UK: Rina Sawayama will NOT represent the UK at Eurovision 2023

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British Japanese singer Rina Sawayama will not represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will take place in Liverpool after Sam Ryder finished in second place.  Last year’s winner, Ukraine was unable to meet the EBU demands to host the Festival.

It is still not clear who will wave the British flag representing the host country though.  However, there was an unfounded rumour that BRIT nominee Rina Sawayama would be the chosen one.

The rumour originates from TikTok and is based on the singer’s European tour.  Rina Sawayama does not  have any scheduled event between 27th February and the 16th of June.  This would be enough time to prepare to rehearse and participate in Eurovision related activities before the Grand Final which will take place in May 13, 2023.

Unfortunately for the fans of the Hold the Girl singer, this gap is not related to the Eurovision Song Contest.  According to a source from Radio Times, this overlap is purely coincidental.

The BBC is yet to confirm who will represent the host country in Liverpool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0hqX_92zI&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Source: RadioTimes

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Norway: The running order of the Third Semi-Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 released!

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A short while ago on the website of the Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, the running order of the seven candidates who will compete in the Third Semi-Final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2023 was published!

The running order of the Third Semi-Final:

  1. Akuvi – “Triumph”
  2. Tiril – “Break It”
  3. Skrellex – “Love Again”
  4. Eline Thorp – “Not Meant to Be”
  5. Stig van Eijk – “Someday”
  6. Maria Celin – “Freya”
  7. Atle Pettersen – “Masterpiece”

You can listen to the songs here.

Timetable

  • Saturday, 14 January: First Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 9 January)
  • Saturday, 21 January: Second Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 16 January)
  • Saturday, 28 January: Third Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 23 January)
  • Saturday, 4 February: Grand Final

We remind you that this year’s Melodi Grand Prix will be quite different from the previous ones, as there will be no duels or second chance round. In each semi-final, only the Norwegian televisionaudience will be able to vote, while in the final, for the first time since 2019, there will also be an international jury that will determine 50% of the result.

The songs will be published every Monday before the semi-final in which they will compete. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will take place at the Spectrum in Trondheim and will be hosted by Arian Engebø and Stian Thorbjørnsen.

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Source: NRK

Finland: Käärijä’s song accused of plagiarism!

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A few days ago, Käärijä’s song titled “Cha Cha Cha”, was released in order to compete in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023, the Finnish national final for Eurovision 2023.

From the moment it was released, it quickly became one of the fan favourites and rised to the first place of the betting odds for winning the national final, by a great margin.

However, some of the comments in the Finnish press came in to change everything and even disqualify Käärijä  from the contest. The journalists accused Käärijä of plagiarism and that his song is a copy of another song, something that is prohibited by EBU’s rules for the contest.

In detail, the accusations want “Cha Cha Cha” to be a copy of the song “We Got the Moves” by Electric Callboys a German electronicore group:

What do you think about all of the above? Do you think that “Cha Cha Cha” is indeed a copy and that Käärijä should be disqualified from UMK?

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BREAKING NEWS: Melissa Mantzoukis’ submission to ERT “Liar” got leaked!

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The Greek Public Broadcaster ERT announced a few days ago that three songs are shortlisted to represent Greece in Eurovision 2023, after the vote of a jury of audience members and a jury of music professionals.

One of the three candidate entries, the song “Shout it Out” by Antonia Kaouri & Maria Maragkou was leaked on Twitter, publishing a one minute video of the song. Earlier today, another song leaked, this time being a short snippet of “What They Say” by Victor Vernicos.

Moments ago, the third shortlisted entry called “Liar” by Melissa Mantzoukis, was also published. The twitter account that leaked “Shout it Out”, published the following snippet of “Liar”:

 

We remind you that “Liar” was the song that got the first place in the vote of the audience jury.

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BREAKING NEWS : Victor Vernicos’ entry “What They Say” leaked!

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The thriller with the Greek representation in Eurovision 2023 continues after the leak of Shout Out by Antonia Kaouris and Maria Maragou, a while ago Victor Vernicos’ What They Say was leaked on Twitter.

It’s about 25 seconds of the song but pretty messed up and not in the best possible quality. It is worth mentioning that the user who uploaded it on Twitter also leaked the demo of Die Together, Amanda’s song, last year.

We remind you that ERT did not cancel Shout Out because of the leak and is expected to do the same now. Any leak at this time is not a breach of EBU regulations.

ERT continues normally with these three songs the process of selecting the Greek participation for Eurovision 2023, with the aim that very soon there will be official announcements about the artist and the song that will represent us in Liverpool.

We remind you that the three songs that precede the combined voting of the public committee and the artistic committee of ERT are the following:

  • Melissa Mantzoukis – Liar
  • Victor Vernicos – What They Say
  • Antonia Kaouris and Maria Maragou – Shout Out

Austria: With a female singer in Eurovision 2023 – Official announcement next week!

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The Eurovision Scout of ORF, the national public broadcaster of Austria, Eberhard Forcher posted on his Facebook account today that the official announcement for the representation of Austria at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, is going to take place in less than a week.

Eberhard Forcher has been the Eurovision Scout of ORF since 2016 and thanks to him the central European nation was represented in the Contest by Nathan Trent, César Sampson and LUM!X.

Aside from the fact that the representative is going to be a woman, Eberhard Forcher mentioned that what Austria is up to, is something unprecedented while he also pointed out the vocal skills of the singer.

Last year Austria was represented in Turin by Pia Maria & LUM!X with the song Halo. They unfortunately didn’t manage to qualify to the Grand Final as they ended up in the 15th place of the First Semi-Final.

https://youtu.be/dMgjHYwXSuo

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Source: escxtra

Greece: Shout out is not disqualified despite being leaked!

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One of the three remaining competing songs for Greece this year has been leaked on social media and based on our greek websites, the song will not be disqualified from the selection.

Based on our research, ERT decided not to disqualify “Shout out” at the moment, based on the fact that it does not violates any of the EBU rules.

Last year, Die Together has also been leaked-as a demo- a month earlier than expected, and many other songs from these year’s national finals. This situation is usual and cannot be dealt with.

ERT continues the process with the three remaining songs and ,by the end of the month, there will be official announcements about the artist and the song that will represent Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The three songs that are still in the selection are:

Melissa Mantzoukis – Liar

Victor Vernicos – What They Say

Αντωνία Καούρη & Μαρία Μαραγκού – Shout Out

You can vote in our poll to share your opinion of “Shout Out”:

Poll: Ποια η γνώμη σας για το Shout Out;

The previous days artists and their teams met up with the Greek Jury to discuss their  detailing proposal for Eurovision (VideoClip, Promotion, Staging etc). That’s the exact process that took place last year also. Next up, the jury will give their final vote, just like the Audiance jury, and the song and artist will be selected for Eurovision 2023! The announcement will probably happen in January.

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Patrisha: “I want to surprise the audience with my performance” | Exclusive Interview

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One of the candidates of this year’s national final of Latvia, Patrisha spoke exclusively to Bogiannos Apostolos and Matamis Apostolis from EurovisionFun, about her participation in Supernova 2023, with the song “Hush“.

Starting her musical career from a very young age, she understood from a very early age her love for singing and musicals. But how did she make the decision to take part in the national final for 2023?

“In previous years, I was in the backing vocals of other participations, such as in 2016! In 2019 I performed my first song as a guest on Supernova and I received many messages to take part but I felt it was not the right time then. This year, I know what I want to present and I finally decided to take part”

In our question, she revealed that although the song was written for Eurovision, she considers herself to write songs as an artist with a vision and simply came up in the studio to come up with Eurovision. About her stage appearance at the national final, Patrisha said:

“On the stage of the national final you will see Patrisha! I want to keep my ideas on my head and when I’m ready to go on stage, to show everyone what I’ve prepared and enjoy it!”

In closing, she revealed to us that her favorite entry from Latvia is Carousel from 2019, as she loves the intimacy and simplicity they brought as artists to the competition stage. Her favorite entry from the competition is that of Ukraine from 2021, as she would also like to collaborate with the singer of the band Go_A.

Finally she sang us a part of her song acapella.

Watch the full interview below:

Listen to her song “Hush” from Supernova:

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Spain: RTVE jury results are out!

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According to maldita.es the main favourites of the RTVE jury were Aritz Arén, Alice Wonder and José Otero. The proposals that obtained the lowest scores were those of Siderland and Karmento: ‘Que esclati tot’ and ‘Quiero y duelo’ could have been left out of the contest if RTVE had not modified the bases to expand from 16 to 18 participants.

The favourite of the bookies and eurofans, Fusa Nocta, with her song ‘Mi Familia’ was able to receive 79 points, which made it tie with Sofia Martin’s ‘TUKI’ placing 12/11 consecutively.

 

The latest version of this year’s rules indicates that the jury could select up to six substitutes. For the 2022 Benidorm Fest, the jury chose 14 participants and six substitutes. If this year the same system had been repeated, ‘Aire’ by Sharonne and ‘Quiero arder’ by Agoney could also have been left out, which were the fifteenth and sixteenth most valued proposals, respectively.

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Denmark: Reiley Will Remain in DMGP 2023

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The Danish broadcaster DR has confirmed to Ekstra Bladet that Reiley will not be disqualified from Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.  Previously, Reiley revealed on Instagram that he performed his song live during the Slow Life Slow Live festival in Seoul, South Korea last autumn, which put him at the risk of being disqualified from the national selection:

The artist complies with the EBU’s guidelines for possible participation in Eurovision. As is clear from DR’s own guidelines, cases like this are a matter of assessment. Based on the given circumstances surrounding the individual playing of the track at a concert in South Korea in October, DR does not consider that the artist has gained a competitive advantage in relation to a Danish audience and participation in DMGP.

The national selection will take place on February 11 in the Næstved Arena in Næstved. Tina Müller and Heino Hansen will host the show.

The competing entries are:

  1. maia maia – “Beautiful Bullshit”
  2. Reiley – “Breaking My Heart”
  3. Nicklas Sonne – “Freedom”
  4. Micky Skeel – “Glansbillede” (Picture perfect)
  5. Mariyah LeBerg – “Human”
  6. EYJAA – “I Was Gonna Marry Him”
  7. Søren Torpegaard Lund – “Lige her” (Right here)
  8. Frederik Leopold – “Stuck on You”

Currently according to the Danske Spil, EYJAA and Riley have equal chances of advancing to Eurovision, while Nicklas Sonne is relatively close enough to challenge them both.

Source: eurovoix

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