France: La Zarra filmed her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

La Zarra has filmed her Eurovision 2023 postcard.  This year the representatives competing in Liverpool will film their postcards in their home countries.

During the French postcard we will see La Zarra in Château de Fontainebleau.  She will be riding a horse named Ulysse from a French equestrian show called Les Folies Gruss.  The postcard will show us the French representative posing in front of the castle and walking in the garden.

The postcards for Eurovision 2023 will feature the artists in their home countries performing different activities in their home countries.  The following postcards have already been filmed:

  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi
  • Austria – Teya & Salena
  • Croatia – Let 3
  • Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou
  • Germany – Lord of the Lost
  • Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  • Poland – Blanka
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni

La Zarra will perform in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool her song Évidemment on May 13, 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWfbEFH9NvQ&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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Eurovision 2023: Swedish lead – Small differences within Top 10

The favorite column of many of you is back as the betting breakdowns for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest are here again.

With a less than one and a half month for Eurovision 2023, we take a look at the bookmakers’ odds of each country winning this year’s contest.

In any case, these odds reflect trends and are based on what we know so far about each country’s participation.

Top 5

“Unchanged” remains the situation at the top, with Loreen continuing to “sweep” the betting tables, being – by far the second – the big favorite to win the 67th Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish win has remained steady in recent weeks on the verge of doubling the stake. In fact Sweden‘s victory is played at odds between 1.75 and 2.

Finland remains second, with Käärijä and “Cha Cha Cha” having gained impressions and receiving a “vote of confidence” from the bookers who consider the possibility of the Scandinavian country’s second victory after 2006 to be anything but improbable. The Finnish win is played at odds between 4 and 6, trailing Sweden.

Ukraine is in third place. Contrary to what happened in the previous weeks, the big winner of last year’s competition has stopped “losing ground” and remains firmly in third place, with the possibility of a TVORCHII victory being played at odds of around 7.5.

In fourth place is Norway, whose gap with the leading three has narrowed over the last few days. Alessandra and the “Queen of Kings” has been a fan favourite, with bookies offering the Norwegian win at odds of between 11 and 15.

We had a change in fifth place, with Spain “climbing” into the Top 5. Bianca Paloma and “Eaea” earned impressions at last week’s Barcelona party and moved up one place compared to our last analysis. Spanish win is played at odds between 15 and 21.

Top 10

Israel “fell” sixth. Noa Kirel and the “Unicorn” may be down one spot compared to our previous analysis, but Israel’s win odds have dropped. It is characteristic that the maximum yield offered by the Israeli victory is now 26.

The picture is similar for the seventh Czechia. Vesna maintains positive momentum following their selection, having gained ground over the past few weeks. The highest return that can be played the Czech Republic win returns 31 times the stake.

The “pleasant surprise” of the last weeks is none other than Austria, which from the 26th place before the release of the eccentric “Who The Hell Is Edgar?”, is now in the eighth place. The odds of an Austrian victory are constantly falling and it is a matter of days before it threatens Israel and the Czech Republic. Teya & Salina win is played at odds between 21 and 41.

Ninth is the United Kingdom, with Mae Muller‘s mediocre image at the Barcelona party adding to the bookers’ already negative response to the release of the British entry. The British win can now be played at odds that return up to 51 times the stake.

Finally, the top ten is completed by France, which is played at exactly the same odds as its counterparts in the United Kingdom. Despite the fact that the Western European powerhouse is one place lower compared to our last analysis, its odds of winning nevertheless remain stable, standing at 51.

Do you think Loreen can make history in May in Liverpool, giving Sweden victory for the second time while equaling the all-time record of Ireland of 7 wins?

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the 67th Eurovision Song Contest!

Greece: The ERT’s budget for Eurovision 2023!

Today, the budget of Greece’s participation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest was posted in cooperation of ERT and the Greek Ministry of Digital Goverance. The Greek National Broadcaster is asked to pay 227,365 Euros for all the expenses to participate in this year’s contest.

Although, an additional 150,000 Euros should be added to the amount, which are the participation fee for this year’s competition. Therefore, the total amount that ERT will pay for Eurovision 2023 is 377,000 Euros. In a separate fund, an amount of 12,000 Euros was approved in the previous days for the rental of the two TV commentators.

In total, the final amount for Greece’s budget comes to 399,000 euros, which is slightly lower compered to the budget of the National Broadcaster the past two participations. This seems very reasonable since there are no longer restrictions due to the pandemic with the hotel rooms and the recording of the “live on tape” video.

You can find the relevant decision in Greek here

Down bellow, you can watch EurovsionFun’s reaction for this year’s Greek entry:

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Netherlands: Watch Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper’s first live performance of “Burning Daylight”!

Earlier today, we had the chance to listen to the two Dutch representatives Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper, performing their song “Buring Daylight” live, through their official TikTok accounts!

In the first video, we can listen to the two young singers performing the chorus of their song, while in the second one, we can see Mia Nicolai performing her solo verse:

@itsdioncooper Can’t wait to perform our song on the big Eurovision stage together with @Mia Nicolai #eurovision2023 #burningdaylight #dioncooper ♬ original sound – Dion Cooper

@mianicolai_music ❤️‍🔥 #Acapella #BehindTheSong #Eurovision2023 #WomenOfTikTok ♬ original sound – Mia Nicolai

Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper with their song “Burning Daylight” hope to continue the country’s qualification streak and the positive results of recent years! As of now, the Netherlands is placed 10th in the odds for qualifying to the final.

The Netherlands is competing in number 14 of the running order of the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2023, in May 9, 2023.

https://youtu.be/UOf-oKDlO6A

You can watch the reaction of the editors of Eurovisionfun, reacting and commenting on the Dutch entry for Eurovision 2023 below:

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Poland: The Polish Eurovision Party 2023 is today!

Today, for the second year in a row, the Polish Eurovision Party 2023 will take place in Warsaw. The hosts of the evening will be Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016) and Konrad Zemlik (the organizer of the event).

At this year’s Polish pre-party, twenty-five artists will appear, who are participating in this year’s Eurovision or have participated in the past.

The Eurovision 2023 entrants who will perform tonight are:

  • Albina & Familija Kelmendi – Albania
  • Alika – Estonia
  • Diljá – Iceland
  • Joker Out – Slovenia
  • Let 3 – Croatia
  • Mae Muller – United Kingdom
  • Monika Linkytė – Lithuania
  • Pasha Parfeni – Moldova
  • Piqued Jacks – San Marino
  • Reiley – Denmark
  • Sudden Lights – Latvia
  • The Busker – Malta
  • Vesna – Czechia
  • Wild Youth – Ireland

The remaining sixteen artists who will accompany this year’s participants are:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of Eurovision 1973 with Luxembourg
  • Eye Cue – North Macedonia 2018
  • Felivers – Tu bije serce Europy 2023 (Polish National Final)
  • Filip Baloš – Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 (Serbian National Final)
  • Gromee – Poland 2018
  • Inis Neziri – Festivali i Këngës 56 & 59 (Albanian National Final)
  • Krystian Ochman – Poland 2022
  • Kuba Szmajkowski – Tu bije serce Europy 2022 & 2023
  • Lindsay Dracass – United Kingdom 2001
  • Melovin – Ukraine 2018
  • Oceana – Unser Song für Dänemark
  • Poli Genova – Bulgaria 2011 & 2016
  • Senhit – San Marino 2011, 2020 & 2021
  • Slavko – Montenegro 2017
  • Sunstroke Project – Moldova 2010, 2017
  • Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019 with Poland

 

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Switzerland: Remo Forrer will be joined by four dancers on stage, in Liverpool!

More details of the Swiss stage performance in Liverpool have been revealed, by the Swiss representative himself, Remo Forrer, in a post on his social media.

We already know that Switzerland will have Sacha Jean-Baptiste as the creative director of Remo’s staging performance and we now know who the four dancers that will be joining him on stage for his “Watergun” performanve will be.

The four dancers that will be joining Remo on stage in Liverpool this year will be (from left to right):

  • Lovisa Bengtsson: Lovisa was one of the Cypriot delegation dancers in 2018, joining Eleni Foureira on stage for “Fuego“.
  • Marco Wihlborg: One of the dancers of Alvaro Estrella in his last year’s Melodifestivalen entry “Suave“.
  • Ellinea Siambalis: The 18-year-old Ellinea, who has Greek roots, was a dancer in the following three numbers of this year’s Melodifestivalen, Kiana‘s “Where Did You Go“, Rejhan‘s “Haunted” and Mariette‘s “One Day“.
  • Kenny Lantz: Kenny was one of the Melodifestivalen in-house dancers this year and was also part of the Cypriot performance in 2019, joining Tamta on stage for the song “Replay“.

 

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Who is Remo Forrer?

Remo Forrer was born in 2001 in a small town called Hemberg SG. He started playing the flute from an early age, then he switched to the accordion, and then he ended up at the piano, which is still his favorite musical instrument to this day. In addition, he took voice lessons at a music school. In 2017, he was nominated for the talent show of the central Switzerland, where he received the award of Photographers Choice for the best stage performance. One year later, he won the competition “Sing dein Ding” with an acapella group and he was allowed to appear at the Acapella Festival in Pfaffikon SZ. In 2020, he won The Voice of Switzerland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-Sbc_GZMc

You can watch the reaction of the editors of Eurovisionfun, reacting and commenting on the Swiss entry for Eurovision 2023 below:

Will Remo Forrer be able to continue the good course of the country in the song contest? Tell us in the comments down bellow!

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Source: Remo Forrer

Estonia: Alika will bring her piano to Liverpool!

With a similar appearance to the one she performed in the Eesti Laul 2023 final, Alika will appear in Liverpool. This means that she will have her special piano with her!

In Alika’s Bridges performance at Eurovision 2023 she will play the piano that was part of Eesti Laul’s performance. The revelation was made earlier this week as Tallinn Airport shared photos of her piano being shipped to Liverpool as part of preparations for the contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbEj29AjB-c

This is of course not surprising, since almost all the Estonian representatives in the competition retain the stage appearance they had in Eesti Laul to Eurovision as well, with some improvements of course.

Estonia is competing in the second semi-final, with the betting so far putting them on track to qualify for the grand final.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou has filmed his postcard for Eurovision 2023!

The filming of the postcards of the 37 participants of Eurovision 2023 are now taking place throughout Europe. The next representative to film his postacard is no other than, Andrew Lambrou, representative of Cyprus!

Andrew Lambrou shot his postcard wearing the Milwaukee Bucks jersey of Giannis Antetokounmpo with the No. 34, in a custom made basketball court right next to the wonderful coastline of Cyprus.

 

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The following acts have confirmed the filming of their postcards:

  • Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – “Break A Broken Heart”
  • Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – “Duje”
  • Austria: Teya & Salena – “Who The Hell Is Edgar”
  • Croatia: Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ”
  • Germany: Lord of the Lost – “Blood and Glitter”
  • Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  • Moldova: Pasha Parfeni –“Soarele și Luna”
  • Poland: Blanka – “Solo”
  • Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”

Andrew Lambrou and Cyprus is set to perform 6th in the 2nd semi-final which is going to take place on May 11 in Liverpool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFUKqTy4zI

You can watch the reaction of the editors of Eurovisionfun, reacting and commenting on the Cypriot entry for Eurovision 2023 below:

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Eurovision 2023: Eurovision Village ticket prices have been announced!

For the first time, it has been decided that access to the Eurovision Village to watch the Grand Final will not be free of charge, in order to manage the number of viewers.

It has been announced that a ticket to watch the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final live on the Liverpool waterfront will cost £15.

On all other days that the Eurovision Village is open, from 5 to 12 May, access will be free of charge and ticket-free. More details will be announced in mid-April.

The Eurovision Village will be located in Pier Head, a district close to the arena and the city centre, and will have a capacity of 25,000 people, who will watch the contest live on the iconic Mersey River waterfront. Pier Head was the departure point for Trans-Oceanic liners to cities such as Boston, New York and Cape Town.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest developments!

Source: Visit Liverpool

Eurovision 2023: Top 37 By 36.000 People!

Like every year, thousands of users vote via the “My Eurovision Scoreboard” app selecting their top 10 in the standard Eurovision scoring way!

So how has the overall ranking of the 37 countries shaped up based on around 36,000 different ratings, 2 weeks since the last song was released?

The ranking of the 37 countries based on the data of the app is as follows:

  1. Sweden 240,104
  2. Finland 206,337
  3. Norway 155,188
  4. Austria 146,962
  5. France 123,721
  6. Czech Republic 122,761
  7. Spain 108,278
  8. United Kingdom 92,428
  9. Slovenia 79,866
  10. Israel 78,076
  11. Armenia 73,011
  12. Serbia 62,305
  13. Italy 60,318
  14. Georgia 45,279
  15. Moldova 43,988
  16. Estonia 39,775
  17. Netherlands 34,653
  18. Latvia 32,720
  19. Portugal 31,577
  20. Cyprus 28,951
  21. Germany 27,168
  22. Australia 25,085
  23. Ukraine 23,877
  24. Switzerland 21,840
  25. Iceland 20,662
  26. Lithuania 19,296
  27. Belgium 17,695
  28. Denmark 16,311
  29. Croatia 15,536
  30. Malta 12,617
  31. Albania 11,041
  32. Poland 10,505
  33. Ireland 9,842
  34. Greece 9,258
  35. Azerbaijan 7,072
  36. Romania 6,346
  37. San Marino 2,065

Sweden is first with 240,104 points, followed by Finland with 206.337 and Norway with 155.188 points!

This data is constantly changing, as more and more users enter their rating in the application.

You can watch the related video from the Douze Points YouTube channel below:

Vote in our poll!

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Source: My Eurovision Scoreboard