Albania: Andri Xhahu is the Albanian spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

Later in the day it was announced that Andri Xhahu is going to announce the 12 points of the Albanian jury in the grand final of the Eurovision 2023 on Saturday 13th of May.

The announcement was made by Andri Xhahu himself through his personal Facebook account.

Andri Xhahu has been a veteran of Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest, as, in addition to being the very first Albanian commentator for the national television in Eurovision 2003, since 2012 when he returned to the commentary, he has also taken up the role of the spokesperson as well.

Confirmed Spokespersons for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool:

Albania – Andri Xhahu
Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
Greece – Fotis Sergoulopoulos
Israel – Ilanit
San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
Spain – Ruth Lorenzo
Switzerland – Chiara Dubey

Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Albanian entry

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INFE Poll 2023: The results from Romania!

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 Romania:

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

Adding INFE Romania’s votes, the updated scoreboard stands as follows:

  1. Sweden – 131 points
  2. Finland – 107 points
  3. Norway – 93 points
  4. Italy – 69 points
  5. France – 68 points
  6. Austria – 52 points
  7. Spain – 48 points
  8. Israel – 45 points
  9. Czechia – 34 points
  10. Moldova – 32 points
  11. United Kingdom – 20 points
  12. Armenia – 19 points
  13. Georgia – 10 points
  14. Germany – 10 points
  15. Slovenia – 10 points
  16. Cyprus – 9 points
  17. Greece – 8 points
  18. Serbia – 8 points
  19. Switzerland – 7 points
  20. Croatia – 7 points
  21. Iceland – 5 points
  22. Albania – 4 points
  23. Romania – 4 points
  24. Latvia – 3 points
  25. Australia – 2 points
  26. Estonia – 2 points
  27. Netherlands – 2 points
  28. Belgium – 1 points
  29. Portugal – 1 points
  30. San Marino – 1 point

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Source: ESC Today

Armenia: Brunette shot her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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

Filming took place in the botanical garden in Yerevan, where we will see Brunette wandering around and dancing, something that she obviously loves as she is also sharing dancing videos in her TikTok account.

https://twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/1652237787255668745

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

Brunette with her song Future Lover is participating in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11, performing 2nd. Brunette’s first technical rehearsal will take place on Monday 1/5 at 17:30.

https://youtu.be/Co8ZJIejXBA

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


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Austria: Teya and Salena performed “Who The Hell is Edgar?” for the first time live on Austrian television!

Teya and Salena performed “Who The Hell is Edgar?” or the first time on television.

This year’s representatives of Austria appeared for the first time on the public broadcaster ORF 1, on the “Dancing Stars” Show, to perform live the song “Who The Hell is Edgar?” with which they will represent the central European nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool, the United Kingdom. More than 600,000 viewers watched the show last night making it the most popular of Friday.

You can watch their live TV performance below

Austria is set to compete in the 13rd place of the Second Semi-Final which takes place on Thursday 11th of May, claiming one of the 10 tickets for the grand final on Saturday 13th of May.

Below you can also watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Austrian entry.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates around the Austrian entry at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest which begins tomorrow, 30th of April with the first rehearsals.

Source: Eurvoix

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Euro Jury 2023: Sweden is the big winner!

For the 10th consecutive year, Euro Jury voting is here and includes former Eurostars ranking Eurovision 2023 entries.

The juries’ voting constitutes only the 50% of the final results, with the rest determined from an online vote.

After the jury votes from 43 countries, the results were the following:

Jury’s Top 5:

  1. Sweden – 354 points
  2. France – 237 points
  3. Italy – 186 points
  4. United Kingdom – 124 points
  5. Norway – 117 points

The results of the online vote were the following:

Online voting Top 5:

  1. Finland – 214 points
  2. Austria – 206 points
  3. Sweden – 205 points
  4. France – 165 points
  5. Spain – 145 points

Here are the final results after combining the jury and online vote:

Loreen with Tattoo representing Sweden is crowned as the winner, after topping with a great landslide the Jury vote and being 3rd on the online vote, only 9 points behind Käärijä.

This is the rest of the Top 5:

  • France with La Zarra and Evidemment(402 points)
  • Finland with Käärijä and Cha Cha Cha(307 points)
  • Austria with Teya & Salena and Who The Hell is Edgar(288 βαθμοί)
  • and Italy with Marco Mengoni and Due Vite(270 βαθμοί)

Except Euro Jury, Loreen has also won OGAE Poll 2023 for the 2nd time after being crowned as a winner back in 2012. In fact, Sweden has been topping OGAE Poll and Euro Jury for 2 consecutive years, having won both polls last year with Cornelia Jakobs and Hold Me Closer.

https://youtu.be/b3vJfR81xO0

Will Loreen manage to repeat her success in Liverpool and win Eurovision for the 2nd time? We will soon find out!

Source: Eurovoix.com

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Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich is announced as the Ukrainian spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

Suspline, the Ukrainian national broadcaster has announced Zlata Ognevich as the spokesperson of Ukraine for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Zlata, represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song “Gravity” and placed third.

It’s not the first time that Suspline annouces the singer as their spokesperson for the contest, getting the chance to announce the results at the final show of Eurovision Song Contest. She had announced the Ukrainian results back in 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark and 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Confirmed Spokespersons for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool:

Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
Greece – Fotis Sergoulopoulos
Israel – Ilanit
San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
Spain – Ruth Lorenzo
Switzerland – Chiara Dubey

Below you can watch the Eurovisionfun team commenting on this year’s participation of TVORCHI and Ukraine with the song Heart of Steel”.

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

Source: Suspline
Photo: EBU

Australia: Marvin Dietmann Announced as Artistic Director for Eurovision 2023!

The Austrian choreographer Marvin Dietmann has been announced as Voyager’s artistic director for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.

Marvin Dietmann became well-known in 2014 after being the choreographer of the winner Conchita Wurst! Just last year he directed 6 performances (Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom).

This year, he is expected to direct at least ten countries, among them Armenia, Austria, Germany, Georgia, United Kingdom, Cyprus and others.

Voyager’s appearance in Liverpool is going to be a typical Voyager show, but multiplied by 1000.

When performing on a stage for TV you have two audiences. You have the audience in the arena and then you have the audience at home. So you’ve got to perform to all the people and make sure everyone’s having a good time.

You have to enjoy the dance party in the arena. But then you’ve got to stare down that camera and make sure you’re playing to that person on the couch.

Voyager

Voyager also mentions that they are “flirting” with the idea of fireworks, but also with the explosion of a part of the drum kit that should explode at some point.

Voyager and Promise compete from the sixteenth and final position, in the second semi-final.

You can watch the EurovisionFun team’s reaction video for Promise below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for more news on Australia’s Eurovision 2023 entry!

Source: Eurovisionworld

INFE Poll 2023: The results from Greece!

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 Greece:

  1. United Kingdom – 1 point
  2. Spain – 2 points
  3. Switzerland – 3 points
  4. Israel – 4 points
  5. Norway – 5 points
  6. Cyprus – 6 points
  7. Italy – 7 points
  8. France – 8 points
  9. Sweden – 10 points
  10. Finland – 12 points

After incorporating INFE Greece’s votes, the updated scoreboard stands as follows:

  1. Sweden – 119 points
  2. Finland – 99 points
  3. Norway – 86 points
  4. Italy – 64 points
  5. France – 62 points
  6. Austria – 48 points
  7. Spain – 46 points
  8. Israel – 45 points
  9. Czechia – 34 points
  10. Moldova – 22 points
  11. United Kingdom – 19 points
  12. Armenia – 16 points
  13. Georgia – 10 points
  14. Germany – 10 points
  15. Slovenia – 10 points
  16. Cyprus – 9 points
  17. Greece – 8 points
  18. Serbia – 8 points
  19. Switzerland – 7 points
  20. Croatia – 7 points
  21. Iceland – 5 points
  22. Albania – 4 points
  23. Romania – 4 points
  24. Latvia – 3 points
  25. Australia – 2 points
  26. Estonia – 2 points
  27. Netherlands – 2 points
  28. Belgium – 1 points
  29. Portugal – 1 points
  30. San Marino – 1 points

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun.com for all the updates regarding the INFE Poll 2023 results!

Source: ESC Today

Norway: Austria is the winner of the third episode of Adresse Liverpool!

Teya & Salena from Austria with “Who the Hell is Egdar?” won the third episode of the Norwegian show about the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

In the third episode of Adresse Liverpool, Austria’s entry received very good reviews and emerged as the big winner of the night. Adresse Liverpool is a show on Norwegian broadcaster NRK dedicated to Eurovision. More specifically, the show consists of a panel of celebrities and members of the public who vote for the songs competing in Eurovision 2023.

In the sixth episode of Adresse Liverpool, the celebrity jury consisted of Ingeborg Heldal (music editor), Fawad Ashraf (former Eurovision judge), Kevin Vågenes (comedian) and guest judge Amanda Tenfjord (Greece 2022). The audience jury panel consisted of four participants, as in previous episodes.

The results were as follows:

  1. Austria – Teya & Salena – “Who the Hell is Egdar?” – 80 points (8, 10, 8, 10, 10, 12, 10, 12)
  2. Israel  – Noa Kirel – “Unicorn” – 74 points (10, 8, 7, 10, 10, 7, 10, 12)
  3. Iceland – Diljá – “Power” – 54 points (4, 6, 8, 7, 6, 5, 8, 10)
  4. Switzerland – Remo Forrer – “Watergun” – 54 points (6, 4, 4, 6, 10, 10, 8, 6)
  5. Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper – “Burning Daylight” – 52 points (5, 5, 3, 5, 12, 8, 6, 8)
  6. Portugal – Mimicat – “Ai coração” – 48 points (4, 8, 8, 3, 6, 7, 10, 2)
  7. Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX – “Tell Me More” – 42 points (7, 10, 2, 5, 2, 3, 12, 1)
  8. Germany – Lord of the Lost – “Blood and Glitter” – 42 points (1, 12, 2, 7, 7, 6, 6, 1)
  9. Georgia – Iru – “Echo” – 36 points (3, 5, 5, 4, 7, 4, 2, 6)

This means that the overall results so far are:

  1. France – La Zarra – “Évidemment” – 96 points (12 points from all jurors)
  2. Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 88 points (12+12+6+12+12+12+12+10)
  3. Austria – Teya & Salena – “Who the Hell is Egdar?” – 80 points (8, 10, 8, 10, 10, 12, 10, 12)
  4. United Kingdom – Mae Muller – “I Wrote a Song” – 77 points (5, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
  5. Israel  – Noa Kirel – “Unicorn” – 74 points (10, 8, 7, 10, 10, 7, 10, 12)
  6. Italy – Marco Mengoni – “Due vite” – 73 points (12, 4, 10, 10, 10, 12, 10, 5)
  7. Czech Republic – Vesna – “My Sisters Crown” – 62 points (7, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 12)
  8. Malta – The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)2 – 61 points (10, 6, 10, 8, 1, 8, `12, 6)
  9. Iceland – Diljá – “Power” – 54 points (4, 6, 8, 7, 6, 5, 8, 10)
  10. Switzerland – Remo Forrer – “Watergun” – 54 points (6, 4, 4, 6, 10, 10, 8, 6)
  11. Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper – “Burning Daylight” – 52 points (5, 5, 3, 5, 12, 8, 6, 8)
  12. Ukraine – TVORCHI – “Heart of Steel” – 52 points (4, 6, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7)
  13. Armenia – Brunette – “Future Lover” – 51 points (4, 8, 12, 5, 4, 3, 5, 10)
  14. Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” – 48 points (4, 6, 1, 10, 8, 8, 8, 3)
  15. Portugal – Mimicat – “Ai coração” – 48 points (4, 8, 8, 3, 6, 7, 10, 2)
  16. Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi – “Duje” – 47 points (12, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 10)
  17. Slovenia – Joker Out – “Carpe Diem” – 47 points (4, 4, 2, 6, 12, 7, 4, 8)
  18. Denmark – Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” – 45 points (7, 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2)
  19. Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX – “Tell Me More” – 42 points (7, 10, 2, 5, 2, 3, 12, 1)
  20. Germany – Lord of the Lost – “Blood and Glitter” – 42 points (1, 12, 2, 7, 7, 6, 6, 1)
  21. Greece – Victor Vernicos – “What They Say” – 42 points (5, 6, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4, 7)
  22. Australia – Voyager – “Promise” – 41 points (6, 7, 3, 4, 10, 4, 2, 5)
  23. Estonia – Alika – “Bridges” – 39 points (4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 4)
  24. Georgia – Iru – “Echo” – 36 points (3, 5, 5, 4, 7, 4, 2, 6)
  25. Croatia – Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ!” – 32 points (5, 2, 6, 10, 6, 1, 1, 1)
  26. Latvia – Sudden Lights – “Aijā” – 30 points (6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 8, 4)
  27. Poland – Blanka – “Solo” – 24 points (8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4)

Don’t miss the next episode of Adresse Liverpool next Friday 5/05. You can watch Adresse Liverpool through the NRK website by clicking here.

Source:  Eurovoix.com

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The Netherlands: Mia and Dion performed “Burning Daylight” for the first time live on Dutch television!

Mia and Dion performed “Burning Daylight” for the first time on television.

This year’s representatives of the Netherlands appeared for the first time on Dutch television to perform live the song “Burning Daylight” with which they will represent the Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool in a few days.

You can watch their live TV performance below

The Netherlands competes in the 14th place of the first semi-final on 9 May, claiming one of the ten tickets for the grand final on Saturday 13 May.

Below you can also watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Dutch entry.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the news around the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 which starts this Sunday 30 April with the first rehearsals!