Almost every official entry of every country for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has been announced, except this that comes from Azerbaijan, which is the last country that is set to release its entry on March the 15th, marking the very last country to do so.
What has been already known for the Land of Fire is that the famous singer Fahree will represent the country along with the already known artist İlkin Dövlətov, who has also participated at the Azeri version of “The Voice” franchise, marking the second male duet in a row that will represent Azerbaijan in the Contest.
However, just a few minutes ago, ESC Azerbaijan along with 12Xal, the biggest Eurovision Blog of the country, announced that the song will include both pop and traditional elements, surving both artists’ musical styles, since Fahree is considered as a mainly pop artist while Dövlətov is known for incorporating more traditional and folk elements in his music. Moreover Fahree stated:
We have already started preparations, our stage choreography will be really different and spectacular. Since the stage structure is very big and difficult, I will start acting lessons.
Furthermore, a really interesting message was conveyed by “The Azeri Times” regarding Armenia’s entry in Eurovision, “Jako” by Ladaniva. More specifically, the following text was posted on the official Twitter/X account of “The Azeri Times” reading:
Lovely music accompanied by a beautiful theme. The day we exchange 12 points between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be a beautiful symbol of true peace. Here’s to hoping for that day!
Thus, this could be a precious effort towards peace between those two countries, which may begin from Eurovision Song Contest and mark an ending to the undesirable wounds of the past. We shall see.
Until March the 15th, take a look at the previous entry from Azerbaijan in Eurovision 2023:
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Ben Robertson, who covers Eurovision for ESCInsight, comments on the EurovisionSong Contest to be held in Malmö this May that it could be the most politically sensitive in Eurovision‘s history:
“It will be very tough to organise the Eurovision Song Contest this year. It demands a lot from Malmö and SVT. It’s not just about Israel. It’s about Sweden too, about the high terrorist threat.”
Ben also notes that this will be another season of Eurovision in the shadow of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Ukraine is participating in this year’s competition. So does Armenia, which came into focus last autumn due to the conflict with Azerbaijan and also says he will neither be surprised if artists and songwriters choose to address political issues this year nor will he be surprised if fans demand that artists who travel to Malmö take a stand in the Israel – Hamas conflict.
The Eurovision Song Contest is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The EBU‘s members are public service broadcasters in various countries, especially in Europe. But countries such as Israel, Morocco and Lebanon are also members of the EBU.
In recent years, two countries have been excluded from the EBU and banned from the Eurovision Song Contest. Belarus was expelled because the country violated the rules of the competition and refused to change a song lyric with too political a message. Russia was expelled after the attack on Ukraine, reflecting a concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry would bring the competition into disrepute.
Now voices are being raised that Israel should also be expelled. But Paul Jordan, who comments on Eurovision for British media, believes Israel will participate this year. He says the situation is different than when Russia was excluded.
“When Russia was excluded, it had been banned from other international events. The EBU watched the World Cup and others who didn’t want Russia there, and then it would have looked very strange if Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.”
The idea behind Eurovision is that countries should be able to put aside conflicts and bad relations for one night. In the UK, Olly Alexander, who will represent the country in Malmö, has made headlines with his criticism of Israel.
Paul says that there is a risk that Israel, even if it is not excluded, feels that it is not welcome to participate in Malmö.
“If the war is still going on, and we see these horrific images from Gaza, it can also be perceived as distasteful to participate in Eurovision while people are dying.”
At the same time, Eurovision is an important platform for Israel, which has participated in the contest for 45 years.
Karin Karlsson is the project manager for the Eurovision Song Contest, employed by the City of Malmö. She had the same role in 2013.
She notes that many things are different today. The target group of the competition has become younger. Social media plays a very different role than in 2013. The Eurovision Song Contest doesn’t just mean televised stage performances at Malmö Arena. There will also be a week’s festival in different places in the city. At the same time, Sweden has a high terrorist threat. Karin comments on that:
“And it’s much more complicated in terms of security, this year. We work with safety all the time, every day.”
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With only a month to go until the 21st Junior Eurovision contest, the song that will represent last year’s host, Armenia in the contest has just been released.
This year, ARMTV selected Yan Girls to represent the country in Junior Eurovision 2023.
Their song is now available and is titled “Do It My Way” composed by tokionine, Vahram Petrosyan (Armenia JESC 2021) and Maléna, the winner of Junior Eurovision 2021.
You can listen to “Do It My Way” by Yan Girls in the video below:
Who are Yan Girls?
Yan Girls are a girl band featuring Nane, Nensi, Kamilla, Syuzana and Aida.
Inspired by their favourite K-pop artists, the group wants to bring that familiar sound to the Junior Eurovision stage and take it to a whole new level.
Young, colorful, rebellious and poppy, Yan Girls sing about the importance of staying true to yourself, being confident and doing things the best way – their way.
The 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Nice, France, on the 26th of November, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan.
What do you think of the Armenian entry for Junior Eurovision 2023? Write us in the comments below!
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The winner of the Junior Eurovision 2021, Maléna, is going to reveal the 12 points of the Armenian national jury tonight at the Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
As of now, the following spokespersons have been confirmed for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool:
Albania– Andri Xhahu
Armenia – Maléna
Austria– Philipp Hansa
Azerbaijan– Narmin Salmanova
Cyprus– Loukas Hamatsos
Estonia – Ragnar Klavan
Finland– Bess
Greece – Fotis Sergoulopoulos
Iceland – Einar Stefánsson
Ireland – Niamh Kavanagh
Israel – Ilanit
Italy – Kaze
Latvia– Jānis Pētersons
Netherlands– S10
Poland– Ida Nowakowska
Portugal – Maro
Romania– Eda Marcus
San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
Spain – Ruth Lorenzo
Sweden– Farah Abadi
Switzerland– Chiara Dubey
Ukraine– Zlata Ognevich
United Kingdom– Catherine Tate
Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Armenian entry.
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Before the press conference that is currently taking place these ten countries chose the half in which they will appear in the Grand Final on Saturday.
This is the half each qualifier drew, from semi final 2:
🇦🇱 Albania will perform in the FIRST HALF of the Grand Final
🇨🇾 Cyprus will perform in the FIRST HALF of the Grand Final
🇪🇪 Estonia will perform in the FIRST HALF of the Grand Final
🇧🇪 Belgium will perform in the SECOND HALF of the Grand Final
🇦🇹 Austria will perform in the FIRST HALF of the Grand Final
🇱🇹 Lithuania will perform in the SECOND HALF of the Grand Final
🇵🇱 Poland will perform in the FIRST HALF of the Grand Final
🇦🇺 Australia will perform in the SECOND HALF of the Grand Final
🇦🇲 Armenia will perform in the SECOND HALF of the Grand Final
🇸🇮 Slovenia will perform in the SECOND HALF of the Grand Final
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The preparations on Liverpool for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest are on fire and it’s now a wrap for the 5th day of the technical rehearsals. After their first technical rehearsals, the representatives of the first 5 countries participating in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11, took the stage of the M&S Bank Arena for their second rehearsals.
The second rehearsals gave the opportunity to the delegations to fix any mistakes spotted on the first rehearsals and help the artists feel more safe and familiar with the Eurovision big stage.
Because accredited journalists are not allowed to watch both the first and second rehearsals this year, we have very little information about what this year’s artists have prepared for the Eurovision stage. EBU has just uploaded through the official Eurovision channel in YouTube a recap of today’s rehearsals. More specifically, we will have the chance to watch exclusive TV footage of today’s rehearsals.
The countries that had their second rehearsals today were the following:
Denmark
Armenia
Romania
Estonia
Belgium
You can watch the recap of today’s rehearsals below:
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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 Armenia:
Portugal– 1 point
Georgia– 2 points
Norway– 3 points
United Kingdom– 4 points
Sweden– 5 points
Israel– 6 points
France– 7 points
Finland– 8 points
Spain– 10 points
Austria – 12 points
After adding the votes from Armenia, our updated scoreboard reads as follows:
Sweden – 178 points
Finland – 143 points
Norway – 134 points
Italy – 84 points
Austria – 81 points
France – 80 points
Spain – 63 points
Czechia – 61 points
Israel – 60 points
Moldova – 34 points
United Kingdom – 28 points
Armenia – 25 points
Slovenia – 17 points
Croatia – 12 points
Georgia – 12 points
Germany – 10 points
Cyprus – 9 points
Greece – 8 points
Serbia – 8 points
Switzerland – 8 points
Albania – 7 points
Ireland – 6 points
Ukraine – 6 points
Iceland – 5 points
Denmark – 4 points
Romania – 4 points
Latvia – 3 points
Australia – 2 points
Estonia – 2 points
Netherlands – 2 points
Portugal – 2 points
Belgium – 1 points
Malta – 1 points
Poland – 1 points
San Marino – 1 points
Azerbaijan – 0 points
Lithuania – 0 points
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The Armenian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Brunette, was invited in a TV show of the public broadcaster Armenian Public TV where she performed a different and more dynamic version of her entry Future Lover.
You can listen to the different version in the video below.
You can also watch the reaction of the Eurovision Fun team to the Armenian entry in the video below
Brunette is going to perform second in the Second Semi-Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on 11th of May at Liverpool.
Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates around the Armenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!
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Eurovision in Concert 2023 took place in AFAS Live in Amsterdam, last night, with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.
The concert was hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai. Cornald has been the Dutch Eurovision commentator since 2006. Hila is a radio DJ and member of the committee that selected this year’s Dutch representatives (Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper). She also hosted the Eurovision 2021 press conference in Rotterdam.
The artists that performed last night were the following:
Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija
Balcan sounds and consistent vocals is what we got from Albina and the Kelmendi Family! Might be the suprise entry of this year.
Armenia – Brunette
Brunette singing about her Future Lover with ethereal vocals and the crowds singing along. Beautiful performance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KspC8I7MXl0
Australia – Voyager
Voyager give what they promise! Rock and electronic sounds, so 2025! What is concerning though, is that even though their song is supposed to be very uplifting, the crowd was too static. Also falsetto was not always on point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx73Q68eWwU
Austria – Teya & Salena
That’s not a song where you can show off some unreal vocals, however it’s the song that will definitely make you dance! And Teya & Salena deliver, solid vocals and much much fun! One of my personal favourites and if you ask me, a finalist and highly likely a Top5 entry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdh6cFfcfKo
Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX
TuralTuranX “tell us more” about their entry this year, however I’m still not getting it. A song that I could listen to the radio without complaining, but wouldn’t catch my eye/ear at the contest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiT0RvJPn0
Belgium – Gustaph
The queerest entry of the year! His vocals are as good as the studio version! He is a fun guy! This is the kind of entries that I would like to qualify, even though that’s not the style of songs that I normally listen to!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgx-CPHRx5A
Czechia – Vesna
I can only comment on their vocals. They were okay. However, this entry started off as a potential winner, but I’m not getting that vibe, at least not yet. But hey! It’s just a party performance! Let’s wait for their contest rehearsals!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocNlkxpxdg
Denmark – Reiley
Danish heart-throb Reiley, had his best performance to date. Some minor vocal issues, but overall a nice performance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT–QEIyag
Estonia – Alika
Nice song and great vocals! But for me, it’s no more than just that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Estonia got disqualified.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UKYFFFWjgU
Finland – Käärijä
Normally, that’s a song that I can’t stand listening to for more than 10 seconds. Strangely, combined to his eccentric looks and his super nice personality, I could now handle listening to his entire Amsterdam performance! Personal opinion aside, I can totally see why this is a contender for the win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0n_sNDiAo
France – La Zarra
Unfortunately, after a statement in her personal Twitter account, La Zarra announced that she has to cancel her appearance in Amsterdam, due to personal circumstances.
Bonsoir à tous, malheureusement suite à un problème personnel survenu ce soir, c’est avec regret que La zarra ne pourra pas se produire au concert prévu à Amsterdam. Merci à tous de votre compréhension 🇫🇷
I can’t be objective, I don’t like this style of music. I can only be objective about their vocal abilities, which are on point I must admit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmPSRnNpd0A
Iceland – Diljá
That’s a song that I would add to my daily playlist, however, this song lacks something that I still don’t know what it is! Diljá’s voice is great admitedly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjjsWy1R93k
Ireland – Wild Youth
“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” x “Ritmo De La Noche” x “We Are One” would be a great mashup! I low-key like this song and I loved their Amsterdam performance. But something tells me that they will struggle to qualify this year. Let’s see what happens!
Latvia – Sudden Lights
Another performance that sounds exactly like the recorded version of their song! I didn’t see the love from the AFAS Live crowd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1qFm5Wtkgg
Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
Monika definitely sounds even better than the studio version of the song. She will try to claim a high placement in the rankings of the jury voting in this year’s contest! In the beginning I didn’t quite like “Stay“, I can now say that I love her vocals on this track!
Malta – The Busker
They were not bad, not at all sounding bad live, but were they as good as it needs to be to qualify to the final show of Eurovision Song Contest? Song-wise I think not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIswu3YrrfU
Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
Despite the technical issues with his Madrid performance, Pasha, the Moldovan 2012 representative and returning artist of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, managed to pull off his performance. Great vocals and energy overall!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7LsW-dA_0U
Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
It’s really sad to see my 2nd place to perform questionably in their own country’s party concert. Their vocals sound a bit off at times and as a duo their vocals don’t seem to connect on their live performance. I hope they fix it till their semi-final, I don’t want to see them become the shocking non-qualifier of the year.
Norway – Alessandra
Very much improved vocally, Alessandra, gets carried away by the strength of her song and her fans are absolutely loving it! The whistle note was so-so. She will improve, I am sure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97_a4eMpK0
Romania – Theodor Andrei
Theodor has a nice voice, but this song is totally “Off and On” so one would either like it or not. I don’t.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyin57pzpcc
San Marino – Piqued Jacks
Their are very very good vocally. Their lead vocalist sounds like Klaus Meine, frontman of Scorpions band. Their song is not at all bad after all.
Slovenia – Joker Out
I simply love this band and this song! One of my favourites! I love how they sound in each and every appearance they make before the contest. I hope they continue delivering up until the Eurovision finals!
Spain – Blanca Paloma
A blend of flamenco and modern sounds, bringing Spanish tradition to 2023. Her vocals are absolutely amazing. I just don’t get the hype around this entry, it is a great entry for Spain, but definitely not a top 3 entry as many fans are claiming over at social media!
Sweden – Loreen
Her vocals are out of this world! Another amazing performance of the former Eurovision 2012 winner and potential 2023 winner! And for those that claim that she sings with the assistance of an Auto-Tune device, I can assure you that even when she rehearsed in the corridors of Malmö Arena or Friends Arena during the Melodifestivalen season, she sounded exactly the same, or even better than the studio version! My winner for sure!
Switzerland – Remo Forrer
I absolutely love his Amsterdam (and every single one of his) live performance! I can’t wait to see this song complete and staged and Remo joined by his four dancers! I think he will qualify! But let’s wait and see!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGsRTZ5sPcA
Ukraine – TVORCHI
I love TVORCHI and their song and their Amsterdam performance. They sounded really really good, I am a fan of their style of music, but I don’t see this entry winning. Let’s see another country winning this year!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFkzKOkc_k
United Kingdom – Mae Muller
Come on, she doesn’t sound as atrocious as most of the Twitter people claim. And at least she enjoys it and the crowd loves her! I hope she will do much better in Liverpool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EMepsNxZUU
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Eurovision in Concert 2023 takes place in The Netherlands tonight , with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.
The concert will be hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai. Cornald has been the Dutch Eurovision commentator since 2006. Hila is a radio DJ and member of the committee that selected this year’s Dutch representatives (Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper). She also hosted the Eurovision 2021 press conference in Rotterdam.
The full line-up is as follows:
Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija
Armenia – Brunette
Australia – Voyager
Austria – Teya & Salena
Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX
Belgium – Gustaph
Czechia – Vesna
Denmark – Reiley
Estonia – Alika
Finland – Käärijä
France – La Zarra
Germany – Lord of the Lost
Iceland – Diljá
Ireland – Wild Youth
Latvia – Sudden Lights
Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
Malta – The Busker
Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
The Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
Norway – Alessandra
Romania – Theodor Andrei
San Marino – Piqued Jacks
Slovenia – Joker Out
Spain – Blanca Paloma
Sweden – Loreen
Switzerland – Remo Forrer
Ukraine – TVORCHI
United Kingdom – Mae Muller
In addition, Katrina Leskanich (Eurovision 1997, UK, winner, “Love Shine a Light“) will appear as a special guest.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool!
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