It has already been two months since the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. 37 performers stepped on the stage of the M&S Bank Arena giving it all and representing their countries in the biggest song competition in the world, after months of intense preparations.
The impressive stage performances that they pulled off were first tried on the Eurovision stage a few days before their arrival through simulations, known as stand in rehearsals. Stand in rehearsals are usually executed by local artists and performers so all participants can know in advance the television result of the performances. On a later stage, they have the opportunity to ask for changes during the technical rehearsals executed by the representatives themselves.
A few days ago the stand-in rehearsals of Switzerland, Israel, Serbia, Portugal, Italy, Finland and Cyprus were leaked. You can watch all of them in our article.
A little while ago another rehearsal was released and it is none other than that of Austria. It is the song “Who The Hell is Edgar?” performed by Teya & Salena. You can see the rehearsal in the video below:
What do you think of Austria’s stand-in rehearsal? Did you see any difference between this and the final performance?
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Every year, including this one, we witnessed numerous peculiar results, variations between finals and semifinals, top rankings in records, and so forth. So, let’s examine each of them individually, shall we?
1. Albania
Albania, despite finishing 9th in the televote of the semi-final, achieved the second-best result among the countries from the second semi-final in the final itself, following Poland. This success led Albania to secure the 10th place overall in the final audience. Well done Albania!
In contrast, even though Austria achieved the second position in the semi-final audience, in the final unexpectedly ended up in the very last position among the countries from the second semi-final. Unfortunately, Austria could only manage to secure the 22nd place in the final. Ouch.
3. Serbia
Serbia managed to get the beloved ticket to the final, earning just 37 points and maintaining a significant gap of 37 points(!) from the next contestant in 9th place. Interestingly, 9th place had twice as many points as the 10th place. Wow, that’s symmetry brah. However, Serbia achieved a new record for the lowest number of points obtained by a contestant in the 10th place during the semi-final, surpassingIceland’s previous record of 39 points in 2022.
Australia pulled through and won their semi-final, convincing the crowd that they had the best track among the 16. The crowd must have been forgotten somewhere in the final, as Australia only climbed to 20th place, earning the record for worst-placed semi-final winner in the final, when it comes to the televote. Followed by Greece in 2010 and Romania in 2013, with 7th place in the final, as semi-final winners. I think they completely forgot about Australia, they might have been snacking during the “promise” performance and not paying attention. Shame, shame, shame, first the music then the eating people!
Sweden overtook Ireland in wins, Loreen became the first woman to win the trophy twice and also this year’s Nordic country’s entry managed to set a new record by winning Eurovision with no 12 points from the audience. Like it or not, these are the trade-offs. Finally, this year’s Swedish entry managed to win, having a distance of 133 points from the winner of the televote, breaking the previous record, which was again its own, in 2015 with a distance of 87 points. In conclusion, 4 records for this year’s winner. Well played!
6. Estonia
Alika, just 20 years old, against all odds, made it to the final by finishing 10th in her semi-final. Hopefully, the judges had other plans, and while in the audience of the final she finished in 19th place (one place above the winner of her semi-final, Australia!), they shared her 146 points, giving her a decent place in this year’s top ten! Not being among the 10 favourite to pass in the big final, and finally reaching the final top ten, is undoubtedly something that even she did not expect. (credits to Katerina Mitika)
Did we miss any record or something peculiar this year? Let us know in the comments below!
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Austria’s Eurovision 2023 representatives Teya and Salena are excited after their second rehearsal on the Liverpool stage.
According to their statements to Austria’s state broadcaster ORF, both the artists themselves and the country’s delegation to the competition are very satisfied and more confident than ever, as the technical problems they encountered in the First Rehearsal have now been resolved.
Speaking to ORF, Teya and Salena stated the following:
“The second rehearsal was much better than the first rehearsal. Everything went well and we are already looking forward to returning to the big Eurovision stage next week. The choreography was better than last time and the problems with the sound were solved. Everything went great!”
The head of the Austrian delegation is also positive after the second rehearsal:
“The second rehearsal went very well, especially because we were able to fix the technical problems. The BBC team did a great job and this made Teya & Salena feel much more comfortable on stage. A lot of changes we wanted after the first rehearsal in terms of the camera shots and LED content were implemented.”
Below you can watch EurovisionFun‘s reaction to the Austrian entry:
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Next up on stage we will be seeing Teya & Salena on their first rehearsal as the representatives of Austria in this year’s competition with “Who the Hell is Edgar?”.
Who are Teya & Salena?
Teya may not be known as a singer yet, but she has been working successfully as a songwriter for some time now. She has participated in several singing camps in Unified Songs, as well as Eurovision.
TEYA’s newest single, “EX ME” is available on all platforms and is released through Unified Records.
24-year-old Salena comes from a big musical family. She lived in Berlin and Cologne due to her extensive recordings and television appearances on The Voice of Germany.
She moved to Vienna in 2019. In addition, she participated in several preliminary rounds for the national Eurovision selection.
In addition to collaborating with professional songwriters/producers from around the world, she participated in Austria’s show “Starmania” 2021. Her debut single is titled “Pretty Imperfection”.
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.
It’s got a message, it’s got a thumping bassline, it’s got huge vocals, it’s got an insanely polished dance routine that everybody needs to learn immediately, and it’s got the line “Oh mio padre, there’s a ghost in my body” sung like it’s the Vienna Boys’ Choir. This is such a fun performance.
Corinne Cumming / EBU
Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU
Below you can watch a small clip from the Austrian first rehearsal on TikTok:
Last night, under the charity “Austria For Life”, this year’s representatives of the country, Teya and Salena, performed their song “Who the hell is Edgar?” in front of the Schönbrunn Palace.
The theme of the charity show is related to the history of Austria and the country’s road to democracy. Therefore the performers’ outfits and the whole stage presence are inspired by the European Renaissance, which actually seems to fit unexpectedly well with the song.
Watch the performance below:
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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:
Austria – Teya & Salena – “Who the Hell is Egdar?” – 80 points (8, 10, 8, 10, 10, 12, 10, 12)
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The Austrian National Broadcaster ORF has revealed through social networks the outfit of the duo that will wear on the Eurovision stage.
The clothes Teya & Salena will wear were created in collaboration between two designers. Johann Erhardt from Berlin’s “Haderlump” atelier and creative director and stylist Maximilian D’ Antonio took care of the outfits for the two women, who will represent Austria in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Teya commented:
“The outfits reflect our personalities and still go together. Our classic colors will also be seen on the big stage. So it’s not a big surprise, except maybe for those who expected us to appear in secretarial outfits and moustaches.”
Also Salena noted:
“We feel incredibly comfortable and are very excited to see how we will stage the outfits. The team behind the design fully understood and implemented our vision – also in such a way that we didn’t lose our individuality. We love it.”
The filming of the postcards of the 37 participants of Eurovision 2023 are now taking place throughout Europe. The next representatives to film their postacard are Teya & Salena from Austria!
The filming of the postcard of Teya & Salena, a short introduction video that will be shown just before their performance in the second Semi-Final, took place in an icing rink and as we can see in the backstage video that BBC posted, the atmosphere was more than positive.
The following acts have confirmed the filming of their postcards:
Austria: Teya & Salena – “Who The Hell Is Edgar”
Croatia: Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ”
Germany: Lord of the Lost – “Blood and Glitter”
Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
Moldova: Pasha Parfeni –“Soarele și Luna”
Poland: Blanka – “Solo”
Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”
Austria is set to perform 13th in the second semi-final which is going to take place on May 11 in Liverpool.
You can watch the reaction of our editors, enjoying the Austrian entry for Eurovision 2023:
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For another year, Austria chooses its participation in the Eurovision contest through internal selection. So for 2023, the national broadcaster chose Teya & Salina with “Who the hell is Edgar?” .
The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the official video clip of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Elefterium, Apostolos and Stella in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Austria’s participation, for 2023!
Video Editing: @eleftherium
Listen to “Who the hell is Edgar?”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmLeV47Au4
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Austria’s public broadcaster ORF revealed in January that Teya & Salina will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.
Through the show Wecker am Freitag of the radio station Hitradio Ö3, the participation of Teya & Salina for Eurovision 2023 was presented!
The song is titled “Who the hell is Edgar?” and it is in english.
Listen to “Who the Hell is Edgar?” below:
Who are Teya & Salina?
Teya may not be known as a singer yet, but she has been working successfully as a songwriter for some time now. She has participated in several singing camps in Unified Songs, as well as Eurovision.
TEYA’s newest single, “EX ME” is available on all platforms and is released through Unified Records.
24-year-old Salina comes from a big musical family. He lived in Berlin and Cologne due to her extensive recordings and television appearances on The Voice of Germany.
She moved to Vienna in 2019. In addition, she participated in several preliminary rounds for the national Eurovision selection.
In addition to collaborating with professional songwriters/producers from around the world, she participated in Austria’s show “Starmania” 2021. Her debut single is titled “Pretty Imperfection”.
Austria will be competing on the 2nd Semi-Final on the 11th of May. After the allocation draw we know that Austria will be on the second half of the show!
Tell us your opinion about Teya & Salina representing Austria in Eurovision 2023 with “Who the hell is Edgar?”!
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