Latvia: Sudden Lights film postcard for Eurovision 2023!

Supernova 2023 grand winners “Sudden Lights” will represent Latvia in Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song “Aijā”.

Through a tweet from the BBC‘s official Eurovision account, we learn information about what we will see on the postcard, while we also see some backstage of the filming with all the band members enjoying the sea in a very snowy landscape of their country.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη BBC Eurovision (@bbceurovision)

The band also gave us an exclusive interview on our YouTube channel:

Below you can enjoy the reaction video about Latvia in Eurovision 2023:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about Latvia in Eurovision 2023!

Spain: Ruth Lorenzo will announce the 12 points of the Spanish jury!

As announced by El Plural, Ruth Lorenzo, who represented Spain at Eurovision 2014, will return to the festival this year as the representative of the Spanish jury in the final on May 13. The singer replaces presenter Nieves Álvarez, who has announced the results of the Spanish jury in the last five contests, since 2017.

Ruth Lorenzo has been closely associated with Eurovision since her entry in 2014 with the song “Dancing in the rain“, with which she took 10th place, thus achieving one of the best placings for Spain in the 2010s (along with Pastora Soler, also 10th in 2012). She has also performed at the first PrePartyES in 2017 and 2022, while she was invited to Benidorm Fest 2022.

Below you can enjoy our reaction video to this year’s Spanish entry for Eurovision 2023:

source: escplus.es

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about Spain in Eurovision 2023!

 

Israel: Tonight Israel Calling 2023!

Tonight takes place the Israeli Eurovision Pre-Party “Israel Calling” with more than 20 artists in the line-up.

This is going to be the fifth edition of the Israel Calling and has a special meaning as this year marks 50 years since this first participation of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest alongside with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. 18 of this year’s Eurovision participants are going to perform tonight.

  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi
  • Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX
  • Croatia – Let 3
  • Czechia – Vesna
  • Denmark – Reiley
  • Estonia – Alika
  • Georgia – Iru
  • Ireland – Wild Youth
  • Latvia – Sudden Lights
  • Lithuania – Monika Linkyte
  • Malta – The Busker
  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
  • Poland – Blanka
  • San Marino – Piqued Jacks
  • Serbia – Luka Black
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Spain – Blanca Paloma
  • Ukraine – TVORCHI

The rest of the line-up includes the bellow guest performers:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
  • Eden Alene – Represented Israel at Eurovision 2020 and 2021
  • Ilanit – Represented Israel at Eurovision 1973 and 1977
  • Imri – Represented Israel at Eurovision 2017
  • Johnny Logan – Winner of Eurovision 1980 & 1987, and winning songwriter in 1992
  • Katrina – Winner of Eurovision 1997
  • Mei Finegold – Represented Israel at Eurovision 2014
  • Shlomit Aharon- Represented Israel at Eurovision 1981

The Israeli Calling 2023 hosts are Dafna Dekel and Sigal Shachmon, who co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem. Dafna also represented Israel at Eurovision 1992. The event is going to take place at Hangar 11, a familiar place for the Eurofans as it was the venue of the Eurovision Village for the 2019 contest.

Israel Calling is not scheduled to be broadcast live tonight, but those interested can watch it on the upcoming Saturday 08/04 at 20:00 CET through the official YouTube channel of the event.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates around the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest!

Switzerland: Remo Forrer sings the Israeli entry “Unicorn”!

The Swiss representative in Eurovision 2023, Remo Forrer, continues the covers of this year’s contest entries. This time and by popular demand, he performs “Unicorn”, Noa Kirel’s song, live on TikTok.

@remoforrer.ch Antwort auf @Yuval K | יובל ק @Noa Kirel #eurovision #fy #foryou #fyp #viral #esc #noakirel #unicorn #cover #switzerland #piano #remoforrer ♬ Originalton – remoforrer

Below you can learn all the details about Remo Forrer’s performance in Liverpool:

Εnjoy our reaction video for Switzerland in Eurovision 2023:

Will Remo Forrer be able to continue the good course of the country in the song contest? Tell us in the comments down bellow!

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the news regarding Switzerland’s participation in Eurovision 2023! 

 

Eurovision 2023: Construction of the M&S Bank Arena stage has begun!

The construction has begun on the stage at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, as reported in a BBC report.

The stage should be ready by the end of April, when the stand in rehearsals will begin.

The 67th Eurovision Song Contest is set to take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. The arena has a capacity of 11,000 seats. Eurovision 2023 will take place on May 9, 11 and 13.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από @eurovisionfn

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Junior Eurovision 2023: The contest will be held on November 26 in Nice!

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and France Télévisions are excited to announce that Nice will be the official Host City for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday 26 November.

Following Lissandro’s victory at Junior Eurovision in Yerevan with the song Oh Maman! – France’s second win in three years – France Télévisions will organize the Contest at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice.

The slogan and branding for the event will be revealed later this year.

Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor, for JESC, said:

‘We are delighted to return to France for the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest just 2 years after a spectacular hosting in Paris. The team at France Télévisions have the experience, vision, and passion to create something truly magical in Nice this November and we look forward to working with them in the coming months on another exciting show.’

Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, President of France Télévisions and President of the EBU added:

‘France Télévisions is proud to welcome young artists from all over Europe and beyond to celebrate the unifying power of music. I am very happy that this second edition of Junior Eurovision organized by France will be held in Nice, a city of history and culture emblematic of our country. Once again, this year, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will delight young and old alike, who will follow this festive and popular event at the Palais Nikaïa and on the EBU’s public media channels.’

Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Head of Variety and Entertainment at France Télévisions, said:

‘In 2023, the adventure starts again. What an honour to have the chance to organize and produce the one of the greatest European musical shows once again in France alongside the EBU, all the delegations and all the young artists! The Junior Eurovision Song Contest shows how much cultural and musical power our new generations have in the world.

Finally, we are extremely lucky to be welcomed by the City of Nice, the famous and iconic “French Riviera”, with its international aura. We’re incredibly grateful to Mayor Christian Estrosi and his team.’

Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region added:

‘It is an honour for the City of Nice to host a renowned European competition such as Junior Eurovision, which brings together some 20 participating countries and more than 33 million television viewers. Nice is a unique landscape, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which will be an exceptional setting to showcase the Junior Eurovision candidates. But it’s much more than that.

Trusting the City of Nice to host and organize this unique evening in our Palais Nikaïa is proof that we are a European city that organizes world events, especially cultural ones.’

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Junior Eurovision 2023!

Source: eurovisiontv

Ireland: Wild Youth has filmed their postcard for Eurovision 2023!

Wild Youth, the Irish representative for Eurovision who won the right to represent their country in February 2023 have filmed their Postcard.

The BBC Twitter official account for Eurovision has published a video with the band during the filming process of their postcard.  During the video we can see part of the filming including some scenes showing Wild Youth in the backstage.  We can also see the members of the band having fun during the making of the postcard.

In the postcard we will see the band going on a road trip.  The boys from Wild Youth are having a journey with a car named “The Morgan”.  We can also see them later drinking beer and making a toast.

Wild Youth continue their preparations to represent their country in Liverpool.  The Irish representatives are set to perform during the First Semi-Final in sixth place on the 11th of May.

You can watch the Eurovisionfun team reacting to Wild Youth’s performance of “We Are One” in the video embedded below:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for more news about Ireland in Eurovision 2023!

 

France: La Zarra filmed her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

La Zarra has filmed her Eurovision 2023 postcard.  This year the representatives competing in Liverpool will film their postcards in their home countries.

During the French postcard we will see La Zarra in Château de Fontainebleau.  She will be riding a horse named Ulysse from a French equestrian show called Les Folies Gruss.  The postcard will show us the French representative posing in front of the castle and walking in the garden.

The postcards for Eurovision 2023 will feature the artists in their home countries performing different activities in their home countries.  The following postcards have already been filmed:

  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi
  • Austria – Teya & Salena
  • Croatia – Let 3
  • Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou
  • Germany – Lord of the Lost
  • Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  • Poland – Blanka
  • Slovenia – Joker Out
  • Moldova – Pasha Parfeni

La Zarra will perform in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool her song Évidemment on May 13, 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWfbEFH9NvQ&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun to follow all the news about France at the Eurovision Song Contest!

Poland:Eurovision 2023 Warsaw party highlights!

The Polish Eurovison Party of 2023 took place yesterday in Praga Centre,Warsaw and featured numerous of the 2023 participants as well as former Eurovision alumni and National Final participants.The participants received a warm applause from the audience who seems to be heating up for the upcoming Eurovision season.

The line up looked like this:

polish eurovision party line up

Here you can have a look on some of yesterday’s performances:

  • Czechia: Vesna – “My Sister’s Crown”
  • Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”
  • Croatia: Let 3 – “Mama SC”
  • United Kingdom: Mae Muller – “Instead I Wrote a Song”
  • Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – “Duje”
  • Malta: The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”
  • Estonia: Alika – “Bridges”
  • Iceland: Diljá – “Power”
  • Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  • Ireland: Wild Youth – “We Are One”
  • Denmark: Reiley – “Breaking My Heart”
  • One more invited artist, was Filip Balos with the song “Novi Plan Drugi San”, who ended up in fourth place of the national final of Serbia

What is more, there were many past contestants of Eurovision, who performed their songs in front of the crowd:

  • Poland: Viki Gabor – “Superhero” (Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019)
  • Poland: Krystian Ochman – “River” (Eurovision 2022)
  • Bulgaria: Poli Genova – “If Love was a Crime” (Eurovision 2016)
  • San Marino: Senhit – “Freaky” & “Adrenalina” (Eurovision 2020, 2021)

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for more things about Eurovision!

Eurovision 2023: Swedish lead – Small differences within Top 10

The favorite column of many of you is back as the betting breakdowns for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest are here again.

With a less than one and a half month for Eurovision 2023, we take a look at the bookmakers’ odds of each country winning this year’s contest.

In any case, these odds reflect trends and are based on what we know so far about each country’s participation.

Top 5

“Unchanged” remains the situation at the top, with Loreen continuing to “sweep” the betting tables, being – by far the second – the big favorite to win the 67th Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish win has remained steady in recent weeks on the verge of doubling the stake. In fact Sweden‘s victory is played at odds between 1.75 and 2.

Finland remains second, with Käärijä and “Cha Cha Cha” having gained impressions and receiving a “vote of confidence” from the bookers who consider the possibility of the Scandinavian country’s second victory after 2006 to be anything but improbable. The Finnish win is played at odds between 4 and 6, trailing Sweden.

Ukraine is in third place. Contrary to what happened in the previous weeks, the big winner of last year’s competition has stopped “losing ground” and remains firmly in third place, with the possibility of a TVORCHII victory being played at odds of around 7.5.

In fourth place is Norway, whose gap with the leading three has narrowed over the last few days. Alessandra and the “Queen of Kings” has been a fan favourite, with bookies offering the Norwegian win at odds of between 11 and 15.

We had a change in fifth place, with Spain “climbing” into the Top 5. Bianca Paloma and “Eaea” earned impressions at last week’s Barcelona party and moved up one place compared to our last analysis. Spanish win is played at odds between 15 and 21.

Top 10

Israel “fell” sixth. Noa Kirel and the “Unicorn” may be down one spot compared to our previous analysis, but Israel’s win odds have dropped. It is characteristic that the maximum yield offered by the Israeli victory is now 26.

The picture is similar for the seventh Czechia. Vesna maintains positive momentum following their selection, having gained ground over the past few weeks. The highest return that can be played the Czech Republic win returns 31 times the stake.

The “pleasant surprise” of the last weeks is none other than Austria, which from the 26th place before the release of the eccentric “Who The Hell Is Edgar?”, is now in the eighth place. The odds of an Austrian victory are constantly falling and it is a matter of days before it threatens Israel and the Czech Republic. Teya & Salina win is played at odds between 21 and 41.

Ninth is the United Kingdom, with Mae Muller‘s mediocre image at the Barcelona party adding to the bookers’ already negative response to the release of the British entry. The British win can now be played at odds that return up to 51 times the stake.

Finally, the top ten is completed by France, which is played at exactly the same odds as its counterparts in the United Kingdom. Despite the fact that the Western European powerhouse is one place lower compared to our last analysis, its odds of winning nevertheless remain stable, standing at 51.

Do you think Loreen can make history in May in Liverpool, giving Sweden victory for the second time while equaling the all-time record of Ireland of 7 wins?

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the 67th Eurovision Song Contest!