Greece: Listen to “What They Say” live for the first time!

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The 16-year-old Victor Vernicos, this year‘s representative of Greece in Eurovision 2023, was a guest on a podcast of the Streamee platform, where he performed for the first time live “What They Say“, in an acoustic version.

During the discussion, Victor, among other things, referred to his stage appearance in Liverpool. The goal of Victor and his team is to be able to visualize the truthfulness of the song, so that the emotion caused by “What They Say“ can be passed on to the audience.

We remind you that Greece and Victor will compete in the 2nd semi-final on 11May and the order of appearance is number 8.

Watch our reaction video on Greece’s participation in the contest:

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Norway: Watch the official music video of “Queen of Kings”!

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Norway chose their representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, via the National Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023. The winner of the National Final was Alessandra with the song Queen of Kings, and she will represent the country in May in Liverpool.

Earlier today, through Alessandra’s official YouTube channel, the music video of the track was released.

Down bellow you can find the Video Clip of “Queen Of Kings” for Eurovision 2023: 

Norway will compete in the first position of the First Semi Final in 9th of May. As a result, the country will open the competition part for this year’s Eurovision.

You can now watch the team’s reaction of EurovisionFun to Norway’s participation down bellow:

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Eurovision 2023: TikTok to partner with the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool!

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TikTok has been selected as the Official Entertainment Partner for the Eurovision Song Contest for the second year running, joining the Contest in Liverpool to give fans a front-row seat.

Following on from TikTok’s immensely popular coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, the social media platform will once again be offering unique insight into the 67th Contest in Liverpool.

As the Official Entertainment Partner, TikTok will become a go-to destination for all things Eurovision. From specially created livestreams and exclusive performances in the app, to music playlists and behind-the-scenes content, TikTok will bring its community of users into the heart of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Liverpool One, LiverpoolBBC / James Stack

As well as discovering unique content from Liverpool, the TikTok community will also be able to watch livestreams of both Semi-Finals on Tuesday 9 May and Thursday 13 May, as well as the Grand Final on Saturday 13 May, via the @Eurovision channel.

Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, says:

“Millions of new Eurovision Song Contest fans discovered the event through TikTok last year and we know millions more will be excited by this year’s extra special event in Liverpool. Both the Eurovision Song Contest and TikTok provide an international platform for discovering fresh new music and artists and we look forward to working together in creating more huge hits in 2023.”

TikTok comes to Liverpool

TikTok is partnering with Visit Liverpool so that fans can use TikTok as their official guide to the city. Creators can use ‘TikTok places’ in-app to discover some of the best local spots recommended by the TikTok community – from the iconic Cavern Club, to the must-visit vintage shops and the ultimate foodie destinations.

Liverpool is home to one of the most thriving busking communities in the UK, who have turned to TikTok as their global stage. In the weeks the contest takes over the city, TikTok will be supporting busking sites around Liverpool showing where stars get started – with local artists performing together for fans visiting from all over the world.

St George’s Hall, LiverpoolBBC / James Stark

For those visiting Liverpool during the contest, TikTok will be hosting an exclusive legends performance in the Eurovision Village – the official fanzone, on Friday 12 May at 19:30 CET. The Eurovision Legends will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Susan Finnegan, Destination Liverpool Commercial Director, says:

“We’re delighted to be partnering with TikTok, showcasing our iconic city on a global stage and telling the authentic story of Liverpool through the eyes of visitors – the content creators. Partnering with such an influential brand has the power to make Liverpool once again stand out from the crowd nationally and internationally.”

Watch this Space, Man

The Eurovision Song Contest had a great impact on TikTok throughout 2022. As well as the Contest’s own content, the participating artists thrived on the platform, like TikTok superstar Sam Ryder who represented the United Kingdom and came second to Ukraine with SPACE MAN. In 2023, Sam Ryder will be TikTok’s official Eurovision ambassador throughout the Eurovision Song Contest.

Last year’s Contest resulted in three billion views for the official hashtag #Eurovision2022 and over 5.8 million viewers tuned in across the three livestreams, broadcast from the official Eurovision Song Contest TikTok account.

Rich Waterworth, General Manager Operations Europe, TikTok, says: 

“Entertainment is at the heart of TikTok, and we’re excited to partner with the Eurovision Song Contest once again to bring the magic of the world’s largest live music event to our community. We’ve seen Eurovision legends start their journeys on TikTok and Eurovision songs thrive on the platform well beyond the contest itself. We can’t wait to see what Eurovision 2023 has in store.”

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Source: eurovision.tv

Ukraine: First details for Tvorchi’s stage performance revealed!

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The first details of the Ukrainian stage performance in Liverpool have been revealed.  The information comes from a tender document for their staging.

According to this document, Tvorchi’s participation and staging will cost 2,986,854 UAH (74,354 Euro).  Iryna Dyachuk will be in charge of the staging of the Ukrainian representatives.

Tvorchi will perform their song “Heart Of Steal” joined by two ballet dancers.  The costumes will be be created by April 20.  The plans include props that will arrive to Liverpool by April 2017.

These are the costs of the Ukrainian performance:

  • Staging, props, choreography, special effects and lighting – 882,400 UAH (21,966 Euro)
  • Creation of props and delivery to Liverpool – 765,900 UAH (19,066 Euro)
  • Travel and cost of the stage director, his assistant, two dancers, a producer, a choreographer and a make-up stylist for the contest – 695,300 UAH (17,309 Euro)
  • Costumes – 193,600 UAH (4,819 Euro)
  • Graphics for performance – 193,600 UAH (4,819 Euro)

Tvorchi will perform in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest.  They will perform in 19th place during the night of the final.

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Finland: Mr. Lordi discusses Käärijä’s chances at Eurovision 2023!

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Hard rock band Lordi are the only Finnish Eurovision winners so far.  Moreover, their winning song and costumes make them one of the most iconic Eurovision acts from Finland.  Hence, there is no doubt why Finnish press appreciates what the band has to say about their Eurovision representative.

Lead singer Mr. Lordi talked to Helsingin Uutiset about the band and of course there was time to talk about Käärijä and his song Cha cha cha.  Mr. Lordi expressed mixed feelings about the Finnish song for Liverpool:

I can’t stand rap. Hip hop is from Satan. I’ve never liked that music, I don’t understand it. However, there is a very heavy background and a melodic chorus, which I really enjoy.

In the end, Mr. Lordi thinks the overall result is positive and he thinks Käärijä can give Finland a good result.  According to Mr. Lordi, what makes Käärijä stands out is the “heavy sound” of the song because Finland gets the best results when it goes in this musical direction:

It’s always good when a heavier song from Finland is entered in such a competition, because we have expertise in such music. Finnish people know how to make heavy music, it works better than softer songs. Lordi, Blind Channel and Käärijä: stuff from the heavier department.

However, Mr. Lordi does not want to anticipate a victory for Finland.  According to him, Käärijä can win the Eurovision Song Contest.  Nevertheless, he adds that making predictions is pointless because there are many variables in the competition.

Lordi represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah.  They won the song contest in a landslide

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Source: Helsingin Uutiset

United Kingdom: Grand final of Eurovision 2023 to be shown in cinemas!

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The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcasted live in cinemas across the UK for the first time.

Liverpool will host the event on Saturday 13 May, following two semi-finals earlier in the week. Over 500 cinemas across the UK were announced this morning on BBC Radio 2 as taking part in broadcasting the contest. Vue has 91 cinemas across the United Kingdom across which fans of the contest will be able to watch the contest. Tickets for the broadcast at Vue will go on sale from Monday March 27.

Robert Lea, Head of Screen Content at Vue Entertainment, said:

“Eurovision is one of the biggest television events of the year, and is set to be bigger than ever in the UK this year as Liverpool plays host, so we are thrilled to be bringing it to the big screen for the first time.

“Every song, every vote and every larger than life moment will be live streamed in amazing picture and sound quality for fans to enjoy with each other in the comfort of our premium seating.”

John Travers of CinemaLive, who will distribute the event to cinemas, said the company was “delighted” to be working with the BBC to bring the contest to the big screen.

“We want audiences to enjoy themselves, come along in groups, get your fancy dress on, and come together to enjoy this historic occasion on the big screen” 

The contest will be hosted by Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, and chat show host Graham Norton, who also commentates on Eurovision for British TV audiences.

source: bbc

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Eurovision 2023: Eurovisionfun Reacts to First Semi-Final Running Order!

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All the songs for the Eurovision Song Contest are officially out and the EBU revealed the full running orders of the two semi-finals of the Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

The Eurovisionfun team watched and reacted to the official recap with the running order of the two semi finals! Enjoy Christos, Aps and Thanos on the reaction video for the 1st semi-final with detailed comments and thoughts about the running order of the songs!

The running order of the First Semi-Final:

  1. 🇳🇴 Norway
  2. 🇲🇹 Malta
  3. 🇷🇸 Serbia
  4. 🇱🇻 Latvia
  5. 🇵🇹 Portugal
  6. 🇮🇪 Ireland
  7. 🇭🇷 Croatia
  8. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  9. 🇮🇱 Israel
  10. 🇲🇩 Moldova
  11. 🇸🇪 Sweden
  12. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  13. 🇨🇿 Czechia
  14. 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  15. 🇫🇮 Finland

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Estonia: ERR starts Eurovision Preview show

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ERR will have their Eurovision 2023 preview show.

Eurovisiooni laulud 2023 will be the name of the show.  Every Thursday for the next six weeks Estonian viewers will watch all the Eurovision contestant’s songs.  The preview show will be hosted by Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets.  Kuld and Niinemets also hosted Eesti Laul 2023.  They will also have guests during the six shows reviewing each of the thirty seven songs in competition.

However, it is not known if they will rate the songs during the shows as part of the preview show format.  Several countries will continue the tradition of having preview shows to watch the songs for Eurovision 2023 and rate them:

  • Germany – Songcheck
  • Iceland – Alla leið 2023
  • Norway – Adresse Liverpool

Alika will represent Estonia in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Bridges”.  She is set to perform during the second semi-final in fourth place.

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

Source: ERR

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Georgia: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry ”Echo”!

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A few days ago, through the official account of Eurovision, the participation of Iru for this year’s Eurovision 2023 competition, entitled “Echo“, was officially presented. Iru won the representation of Georgia at Eurovision 2023 by winning the fifth round of The Voice Georgia!

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the country’s official video clip for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Aps, Apostolos, Thanos and special guest Konstantina in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on the participation of Georgia, for 2023!

Video Editing: @xristosrpk

Listen to “Echo” below:

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Eurovision 2023: The running order of the semifinals has been revealed!

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With a month and a half left for the first semifinal of Eurovision 2023 on May 9, the EBU today announced the order of appearance of the songs in the semifinals.

The running order was determined by the EBU in collaboration with the British organizers, taking into account where each country was drawn to appear (first or second half), but also in such a way that the show is more interesting.

So, through the official Eurovision channel on YouTube, the official running order of the songs in the semifinals of this year’s contest was announced a few minutes ago.

Running Order

First Semifinal – May 9

  1. Norway
  2. Malta
  3. Serbia
  4. Latvia
  5. Portugal
  6. Ireland
  7. Croatia
  8. Switzerland
  9. Israel
  10. Moldova
  11. Sweden
  12. Azerbaijan
  13. Czechia
  14. Netherlands
  15. Finland

Second Semifinal – May 11

  1. Denmark
  2. Armenia
  3. Romania
  4. Estonia
  5. Belgium
  6. Cyprus
  7. Iceland
  8. Greece
  9. Poland
  10. Slovenia
  11. Georgia
  12. San Marino
  13. Austria
  14. Albania
  15. Lithuania
  16. Australia

The analyzes of the fans and not only for a few minutes have been on fire, since the theories based on the prehistory of the countries in the contest, are a first picture of how passable is the qualification to the final or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions about who will advance to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Liverpool early…

Turin will host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest from May 9th to 13th at the Liverpool Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers is “The Sound of Beauty”.

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