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An (extra) big change is coming to Eurovision 2023!

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After the many and important changes instituted in the voting system both in the semi-finals and the final, it seems that the viewers of the contest will experience another big change in Eurovision 2023!

According to what Lee Smithurst – lead producer of this year’s Eurovision – told at eurotrippodcast, viewers will experience an additional big change.

There is a big surprise coming. 

There’s no way we can talk about it at all!

The revelation about this big change was made in the discussion about graphics and led screens and what the presentation of the results will look like.

We just want to do something bold. It’s important to us that it didn’t look like other Eurovisions have looked. You never want to copy something that’s [been] done before or make graphics that look like the graphics before…I’m a flags fan, and colours of flags are important.

You can listen to the entire podcast below:

Will this big change have anything to do with the way the results are presented?

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments!

Germany: The detailed televoting results of Unser Lied für Liverpool!

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Just today, almost one and a half month after the German national final, Unser Lied für Liverpool, Eurovision.de and NDR published the detailed results of the public vote. The big winners of the German televoting, with 39.78% of the votes, and the country’s representatives at Eurovision 2023 were Lord Of The Lost with Blood And Glitter.

The detailed results of the public vote were as follows:

  1. Lord Of The Lost – “Blood and Glitter” – 79,520 Calls, 68,677 SMS, 66,178 Online – 214,375 votes – 39.78%
  2. Ikke Hüftgold – “Lied mit gutem Text” (Song with good lyrics) – 46,460 Calls, 26,281 SMS, 75,821 Online – 148,562 votes – 27.56%
  3. Patty Gurdy – “Melodies of Hope” – 18,327 Calls, 9,464 SMS, 21,797 Online – 49,588 votes – 9.2%
  4. Lonely Spring – “Misfit” – 12,144 Calls, 8,489 SMS, 23,539 Online – 44,172 votes – 8.19%
  5. Will Church – “Hold On” – 19,758 Calls, 6,961 SMS, 3,457 Online – 30,176 votes – 5.59%
  6. TRONG – “Dare to Be Different” – 12,261 Calls, 7,360 SMS, 8,736 Online – 28,357 votes – 5.27%
  7. Anica Russo – “Once Upon a Dream” – 5,533 Calls, 4,041 SMS, 2,608 Online – 12,128 votes – 2.27%
  8. René Miller – “Concrete Heart” – 4,651 Calls, 2,025 SMS, 4,809 Online – 11,485 votes – 2.14%

Overall in Unser Lied für Liverpool 198,564 phone calls were recorded, 133,298 SMS and 206,945 online votes, with a total of 538,897 votes.

Watch the reaction of the Eurovisionfun team to this year’s German entry:

Will Germany manage to avoid the last places in the final? Tell us in the comments below!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments!

Source: Eurovision.de

OGAE Poll 2023: The results of Australia and Iceland!

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The announcement of the results of the OGAE fan clubs continues. The next club to announce their results are that of Australia and Iceland.

The two aforementioned clubs voted as follows:

  • 12 points:Finland
  • 10 points:Sweden
  • 8 points: Austria
  • 7 points: France
  • 6 points:Norway
  • 5 points:United Kingdom
  • 4 points:Czechia
  • 3 points:Cyprus
  • 2 points:Serbia
  • 1 point:Moldova

  • 12 points:Finland
  • 10 points:Sweden
  • 8 points: France
  • 7 points: Norway
  • 6 points:Italy
  • 5 points:Austria
  • 4 points:United Kingdom
  • 3 points:Czechia
  • 2 points:Israel
  • 1 point:Moldova

The overall ranking after the votes of 15 clubs is as per below:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the OGAE Poll 2023 scores!

Source: OGAE International

INFE Poll 2023: The results from Azerbaijan!

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For the seventh consecutive year, the second Eurovision Song Contest fan network, the INFE Network, in collaboration with the website ESCToday, conducts the INFE Poll.

Network members in 21 local fan clubs have already voted for their favourite songs from Eurovision 2023 and through ESCToday, they announce their scores.

Here are the results of INFE Azerbaijan:

  1. France– 1 point
  2. Israel – 2 points
  3. Italy – 3 points
  4. Austria – 4 points
  5. United Kingdom – 5 points
  6. Spain – 6 points
  7. Norway – 7 points
  8. Czechia – 8 points
  9. Finland – 10 points
  10. Sweden – 12 points

With INFE Azerbaijan’s votes added, the updated scoreboard now stands as:

  1. Norway – 33 points
  2. Sweden – 29 points
  3. Israel – 24 points
  4. Finland – 20 points
  5. Czechia – 19 points
  6. Austria – 16 points
  7. Spain – 16 points
  8. Italy – 14 points
  9. United Kingdom – 12 points
  10. France – 12 points
  11. Moldova – 11 points
  12. Georgia – 9 points
  13. Greece – 8 points
  14. Albania – 5 points
  15. Australia – 2 points
  16. The Netherlands – 2 points

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

Source: esctoday.com

OGAE Poll 2023: The results of Denmark and Hungary!

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The announcement of the results of the OGAE fan clubs continues. The next club to announce their results are that of Denmark and Hungary.

The two aforementioned clubs voted as follows:

12 points: Sweden
10 points: Finland
8 points: France
7 points: Norway
6 points: Italy
5 points: United Kingdom
4 points: Austria
3 points: Serbia
2 points: Germany
1 point: Portugal

12 points: Sweden
10 points: Norway
8 points: Finland
7 points: Austria
6 points: France
5 points: Czechia
4 points: Italy
3 points: Moldova
2 points: Israel
1 point: United Kingdom

The overall ranking after the votes of 13 clubs is as per below:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the OGAE Poll 2023 scores!

Source: OGAE International

Eurovision 2023: Full lineup of Eurovision Village announced!

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Visit Liverpool has announced the full lineup of artists set to perform at this year’s Eurovision Village.

There are plenty of events planned at this year’s Eurovision Village, scheduled from 5 to 13 May, with live acts, dancers and many more every day.

The Eurovision Village at the Pier Head will have a capacity of 25,000 people who will be able to watch the contest live. Entering on all days will be ticket-free, with the exception of the final night, where there will be a £15 ticket.

The Eurovision Village will consist of the main stage, but also a special area called “Discover Ukraine”, which will be dedicated to Ukrainian creations.

The complete lineup of Eurovision Village is as follows:

  • May 5 – 17:00 – 23:00 – Welcome to Eurotopia

The Eurovision Village will open with a performance from last year’s  Eurovision winners, Kalush Orchestra.

  • May 6 – 10:30 -23:00 – A Royally Good Party

To mark the King’s Coronation, the Eurovision Village will offer live viewing of the event alongside a range of live performances from Eurovision acts.

  • May 7 – 12:00 till TBC – Firstival

The day will start with A children’s festival will occur with live performances and appearances from the BBC kid’s channels (CBBC and CBeebies) shows. Later local emerging artists presented by the LIMF academy will perform, including Ni Maxine and vocal harmony band Mic Lowry and the House Gospel Choir.

  • May 8 – 12:00 – 23:00 – This is Ukraine

Live performances with new music the BBC Introducing and a lineup of Ukrainian music from acts, including Antytila, Go_A, Alyona and Jerry Heil.

  • May 9 – 12:00 to 23:00 –  Night at the Opera and Semi-final 1

The day will start with the English National Oprea dose Eurovision, conducted by Stephen Bell and joined by former Eurovision contestants. This will be followed by a live screening of Semi-Final 1.

  • May 10 – 12:00 to 23:00 – United by Music

The National Lottery presents United by Music. Live performances from break-out stars and music icons, including Michael Aldag, The Lightening Seeds, Miles Kane and Girls Don’t Sync.

  • May 11 – 12:00 to 23:00 – Jamala presents QIRIM and Semi-final 2

2016 Eurovision winner Jamala will premiere her new album QIRIM, inspired by the folk songs of Jamala’s native Crimea.  The BBC Philharmonic will join the singer orchestra. A live showing of semi-final 2 will also take place.

  • May 12 – 12:00 to Midnight – EuroEve

The stage will be used for Tik Tok’s Eurovision Legends, while later in the day, an all-female lineup will feature live performances from acts such as Sophie Ellis and other pop stars. Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon will perform its very last show at this event.

  • May 13  – 14:00- 02:00 – Eurovision 2023 Final

The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be shown live. The preshow will include acts such as Katrina (Katrina and the Waves) and The Vengaboys. This is the only ticketed event in the Eurovision Village.

You can watch the EurovisionFun team, reacting to the song representing the United Kingdom in Eurovision 2023:

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

Source: BBC και Visit Liverpool

Eurovision 2023: The televote numbers and voting cost in every country!

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Want to know how much it will cost you to vote in Eurovision 2023? Want to create voting graphics for your favourite artist?

The ESC Discord account, presents exclusively, the numbers and cost of the televote, in each of the competing countries, and for the rest of the countries that are not participating and will vote as Rest Of The World.

How much will it cost you to vote in Eurovision 2023?

In the table below, ESC Discord presents the numbers and the cost of televoting in each country.

We see that Estonia has the highest billing costs, both by phone and texting, at €1.70, while Denmark has the lowest at only 0.13 cents.

In addition, several countries have increased the cost of televoting compared to last year. These are Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Iceland, Iceland, Israel and Ukraine.

Furthermore, Australia and Israel will be able to vote either by SMS or via www.esc.vote.

Finally, voting for Rest Of The World will be done via www.esc.vote, and will cost 0.99 cents.

The numbers and the cost of remote voting from Greece

From Greece, the televoting will be done by phone by calling 901 901 40, adding the respective country code at the end, or by SMS, by typing the country code and sending the Eurovision code at 54222.

You can find out all the details of the new Eurovision 2023 voting system here.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news on our favourite competition!

Austria: The solo entries of Teya & Salena were on the top 3 of the internal selection!

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This year’s Austrian representatives Teya & Salena were invited on the last episode of the Euro Trip podcast.

The duet revealed that they had also submitted separate entries in the internal selection for the representation of Austrian in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Their solo entries managed in fact to reach the final top 3 of ORF’s internal selection alongside with Who The Hell Is Edgar? which they submitted together.

The duo were chosen to represent Austria in the contest last December by a Focus Group, made up of domestic and international audiences.

In the end, they revealed that Who The Hell Is Edgar? was written at songwriting camp last year just to make the other artists at the camp laugh at the end of the day. But after receiving a great positive reaction from the other songwriters, Teya & Salena’s manager recommended that they submit it to ORF, for Eurovision 2023.

Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Austrian entry for Eurovision 2023.

Teya and Salena are going to perform 13th in the Second Semi-Final on 11th of May at Liverpool.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates regarding the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. 

Armenia: Brunette performs a different version of Future Lover!

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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!

 

The Netherlands: All the performances of “Eurovision in Concert 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UKBP_v3BPY

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.

Germany – Lord of the Lost

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NY6OODALZU

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSO-3m9J1js

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toUGDak3o1Y

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqne0dGawhQ

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7brJYVqqgZc

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycUxy4l00M

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlBuzqzjnIk

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

 

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

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