Eurovision 2023: Many Ukrainian artists will be involved in this year’s Eurovision!

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The chairman of Suspilne, Mykola Chernotytskyi, has mentioned in a recent press conference more details about Ukraine’s involvement in Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Mykola Chernotytskyi has announced that the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held in the UK on behalf of Ukraine, and therefore Ukrainian artists and presenters will be actively represented in Liverpool. He hinted that there will be a host from Ukraine in Liverpool, but did not name him. Mykola Chernotytskyi comments:

Eurovision 2023 is a double challenge for our company. We have close cooperation with the BBC on a professional and strategic level, we have signed a memorandum. There will definitely be a host from Ukraine, we know who, but we can’t say. In general, the British are very open to involve Ukraine in the process as much as possible. They say that they are organizing Eurovision, but on behalf of Ukraine.

Chernotytskyi also noted that the Superunion agency in the UK and the Ukrainian creative studio Starlight Creative worked together on the Eurovision 2023 logo. “The music was commissioned from Dmytro Shurov. Many stars will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest,” Chernotytsky added.

Herman Nenov, the creative director of Eurovision 2023, said that Liverpool will include many Ukrainian artists:

There will be a large number of Ukrainian artists who will be announced in various shows. If we succeed and everything goes as we planned, I can safely say that this will probably be the largest number of involvement of Ukrainian artists in the Eurovision show compared to 2005 and 2017. There will be different roles for each one of them, it is not necessary that everyone will sing on stage. They can perform in any role. But a Ukrainian musician, the face of Ukraine, will appear in the show. Almost all Ukrainian artists who will perform in Liverpool have been involved in the song contest before.

None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for Kalush Orchestra and “Stefania“, the winners of Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

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Source: UA.News

Malta: MESC 2023 Grand Final Tonight!

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Malta is one step closer to naming its representative in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, as the 16 finalists will compete tonight for the Maltese representation in Liverpool.

Sixteen artists compete in tonight’s final with the winner being Malta’s representative at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The results to be announced during tonight’s show are based on audience and jury voting. The same process is to be chosen for both the semi-final and the grand final which will determine the Maltese representative in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

Participants

The 16 artists competing in tonight’s MESC 2023 Grand Final are:

MESC 2023 tonight’s show starts at 21:00 CET. You can watch it through the TVM channel by clicking HERE.

Until we know who will represent Malta at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s competition. Last year’s MESC winner was Emma Muscat with “Out of Sight”. She finally represented Malta at Eurovision 2022 with the song “I Am what I Am” without being able to qualify for the Grand Final finishing in 16th place in the second semi-final with 47 points:

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

Czech Republic: The country changes its name to Czechia at Eurovision!

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Name change for the Czech Republic in the Eurovision contest, which will now participate under the name Czechia and not the Czech Republic it used until now.

The change was confirmed by the country’s head of press in the competition, Ahmad Halloun, with a related Tweet.

The change has already been made on the various social media of the official Eurovision account, but also on the website of the competition. Vesna will be the first representatives of the country under this name.

The Czech Republic changed its name to Czechia from Czech Republic in 2016, and the new name gradually came to be used in all international competitions. In 2022, the country was named Czechia at the UN, so the change of name in the Eurovision song contest was an expected development.

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Do you think that Czechia after the name change will have the luck of North Macedonia, which in 2019 managed to win the juries voting and achieve its best position in the contest?

Tell us in the comments below!

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France: La Zarra’s song will be released on February 19!

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On January 12, through a special press conference, the French national broadcaster France Télévisions announced its representative for Eurovision 2023.

After two years of Eurovision France: C’est vous qui décidez, the French broadcaster has decided to choose directly the artist that will represent it in Liverpool.

The 25-year-old singer, La Zarra, will raise the French flag in the United Kingdom, claiming the coveted victory for the French.

According to the Twitter account, Esc Discord, the song with which La Zarra will compete in Eurovision 2023 will be announced on Sunday, February 19.

It was previously revealed that La Zarra will be working with the same team that worked on her debut single ‘Tu t’en iras’. The song is billed as a “surprising mix of genres” which is something the singer has “never done before”.

What do you think will be the fate of La Zarra? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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Latvia: Supernova 2023 Grand Final tonight!

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The time has come for Latvia to choose its participant in Eurovision 2023. The Grand Final of Supernova 2023, the process of nominating the representative of the Baltic country in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place today.

Participants

Ten songs will compete in tonight’s final of Supernova, with the winner being the Latvian representative at Eurovision 2023. The final result will be based on the vote of the public and the jury.

The participants of tonight’s semifinal are:

  1. Alise Haijima – “Tricky”
  2. Luīze – “You To Hold Me”
  3. Raum – “Fake Love”
  4. Toms Kalderauskis – “When It All Falls”
  5. Artūrs Hatti – “Love Vibes”
  6. Patrisha – “Hush”
  7. Sudden Lights – “Aijā”
  8. 24. Avēnija – “You Said”
  9. Avéi – “Let Me Go”
  10. Markus Riva – “Forever”

Presenters of Supenova 2023 will be Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks.

The semifinal of Supernova 2023 starts at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through on LTV1, by clicking HERE.

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Estonia: Eesti Laul 2023 Grand Final Tonight!

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The national final season of Eurovision 2023, continues tonight with the grand final of Eesti Laul 2023!

ERR, Estonia’s public broadcaster, decided to remove the qualifying rounds after a year of use, back in the 2022 edition. So this year’s Eesti Laul will begin right from the two semi-finals and then the Grand Final, where the representative of Estonia will be decided.

Τhe hosts for this year’s edition will be Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets who are going to host the show once again, two years later, after successfully hosting Eesti Laul 2021.

The grand final of Eesti Laul 2023 will be broadcasted this evening at 18:30 CET and will last about three hours. You can the show through the official website of ERR, by clicking HERE.

Participants

In the list below, you can see the twelve artists and the songs, competing in the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2023 (You can listen to each song by clicking on their title):

  1. Meelik- “Tuju”
  2. Inger – “Awaiting You”
  3. JANEK – “House of Glass”
  4. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”
  5. m els – “So Good At What You Do”
  6. Bedwetters – “Monsters”
  7. Andreas – “Why Do You Love Me”
  8. Alika – “Bridges”
  9. Anett x Fredi – “You Need to Move On”
  10. OLLIE – “Venom”
  11. MIA – “Üks samm korraga”
  12. Sissi – “Lighthouse”

Eesti Laul 2023

In total, 20 songs are going to take part in Eesti Laul 2023, after being selected by ERR’s competent jury. Ten song will compete in each of the two semi-finals, with the five best songs advancing for the Final.

Each semi-final has two rounds of voting. In the first voting round, four songs will be selected by the jury vote combined with the public vote, while in the second round, one song will qualify for the final solely based on the televote.

In the Grand Final the show will have two rounds of voting. The first round will determine the entries that will advance to the Super Final, 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience. There the Estonian representative is selected by 100% televoting .

The program of Eesti Laul 2023

  • First Semi-Final – Thursday January 12
  • Second Semi-final – Saturday  January 14
  • Grand Final – Saturday February 11

Until we learn who is going to represent Estonia in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. The previous winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Stefan with the song “Hope“,  who ended up in 13th place in the Grand Final, while on the same time he brough his country back to the final after a non-qualification in 2021:

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

Sweden: Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2023 tonight!

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Melodifestivalen 2023 continues tonight, with the second heat of this year’s Swedish national selection. Four heats, one semi-final and the grand final will keep us company from today until March 11, when we will officially find out the representative of Sweden in Eurovision 2023.

In tonight’s second semifinal, seven entries claim the two tickets to the final, while two more entries will have the chance to compete in the semi-final on March 4th.

Participants

  1. Wiktoria – All My Life
  2. Eden – Comfortable 
  3. Uje Brandelius – Grytan
  4. Panetoz – On My Way 
  5. Tennessee Tears – Now I Know
  6. Maria Sur – Never Give Up
  7. THEOZ – Mer av dig 

Finalists

From last Saturday’s first semi-final, two artists have secured their presence in the grand final of the Swedish national selection. These artists are:

From the first semi-final last Saturday, two artists will claim through the semi-final their presence in the grand final of the Swedish national selection. These artists are:

Format

Two songs will directly qualify to the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2023, which will take place on the 11th of March. The songs that will place third and fourth will have to compete again, at the semi-final, held on the 4th of March. There will be four heats in total.

As we have already informed you, the voting system of Melodifestivalen has changed following the announced changes by EBU regarding the voting format in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool!

The broadcaster now scraps the group division at the fifth show, known as the semi-final and all eight contestants will now have to face each other. Points will be awarded from the viewing groups and the four entries with the highest points will advance to the final!

The dates of Melodifestivalen 2023

  • Heat 1: Göteborg – Saturday 4 February 2023 (Scandinavium)
  • Heat 2: Linköping – Saturday 11 February 2023 (Saab Arena)
  • Heat 3: Lidköping – Saturday 18 February 2023 (Sparbanken Arena)
  • Heat 4: Malmö – Saturday 25 February 2023 (Malmö Arena)
  • Semi-Final: Örnsköldsvik – Saturday 4 March 2023 (Hägglunds Arena)
  • Final: Stockholm – Satuday 11 March 2023 (Friends Arena)

Melodifestivalen 2023 is scheduled to take place between February 4th to March 11th and will be hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi.

The second heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodifestivalen 2023 and the Swedish entry for Eurovision 2023!

Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo 2023 Semi-final 2 tonight!

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Pabandom iš naujo 2023 continues tonight, the process of choosing the representative of Lithuania in Eurovision 2023. In the next 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 second semi-final of Pabandom Iš Naujo 2023, with the ten best qualifying for the semifinals.

These artists are:

  1. Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  2. Luknė – “Paradise”
  3. Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
  4. Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  5. Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  6. Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
  7. Agnė – “New Start”
  8. MoonBee – “Rumor”
  9. Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
  10. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji”

Finalists

From last Saturday’s first semi-final, five artists have secured their presence in the grand final of the Lithuanian national selection. These artists are:

Schedule

Heat 1: January 21

Heat 2: January 28

Semi-final 1: February 4

Semi-final 2: February 11

Grand Final: February 18

You can watch the 2nd Semi-final of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 at 20:00 CET on the official website of LRT, by clicking here.

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Croatia: Dora 2022 final tonight!

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The time has come for the selection of the Croatian participation in Eurovision 2023. The grand finale of Dora 2023 takes place tonight and in a few hours we will know another song that will appear on the stage of Liverpool Arena in May in Liverpool.

Live from the city of Opatija, Dora 2023 takes place tonight, the process through which Croatia chooses its song in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Artists

Eighteen songs will compete tonight in Opatija, with one goal: the ticket to Liverpool and the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

  1. Top of the Pops feat. Mario 5reković – “Putovanje”
  2. Yogi – “Love At First Sight”
  3. Boris Štok – “Grijeh”
  4. Tajana Belina – “Dom”
  5. Krešo I Kisele Kiše – “Kme Kme”
  6. Maja Grgić – “I Still Live”
  7. Barbara Munjas – “Putem Snova”
  8. Đana – “Free Fallin”
  9. Patricia Gasparini – “I Will Wait”
  10. The Spitters – “Lost & Found”
  11. Hana Mašić – “Nesreća”
  12. Damir Kedžo – “Angels and Demons”
  13. Martha May – “Distance”
  14. Detour – “Master Blaster”
  15. Meri Andraković – “Bye Bye Blonde”
  16. Let 3 – “MAMA ŠČ!”
  17. Eni Jurišić – “Kreni Dalje”
  18. Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, Lei)”

The final result will be judged by the jury votes (50%) and by the preference of the Croatian public (50%).

Presenters of Dora 2022 will be Duško Ćurlić, Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca and Marko Tolja.

The final of Dora 2023 will start at 20:15 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it on the HRT1 frequency by clicking HERE.

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Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 final tonight!

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The big day for the Danish Eurofans has arrived. Denmark will choose its representative at Eurovision 2023 tonight, with the grand final of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 taking place in Næstved.

Eight artists participate in the final of the Danish national selection. The winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will represent the Nordic country in Turin.

These artists are:

  1. Frederik Leopold – “Stuck on You”
  2. EYJAA – “I Was Gonna Marry Him”
  3. Micky Skeel – “Glansbillede”
  4. maia maia – “Beautiful Bullshit”
  5. Nicklas Sonne – “Freedom”
  6. Mariyah LeBerg – “Human”
  7. Søren Torpegaard Lund – “Lige her”
  8. Reiley – “Breaking My Heart”

A total of eight songs were selected for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 after selection by the competent DR jury. The DMGP will have two rounds of voting. In the first round, three artists will be selected who will advance to the Super Final, exclusively by public vote. There a jury together with the TV audience will vote again to choose Denmark’s representative for Eurovision 2023.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be presented for the third consecutive year by Tina Müller and Heino Hansen.

The final of the Danish national selection starts at 20:00 CET and will last for two hours. You can watch it through the official website of DR1, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments regarding Denmark’s participation in the Eurovision 2023 song contest.