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Greece: The viewership rate for the Second Semi-Final!

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The viewership for the Second Semi-Final were increased compared to the First Semi-Final despite the disqualification of Greece in the contest, viewers chose to watch yestarday’s show.

More specifically, the measurement comapny Nielsen about the TV ratings announced that the Second Semi-Final had a 16.6% of audience share overall, with a maximum quarter of the results at 23.4%. The contest was mostly viewed by the young audience with a 20,6% share and at the last quarter of the show, when the results were announced, were at 26.9% viewer share.

The corresponding percentages last year were considerably lower, with the Greek participation and Amanda Tenfjord qualifying for the Grand Final. This happened because the Greek participation this year got a lot of publicity, along with critisism and negative comments.

As a result, the interest for the Greek viewers’ in the Eurovision Song Contest will wane as Victor Vernicos failed to qualify for the final.

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Victor Vernicos: “You will see a few new things from me, on my Second Semi-Final performance!” | Exclusive Interview

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Victor Vernicos, the Greek representative of Eurovision 2023 spoke exclusively at Eurovisionfun and Apostolis Matamis, all the way from Liverpool, UK in the heart of this year’s contest!

The interview took place at Eurovillage, right after his performance on stage and he was really enthusiastic about this:

“I absolutely loved it! I am ready for my semi final, everyday I’m loving the positive vibes of this city, the people are wonderful!“

We asked him if he feels more comfortable performing and playing with his guitar at the same time.

“The guitar is part of my body by now, but I am okay to perform without it!“

It is a unique experience for someone to be able to represent ones country, especially if you’re a 16-year-old boy as Victor is. But what was the highlight of his experience?

“Last night at Euroclub the energy was amazing while I was performing, now my cousins from Denmark also arrived in Liverpool to watch me on my semi final and that made me very happy!“

On his socials, he had joked about him bringing the sun wherever he goes. On the day of the interview he was being dead serious about this:

“It’s a fact that one time that we went to Denmark with my mother it was the best summer in 40 years, and then best winter in 25 years! My mother, my family, me and the Greek delegation, we all bring the sun!”

On the negative comments about his participation, he mentioned that he pays no attention to anything like that and he added:

“I mostly give out to my fans, I upload stuff on my socials, but I don’t take in any negative energy or bad comments on me or my performance. I have found my inner balance!”

When we mentioned that the press appreciates his song a lot, he was really grateful for that and he also responded on the comments of British press that his accent is very British:

“I used to go to a British school, then American, I also have the Danish genes from my dad. That’s why I think that my accent is a mix of American, British and Danish!”

Is Victor ready to perform Thursday night on the second semi-final show? He comments:

“I’m ready, I just need to rest a bit, because I sing a lot and I go to the parties that all delegations attend.”

When we asked him if his team and himself intend to make any changes on the staging or his performance he said:

“You will see a few new things from me, it’s gonna be a surprise for you all!”

Finally, Victor has a message for all the readers of Eurovisionfun:

“I love you! We are ready! We need your support! All I need is your positive energy, if I got this, then it will reflect in the results!”

Finally you can watch his Eurovillage performance of his entry “What they say” below:

 

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Eurovision 2023: Greece’s Second Rehearsal!

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Closing up the first half of the second Semi-Final is Greece. Victor Vernicos with his song“What They Say” is ready for his second rehearsal on the stage of M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool!

 

Who is Victor Vernicos?

Victor Vernicos is the youngest artist participating in Eurovision 2023 and in fact the youngest Greek participant ever! Victor might be young but he’s got big dreams! Victor has been involved in music since he was 4 years old. He has taken vocal and guitar lessons, while he has also attended music technology seminars. In 2021 he released his first song in which he wrote music, lyrics but also produced it himself. He is now representing Greece in Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with a song that he wrote himself when he was 14 years old.

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.

Sarah Louise Bennett /EBU

The youngest participant of this year’s eurovision takes the stage… and he’s not nervous at all. He’s giving this both vocal power and some great on-stage energy, backed up by multiple giant Victors on the LED wall. He’s wearing shorts to remind us how is the summer in Greece and a jacket in chaki colours.

CHLOE HASHEMI / EBU

His signature dance move is an infectious bounce that will have the arena jumping next Thursday – Ed Sheeran is one of his musical influences, and you can definitely feel the Sheeran vibe in What They Say. A confident and uplifting performance, and the Greek delegation should be very happy with that. In the final runthrough for Greece, we’ve got the added bonus of some low smoke.

Greece Second Rehearsal 2

CHLOE HASHEMI / EBU

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

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

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Eurovision 2023: Greece’s First Rehearsal!

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Next up on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is Greece. Victor Vernicos with his song“What They Say” is ready for his first rehearsal on the stage of M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool!

Who is Victor Vernicos?

Victor Vernicos is the youngest artist participating in Eurovision 2023 and in fact the youngest Greek participant ever! Victor might be young but he’s got big dreams!Victor has been involved in music since he was 4 years old. He has taken vocal and guitar lessons, while he has also attended music technology seminars. In 2021 he released his first song in which he wrote music, lyrics but also produced it himself. He is now representing Greece in Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with a song that he wrote himself when he was 14 years old.

The Rehearsal

If Victor is nervous about performing in such a huge arena at such a young age, it doesn’t show – he’s giving this both vocal power and some great on-stage energy, backed up by multiple giant Victors on the LED wall.

Corinne Cumming / EBU

His signature dance move is an infectious bounce that will have the arena jumping next Thursday – Ed Sheeran is one of his musical influences, and you can definitely feel the Sheeran vibe in What They Say. A confident and uplifting performance, and the Greek delegation should be very happy with that.

Costume wise, it’s the same shorts and jacket vibe as Romania’s Theodor yesterday, but less yellow.

Chloe Hashemi / EBU

Update: In the final runthrough for Greece, we’ve got the added bonus of some low smoke, because Victor is ON FIRE!

EBU

The second rehearsal of Greece will take place on Friday 5/5, when we will have a better picture of what we will see from Victor on the Eurovision stage, as we will have the official TV snippet.

Below you can watch a small clip from Greece’s first rehearsal on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228577350680677659

 

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Greece: A minimal Greek summer is the staging idea for Eurovision 2023!

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In the Greek morning show “Breakfast@star” the reporter  Μαρία Αργυριάδου gave exclusive informations about the Greek staging for Eurovision 2023!

“We know that Konstantinos Rigos is going to be the director of the Greek entry for Victor Vernicos perfomance. When we first heard it, we thought about artistic props, dancers, a maximal staging! But it is a big no, cause it will be the complete opposite!

The direction that Κοnstantinos Rigos decided is going to be completely minimal. Victor will be completely alone on stage with no one else. There will be no backing vocals, nothing behind him, zero help. There will be no dancers and not even his guitar. He will be completely alone and that’s because the director wants the audience to focus on Victor himself. There will be no water like the music video based on our exclusive information.

There is a concept though behind Victor’s staging idea. And that concept is Greek summer! All the colours and the lights on the stage of Eurovision 2023 will be customized to the concept of Greek summer and its colours!”

The director of the Greek staging said though that their main focus is Victor to narrate every lyric of the song with his expressions and movement.

Victor Vernicos will perform “What They Say” in the second Semi-Final of Eurovision 2023! You can listen to the song below:

What do you think of the approach of the Greek team? Is a minimal summer perfomance the key for Victor to advance to the Grand Final? Write your opinion in the comment section below!

Greece: Fotis Sergoulopoulos is announced as the Greek spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

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During the breakfast show, Breakfast@Star, the name of this year’s Greek spokesperson was announced. The Greek spokesperson will be no other but Fotis Sergoulopoulos.

Fotis Sergoulopoulos is heavily involved with Eurovision this year, as he is co-presenting in ERT channel the show “Πρωίαν Σε Είδον την Μεσημβρίαν” along with Jenny Melita, a commentator for Eurovision 2023, and they have been providing the Greek audience with news related to the Greek entry for Eurovision 2023. Fotis and Jenny have also hosted Victor Vernicos, this year’s Greek participant.

Almost 2 weeks ago, an Instagram post featuring a photo of Fotis along with Jenny Melita and Maria Kozakou, the Greek commentary duo for Eurovision 2023 as well as with Yiorgos Kapoutzidis, a former Eurovision commentator, gave us a hint about the announcement of Fotis as a spokesperson.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Fotis Sergoulopoulos (@serfotis)

It is not the first time that Fotis has his name associated with Eurovision. He was also the Greek commentator in 2007 along with Maria Mpakodimou and in 2021 he was a member of the Greek jury.

We remind you that Fotis is the successor of Stefania, the Greek representative in Eurovision 2020 and 2021.

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Greece: The ERT’s budget for Eurovision 2023!

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Today, the budget of Greece’s participation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest was posted in cooperation of ERT and the Greek Ministry of Digital Goverance. The Greek National Broadcaster is asked to pay 227,365 Euros for all the expenses to participate in this year’s contest.

Although, an additional 150,000 Euros should be added to the amount, which are the participation fee for this year’s competition. Therefore, the total amount that ERT will pay for Eurovision 2023 is 377,000 Euros. In a separate fund, an amount of 12,000 Euros was approved in the previous days for the rental of the two TV commentators.

In total, the final amount for Greece’s budget comes to 399,000 euros, which is slightly lower compered to the budget of the National Broadcaster the past two participations. This seems very reasonable since there are no longer restrictions due to the pandemic with the hotel rooms and the recording of the “live on tape” video.

You can find the relevant decision in Greek here

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Greece: Listen to “What They Say” live for the first time!

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The 16-year-old Victor Vernicos, this year‘s representative of Greece in Eurovision 2023, was a guest on a podcast of the Streamee platform, where he performed for the first time live “What They Say“, in an acoustic version.

During the discussion, Victor, among other things, referred to his stage appearance in Liverpool. The goal of Victor and his team is to be able to visualize the truthfulness of the song, so that the emotion caused by “What They Say“ can be passed on to the audience.

We remind you that Greece and Victor will compete in the 2nd semi-final on 11May and the order of appearance is number 8.

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Greece: “What They Say” by Victor Vernicos has over 500.000 views!

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“What They Say“, the song with which the 16-year-old talented artist Victor Vernicos will represent Greece at this year‘s Eurovision Song Contest, is now available in digital music stores, a few days after the premiere of the music video that was received with great enthusiasm!

“What They Say“, with music and lyrics by Victor himself, released by Panik Records, received flattering comments from the audience, while the music video became a top trend on YouTube in almost 24 hours and it counts over 500,000 views in total in a few days.

The video, directed by PickCodes, visually accompanies the voice of the new generation, who creates, dreams and dares. At the same time, like the song, it sends a strong message of optimism, that “together” and “sharing” make us strong!

Watch the video-clip of the Greek entry:

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Greece: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “What They Say”!

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Greece’s song for Eurovision 2023, by Victor Vernicos, was released a few days ago with the title “What They Say”!

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the official video clip of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Apostolos, Paschalis, Stella and Apostolis in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Greece‘s participation, for 2023!

Video editing: @xristosrpk

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