunette – Future Lover – 51 Points (4, 8, 12, 5, 4, 3, 5, 10)
  • Greece – Victor Vernicos – What They Say – 42 Points (5, 6, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4, 7)
  • Australia – Voyager – Promise – 41 Points (6, 7, 3, 4, 10, 4, 2, 5)
  • Croatia – Let 3 – Mama ŠČ! – 32 Points (5, 2, 6, 10, 6, 1, 1, 1)
  • Latvia – Sudden Lights – Aijā – 30 Points (6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 8, 4)
  • Norway – Alessandra – Queen of the Kings – Not Rated

“Adresse Liverpool” will consist of four shows with an additional celebrity judge joining the show’s judging panel. The broadcast dates,  additional judges and some of the countries that  will  be featured are as follows :           

  •  April  14 – Kim Wigaard (participated  in MGP), for  the Czech Republic,  Norway and France .       
  •  April  21 –  Agnete  Husebye  (YouTuber) , for Serbia,  Ukraine and Denmark .    
  •  April  28 –  Amanda  Tenfjord  (Greece  2022) & Fawad Ashraf (former Eurovision judge), for Iceland, Austria and Germany .           
  •  May 5 – Henrik  Aasheim  (deputy  leader  of the  Conservative  Party), Linn Skåber (comedian and writer), for  Sweden, Finland and Moldova.

As  always, there will  be an  audience jury voting on each of the shows led by Jim Ødegård Pedersen. In addition it has been confirmed that Marte Stokstad will return to NRK ‘s ​​commentary booth for Eurovision 2023  and we will be listening to his commentary this May from Liverpool .                       

You can watch the show on NRK Player here.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments in Eurovision 2023!