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Slovenia: “Carpe Diem” by Joker out is now the most streamed song in Slovenian!

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Joker Out’s entry in Eurovision 2023 is now the most streamed song in the Slovenian language.

“Carpe Diem”, the Slovenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, earned more than 10 million streams, making it the most streamed song in the Slovenian language.

Joker Out represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2023, following an internal selection, with their song “Carpe Diem” and managed to bring their country back to the Grand Final after a two-year absence, finishing 21st:

https://youtu.be/3LXlPviGiWc

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest!

Eurovision 2023: Slovenia’s Second Rehearsal!

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The fifth act rehearsing today are the indie-rock group Joker Out, representing Slovenia, with their song “Carpe Diem”.

Who are Joker Out?

The Slovenian band Joker Out was formed in 2016 and they have released two albums since then. The five members of the group are Bojan Cvjetićanin (the frontman), Jure Maček, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh and Nace Jordan. They are well known in the Slovenian society making a tons of hits and winning many awards.

On 8th December of 2022, the National Broadcaster RTV Slovenia announced that the band will represent their country to Eurovision in Liverpool. The band stated that they wanted to keep the entire song in the Slovene language saying: “we want to translate Slovenian into a universal language of dance and entertainment that all countries understand”.

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

Joker Out are making a connection with the audience in the arena, probably the same connection will happen with the hundreds of millions of people watching on TV. The group has the same charisma like Måneskin. It’s shown that they have a big stage experience and they look like they’re having the time of their lives right now. Their outfits are also unique and interesting.

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Below you can watch a small clip from the Cypriot second rehearsal, once it’s published on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/F9AP5DSA9tc

The Dress Rehearsal for Cyprus and the rest of Semi Final 2 will be held on the 10th of May.

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Liverpool:

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the latest developments regarding Cyprus’ entry in Eurovision 2023!

Source: eurovision.tv

Eurovision 2023: Slovenia’s First Rehearsal!

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The fifth act rehearsing today are the indie-rock group Joker Out, representing Slovenia, with their song “Carpe Diem”.

Who are Joker Out?

The Slovenian band Joker Out was formed in 2016 and they have released two albums since then. The five members of the group are Bojan Cvjetićanin (the frontman), Jure Maček, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh and Nace Jordan. They are well known in the Slovenian society making a tons of hits and winning many awards.

On 8th December of 2022, the National Broadcaster RTV Slovenia announced that the band will represent their country to Eurovision in Liverpool. The band stated that they wanted to keep the entire song in the Slovene language saying: “we want to translate Slovenian into a universal language of dance and entertainment that all countries understand”.

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

Joker Out are making a connection with the audience in the arena, probably the same connection will happen with the hundreds of millions of people watching on TV. The group has the same charisma like Måneskin. It’s shown that they have a big stage experience and they look like they’re having the time of their lives right now. Their outfits are also unique and interesting.

 

 

Slovenia First Rehearsal 3

Corinne Cumming / EBU

Corinne Cumming / EBU

Corinne Cumming / EBU

Below you can watch a small clip from the Slovenian first rehearsal, once it’s published on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228595383956507931?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

The second rehearsal for Slovenia will be held on the 5th of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for the Slovenian entry.

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Liverpool:

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the latest developments regarding Slovenia’s entry in Eurovision 2023!

Source:eurovision.tv

 

Slovenia: Joker Out revealed their Costume Designer!

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Fashion designer Ponorelii (Damir Raković) has been announced as the costume designer of Joker Out for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The designer has already worked with the band on the clothes for the presentation of their song “Carpe Diem” and states that the styling concept will be similar to the presentation:

“Joker Out have mentioned that the stage presentation will actually stay the same, because that works best, and as they are quite good at live performances they should be encouraged to do so. I didn’t think it was enough to repeat what I had already done for the EMA, but they wanted it because it was successful. If I went beyond that, the costume would take away from the essence of the members when they make love on camera, which is not the case for all bands.”

Ponorelii also explained that the band will be dressed in romantic colours for their Eurovision performance, in reference to the theme of the song, the Garden of Eden. Each member of the band will have their own animal, plant and gemstone incorporated into their individual attire, with the colours corresponding to each individual’s energy and personality. Ponorelii also collaborated with designer Karl Kirri to incorporate a specially designed Idrija lace into each look.

Joker Out will be performing in the 10th spot of the second semi-final on May 11.

Source: RTVSLO

Slovenia: Ljubljana “overflowed” during the last concert of Joker Out before Liverpool!

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Just before departing for Liverpool and the final destination of their Eurovision journey, Joker Out, the band representing Slovenia in Eurovision 2023 gave a last big concert in downtown Ljubljana. The central square of the city was literally overflowed by the crowd attending, loudly singing along Joker’s Out entry, Carpe Diem. Joker Out, the most popular band in Slovenia, gave once more a really powerful performance, full of energy.

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Joker Out proved once more how strong their live performances are and how capable the band is of elevating their song live. They, also, announced that they will also perform Carpe Diem live in Eurovillage.

Member of the band, Kris Guštin, noted that the sound on their video clip is not what they wanted and in their live performances on Liverpool, everything is going to work right.

Joker Out are all set for Liverpool after a long promo tour in 6 different countries. They are not stressful at all, instead they are hopeful that they will manage to bring Slovenia back to the Grand Final after 4 years.

The crowd left the concert super excited and after a long time, the local media seem to consider Eurovision as a hot topic.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Carpe Diem below, as well as our interview with Joker Out!

We remind you that Slovenia participates in the 2nd semifinal in May 11, performing 10th.

Source:RTVSLO

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news regarding Eurovision 2023!

 

Poland: The Polish Eurovision Party 2023 is today!

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Today, for the second year in a row, the Polish Eurovision Party 2023 will take place in Warsaw. The hosts of the evening will be Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016) and Konrad Zemlik (the organizer of the event).

At this year’s Polish pre-party, twenty-five artists will appear, who are participating in this year’s Eurovision or have participated in the past.

The Eurovision 2023 entrants who will perform tonight are:

  • Albina & Familija Kelmendi – Albania
  • Alika – Estonia
  • Diljá – Iceland
  • Joker Out – Slovenia
  • Let 3 – Croatia
  • Mae Muller – United Kingdom
  • Monika Linkytė – Lithuania
  • Pasha Parfeni – Moldova
  • Piqued Jacks – San Marino
  • Reiley – Denmark
  • Sudden Lights – Latvia
  • The Busker – Malta
  • Vesna – Czechia
  • Wild Youth – Ireland

The remaining sixteen artists who will accompany this year’s participants are:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of Eurovision 1973 with Luxembourg
  • Eye Cue – North Macedonia 2018
  • Felivers – Tu bije serce Europy 2023 (Polish National Final)
  • Filip Baloš – Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 (Serbian National Final)
  • Gromee – Poland 2018
  • Inis Neziri – Festivali i Këngës 56 & 59 (Albanian National Final)
  • Krystian Ochman – Poland 2022
  • Kuba Szmajkowski – Tu bije serce Europy 2022 & 2023
  • Lindsay Dracass – United Kingdom 2001
  • Melovin – Ukraine 2018
  • Oceana – Unser Song für Dänemark
  • Poli Genova – Bulgaria 2011 & 2016
  • Senhit – San Marino 2011, 2020 & 2021
  • Slavko – Montenegro 2017
  • Sunstroke Project – Moldova 2010, 2017
  • Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019 with Poland

 

Stay tuned EurovisionFun for all the news regarding Eurovision!

Slovenia: Listen to the English Version of “Carpe Diem”!

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Today, Joker Out, the Slovenian representatives for Eurovision 2023, released the English version of their song “Carpe Diem“.

Joker Out mentioned that:

The response from the media and fans to the original in Slovenian are overwhelming. People like it, we were surprised how many of them even sang it with us at the concert, but they were asking us a lot what the lyrics are all about. We expected this to happen, so we rewrote and recorded it in English at the same session in Hamburg as the original. It’s not a direct translation, but the message and vibe are the same.

Also, referring to the message of “Carpe Diem“:

Carpe Diem is a call to all who know that life is more than what meets the eye. This shagadelic indie dance anthem is a reflection of the band members’ year-round gigging and joy of life. The message is simple: whatever life throws at you – music and dance are always the right answer. The video takes place in a mystical hotel, where the seemingly ordinary and boring world merges with the crazy and magical. You never know what awaits you in the next room or corridor. The only question is: do you dare to surrender to magic or not?

Joker Out preferred performing in their native language instead of English, with the intention to keep their originality and their true character while representing their home nation to Eurovision 2023.

Listen to the English Version of Carpe Diem below:

You can also watch the reaction of EurovisionFun on Slovenia’s entry for Eurovision 2023:

Joker Out with their song “Carpe Diem” will perform 10th in the 2nd semifinal on the 11th of May.

Which version do you prefer? Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for more news regarding Slovenia’s entry in Eurovision 2023!

Joker Out: We will have a lot of interaction with the crowd!

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Joker Out gave an interview to EurovisionFun’s Paschalis about their participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Carpe Diem“. Kris, Jan, Jure and Nace were with us.

Some things about the song:

We recorded the song in Hamburg in December. The lyrics are telling what happened there. We stayed all night in the studio and just created the song. We did that to avoid all of the negative energy. We tell the people to play the game of hate for themselves, we are just dancing and singing.

The song was written for Eurovision, but we didn’t have in mind to do something special. We had the idea and recorded the song, it’s a song that represents us as Joker Out.

Some things about the performance:

It will be a 3-minute Joker Out concert. We’re going to keep the same energy, be as close to each other as possible and try to have as much interaction with the crowd as possible.

Slovenia is a relatively small country with not much financial power. We believe some of the Slovenian entries have been really good and deserved better. We are here to set this trend upside down!

There will be an English version of the song as well, but we are going to keep the Slovenian version.

Their favorite Eurovision entries:

We are fans of Eurovision and our first memory is Ruslana!

Our favorite Slovenian Eurovision entry is Samo Ljubezen from 2002.

Their message to the readers of EurovisionFun:

Hello EurovisionFun! Thank you so much for all of your support and we can’t wait to meet you in Liverpool!

We would like to thank Joker Out for their interview and wish them best of luck!

Slovenia: Joker Out filmed the first postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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The first postcard of Eurovision 2023 has officially been flimed and it’s not other than Slovenia’s.

RTVSLO, the public broadcaster of Slovenia, has confirmed that the first postcard of this year’s Eurovision was filmed by Joker Out, the band that is going to represent them in Liverpool in May.

Back in October, BBC made an offer to find an independent production company, that would come up with the concept and film the 37 postcards of the coming contest. The postcards will be 40 seconds long.

The greatest thing we learned by Slovenia’s filming, was that the production company, decided that each representative will make all filmings for their postcards in their respective countries, which means that this year, the postcards will not be used to promote the host country.

Adrijan Pregelj/RTV Slovenia

Joker Out filmed their postcard in the roof of Radio Slovenija’s building. As you can see, they asked for a pinball machine to be in the postcard and they were especially happy when BBC approved of it. Jure Maček, the band’s drummer, revealed the connection between the pinball machine and their song:

“We really like the pinball machine, because we started playing it already in Hamburg while recording the song.”

Joker Out will represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2023 with their song “Carpe Diem” and they are allocated in the Second half of the Second Semi-Final:

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

Source: rtvslo.si

Slovenia: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Carpe Diem”!

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Slovenia’s public television (RTVSLO) in a special press conference announced that Joker Out!, a pop/rock band will fly the country’s flag in Liverpool. Joker Out! they were already working on the song they intended to submit to EMA (the Slovenian national final for Eurovision), when the RTVSLO people made them a proposal.

RTVSLO has announced that the song that Joker Out will represent Slovenia with is titled “Carpe Diem”, it was previously confirmed that the song is in Slovenian.

Through a special show entitled Misija Liverpool, the participation of Joker Out! for Eurovision 2023 was revealed last weekend!

The Eurovisionfun team couldn’t help but comment on the entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Rossopoulos Thanasis, Koronakis Spyros and Mantounaris Konstantinos in a delightful video, with detailed commentary on Slovenia’s next participation, for 2023!

You can listen the Live Version of Slovenian entry for Eurovision 2023 below:

https://youtu.be/vfTiuZaESKs

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