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!

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news about Eurovision 2023!

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!

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lbEUDuWUQ

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

Lithuania: Preparations for Liverpool have started!

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Monika Linkytė, Lithuania’s representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, started her preparation for her performance on Liverpool’s stage, as she herself revealed on her social media platforms. Specifically, she shared some of her photos taken into a dance studio, in which Liverpool’s stage is shown to be marked, in order for her better positioning on stage.

Linkytė, besides her rehearsals for her on stage performance during May, has confirmed her presence at the following Eurovision Pre-Parties

  • Barcelona Eurovision Party
  • Eurovision In Concert 2023
  • London Eurovision Party
  • PrePartyES 2023

Monika Linkytė mentions that she feels extremely happy but impatient as well for her own participation in the oncoming contest. However this is not going to be her very first experience from the Eurovision Song Contest, since she has already represented her own country once more, back in 2015 as a member of the duet along with Vaudas Baumila, singing the song “This Time” which ended up in the 18th place.

Remember that Monika Linkytė came at the first place of Lithuania’s national final format called Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 and she is going to perform her song “Stay” during the second half of the second semi-final on May 11th.

Source: eurovoix

Will Monika Linkytė manage to bring her own country on Saturday’s grand final for a third year in a row? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for even more news regarding Lithuania’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Lithuania: Listen to the revamp of “Stay” for Eurovision 2023!

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As it had became known, last week, Monika Linkytė won the National Final “Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023” of Lithuania, claiming her ticket on Liverpool and Eurovision 2023.

Down below you can see the live performance of the song in the National Final:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lbEUDuWUQ

With the song “Stay”, Monika will represent her country in Eurovision, as the new version of the song was published today on Spotify which is specially composed for the European Song Contest!

Down bellow you will find the final form of the song:

We want to remind you that Lithiuania will perform at the second half of the second semi final, at 11th of May 2023.

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for all the news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Lithuania: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Stay”

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On Saturday night, the national final of Lithuania was concluded with the big winner Monika Linkytė with the song “Stay”. Although the vote of the committee and the public ended in a tie, according to the competition regulations, Monika Linkytė won, having received more votes from the jury.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance for the country’s participation in the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Paschalis, Aps and Elefterium in a delightful and highly comical Reaction video with detailed commentary on Lithuania’s participation in 2023!

(edit of the video by Elefterium)

Enjoy the Performance of “Stay” from the national final:

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What do you think about the entry of Lithuania  for Eurovision 2023? Tell us in the comments!

Lithuania: With Monika Linkytė and “Stay” in Liverpool!

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Lithuania has completed the search for its representative and entry for Eurovision 2023. “Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023” as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds, two semi-finals and one final. A few minutes ago, the grand final with 10 contestants was completed.

The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.

Eurovizinės atrankos „Pabandom iš naujo!“ finalas

The jury was composed of:

  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Music Critic),
  • Monika Liu (Lithuanian Representative Eurovision 2022)
  • Raminta Naujalytė-Bjelle (Singer)
  • Ieva Narkutė (Singer)
  • Vytautas Bikus (Composer)
  • Jievaras Jasinskis (Composer)
  • Vaidotas Valiukevičius (The Roop – Lithuanian Representative Eurovision 2020 & 2021)
  • Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano (Singer and Composer)
  • Gerūta Griniūtė (radio host)

The 10 songs that claimed the tickets for Liverpool are:

The results:

Tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to watch the live performances and vote for their favourites and the jury has already voted. The result was determined 50% by the jury voting and 50% by the teloevote.

Jury Results

Televoting Results

Final Results

At the end of the voting, the big winner was Monika Linkytė, with the song, “Stay“.

We remind you that Lithuania will appear in the second half of the second semi-final on 11 May.

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

Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo 2023 Grand Final tonight!

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Pabandom iš naujo 2023 is ending tonight, the process of choosing the representative of Lithuania in Eurovision 2023. After 5 weeks, the Baltic country is called upon to choose the artist who will represent it in Liverpool at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

As it is known, Pabandom iš naujo 2023 consists of five shows: two heats, two semifinals and the grand final. The result for all 5 nights will be determined 50% by the TV audience and 50% by a five-member jury. For the first time, the judges will not be revealed, with the results announced at the end of each show to ensure that the audience’s vote is not affected.

Presenters of this year’s edition of Pabandom iš naujo are Giedrius Masalskis, Augustė Nombeko and Richardas Jonaitis.

Participants

Ten artists will compete in tonight’s Grand Final of Pabandom Iš Naujo 2023, with the winner representing Lithuania in Eurovision 2023.

These artists are:

  1. Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  2. MoonBee – “Rumor”
  3. Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”
  4. Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  5. Beatrich – “Like a Movie
  6. Rūta Mur – “So Low”
  7. Il Senso – “Sparnai”
  8. Petunija – “Love of My Life”
  9. Gabrielius Vagelis – “Šauksmas”
  10. Monika Linkytė – “Stay”

You can watch the Grand Final of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 at 20:00 CET on the official website of LRT, by clicking here.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Lithuania: The results of Semi-Final 2 of “Pabandom iš naujo! 2023”!

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Lithuania has started seeking its representative and participation for Eurovision 2023. “Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023”, as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds (Heats), two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, the Second Semi-Final was completed, with ten contestants qualifying for the next phase of the Grand Final.

The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.

The jury is composed of:
  • Duncan Laurence (Winner & Dutch Representative in Eurovision 2019)
  • Vaidotas Valiukevičius (The Roop – Lithuanian Representative in Eurovision 2020 & 2021)
  • Monika Liu (Lithuanian Representative in Eurovision 2022)
  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Music Critic)
  • Ieva Narkutė (Singer)
The 10 songs that claimed the tickets for the final are:

Results:

With the jury already having voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.

Jury Results

Televoting Results

Final Results

The five artists that qualified to the Grand Final are:

Beatrich with the song  “Like a Movie”  was crowned as the winner of the Second Semi-Final, having gotten the first place by the jury voting and the third place by the TV audience.

The ten artists we will see to the Grand Final are:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Source: LRT