Eurovision 2023: Georgia’s First Rehearshal!

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Next up on stage we will be seeing Iru on her first rehearsal as the representative of Georgia in this year’s competition with “Echo”.

Who is Iru?

Irina “Iru” Khechanovi is a twenty-three year old young artist from Georgia with Armenian descent. You may know her because she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 as a member of the girl group Candy with the song “Candy Music”. In 2019, she tried to expand her career as a participant in the “Georgian Idol“. She also co-written Georgia’s song “I Believe” for Junior Eurovision last year. The entry finished in third place.

In 2023, she won the fifth season of “The Voice Georgia” and therefore she won the right to represent her country to Eurovision in Liverpool.

 

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

Iru wears a diaphanous white dress that looks like the dress from the official music video. The whole song is performed on a raised platform in the centre of the stage, against a LED backdrop of swirling smoke and stormy weather, accompanied by a wind machine. All together it creates a hugely atmospheric performance, and Iru’s breathtaking vocals are already lifting the roof off the Liverpool arena.

Corinne Cumming / EBU

As well with the wind, there is also smoke in the third rehearsal for Georgia. The smoke blends with the foggy LED backdrop, this makes the whole performance very effective.

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

 

Below you can watch a small clip from the Georgian first rehearsal, once it’s published on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228609625053121819?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

The second rehearsal for Georgia will be held on the 5th of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for the Iru.

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Source: eurovision.tv

 

Eurovision 2023: The Third Day’s rehearsal schedule!

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The big moment for all Eurofans has arrived. The wait has come to an end, as we are now in the most important days before the live shows. Rehearsals officially begun yesterday for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

The rehearsals are divided into two phases; the first phase will last three days, from Sunday 30/04 until Tuesday 02/05 and will include the first rehearsals of all the countries taking part in the two semi-finals of the competition. The second phase will last from Wednesday 03/05 until Saturday 06/05 and includes the second rehearsals of the countries of the two semi-finals as well as the rehearsals of the countries competing directly in the Final, namely the Big 5 and last year’s winner Ukraine.

Last year’s changes in the way rehearsals are covered continue this year, as the Press Center opens on Monday after the first and second rehearsals, which means that the information we will have for the first week of the competition will come exclusively from the material to be provided by the EBU to the accredited journalists.

Program

The last eleven countries from the second semi-final will make their first appearance on stage at the M&S Bank Arena. These countries are:

  • Estonia 11.30 – 12.00
  • Iceland 12.10 – 12.40
  • Greece 12.50 – 13.20
  • Poland 13.30 – 14.00
  • Slovenia 15.10 – 15.40
  • Georgia 15.50 – 16.20
  • San Marino 16.30 – 17.00
  • Austria 17.10 – 17.40
  • Albania 17.50 – 18.20
  • Lithuania 18.30 – 19.00
  • Australia 19.10 – 19.40

For everything new regarding these rehearsals, you will instantly be informed by Eurovisionfun!

From Monday 8/5, the press center opens normally for accredited journalists, who will have the opportunity to watch the general rehearsals before the live shows as was the case in previous years.

Eurovisionfun will of course be there to inform you about everything that happens at the M&S Bank Arena!

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Georgia: Iru filmed her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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Iru, the representative of Georgia in Eurovision 2023, finished filming her postcrard for Eurovision 2023 that will be displayed before her performance in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11.

Filming took place in various places around Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, where we will see Iru in her athletic outfit working out and jogging during a cold morning.

https://twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/1652691051965042689?cxt=HHwWgsC-vazwxO8tAAAA

The following acts have confirmed the filming of their postcards:

  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi
  • Austria – Teya & Salena
  • Croatia – Let 3
  • Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou
  • France – La Zarra
  • Germany – Lord of the Lost
  • Ireland – Wild Youth
  • Latvia – Sudden Lights
  • Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  • Malta – The Busker
  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
  • The Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
  • Poland – Blanka
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Romania – Theodor Andrei
  • Belgium – Gustaph
  • Estonia – Alika
  • Greece – Victor Vernicos
  • Azerbaijan  – TuralTuranx
  • Switzerland – Remo Forre
  • San Marino – Piqued Jacks
  • Israel – Noa Kirel
  • Armenia – Brunette
  • Georgia – Iru

Iru with her song Echo is participating in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11, performing 12th. Iru’s first technical rehearsal will take place on Tuesday 2/5.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Echo below:

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INFE Poll 2023: The results from Georgia!

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For the seventh consecutive year, the second fan network of the Eurovision Song Contest, the INFE Network, in collaboration with the website EscToday, is conducting the INFE Poll.

Network members in the 21 local fan clubs have already voted for their favorite songs from Eurovision 2023 and via ESCToday, they are announcing their scores.

Here are the results of INFE Georgia:

  • Finland – 1 point
  • Czechia – 2 points
  • Spain – 3 points
  • Israel – 4 points
  • Norway – 5 points
  • Austria – 6 points
  • Italy – 7 points
  • France – 8 points
  • Armenia – 10 points
  • Sweden – 12 points

After adding Georgian votes to the scoreboard, the overall score is as follows:

  1. Sweden – 79 points
  2. Norway – 61 points
  3. Finland – 59 points
  4. Italy – 47 points
  5. France – 38 points
  6. Israel – 37 points
  7. Austria – 36 points
  8. Spain – 31 points
  9. Czechia – 30 points
  10. United Kingdom – 18 points
  11. Moldova – 16 points
  12. Armenia – 14 points
  13. Georgia – 9 points
  14. Serbia – 8 points
  15. Greece – 8 points
  16. Croatia – 7 points
  17. Slovenia – 7 points
  18. Romania – 4 points
  19. Albania – 4 points
  20. Latvia – 3 points
  21. Netherlands – 2 points
  22. Australia – 2 points
  23. San Marino – 1 points
  24. Portugal – 1 points

Source: ESC Today

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Georgia: Listen to the new remix of Echo!

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Iru, representative of Georgia in this year’s Eurovision, has released a new version of her song Echo.

Creators of the remix are N.shxiani and GIGAPRODUCTION.

You can listen to the remix below:

You can also watch the Eurovisionfun team’s reaction to the georgian entry below:

We remind you that Georgia will be taking part in the second semi-final on May 11th, performing in 11th place.

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Georgia: Marvin Dietmann is going to be the creative director of “Echo”!

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The already experienced director Marvin Dietmann from Austria, is going to be the creative director of Iru‘s performance on Liverpool;s stage, this year’s representative of Georgia with the song “Echo”.

Dietmann has directed and produced not just a number of TV and concert shows, but also more than a hundred music videos and tours as well.

Moreover, during the last years, Dietmann has directed plenty of entries from different countries, while he rose to fame as the choreographer of “Rise Like A Phoenix”, performed by Conchita Wurst back in 2014 as the winning entry from Austria.

Furthermore, this year he has scheduled to direct at least ten entries from different countries, like Armenia, Austria, Germany, Georgia, the United Kingdom, Cyprus and even more.

Georgia is on the second semi-final on Thursday May 11th, in place number 11.

You can also take a look at Eurovisionfun’s reaction on Georgia‘s entry bellow!

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Source: http://1tv.ge

 

 

 

 

Eurovision 2023: Watch tonight our poll results for the two semi-finals!

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Today is the first station of our Poll, since after the your voting, the results follow, which will be announced tonight through a live premiere on the Douze Points YouTube channel.

More than 8,200 individual votes were submitted in the two semi-finals and now it’s time to announce the 20 countries that will advance to the grand final. For about 10 days you voted for your top ten countries in each semi-final. As in Eurovision, also in our simulation 100% of the result was determined based on your own vote, since now only the public votes count in the semi-finals.

Tonight at 20:00 CET, you will be able to watch through the video below the ten countries that will qualify from the first semi-final.

Immediately afterwards, at 20:05 CET, you will be able to see the results of the second semi-final in the video below.

The recap and the start of the voting for the Grand Final follows, where 50% of the result will be determined based on your own voting and the rest 50% by the authors of Eurovisionfun.
Until then you can recall the entries vying for qualification below:

Which countries do you think will qualify?

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all Eurovision 2023 news!

Barcelona Eurovision Party 2023: Watch all the live performances!

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Tonight, the first Eurovision pre-party of this season, Barcelona Eurovision Party 2023, takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Tonight’s event is hosted by Sharonne, winner of Drag Race España and Benidorm Fest 2023 contestant and Giuseppe Di Bella, who accompanied Edurne in Eurovision 2015.

13 contestants of this year’s Eurovision will perform their songs live along with many other former Eurovision contestants.

This is the lineup of today’s event and their live performances(refreshing…):

  • Lithuania – Monika Linkytė

  • Ukraine – Tvorchi

  • Slovenia – Joker Out

  • Georgia – Iru Kechanovi

  • Ireland – Wild Youth

  • Latvia – Sudden Lights

  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni

  • Belgium – Gustaph

  • Portugal – Mimicat

  • Iceland – Dilja

  • Spain – Blanca Paloma

  • United Kingdom – Mae Muller

  • San Marino – Piqued Jacks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbN3ilUIBWI

Austria’s representatives, Teya and Salena, were supposed to perform tonight, but they had to cancel their performance for health reasons concerning one of them.

 

What was your favorite performance of tonight’s event? Write in the comments below!

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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”.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments related to Eurovision 2023!