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Bosnia & Herzegovina: BHRT will not be broadcasting Eurovision 2023!

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BHRT, the national broadcaster of Bosnia and Herzegovina will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 which takes place in Liverpool, United Kingdom next week.

BHRT has confirmed that the Eurovision Song Contest will not be broadcast by the broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking 7 years since the contest was last broadcast in the country. The most recent Eurovision-related show broadcast by BHRT was Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light in 2020, the special show organised by the EBU for the cancellation of the 2020 Contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BHRT is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) but has been blocked from accessing the Union’s services due to the organisation’s high debt. So from December 2016 the country is unable to compete and/or broadcast the competition.

The country’s last participation was in Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm. The country was represented by Dalal, Deen, Ana Rucner and Jala with the song “Ljubav je”, but the country failed to qualify for the grand final for the first time as it finished 11th in the first semi-final.

So far, the non-participating in Eurovision 2023 countries that have confirmed the broadcast of this year’s contest are the following:

  • Chile – Canal 13
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Slovakia – Radio_FM
  • United States – Peacock

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Eurovision 2023: Second Rehearsal of Croatia!

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Today is the fourth day of rehearsals, the day when the countries participating in the First Semi Final will take over the stage for their second rehearsal at M&S Bank Arena, in Liverpool!

Next up on stage for their second rehearsal is Croatia and Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!“.

Who are Let 3?

Let 3 come from Rijeka, the birthplace of Croatia’s punk scene, where they quickly gained a reputation for merging energetic performances with live art, social commentary, over-the-top theatrics, and outlandish costumes.
Frontman Zoran Prodanović (Prlja) started out in the band Umjetnici Ulice, before joining with bass guitarist Damir Martinović (Mrle) to form Let 2 in 1986 (which eventually evolved into Let 3 when they added a new member).

This established and much-loved group have released 10 albums, one of which, Nečuveno (Unheard), quickly sold out despite the record being completely blank.

In Croatia the band are known for their provocative performances and are no strangers to shocking audiences by performing in the nude… we’ve no doubt Croatian broadcaster HRT are carefully going through the Eurovision rulebook with the boys right now.

The Rehearsal

It’s 2nd rehearsal time for Croatia’s Let 3, and it looks no less bonkers on the big screen than it did in the arena. It’s just…bigger. And brighter. Let 3 kick off with their trademark extravagant costumes, mind-bending graphics and high fashion hat/dress combos, and then for the final chorus they all strip down to their underwear and wave huge missiles.

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

The colours are more psychedelic. The removal of clothing is in high definition. They have an extensive track record of getting naked on stage, but they’ve kept it classy for a Sunday afternoon.

Chloe Hashemi / EBU

Let 3’s performance ends with the missiles emitting a shower of sparks over a group of men dancing in platform heels, vests and underpants.

Source: eurovision.tv
Photos: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU, Corinne Cumming / EBU

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Sweden: Smoking effect issues in Liverpool!

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The smoke chaos that befell Loreen in the Melodifestivalen continues in Liverpool. After an initial rehearsal, the Swedish delegation has demanded that the BBC solve the problems. The head of the Swedish delegation Lotta Furebäck and Loreen herself spoke about these problems in Aftonbladet.

The head of the Swedish delegation Lotta Furebäck said:

They say that they “totally understand” and will work on it. So it still feels good

This is a first run, we have done this before. I think we’re on the right track, but it’s this smoke thing that I think we need to work on the most, which we’re not really getting to.

The Swedish representative, Loreen, commented:

I would say that we are getting quite a lot of smoke. It’s still a smoking party. We need to work on that. There are lots of details.

After finishing rehearsals in the arena, she spoke to the BBC to emphasize how important it is to solve the problem of the smoke.

Just now here before, I had a conversation with the competition producer about the smoke in particular. They say they “totally understand” and will work on it. So it still feels nice. I feel that the BBC and the EBU really understand, they are listening and working on it.

Ahead of Sweden’s arrival, the BBC has carried out technical rehearsals, with stand-in artists on stage for the competing delegations to give feedback on.

We thought there was a lot to work on. They have really taken that to heart, so you can see that things are happening and that they are working forward.

It is our job to keep pushing the process forward. We want to keep the organic feeling, the cinematic and powerful that we had at Melodifestivalen. That is what is most important to us. I think we are well on our way to achieving that.

In the viewing room after the completed rehearsal, Loreen had a lot of comments about things that the production needs to resolve.

We are a whole team behind this. Robin (Hofvander, Melodifestivalen’s picture producer, editor’s note) on picture and so on. We are very keen that the vision is intact. What the Swedish people have sent here, it must be intact. So yes, absolutely. There is a lot that we talk to them about.

As far as the fact that the Platform and the LED screen is smaller than those in Melodifestivalen is concerned, the Swedish representative does not believe that it affects the feeling.

 I think it clarifies the narrative a bit. There are some inspirations. Nature, I’m from the Atlas Mountains. This is the tweak made to enhance some stuff. The podium is a little higher now than it was before.

Below you can watch a small TikTok video from the fist rehearsal of Sweden.

@eurovision Loreen ✅ Lightbox ✅ Liverpool ✅ #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @Loreen ♬ original sound – Eurovision

The second technical rehearsal of the Scandinavian country is scheduled for today at 16:40 CEST.

Sweden compete from the 11th spot of the first semi-final on Tuesday 9 May.

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New Zealand: UKTV Will Not Broadcast Eurovision 2023!

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UKTV is not going to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 to the viewers of New Zealand. The last the broadcaster aired the show was in 2016.

UKTV confirmed to Eurovision New Zealand that they have not included the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in their schedule. The first time that UKTV broadcast the show was in 2014, both semi-finals and the grand final. However in the last broadcast of 2016, they only aired the Grand Final show.

In 2017, the broadcaster, which is part of the BBC’s international chain of channels, decided to drop the competition. Before UKTV aired the competition, between 2009 and 2011, Stratos broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest on a 12-hour delay in 2009 before delaying the show until June and July in 2010 and 2011.

Currently, the following non-participating countries have announced the broadcast of the competition:

  • Chile – Canal 13
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • United States – Peacock

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INFE Poll 2023: The results from Moldova!

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For the seventh consecutive year, the second fan network of the Eurovision Song Contest, the INFE Network, in collaboration with the website EscToday, is conducting the INFE Poll.

Network members in the 21 local fan clubs have already voted for their favorite songs from Eurovision 2023 and via ESCToday, they are announcing their scores.

Here are the results of INFE Moldova:

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

After adding the votes from Belarus, our updated scoreboard reads as follows:

  1. Sweden – 165 points
  2. Finland – 123 points
  3. Norway – 121 points
  4. Italy – 77 points
  5. France – 73 points
  6. Austria – 69 points
  7. Czechia – 57 points
  8. Israel – 51 points
  9. Spain – 48 points
  10. Moldova – 32 points
  11. Armenia – 25 points
  12. United Kingdom – 24 points
  13. Slovenia – 17 points
  14. Croatia – 12 points
  15. Georgia – 10 points
  16. Germany – 10 points
  17. Cyprus – 9 points
  18. Greece – 8 points
  19. Serbia – 8 points
  20. Albania – 7 points
  21. Switzerland – 7 points
  22. Ukraine – 6 points
  23. Iceland – 5 points
  24. Denmark – 4 points
  25. Romania – 4 points
  26. Latvia – 3 points
  27. Australia – 2 points
  28. Estonia – 2 points
  29. Netherlands – 2 points
  30. Belgium – 1 points
  31. Malta – 1 points
  32. Poland – 1 points
  33. Portugal – 1 points
  34. San Marino – 1 points

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Hungary: This would have been the Hungarian entry in Liverpool! | It won the A Dal 2023!

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Last Saturday took place the final of the A Dal show, the music competition through which Hungary used to pick up their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, until they withdrew from the contest in 2020.

The winners of the A Dal 2023 were the band TITAN, descended from the Transylvania region, with the song Éjféli járat.

The reasons behind the absence of Hungary from Eurovision are the high cost of participation, the anti-LGBT sentiment of the Hungarian government and the mentality of the public towards these aspects.

Apart from the aforementioned reasons, another one is the big success of the A Dal show, which still goes on despite the absence of the country. Actually the A Dal rating were even higher than those of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Estonia: ERR coverage of Eurovision 2023!

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The Estonian public broadcaster ERR has revealed the coverage for Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Marko Reikop will be the commentator of the 67th song contest in Liverpool, covering the show in the Estonian language. This is going to be the 28th time that Marko Reikop takes up the role of the commentator since 1994, when Estonia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest. Just before the grand final of Saturday 13rd of May, Kuidas valmistutakse Eurovisiooniks Liverpoolis show will be broadcast getting the public in the Eurovision mood.

Alongside with the coverage in the Estonian language, there is also going to be coverage in the Russian language through ETV+. The Russian coverage will be carried out by Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda.

Estonia is being represented by Alika and her song “Bridges” and is going to compete in the second semi-final on Thursday 11th of May from the fourth spot.

The first rehearsal of Estonia is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd of May.

Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Estonian entry.

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Cyprus: “I’m gonna play with fire” said Andrew!

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With the first technical rehearsals for the 37 participating countries starting today, EurovisionFun is here covering every rehearsal and providing you with information about everything that is going on in Liverpool.

Our YouTube live videos are also back and in today’s live video we had a special guest. It was no other than Andrew Lambrou, this year’s Cypriot representative.

Check out what Andrew Lambrou shared with us:

I wanna start of just by saying a big “Thank you!” to you guys for the support you have been giving me throughout this whole process. It really does mean a lot to me and those things shine through. All the positivity around me means so much. I know you have been doing a lot and I appreciate all the work that you put in.

I’m feeling very good! I’m excited for tomorrow! Tomorrow is the day I’ve been waiting for a very long time. I get to see everything put together on the stage and I just can’t wait and I’m hoping that the world enjoys it too.

Can you tell anything about tomorrow?

I can say one thing to you…We’re gonna be playing with fire!

We have heard that it will be really impressive.

Yes, this is the goal. We want to bring everything to life and I want this to be a special moment to everyone, including myself and for Cyprus and for all Eurovision fans

So what’s the goal?

The goal.. I’ll be honest with you. We know that Eurovision is about uniting the world. It always does. The slogan this year is “United By Music”.It’s a competition, but my goal is to go out there and give absolutely everything, to perform from here, to perform with meaning and whatever will be after that will be. I’m just focused on walking off that stage and feeling proud of myself and hoping that everyone can feel that sense of proudness too.

One last question! Will Australia give 12 points to Andrew this year?

We gonna have to wait and see. But I must say I’m also feeling a lot from Australia too, which is super special to me. And we’ll find out soon.

In the end, we wished the Cypriot representative together with the audience watching the live show the best of luck, to make all Greeks proud with his performance.

In the video below you can watch the short interview to Andrew Lambrou from 18:26.

Tomorrow takes place the first rehearsal of Cyprus, and we will find out what the Cypriot delegation had been preparing all those months. Cyprus competes from spot number 6 of the Second Semi-Final on 11th of May.

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Eurovision 2023: Croatia’s First Rehearsal!

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The seventh country on the rehearsals schedule is Croatia with the eccentric entry “Mama ŠČ!” of the group Let 3

Everything about Let 3:

Let 3 come from Rijeka, the birthplace of Croatia’s punk scene, where they quickly gained a reputation for merging energetic performances with live art, social commentary, over-the-top theatrics, and outlandish costumes.
Frontman Zoran Prodanović (Prlja) started out in the band Umjetnici Ulice, before joining with bass guitarist Damir Martinović (Mrle) to form Let 2 in 1986 (which eventually evolved into Let 3 when they added a new member).

This established and much-loved group have released 10 albums, one of which, Nečuveno (Unheard), quickly sold out despite the record being completely blank.

In Croatia the band are known for their provocative performances and are no strangers to shocking audiences by performing in the nude… we’ve no doubt Croatian broadcaster HRT are carefully going through the Eurovision rulebook with the boys right now.

The Rehearsal

Let 3 kick off with their trademark extravagant costumes, mind-bending graphics and high fashion hat/dress combos, and then for the final chorus they all strip down to their underwear and wave huge missiles. They have an extensive track record of getting naked on stage, but they’ve kept it classy for a Sunday afternoon. There are also fireworks in the final run-through. Let 3’s performance ends with the missiles emitting a shower of sparks over a group of men dancing in platform heels, vests and underpants. Not sure the Liverpool arena has ever seen anything quite like that.

It feels like a nursery rhyme or a lullaby, but with tractors, kissing and war.

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

 

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

@eurovision Oh mama! Let 3 have revved up into Liverpool 🚜🇭🇷 #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @Let 3 Mrle ♬ original sound – Eurovision

The second rehearsal of Croatia takes place on Wednesday 3/5 and we will be able to have a better view of what Let 3 will be presenting on stage.

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Eurovision 2023: Ireland’s First Rehearsal!

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The sixth country of the day to take the stage for their first rehearsal is the queen nation of Eurovision, Ireland, (with their 7 victories), with Wild Youth and their dynamic entry “We Are One”.

Everything about Wild Youth:

Formed in Dublin in 2018, this band of 4 friends combine rock with catchy pop harmonies. Their energetic performances have led to a string of hit songs and – the aim of any pop group – number one hits.
If you haven’t seen them performing on television, you might have caught them supporting megastars on tour; they’ve warmed up crowds for the likes of Niall Horan, Lewis Capaldi, and Zara Larson.

Frontman Conor O’Donohoe serves up passionate vocals and pens most of the band’s songs; David Whelan takes to the keys; Edward Porter riffs on the guitar; and Callum McAdam beats the drums.

Wild Youth won their place to represent Ireland through the Late Late Show, fighting off fierce competition, including an entry from Public Image Ltd.

The Rehearsal

The sequinned masks from the official video are nowhere to be seen – instead it’s Conor in a glam rock gold catsuit with flares. This staging also features our first stairs of the day – a horseshoe arrangement featuring ALL the LEDs. The whole performance looks and sounds fabulous. There are also pyros in the performance, huge jets of them, around the whole stage just before the final chorus. Definitely leading the pyro charge so far.

Even on the first rehearsal, it’s easy to imagine the crowd in the Liverpool Arena singing along to this euphoric chorus.

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Corinne Cumming / EBU 

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

@eurovision Wild Youth’s first run through was as good as gold ✨🇮🇪 #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @Wild Youth ♬ original sound – Eurovision

The second rehearsal of Ireland takes place on Wednesday 3/5 and we will be able to have a better view of what Wild Youth will be presenting on stage.

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