About a month ago, TVM, the public broadcaster of Moldova confirmed that the submission of entries for Eurovision 2023 has begun. As it seems, Moldova is going to return to a national final selection in order to choose their represnetative for this year’s contest. Read more
Tonight took place the first semi-final of the 2023 Melodi Grand Prix, the show that determines the representative of the the Kingdom of Scandinavia, Norway, to the Eurovision Song Contest. 7 artists competed with then aim to win the three tickets that lead to the Grand Final on the 4th of February.
The hosts of the show were Arian Engebø and Stian Thorbjørnsen
The 7 contestants of the first semi-final were:
After the performances of all the artists, the voting lines opened. The outcome was solely in the hands of the televoters.
The Norwegian public decided that the three best performances of the night were:
Umami Tsunami featuring Kyle Alessandro, Kristian Haugstøyl & Magnus Winjum – “Geronimo“
Ulrikke Brandstorp –“Honestly“
Alessandra Mele – “Queen of Kings“
The next heat will take place next Saturday at 19:50 CET! You can watch MGP 2023 by clicking HERE.
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The second and last semi-final of Eesti Laul 2023, the selection process for the next Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished. In today’s second semi-final, ten songs competed for the remaining five tickets leading to the grand final.
The presenters of the evening were, yet again, Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets while the show took place at Viimsi Artium in Viimsi.
The Participants:
The artists that participated in the second semi-final of Eesti Laul 2023 were as follows:
The Show:
1. Inger – “Awaiting You”
Inger is opening the second semi-final. His performance starts with him being on a round platform, sitting on a chair. Although he is very present and playful during his performance, he has trouble with his vocals.
2.Linalakk & Bonzo – “Aeg”
The first Estonian ballad of the night. An atmospheric setting yet an uneventful performance.
3. Meelik – “Tuju”
Meelik are using a black and white effect for their performance until the third chorus. They were very professional and had a well thought-out performance.
4. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”
The second runner-up of Eesti Laul 2022 performs an 80s influenced pop song. She is accompanied by three dancers that were stylized as David Bowie. A pretty wooden performance from her behalf.
5. Robin Juhkental – “Kurbuse matused”
Robin is accompanied by a pianist, a drummer and a dancer. It’s a nice performance but it fails to generate any emotion.
6. m els – “So Good At What You Do”
The red colour prevails in m els’ performance. She performs while standing on a high platform. She’s a present performer and a good vocalist.
7. Wiiralt – “Salalik“
Another black and white performance on tonight’s semi-final. It’s a good performance but very reminiscent of Meelik’s performance.
8.Sissi – “Lighthouse”’
Sissi is dressed in white for her Eesti Laul performance. Manages to stand out and make a statement while being on her own.
9.Carlos Ukareda – “Whiskey Won’t Forget”
Carlos is alone with a guitar on the stage. He’s dressed in black. A flawless performance.
10.Alika – “Bridges”
Alika is accompanied by a piano that has the illusion of playing on it’s own. She’s dressed in white. A charismatic performer.
The five artists who qualified for the final of Eesti Laul 2023 were determined after two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, four qualifiers were determined by a 50% jury and 50% televoting system. In the second round of voting, a new vote was held and one more qualifier was chosen solely by the televoting.
Before announcing the results, the presenters announced the jury’s top four favourites in random order with them being Alika, Meelik, Sissi and Wiiralt!
In the first round, the following four songs qualified:
Among the six remaining songs, this is the last song to qualify to the final:
After the announcement of the televote qualifier of the second semi-final, the presenters announced that two more artists who did not make it directly from the semi-finals to the finals will also qualify for the final of Eesti Laul through phone votes only. Voting closes on 16 January at 18:30 CET. Voting will be based on the same numbers as the semi-finalists.
These are the artists who didn’t qualify from the Eesti Laul semi-finals:
These are the finalists of Eesti Laul 2023 so far:
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Despite the rumours about Israel’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2023, Noa Kirel doesn’t flinch and feverishly continues the preparations on her performance on the stage of Liverpool, in May! Just some time ago, she announced that the final decision for Eurovision 2023, will be made between two songs. Noa went on and made some revelations regarding the selection process, earlier today.
Noa Kirel was invited in the TV show “Friday morning with Galit and Yoav”, and went on to make two important announcements:
In a TV show in Channel 12, she confirmed that she has recorded two songs:
“The first song is about love, while the second is about empowerment. Both songs are in English with sone phrases in Hebrew, but both songs have some Mediterranean influence.”
We remind you that Israel had already confirmed its taking part in Eurovision 2023 back in March 2022 and has selcted Noa Kirel internally as their representative.
Until we listen to Israel’s song for Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. Michael Ben David was the representative of Israel with the song “I.M.”. In the end, he didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final ending up in 13th place of the Second Semi-final:
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The nationa final season of Eurovision 2023, continues tonight with the second semi-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 second semi-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.
In the list below, you can see the ten artists and the songs, competing in the second semi-final Eesti Laul 2023 (You can listen to each song by clicking on their title):
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 .
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!
The selection process for the Norwegian participation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest is finally starting tonigh. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will take place in Trondheim and will be broadcasted every Saturday for the next four weeks, with the winner artist getting the ticket to Liverpool!
Melodi Grand Prix’s hosts for this year is the TV host Arian Engebø and the singer Stian Thorbjørnsen who has also participated in MGP himself, back in 2015 and 2021.
The first Heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will be broadcasted tonight in 19:50 CET and will last for about one and a half hour. You can watch it through NRK’s official website, by clicking HERE.
In the list below, you can see the seven artists and the songs, competing in the first heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 (You can listen to each song by clicking on their title):
In total, 21 songs are going to take part in Melodi Grand Prix 2023, after being selected by NRK’s competent jury. Seven song will compete in each of the three heats, with the three best songs advancing for the Final.
In the three heats, the three best songs will qualify for the final solely based on the vote of the Norwegian public.
For the first time since 2019, an international jury that will determine 50% of the result will be featured in the final, while the rest 50% will be determined by the public vote.
One more thing we couldn’t let unmentioned, is that NRK decided to give the contestants the opportunity to use Auto-Tune in their performances, in order to be vocally in the best way possible.
Until we learn who is going to represent Norway in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. Previous MGP winners and Norway’s representatives at Eurovision 2022 were Subwoolfer with their song “Give That Wolf a Banana” and finished 10th in the Grand Final, continuing the country’s qualification streak for the fifth year.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!
We now know all the songs that are going to compete in the Belgian national final, while the seven competing songs are now available on Spotify in their full versions!
You can listen to the competing songs of Eurosong 2023 by clicking each song’s title:
The Grand Final of Eurosong 2023 will take pace in Paleis 12 / Palais 12 in Brussels on January 14.
You can also watch our interviews with two of Eurosong 2023 contestants, Ameerah and Gala Dragot:
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The time to learn Malta’s song for Eurovision 2023 is here! For the second year in a row, the island country is using the format of a national final and is organizing MESC 2023, through which they are going to select their representative for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.
40 artists are going to take part in Malta’s selection process for Eurovision 2023. Five shows in total, three qualifying rounds, one semi-final and the Grand Final, will select the artist and the song that is going to represent Malta in Liverpool.
The hosts of the three qualifying rounds of MESC 2023 will be Ryan and Josmar.
The first qualifying round of MESC 2023 will be broadcasted at 21:00 CET. You can watch it through the live broadcast of TVM’s official website, by clicking HERE.
Today, we are going to see 13 artists, out of the 40 competing in MESC 2023, in tonight’s first qualifying round.
The artists that will compete in tonight’s show are:
It’s worth mentioning that the Maltese public television hasn’t announced the full running order, but instead, they have revealed only the first song of the nigh and that is “Tik Tok” by Haley.
MESC 2023 will take place in five competitive rounds: three qualifying rounds, one semi-final and the Grand Final.
13 song will compete in the first two qualifying rounds, while 14 will take part in the third one. Eight songs will advance to the semi-final from each of the three qualifying rounds.
The 24 songs that will qualify to the Semi-Final will be determined through the voting of both the jury and the public. Through the semi-final, the 16 artists that will compete in the Grand Final, will be decided.
Until we learn who is going to represent Malta in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. Emma Muscat was the winner of MESC 2022 with the song “Out of Sight”. In the end she represented Malta in Eurovision 2022 with the song “I Am what I Am” but she didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final ending up in 16th place of the Second Semi-final:
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The first semi-final of Eesti Laul 2023, the selection process for the next Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished. In today’s first semi-final, ten songs competed for the first five tickets leading to the grand final!
The show was hosted at Viimsi Artium in Viimsi by Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets.
In today’s first Semi-Final, ten songs competed for the first five tickets to the grand final of Eesti Laul 2023. These artists are the following:
1. Janek – “House of Glass”
Janek opened Eesti Laul 2023 with a powerful ballad. The show starts with the artist in a television box. He then stands on a platform. At the end, there are three-dimensional broken glass effects.
2. Ellip – “Pretty Girl”
Following Janek is Ellip. She is accompanied by four dancers. She is dressed in black. Ellip filled the stage with her personality.
3. Kaw – “Valik”
Kaw are the first group of the evening. They sing in Estonian. Lots of shot changes and lighting. They’re having vocal issues until up to the third chorus.
4. MERLYN – “Unicorn Vibes”
Next up is Merlyn which is accompanied by two dancers. Although her vocals are on point, stage-wise she is “wooden”.
5. MIA – “Üks samm korraga”
Mia competes with the biggest female power ballad of the Semi-Final. She sings in Estonian while wearing a silver jumpsuit. She is accompanied by a pianist and a dancing couple.
6. Neon Letters & Maiko – “Tokimeki”
Neon Letters & Maiko perform in a lighted box. Japanese subtitles accompany a big part of the performance. They are dressed in black and white.
7. OLLIE – “Venom”
The first rock song of the night. The performance is very professional. Pink lighting predominates, and Ollie’s vocals are very good.
8. Andreas – “Why Do You Love Me”
After Ollie’s bombastic performance, Andreas sings an ethereal ballad accompanied by a female dancer. Low lighting prevails.
9. Bedwetters – “Monsters”
The second rock song of the semi-final. The Bedwetters have an eccentric performance reminiscent of Winny Puhh. A freak-show.
10. Anett x Fredi – “You Need to Move On”
Anett x Fredi will close the semi-final, an atmospheric and well-staged performance that will get appreciated.
The five artists who qualified for the final of Eesti Laul 2023 were determined after two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, four qualifiers were determined by a 50% jury and 50% televoting system. In the second round of voting, a new vote was held and one more qualifier was chosen solely by the televoting.
Before announcing the results, the presenters announced the jury’s top four favourites in random order with them being Anett x Fredi, Andreas, ELLIP and OLLIE!
In the first round, the following four songs qualified:
Among the six remaining songs, this is the last song to qualify to the final:
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France’s public broadcaster, France Télévisions, has already announced that after their win in Junior Eurovision 2022, they are now planning on winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!
As of now, the French public television has not made any announcement on how they are going to select their representative or song, while in comparisonn with other years, in this period of time last year, the submission deadline had already been completed and in the end of 2020, we knew all twelve contestants of Eurovision France: C’est vous qui décidez 2021.
However, a few minutes ago, there was an announcement that later today, and to be exact on 15:00 CET, France Télévisions will reveal the plans for Eurovision 2023!
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It is not known yet, if France will make an internal selection or a national final, as they have not made any specific announcement for song submission or any information on the selection process.
Last year, France organized the national final C’est vous qui décidez and the winners were Alvan & Ahez with their song “Fulenn”, ending up in 24th place in the Grand Final:
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