Moldova: Today the Etapa Națională 2023 Audition!

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The process to select Moldova‘s representative for Eurovision 2023 begins today. The Eastern European country will use a national final for the first time in three years to select the artist to compete in Liverpool, but the process begins today with the Etapa Națională 2023 audition.

Format

Live auditions will begin on January 28th at noon, in the public television studios. The auditions will be broadcast live on the Moldova 2 channel and on its website, as well as on www.eurovision.md.

The score will be given exclusively by a jury. The composition of the jury will be known only on the day of the hearing. The panel will consist of an odd number of judges (three or five) and will be different from the national final panel.

On January 28, Moldova 1 channel will host a special show for the live auditions and announce the finalists who will take part in the national final. According to the rules, the ten artists with the highest scores in the live auditions will compete in the national final.

Participants

In the list below you will see the 31 artists and their nominated songs for Etapa Națională 2023:

  1. Formaţia Vele – “Jocul neamului moldovenesc”
  2. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”
  3. NÖRDIKA – “Skueeze Paradise”
  4. Nihilist & Lisa Nicky –  “Final Destination”
  5. Victor Gulick –  ”Let’s Dance”
  6. Donia –  “Red Zone”
  7. Surorile Osoianu –  “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”
  8. OL –  “Why You Play It Cool”
  9. Adelina Iordachi –  “Deja Vu”
  10. Nikko T. –  “Destiny”
  11. Y-Limit –  “Live in Harmony”
  12. Crista –  “Pădure verde pădure”
  13. Sunstroke Project –  “Yummy Mommy”
  14. NR 11 –  “Adio”
  15. VERA –  “Vremea ta”
  16. Sasha Bognibov –  “My Favourite Schoolgirl”
  17. Rise – “Don’t trumble”
  18. Lisa Volk –  “Scrisoare către ţară”
  19. ADA DEEA – “Mystic Rose”
  20. COSMINA –  “Indestructible”
  21. Angel Kiss –  “Now I Know”
  22. Gesica Sîrbu –  “I’m in love”
  23. Aliona Moon –  “Du-mă”
  24. Tania Pituşcan –  “Mioriţa”
  25. Pasha Parfeni –  “Soarele şi luna”
  26. Ricky Ardezianu –  “Una rosa rossa”
  27. Harmony Scuffle –  “Favourite One”
  28. Valeria Condrea –  “We’re now different”
  29. LOLA –  “Temperatura”
  30. Diana Elmas –  “Miracle”
  31. Nino –  “It would be nice”

Etapa Națională auditions start at 13:00 CET and will be broadcast live on TRM and through the public television website for the competition by clicking HERE.

But until we find out who will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. Last year, Moldova was represented for the third time by Zdob şi Zdub and the Advahov Brothers with the song “Trenuleţul” which finished in seventh place in the grand final and at the same time in second place in the public vote:

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Moldova: Disqualification for two entries in Etapa Naţională 2023!

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Moldova’s public television, TRM, has already announced that they will choose their representative and song for Eurovision 2023 through the Etapa Naţională 2023 national final!

However, a while ago, the country’s public television announced that two songs have been excluded from Moldova’s selection for Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

“Squeeze Paradise” by NÖRDIKA has been excluded from the national final as the song was published online on 8 February 2012, more than ten years before the deadline allowed by the selection rules.

Massimo Sinceri and DA-MUSE have been disqualified after the duo was found to be in breach of rules regarding the nationality of participants, as Etapa Naţională rules state that at least 50% of the singers in a group must have Moldovan nationality.

Therefore, after the exclusion of these two entries, 31 instead of 33 entries will compete in the national final of the country:

  1. Formaţia Vele – “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” (The game of the Moldovan nation)
  2. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”
  3. Nihilist & Lisa Nicky – “Final Destination”
  4. NÖRDIKA – “Damn and Down”
  5. Victor Gulick – “Let’s Dance”
  6. Donia – “Red Zone”
  7. Surorile Osoianu – “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” (Bathe, little boy, little girl)
  8. OL – “Why You Play It Cool”
  9. Adelina Iordachi – “Deja Vu”
  10. Nikko T. – “Destiny”
  11. Y-Limit – “Live in Harmony”
  12. Crista – “Pădure verde pădure” (Green green forest)
  13. Sunstroke Project – “Yummy Mommy”
  14. NR 11 – “Adio”
  15. VERA – “Vremea ta” (Your time)
  16. Sasha Bognibov – “My Favourite Schoolgirl”
  17. Rise – “Don’t Trumble”
  18. Lisa Volk – “Scrisoare către ţară” (Letter to the country)
  19. ADA DEEA – “Mystic Rose”
  20. COSMINA – “Indestructible”
  21. Angel Kiss – “Now I Know”
  22. Gesica Sîrbu – “I’m in Love”
  23. Aliona Moon – “Du-mă” (Go)
  24. Tania Pituşcan – “Mioriţa” (Ewe)
  25. Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele şi luna” (The sun and the moon)
  26. Ricky Ardezianu – “Una rosa rossa” (A pink rose)
  27. Harmony Scuffle – “Favourite One”
  28. Valeria Condrea – “We’re Now Different”
  29. LOLA – “Temperatura” (Temperature)
  30. Diana Elmas – “Miracle”
  31. Nino – “It Would Be Nice”

You can listen to the entries from the Moldovan national final HERE.

Live auditions will begin on January 28th at noon, in the public television studios. The auditions will be broadcast live on the Moldova 2 channel and on its website, as well as on www.eurovision.md.

The score will be given exclusively by a jury. The composition of the jury will be known only on the day of the hearing. The panel will consist of an odd number of judges (three or five) and will be different from the national final panel.

On January 28, Moldova 1 channel will host a special show for the live auditions and announce the finalists who will take part in the national final. According to the rules, the ten artists with the highest scores in the live auditions will compete in the national final.

But until we find out who will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. Last year, Moldova was represented for the third time by Zdob şi Zdub and the Advahov Brothers with the song “Trenuleţul” which finished in seventh place in the grand final and at the same time in second place in the public vote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqf_zO2QaI&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Moldovan participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: TRM

 

Moldova: Listen to the songs competing in the country’s national final!

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The public broadcaster of Moldova, namely TRM, has already confirmed that they are going to choose their representative and song for Eurovision 2023 through a national final.

Just some time ago, TRM announced the 33 participants of the national final and revealed their competing songs:

  1. Formaţia Vele – “Jocul neamului moldovenesc”
  2. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”
  3. NÖRDIKA – “Skueeze Paradise”
  4. Nihilist & Lisa Nicky –  “Final Destination”
  5. NÖRDIKA –  “Damn and down”
  6. Victor Gulick –  ”Let’s Dance”
  7. Donia –  “Red Zone”
  8. Surorile Osoianu –  “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”
  9. OL –  “Why You Play It Cool”
  10. Adelina Iordachi –  “Deja Vu”
  11. Nikko T. –  “Destiny”
  12. Y-Limit –  “Live in Harmony”
  13. Crista –  “Pădure verde pădure”
  14. Sunstroke Project –  “Yummy Mommy”
  15. NR 11 –  “Adio”
  16. VERA –  “Vremea ta”
  17. Massimo Sinceri –  “In Questo Domani”
  18. Sasha Bognibov –  “My Favourite Schoolgirl”
  19. Rise – “Don’t trumble”
  20. Lisa Volk –  “Scrisoare către ţară”
  21. ADA DEEA – “Mystic Rose”
  22. COSMINA –  “Indestructible”
  23. Angel Kiss –  “Now I Know”
  24. Gesica Sîrbu –  “I’m in love”
  25. Aliona Moon –  “Du-mă”
  26. Tania Pituşcan –  “Mioriţa”
  27. Pasha Parfeni –  “Soarele şi luna”
  28. Ricky Ardezianu –  “Una rosa rossa”
  29. Harmony Scuffle –  “Favourite One”
  30. Valeria Condrea –  “We’re now different”
  31. LOLA –  “Temperatura”
  32. Diana Elmas –  “Miracle”
  33. Nino –  “It would be nice”

In the the 33 participants we can see well-known names such as previous representatives of Moldova, Pasha Parfeni (Eurovision 2012), Aliona Moon (Eurovision 2013) and Sunstroke Project (Eurovision 2010, 2017) as well as previous contestants of Moldovan national finals such as VERA (O melodie pentru Europa 2019).

Another interesting information, is that Mike Connaris’ song, with which Cynthia Verazie submitted to the Greek broadcaster ERT for Eurovision 2023, will now take part in Moldova’s national final, performed by Corina Ivanov!

Some of the songs have already being released, however you can listen to all of them in the official Moldovan website about Eurovision Song Contest, by clicking HERE.

What’s next for the Moldovan national final

  1. Examination of submissions 
  2. The live auditions of the artists
  3. The final audition
  4. The National Final

The Live Auditions will take place on January 28 ,in the studios of the Moldovan Public Television. The auditions will be broadcasted live on the television channel Moldova 2 and on its website, as well as on www.eurovision.md. 

The score of the audition will be decided solely by the jury. The composition of the judging team will be made public only on the day of the respective stage. The jury will consist of an odd number of members (minimum 3, maximum 5) and will be different from the one in the National Final.  

Likewise, on January 28, Moldova 1 television station will host a special edition about the live auditions with the participation of experts in the field and members of the jury. In this edition, the list of finalists will be announced. In accordance with the rules, the first 10 contestants, who will accumulate the highest score in the live auditions, will compete in the National Final.

But until we learn who is going to represent Moldova in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest.  Last year, Moldova was represented by Zdob şi Zdub and the Advahov Brothers for the first time with the song “Trenuleţul” which finished in 7th place in the Grand Final while also managing to secure the 2nd place in the televote:

https://youtu.be/DUqf_zO2QaI

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Moldovan participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: trm.md

Moldova: Sunstroke Project submitted a song for the country’s National Final!

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About a month ago, TVM, the public broadcaster of Moldova confirmed that the submission of entries for Eurovision 2023 has begun. As it seems, Moldova is going to return to a national final selection in order to choose their represnetative for this year’s contest. Read more

Eurovision 2023: Semi-final allocation draw scheduled for the end of January!

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In the latest episode of ” The Euro Trip podcast”, Councilor and Deputy Mayor of Liverpool Harry Doyle was a guest and spoke among others things, about the preparations for Eurovision 2023.

The allocation draw for the semi finals is any important date, since it marks the official start of the Eurovision season. During the event, the draw to determine in which semi finals countries will perform and which out of the two semis Big Five must broadcast and vote takes place, as well as the host city insignia exchange.

Mr Doyle revealed that preparations are underway for the ceremony which is gonna take place at the end of January. Furthermore, meetings with representatives of local and Ukrainian communities of Liverpool will also take place, to explore ways of collaboration. We remind you that as part of the agreement of BBC to host Eurovision 2023 on behalf of Ukraine, is to include Ukrainians and Ukraine culture as part of the shows.

Even though Mr Doyle did not reveal the exact date of this years allocation draw, it is expected that it will be at the last Tuesday of January, as it happened the two previous years, meaning January 31st.

Below you can listen the full episode of the podcast:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Eurovision 2023!

Source: The Euro Trip Podcast

Eurovision 2022: These are the 50 most-watched performances on YouTube!

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For yet another year, just some hours before the New Year, Eurovision TV reveales the 50 songs that got the most views throught the year, on the contest’s official YouTube channel.

On the list, there are 13 winning songs, while 23 more from the 40 songs that took part in Eurovision 2022.

Let’s see the songs that the TOP 50: Most watched in 2022 is consisted of:

50) 🇱🇻 Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad” – Latvia 2022 

49) 🇦🇿 Efendi – “Mata Hari” – Azerbaijan 2021

48) 🇫🇮 Blind Channel – “Dark Side” – Finland 2021

47) 🇦🇿 Nadir Rustamli – “Fade To Black” – Azerbaijan 2022

46) 🇬🇷 Helena Paparizou – “My Number One” – Greece 2005

45) 🇹🇷 Mor ve Ötesi – “Deli” – Turkey 2008

44) 🇫🇮 The Rasmus – “Jezebel” – Finland 2022

43) 🇷🇸 Marija Šerifović – “Molitva”– Serbia 2007

42) 🇩🇪 Lena – “Satellite” – Germany 2010

41) 🇸🇪 Måns Zelmerlöw – “Heroes”– Sweden 2015

40. 🇲🇩 Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira – “Run Away” – Moldova 2010

39) 🇮🇹 Mahmood – “Soldi” – Italy 2019

38) 🇬🇷 Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – “Die Together” – Greece 2022

37) 🇧🇪 Jérémie Makiese – “Miss You” – Belgium 2022 

36) 🇺🇦 Ruslana – “Wild Dances” – Ukraine  2004

35) 🇷🇺 Sergey Lazarev – “You Are The Only One” – Russia 2016

34) 🇦🇿 Aysel and Arash – “Always” – Azerbaijan 2009

33) 🇺🇦 Jamala – “1944” – Ukraine 2016

32) 🇷🇺 Manizha – “Russian Woman” – Russia 2021

31) 🇵🇹 MARO – “saudade, saudade” – Portugal 2022

30) 🇩🇪 Malik Harris – “Rockstars” – Germany 2022

29) 🇫🇷 Barbara Pravi – “Voilà” – France 2021

28) 🇵🇱 Ochman – “River” – Poland 2022

27) 🇫🇮 Lordi – “Hard Rock Hallelujah” – Finland 2006

26) 🇸🇪 Loreen – “Euphoria” – Sweden 2012

25) 🇨🇾 Eleni Foureira – “Fuego” – Cyprus 2018

24) 🇨🇾 Andromache – “Ela” – Cyprus 2022

23) 🇫🇷 Alvan & Ahez – “Fulenn” – France 2022

22) 🇹🇷 maNga – “We Could Be The Same” – Turkey 2010

21) 🇳🇱 Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” – Netherlands 2019

20) 🇸🇪 Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer” – Sweden 2022

19) 🇺🇦 Verka Serduchka – “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” – Ukraine 2007

18) 🇹🇷 Hadise – “Düm Tek Tek” – Turkey 2009

17) 🇦🇹 LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – “Halo” – Austria 2022

16) 🇲🇩 Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – “Trenulețul” – Moldova 2022

15) 🇳🇱 S10 – “De Diepte” – Netherlands 2022

14) 🇮🇹 Mahmood & BLANCO – “Brividi” – Italy 2022

13) 🇦🇱 Ronela Hajati –“Sekret” – Albania 2022

12) 🇮🇱 Netta – “TOY” – Israel 2018

11) 🇦🇲 Rosa Linn – “Snap” – Armenia 2022

10)🇷🇸 Konstrakta – ”In Corpore Sano” – Σερβία 2022

9)🇷🇴 WRS – ”Llámame” – Ρουμανία 2022

8)🇺🇦 Go_A – ”Shum” – Ουκρανία 2021

7)🇳🇴 Alexander Rybak – ”Fairytale” – Νορβηγία 2009

6) 🇮🇹 Måneskin – ”Zitti E Buoni’‘ – Ιταλία 2021

5) 🇳🇴 Subwoolfer – ”Give That Wolf A Banana” – Νορβηγία 2022

4)🇬🇧 Sam Ryder – ”SPACE MAN” – Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο 2022

3)🇷🇺 Little Big – ”Uno” – Ρωσία 2020

2)🇪🇸 Chanel – ”SloMo” – Ισπανία 2022

1)🇺🇦 Kalush Orchestra – ”Stefania” – Ουκρανία 2022

 

What do you think of the TOP 50, do you agree with the results? Write us in the comments below!

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Moldova: Song submissions have opened | The country is having a national final again!

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A few hours ago TRM, the public television of Moldova, announced that the submission of entries for their national selection for Eurovision 2023 has begun.

It looks like Moldova is returning to the national final selection process, after two years of an internal selection and an audition selection process that resulted in the country qualifying to the Grand Final both times, as well as finishing 7th last year. The last time the country selected its entry through a national final was in 2020, when Natalia Gordienko won O Melodie pentru Europa with the song “Prison”.

According to the TRM announcement, Moldova’s selection for Eurovision 2023 will consist of three stages:

  1. Examination of submissions (January 25-28)
  2. The live auditions of the artists (January 28 – February 5)
  3. The final audition (February 25 – March 5)

Those interested can read the rules in detail and submit their entry HERE.

Last year, Moldova was represented by Zdob şi Zdub and the Advahov Brothers for the first time with the song “Trenuleţul” which finished in 7th place in the Grand Final while also managing to secure the 2nd place in the televote:

https://youtu.be/DUqf_zO2QaI

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Source: eurovision.md

Eurovision Awards return this December | Start voting now!

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Last year, more than 70,000 votes were casted in the first Eurovision Awards, organized through the Contest’s Instagram account, with 10 categories in a unique voting exclusively for fans!

You can choose the winners for categories such as “Best Look”, “Most Innovative Staging” by voting in the Second Annual Eurovision Awards.

From Wednesday 30 November to Sunday 4 December, stories will be posted daily on the official Eurovision Instagram account, in which you can vote. The results will be announced during the winter holidays.

Categories for Εurovision Awards 2022:

Most Inovative Staging

  • Rosa Linn – Snap / Armenia
  • We Are Domi – Lights Off / Czech Republic
  • The Rasmus – Jezebel / Finland
  • Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano / Serbia

Best Vocals 

  • Nadir Rustamli / Azerbaijan
  • Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord / Greece
  • Ochman / Poland
  • Cornelia Jakobs / Sweden

Best Prop

  • Georgia – Miniature Circus
  • San Marino – Mechanical Bull
  • Slovenia – Giant Disco Ball
  • United Kingdom – Space Cage

 Best Non-Qualifier

  • Ronela Hajati – Sekret / Αlbania
  • Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure / Croatia
  • Andromache – Ela / Cyprus
  • Andrea – Circles / North Macedonia

Best Lyrics

  • Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi / Italy
  • Maro – Saudade, Saudade / Portugal
  • Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano / Serbia
  • Kalush Orchestra – Stefania / Romania

Best Look

  • Sheldon Riley / Australia
  • Monika Liu / Lithuania
  • Subwoolfer / Norway
  • Kalush Orchestra / Ukraine

Best Hair

  • Monika Liu / Lithuania
  • WRS / Romania
  • Chanel / Spain
  • Sam Ryder / United Kingdom

Best Music Video

  • LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – Halo / Ausria
  • Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – Trenulețul / Moldova
  • S10 – De Diepte / Netherlands
  • Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN / United Kingdom

Best Choreography

  • Israel
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Spain

Best Moment

  • Sam Ryder consoles Marius Bear
  • Alessandro’s green screen segment
  • Laura Pausini sings Nel Blu de Pinto de Blu
  • Ukraine’s televote results

The nominee shortlists were determined by top Eurovision fan sites and podcasts nominating their favourites across each of the 10 categories throughout November, and now fans will have the final say by casting votes via Instagram.

These were the results of last year’s First Eurovision Awards:

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Source: eurovision.tv

2010-2022: How different would the results of the Semi-Finals be with only the Public Voting?

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Α revelation that shook the waters of the competition took place earlier today. The EBU has announced changes to the voting system of the Eurovision Song Contest.

One of the most important changes are that now only the public will choose the finalists in the two semi-finals, while now global viewers from countries all around the world that do not participate in the competition will also be able to vote!

You can see all the changes HERE.

The most important question is, What would have changed in the contest’s Semi-Finals if only the public chose the 10 finalists?

We will answer this question through this article, by seeing which countries would have qualified for the final from 2010 to 2022, if only the public vote was used, and which countries would have ultimately failed to qualify due to the lack of the juries.

Changes in the Results (2010-2022)

2010

In 2010, the system of 50% juries and 50% public vote, was applied for the first time in the Semi-Finals. There we find the first differences.

In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Finland who finished sixth in the public vote, against Bosnia and Herzegovina who finished eleventh and were favored by the jury’s fifth place.

In the second Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Lithuania and Sweden, against Israel and Ireland. In addition, the winner of the Semi-Final would be Azerbaijan and not Turkey.

Which means Sweden wouldn’t have failed to qualify once in their history at the competition.

2011

In the first Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Armenia, Norway and Turkey, against Switzerland, Lithuania and Serbia. In fact, Lithuania was first by the juries and eleventh in the audience.

That means Turkey would have no non-qualifications in their history in the competition.

In the second Semi-Final, we would only have the qualification of Belarus, against the fan favorite that year, Estonia.

2012

Another year with huge changes in the results of the semi finals. In the first Semi-Final we would have Switzerland qualifying instead of Hungary.

In the second Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Bulgaria and the Netherlands, instead of Malta and Ukraine. Also, Norway was last in the jury vote and was saved by the public.

With these results, Ukraine would have lost the record as the only that has never failed to qualify for a final!

2013

Moving forward in 2013.

In the first Semi-Final, Croatia and Montenegro would have qualified against Estonia and Moldova. In fact, Moldova was third in the juries, while Montenegro was fourth in the audience.

In the second Semi-Final, Bulgaria and Switzerland would have qualified instead of Armenia and Georgia. While Romania would have been the winner of the semi final, instead of Azerbaijan.

2014

This year we can see two big changes. In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Portugal instead of Azerbaijan, while in the second semi the qualification of Ireland, instead of Malta. In fact, Malta was third in the jury vote and twelfth in the public vote.

2015

In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Finland, instead of Hungary, while in the second the Czech Republic instead of Azerbaijan.

2016

Moving on to the next year, in the first Semi-Final we would have seen the qualification of Bosnia-Herzegovina, instead of the Czech Republic and in the second Semi-Final we would have the qualification of North Macedonia and Belarus, instead of Georgia and Israel.

Τhe winner of the second semi final would have been Ukraine with Jamala, instead of Australia.

2017

In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Finland instead of Australia, while in the second the qualification of Switzerland and Estonia, instead of Austria and Denmark. In fact, Australia was fifteenth in the audience and second in the juries.

2018

Let’s go to 2018 and see that in the first Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Greece and Yianna Terzi, instead of Eugent Bushpepa, from Albania. Also, the winner would be Eleni Foureira and not Netta.

In the second Semi-Final, we would have Poland qualifying instead of the Netherlands, while the winner of the Semi-Final would be Denmark and not Norway. In fact, Denmark was twelfth in the juries.

2019

We can see some changes in 2019 too.

Poland would once again go through to the final instead of Belarus, while the winner of the first Semi-Final would be Iceland rather than Australia.

In the second Semi-Final, Lithuania would have qualified  instead of Denmark, while the winner of the Semi-Final would have been Norway and not the Netherlands.

2021

Eurovision Song Contest came back after one year and in the first Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Croatia with Albina, against Hooverphonic from Belgium. Finally, the winner of the Semi-Final would be Ukraine and not Malta.

In the second Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Denmark and Fyr og Flamme, against Anxhela Peristeri from Albania, while the winner of the Semi-Final was Finland, instead of Switzerland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKdxjoNluzY&feature=emb_title

2022

Last but not least we have this year’s edition of the contest. In the first Semi-Final, we would have seen the qualification of Ronela Hajati from Albania and not Marius Bear from Switzerland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jWXmo0-ZjI

Finally, in the second Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Andromache (last in the jury vote), against Nadir Rustamli, who had zero points in the televoting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2IUdTl-gAI&feature=emb_title

Conclusions

Which ones are favored by the new changes?

Based on the above, we notice that the removal of the juries from the Semi-Finals, can change a lot in the Semi-Final score, with obvious results in the Final as well.

The countries that we would say are favored by this change are Lithuania and Poland, countries with a large diaspora across Europe. Also, this change could make it easier for Turkey to return to the Competition.

The Balkan countries Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, as well as Armenia, which has a strong diaspora, also benefit from the changes.

What are the implications?

Jury favourites, Azerbaijan, Australia and Malta seem to have some difficulty in the competition as their qualification in recent years has been largely down to the juries.

Ranking changes

Changes are also observed in the ranking. In particular, audiences seem to prefer funny  presentations and ethnic and dance songs instead of ballads or vocally challenged entries in general that usually are more appreciated by the juries.

General Conclusion

With all the above, we can say that in 2023 the TV viewers seems to have the main responsibility with the results of the contest. Although, on the Grand Final we see the casual jurors deciding half of the results, things will changes dramatically since from this year the goal for a lot of countries will be to first reach the final by having a song that the public will support. This also means that EBU seems to want to attract more and more of the public attention, but what would happen if a lot of good entries stay out of the final and more and more “funny” songs qualify but the juries still ignore on their final voting?

What a country will have to do to win both is find the entry that can surprise both the viewers and the jurors on the final night.

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Eurovision 2023: Voting changes announced for the upcoming contest!

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Today started with a bit of surprise news, with the EBU suddenly announcing a change to the voting system for the upcoming 67th Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in May in Liverpool. This is the first change in the voting method since 13 years and in 2009, when 50/50 voting by the public and the judging panels was introduced.

According to the EBU announcement, the three big changes to the Eurovision 2023 voting system are as follows:

  • Viewer votes will decide countries qualifying from Semi-Finals 
  • Viewers in non-participating countries will be able to vote online
  • Jury votes will be combined with votes from the global audience to decide final result

This means that next year, the countries that qualify from the Semi-Finals will be decided solely based on the votes cast by the viewers, rather than a combination of a jury and public vote as has been the case since 2009.

The professional music industry juries will remain for the Grand Final, but complete control of who gets there from the Semi-Finals has been handed over to the viewing public.

And, for the first time ever, viewers from non-participating countries will be able to vote for their favourite songs too. Those watching in the rest of the world will be able to vote via a secure online platform using a credit card from their country, and their votes, once added together, will be converted into points that will have the same weight as one participating country in both of the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final.

Regarding the changes to the voting method, the Contest’s Executive Producer, Martin Österdahl, said:

Throughout its 67-year history the Eurovision Song Contest has constantly evolved to remain relevant and exciting. These changes acknowledge the immense popularity of the show by giving more power to the audience of the world’s largest live music event.

In 2023 only Eurovision Song Contest viewers will decide which countries make it to the Grand Final and, reflecting the global impact of the event, everyone watching the show, wherever they live in the world, can cast their votes for their favourite songs.

By also involving juries of music professionals in deciding the final result, all the songs in the Grand Final can be assessed on the broadest possible criteria. We can also maintain the tradition of travelling around Europe and Australia to collect points and ensure a thrilling voting sequence with the winner only revealed at the very end of the show.

It is worth mentioning that the introduction of the Rest of World vote means that the correlation of the 50/50 voting for the final changes, which leans more towards the public. The general public will have slightly more impact on the final result – approximately 50.6%. In the coming months, the EBU is expected to publish in detail the countries that will have the right to vote in the Rest of the World category.

These changes are happening in order to keep the event relevant and exciting. Additionally, following the unprecedented nature of the voting irregularities seen at the 2022 Contest a working group of EBU Members was established to look at ways to protect the integrity of the event. Their recommendations are being implemented after approval by the Reference Group, the Contest’s governing board and the Executive Board of the EBU.

Source: Eurovision.tv

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