Israel: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Unicorn”!

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Israel was the first country to announce its representative for Eurovision 2023, choosing Noa Kirel as its next act since the last summer.

The song is titled “Unicorn” and is written by Noa Kirel herself and a team with many well-known composers consisting of Doron Medalie (Israel 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018), Yinon Yahel (Israel 2020) and May Sfadia (she has written ZaZa from the 2022 national final).

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the official video clip of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Christos, Aps, Spyros and George in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Israel‘s participation, for 2023!

Video Editing: @xristosrpk

Listen to “Unicorn” below:

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Austria: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Who the hell is Edgar?”

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For another year, Austria chooses its participation in the Eurovision contest through internal selection. So for 2023, the national broadcaster chose Teya & Salina with “Who the hell is Edgar?” .

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

Video Editing: @eleftherium

Listen to “Who the hell is Edgar?”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmLeV47Au4

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Måns Zelmerlöw: If Loreen wins Eurovision, I will not be returning soon!

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BBC “Eurovision Cast” podcast recently hosted the former Eurovision winner, Måns Zelmerlöw, who won Eurovision back in 2015 for Sweden. For the past years, Måns has been living with his family in the United Kingdom and stated that in the event of Loreen winning Eurovision, he will have to delay his return to Eurovision that he was planning to, as a tactic to have more possibilities of winning again, being difficult for a country to win twice in a row.

Måns Zelmerlöw feels amazed by how much the image of the United Kingdom has changed in Eurovision, after achieving the second place last year with Sam Ryder. To the hostess question whether he would also return to Eurovision-like Loreen-he answered that:

I was planning to do that somewhere in the future but in case Loreen, representing Sweden, wins for the second time, then there has to be some time between Loreen’s win and my return…

Regardless the delay that a possible Loreen’s win can result to his planned return, Måns Zelmerlöw literally glorifies Loreen and is sure that she will be crowned as a winner in May.

The last minute of her performance is one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen and even if her song is not a new version of “Euphoria”, it manages to create something equally good. I thought that Norway was an undeniable favorite to win Eurovision, but now no one can threaten Loreen.

Later, Måns is not hesitant to ask the podcast’s hostess about her co-journalists’ opinion on Loreen’s performance, with her stating that:

They all think of the same thing, they feel that Eurovision is actually over!

Watch Loreen’s performance on the after-party right after her win in Melodifestivalen 2023:

Source: gp.se

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Portugal: detailed results for Festival da Canção 2023 out now!

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The Festival da Canção 2023 , the Portuguese national final for the 67th Eurovision Contest has finished last saturday . 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.

However, the same did not happen for the first semi-final where she also participated.  Although “Ai Coração” ended in first place among the audience, the juror placed her in fourth place among the other 10 entries in the semi-final.

Here are the detailed results of Festival da Canção 2023:

First Semi-Final – 25 February 2023


Second Semi-Final – March 4, 2023


Final – March 11, 2023

Portugal will participate in the First Semi-final.  More specifically, Mimicat will perform her song in the first half of the evening (between 1 and 7 position).

Source: escportugal.pt

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Georgia: Iru’s “Echo” will be revealed on March 16th

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Georgia, in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, is represented by Iru Khechanovi, who is also known mononymously as Iru. However, little were known regarding Iru’s song until a few minutes ago, when its title, “Echo”, was released by the official account of Eurovision on Twitter. In addition to that, audience will have the opportunity to listen to the song on Thursday March 16th, which is also the official date of release, announced by Eurovision’s Twitter account as well. Taking this into consideration, Georgia’s entry will be in fact the last one which is released for this year’s contest.

At this point let’s keep in mind that this is not going to be Iru’s very first experience from the contest, since she has already participated once more, when she was one of the members of the band named “Candy”, which was actually the winning entry for Georgia in Junior Eurovision of 2011.

 

 

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Georgia is at the second half of the seconf semi final on Thursday May 11th.

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Sweden: Loreen debuts with the song “Tattoo” on the Global Spotify Chart at #185!

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The Final of Melodifestivalen 2023, was broadcast by SVT and SVT Play last Saturday and we now know that Loreen will represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, with the song “Tattoo“, placing first in both the International Jury and the public vote!

Loreen continues to break records, as expected, after her victory last Saturday! Today “Tattoo“ debuted at position #185 on the Global Spotify Chart!

Currently Loreen is the big favourite for the win at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, that will take place in Liverpool, according to the odds!

Don’t miss out on Loreen’s first words, at the press conference after her victory at the Melodifestivalen 2023, that took place at Friends Arena! Check out our YouTube channel for more interviews, reactions videos and Melodifestivalen material!

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2023!

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

 

Azerbaijan: Listen to “Tell Me More“ from TuralTuranX for Eurovision 2023!

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A few days ago, it was announced that the entry that will represent Azerbaijan this year at Eurovision are twin brothers, Turan & Tural Bağmanovlar, with the stage name TuralTuranX.

Tural and Turan, both 22, will sing their self-penned song “Tell Me More“ in Liverpool. The brothers are street performers from Zaqatala – a picturesque mountainous town in the very north-west of the country.

They became one of the five short-listed candidates and since the day their candidate postcard was shared in social media and on Youtube, their popularity skyrocketed.

A while ago, through the official Eurovision account, this year’s participation of the country for Liverpool was officially published!

Listen to “Tell Me More” below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvsr-L3HgY

 

The Azerbaijani broadcaster, Ictimai, had announced that there are 5 acts still in the running to be chosen internally to represent this country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The 5 acts have all recorded the same songs in the same studio, and eventually had to perform the songs live. Below you can find the 5 acts that were in the running to represent Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan has been allocated in the second half of the First Semi-Final which is going to take place on Tuesday 9th of May.

Stay tuned on Eurovision fun for all the updates around the Azeri entry in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest!

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 final show topped the TV ratings in Sweden!

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The Final of Melodifestivalen 2023, was broadcast by SVT and SVT Play last Saturday and we now know that Loreen will represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, with the song “Tattoo“, placing first in both the International Jury and the public vote!

Saturday’s show gathered an average rating of 3.419.000 viewers, in its 120-minute duration sweeping a share of 82.85%.

Compared to last year’s edition, the final gained 149.000 viewers and almost 8.75 cents of viewing share (2023 – 82.85%, 2022 – 76.1%) 

The final show Melodifestivalen 2023 viewers number increased by 1.104.000 viewers, compared to last week’s semi-final show!

Melodifestivalen 2023 Final Results

International Jury Winner

Loreen – “Tattoo”

General  Winner

Loreen – “Tattoo”

Don’t miss out on Loreen’s performance, at the Melodifestivalen 2023 afterparty that took place at Berns Stockholm! Check out our YouTube channel for more interviews, reactions videos and Melodifestivalen material!

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2023!

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis
Source: MMS

Spain: “Eaea” with changes for Eurovision 2023!

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Changes have been made to the Spanish song “Eaea” for the Eurovision stage in Liverpool.

José Pablo Polo has confirmed that the Spanish entry for the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest has undergone changes for Eurovision. Speaking to Eurovision Space, Jose Pablo Polo who worked on the song with Blanca Paloma confirmed that:

“Τhe version that will (be performed) at Eurovision has already been delivered. We have made some changes (some were already present in the Benidorm Fest version) that we believe will be able to elevate the song to a higher status.”

Watch the reaction video of our team for “Eaea”:

You can watch Blanca Paloma’s performance below:

 

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Eurovision 2023: Today the meeting of the heads of delegation in Liverpool!

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Both with the physical presence and with the help of the use of technology, the meeting of the heads of delegation is taking place today. The 37 countries are invited to submit to the hosts, the video clips of their participation, as well as the envelope with the instructions for their stage presentation. Any changes that participants wish to make from this date onwards must be approved by the competition’s Reference Group.

Usually, at the meeting of the heads of delegations, the draw for the order of appearance of the hosting country is also held. It remains to be seen whether this year’s draw will include both Ukraine and the UK, as the BBC is co-hosting in Liverpool along with UA:PBC on behalf of Ukraine.

Today we will also learn the song of Azerbaijan, with the only countries that have not yet announced their participation being Armenia (on 15th of March it will reveal its participation) and Georgia (still unknown when the announcement will be made).

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!