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Ireland: Revamp for “We Are One” from Wild Youth!

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Conor Donohoe of Wild Youth, who will represent Ireland in the Eurovision 2023 contest, has announced on social media that he is preparing a revamp for their song “We Are One”.

At the same time, in response to a tweet he announced that next week the band is preparing to start shooting the video clip for the song.

In the Irish national final held for the second year running, Wild Youth emerged as the big winners to fly the Irish flag in Liverpool with the song “We Are One”. The art director of the participation, as announced a few days ago, will be Ian Banham, who has a lot of experience in this field.

The song “We Are One” is a pleasant pop song with 90’s elements. As the members of the band have stated, it is an anthem for unity, peace and diversity. It remains to be seen what changes will be made with the revamp and if it will be able to garner more public appeal.

Listen to Ireland’s entry for 2023:

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Ukraine: When will the 10 nominees for Vidbir 2023 be announced?

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  The final of Vidbir 2023 is to take place on 17 December 2022 in Kiev at Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station. The winner of the national final will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The selection will be made by a combination of public and jury vote. The jury, chosen by the public through a vote, will consist of Taras Topola, Jamala (Eurovision 2016 winner) and Yulia Sanina.

  As we revealed on our site, a few days ago the ten artists who will take part in the national final in Ukraine were announced. In detail, the artists who will compete to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 are:

  • 2TONE – «Квітка (Flower)»
  • Angelina – «Stronger»
  • DEMCHUK – «Alive»
  • FIINKA – «Довбуш (Dovbush)»
  • Jerry Heil – «WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR»
  • KRUTЬ – «Колискова (Lullaby)»
  • Moisei – «I’m Not Alone»
  • OY Sound System – «Ой, тужу (Oh, I miss you)»
  • Tember Blanche – «Я вдома (I’m home)»
  • TVORCHI – «Heart Of Steel»

When will we hear the ten nominated songs of Vidbir 2023?

  In the last few hours the official channel of Eurovision Ukraine on Youtube made a revealing announcement. On Thursday 1 December we will have the pleasure to listen to the ten nominated songs of the competition, through their official Youtube channel.

“On 1st of December, wait for the songs here-on the Eurovision Ukraine channel”

 

  Will it be a year of good and unique songs as Ukraine has been used to in recent years?

 

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Source: Євробачення Україна | Eurovision Ukraine official

Kalomoira: “I have prepared 3 songs. Time will tell if I submit them to ERT” !

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It remains unknown whether Kalomira will participate in the ERT process for the selection of the artist, who will represent Greece at Eurovision 2023. In an interview for a website called “Abouteurovision”, she says that she has prepared three songs, but time will tell if she submits any of them to ERT (Greece’s public broadcaster).

Kalomira, who represented Greece at Eurovision back in 2008, taking third place with “My Secret Combination“, is one of the artists that every year there are rumors that will return to the contest. Her name is almost always among the prospective artists. The latest example was last year when her participation in the ERT process was likely to happen, but at the last minute she decided not to submit her participation

The well-known performer who lives with her family in the USA, spent her summer in Greece, planning her musical return.

As she revealed to “Abouteurovision” she has prepared three songs, in which  contributors and acclaimed contributors from abroad participate. When was asked if she will submit any of these songs to ERT, in order to represent Greece in Eurovision 2023, Kalomira kept her cards close, saying that only time will tell.

 

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Adem Kavaz (@adem_kavaz_esc)

We would like to remind you that the deadline for submitting entries to ERT for Eurovision 2023 is October 9th.

You can read the full interview on Monday, October 3, at the abouteurovision.com

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Sweden: 2824 songs submitted to Melodifestivalen 2023!

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Today 16/9 was the last day of application for Melodifestivalen 2023. Through the contest’s official Instagram account, SVT confirmed that Melodifestivalen had accepted 2824 applications to participate in the show. Of the proposals submitted, only 14 will be selected through a professional jury, while another 14 will be selected by SVT and will directy participate at the semifinals.

Last year, around 2500 applications were submitted to the competition, which is about 300 fewer than this year. The list of participants will be published in November or December.

The dates of the shows are:

  • Heat 1: Gothenburg – Saturday 4 February 2023 (Scandinavium)
  • Heat 2: Linköping – Saturday 11 February 2023 (Saab Arena)
  • Heat 3: Lidköping – Saturday 18 February 2023 (Sparbanken Arena)
  • Heat 4: Malmö – Saturday 25 February 2023 (Malmö Arena)
  • Semi-final: Örnsköldsvik – Saturday 4 March 2023 (Hägglunds Arena)
  • Final: Stockholm – Satuday 11 March 2023 (Venue TBC)

Source: SVT

Ireland: Wild Youth want to represent Ireland in 2023!

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Wild Youth is a band from Dublin with lots of radio and streaming hits and now Wild Youth have shown interest in repesenting Ireland at Eurovision song contest 2023!

Wild Youth want to write and perform Ireland’s song for Eurovsion 2023

On Friday 3 June, one of the band’s member Conor O’ Donohoe asked: “Can I write the Eurovision song for 2023 and can @bandwildyouth perform please”. Also to make sure that they will notice his tweet, he tagged Michael Kealy-RTÉ’s Head of Delegation for Eurovision. The official band account retweeted the post.

Fans replied quicly to their tweets, one tweeter advised “Don’t write a song “for eurovision”, people tend to have an outdated and basic view of it & songs which were not specifically written for eurovision have better results most of the time”. O’ Donohoe responded “I meant for the Eurovision entry. I wouldn’t write a song particularly for anything, I write songs I care about and love. That mean something to me”.

Moreover the Welsh classical singer Aled Jones, proposed that he’d join the writing process. O’Donohoe replied saying that he was down to duet. So far RTÉ has not responded to the series of tweets. However, Michael Kealy pressed the like button on the first tweet from O’Donohoe.

It is usual for Irish singers, especially in summer months, to expressed their willingness to join the Eurovision contenst. In 2021, Picture This shared their love for the contenst as Samantha Mumba did a few years ago. None of them ended up flying the Irish flag.

Who are Wild Youth?

Wild Youth is based in Dublin,Ireland and the members of the band are David Whelan, Conor O’Donohoe, Ed Porter and Callum McAdam. They make their debut in 2017, since then they are well known for their sad bangers and catchy choruses. They have made a lot of streaming and radio hits and have also rise up in the charts in Ireland.They’ve played dates across Ireland and the UK this year while also supporting Westlife and Lewis Capaldi on tour. Some of the most succesfull songs of them are  “Champagne Butterflies”, “Next To You” and “Can’t Move On”.

Would you like to see them represent Ireland at Eurovision 2023?

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