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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Italy: Marco Mengoni prepares for Eurovision with four European concerts!

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Marco Mengoni has started preparing himself to represent Italy in Liverpool.  He will sing a 3 minutes shortened version of Due Vite for Eurovision to comply with the rules.

And as part of the preparations he will head to four main European cities before arriving to Liverpool.  The cities and dates for his mini-European tour are the following:

  • Paris – 24 April
  • Brussels – 25 April
  • Frankfurt – 27 April
  • Zurich – 29 April

Marco Mengoni is not a stranger to the European audience.  After all he represented his country 10 years ago in Malmö with the song.  However, with his tour Marco Mengoni is planning to reconnect with the international public and to rehearse before heading to Liverpool.

Marco Mengoni came in seventh place in Eurovision 2013 with the song L’essenziale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HBDAbdXUg&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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Source: Fanpage

Lithuania:Monika Linkyte has shot her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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Monika Linkyte, Lithuania’s representative at Eurovision 2023, has just finished her Eurovision 2023 postcard shooting!

The Lithuanian representative confirmed through her social media accounts the fact that she has filmed the postcard that will be shown just before her Eurovision 2023 performance.The singer did not unveil the location nor the filming scenario of the postcard,but instead,she just revealed how she did the filming.

Monika Linkyte is no stranger to the Eurovision stage as she previously represented Lithuania in 2015, alongside Vaudas Baumila.Her previous entry called “This time” reached the 18th place in the final that took place in Vienna and she really hopes to reach the final once again this year.

Monika Linkyte is competing with her song “Stay”,which contains some lyrics in Lithuanian,in the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision that is scheduled to take place on May 11:

Do you think that Lithuania will manage to qualify for the Grand Final?Write us in the comments!

Ireland: Wild Youth go for a “big” and “bold” staging!

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Conor O’Donohoe, who is the lead singer of Wild Youth, this year’s representatives of Ireland, promised that their performance on Liverpool’s stage is going to be a “big and bold” one, during his interview for PA News Agency.

In addition, he also mentioned the following:

Our staging will be “big and bold”. We aren’t taking any shortcuts!

Conor O’Donohoe

Moreover, he also revealed that he is currently undergoing a health and training regime, cutting down junk food, in order to be fully fit on stage!

I’m definitely having to put down the McDonald’s and pick up the carrot sticks… I do my vocal lessons every day, and I listen to the song and then I run on a treadmill while I sing the songs.

Conor O’Donohoe

Wild Youth’s lead singer also commented on the procedure of composing “We Are One” and mentioned that he wanted to create a song which would live up to the whole Eurovision’s stature.

I wanted to write a song that could live up to the stature and the size of the stage and the arena and the scale of Eurovision.

Conor O’Donohoe

However, Ireland’s “We Are One” is not considered as a qualification’s favorite song from the first semi-final, until now, since it is currently placed at the lower slots of Eurovision’s odds.

Let’s keep in mind that Ireland still holds the record total of seven wins making it the country with the most victories in the Eurovision Song Contest!

Ireland is on the first half of the first semi-final on Tuesday May 9th.

Source: RTÉ

What do you think? Will Ireland manage to hold its record and qualify to the Grand Final? Stay tuned and share your opinion on the comments below!

Armenia: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Future Lover”!

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Brunette will be representing Armenia in Liverpool next May with the song titled “Future Lover”, which is in both English and Armenian!

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the country’s official video clip for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Christos, Elefterium, Konstantinos and Filippos in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on the participation of Armenia, for 2023!

Video Editing: @eleftherium

Listen to “Future Lover” below:

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Albania: Details about Albina & Familja Kelmendi’s stage performance revealed!

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The composer of “Duje”, gave an interview to RTSH, the public broadcaster of Albania, and revealed some first details about the stafing of the Alba nnian entry for Eurovision 2023.

Eriona Rushiti, who is the composer behind the Albanian song, talking about “Duje” and its staging, explained that the live performance that we are going to see on Liverpool isbeing made with great interest:

“This year, they are working very well for the stage. Especially since there are six people on stage, everything must be correct, the message must be conveyed clearly. I hope that the live song will have a lot of impact.”

Also, talking about this year’s stage director, Sacha Jean-Baptiste, she stated that:

“Sacha has been with her group in Pristina for a week. They work with every frame … how we will move the cameras and the lights. She worked with the choreography for all six members. I believe it will be very nice.”

Eriona Rushiti, also talked a bit about the revamp of the song and the reason it took place in Istanbul:

“That particular studio was chosen due to the fact that it was possible to use the “live” string orchestra and many instruments that were needed for the song. Especially since they know our culture. We couldn’t choose a studio from another country that doesn’t know our beat and the culture we have. The song took on a more modern spirit. We stayed true to the version that was presented at the RTSH Festival, but some other elements were strengthened.”

Albina & Familja Kelmendi are going to perform in the seconf half of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2023 in May 11.

Below you can watch our reaction video to “Duje”:

Source: festivali.rtsh.al

Belgium: Gustaph unveils Eurovision staging details

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Belgium’s representative Gustaph has set in train his intense preparations for the 2023 contest as he explicitly states in Liverpoolecho:

“I can’t tell you too much but when we first saw the stage, I knew we had to make something much more dynamic than what we did in Belgium.It’s going to be different. The idea of static stairs won’t be there anymore and there will be much more interaction with the visuals and the performance as well. Adding to that, we’re now going to have three backing vocalists. The song is written from a gospel perspective so three voices are going to make it bigger than it already is.”

In the interview, Gustaph cites Eurovision 1998 UK’s entry Where are you now? by Imaani as one of his all-time favorite Eurovision performances,as the song’s strong house-music elements and “deep lyricism” played a determining role in his turning into a Eurovision aficionado.

Last weekend,Gustaph made an appearance in RTL’s show Humberto in order to promote his 2023 entry called “Because of You”.The show,which aired on RTL4, received quite a positive response from the audience as it was watched by an average of 488,000 viewers and even reached a high of 1.400.o00 viewers throughout the course of its broadcast.

Gustaph was chosen to represent Belgium after having being crowned the winner of  Eurosong 2023,Belgium’s first national final in seven years.Despite the fact that he did not manage to win the televote,the jury’s votes were more than enough to give him the golden ticket to Liverpool.However,he is already familiar with the Eurovision stage,as he was a backing vocalist both for Sennek (2018) and Hooverphonic (2021).

Gustaph is going to sing his song “Because of You” in the first half of the second semi-final in this year’s Eurovision,scheduled to take place on May 11.

 

What do you think of Belgium’s entry?Could the performance be impactful enough to bring Belgium back in the top 10 after 6 whole years?

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Do not forget to check our team’s reaction video to Belgium’s entry here:

source:eurovoix.com

 

 

 

Eurovision 2023: Semi-Final running orders will be revealed tomorrow!

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Τhrough the official Eurovision account on Twitter, it became known that tomorrow the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals of May 9 and 11 will be announced.

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 31 January at St George’s Hall in Liverpool, where the official handover of the tournament emblem from Turin to Liverpool took place. After a draw, the distribution of the 31 countries competing this year in two semi-finals as well as in which half of the show each country will appear. 15 countries compete in the first semi-final, while 16 countries compete in the second.

The results obtained were the following:

First Semi-Final

semi 1

Second Semi-Final

semi 2

The exact running order  will not be random but will be determined in a way that serves the flow of the show and keeps the viewer interested!

The running order will be announced with the first broadcast on the Eurovision channel on YouTube, tomorrow at 19:00 CET  in the form of a recap of the two semi-finals that will also include the exact running order.

What are your prediction about the running order of the two Semi-Finals?

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

 

Poland: Blanka visiting Finland & meeting with Käärijä!

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Blanka, the Polish representative for Eurovision 2023, visited the Finnish capital of Helsinki and spent time with this year representative of Finland, Käärijä!

The Polish entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was in Finland after being selected to represent Poland at Eurovision 2023. During her time in Helsinki, Blanka went to the Warner Music studios in the Finnish capital, and was in the recording studio with the publisher behind her Eurovision entry “Solo”. While at the Warner Music studios, Blanka met the Finnish representative in this year’s contest Käärijä.

 

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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Blanka Stajkow (@blikeblanka)

Enjoy our Reaction videos about Poland and Finland in Eurovision 2023:

What do you think about Poland’s and Finland’s entry? Tell us in the comments!

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Portugal: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Ai Coração”!

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The Festival da Canção 2023 , the Portuguese national final for the 67th Eurovision Contest has finished some days ago. For the night of the final Mimicat was the clear winner with the song “Ai Coração” after she won both the jury’s and the TV audience’s vote.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the official live performance of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Katerina, Antonis and Elefterium in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Portugal‘s participation, for 2023!

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Listen to “Ai Coração” from Mimicat below:

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