We can say that it is the biggest surprise of this year’s MAD VMA, the Greek music awards, that Käärijä, Stefania, Kalomira and the fresh girl band 3SUM, will perform “Cha Cha Cha”, the runner-up song to this year’s contest, in its first ever English version!
Through our previous articles, you may have speculated a possible appearance of Käärijä at the MAD VMA 2023. However, because of his full schedule, the Finnish singer won’t be able to perfrom live, but he will record a special performance in a green box for this different version of his song, which is directed by none other than, Dimitris Kontopoulos.
The song will be performed in Eglish for the first time ever, in an exciting performance!
“Cha Cha Cha” will be performed live by Stefania, Greece’s first top 10 result in eight years in Eurovision 2021, Kalomira, who won third place in Eurovision 2008 and remains Greece’s last top 5 result, as well as 3SUM the new pop girl band, which hopes to stand out as the only completely pop band of the country.
Our team had the chance to listen to this new version of the song and we can undoubtedly say that it will be the highlight of the night. For the needs of the song and so that each artistcan have a part of the song on themselves, the song is now a little longer.
The MAD VMA 2023 will take place on Monday, June 19 and will be broadcasted at a later time by the Greek broadcaster MEGA TV.
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A few hours ago, the Finnish public Broadcaster, Yle, announced Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 as their national selection for yet another year.
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will be held live next February, and the winner will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Yle announced the rules by which the competition will be conducted, just a few hours ago.
Artists must submit a demo of their track from August 21 to 24, 2023. If their song is selected, they have until October 20, 2023, to submit the final version.
Singers from a group can submit up to three songs, however only one will advance to the competition. Members of a band can participate in more than one song, while composers and lyricists can participate in several songs.
Finally, at least one of the composers and one of the singers must have Finnish citizenship or permanent residence in Finland.
The previous edition of UMK was a huge success, with Käärijä being crowned the winner with the song “Cha Cha Cha” and bringing Finland Second place in the Final, the country’s best placing since its win in 2006:
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Just a few minuts ago, the first dress rehearsal of the Grand Final, which is going to take place tomorrow night, took place. Eurovisionfun, was present in the M&S Bank Arena and is here to offer you a small glimpse of the rehearsals of the performances of tomorrow’s Grand Final.
France – La Zarra – “Évidement”
Cyprus– Andrew Lambrou – “Break A Broken Heart”
Spain– Blanca Paloma – “EaEa”
Sweden– Loreen – “Tattoo”
Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha”
Israel – Noa Kirel – “Unicorn”
What’s next today, is the Jury Rehearsal and as a matter of fact, it will be the first time in this year’s contest, that the jury vote will count, as in the semi-finals, it was the public alone that decided the result.
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Finland’s representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has finished shooting his postcard. It is the video that will be shown before his appearance in the first semi-final this month.
The postcard of Finland was shot in Helsinki. Käärijaappears in a snowball fight and rides the ferris wheel which is transformed into a Finnish sauna.
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Finland has been declared the winner of the German preview show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
Tonight was the fourth and final episode of the German preview show ESC-Songcheck 2023. Finland’s Käärijä was declared the big winner as he received the highest score in the entire show, while Austria’s participation with Teya & Salen came out first, in the fourth and last episode.
The results of the fourth episode are as per below:
Austria – 9.5+9.9 – 19.4 points
Slovenia – 8.7+8.1 – 16.8 points
Australia -7 .6+7.4 – 15.0 points
Lithuania – 6.6+6.0 – 12.6 points
Georgia – 4.7+5.8 points – 10.5 points
Albania – 4.3+4.4 – 8.7 points
Poland – 4.4+3.1 – 7.5 points
San Marino – 3.2+3.1 – 6.3 points
The overall results from all ESC-Songcheck episodes are as per below:
Finland – 11.5+9.9 – 21.4 points
Austria – 9.5+9.9 – 19.4 points
Norway – 8.6 + 8.3 – 16.9 points
Slovenia – 8.7+8.1 – 16.8 points
Sweden – 8.5+8.0 – 16.5 points
Czechia – 7.1+7.9 – 15.0 points
Australia – 7.6+7.4 – 15.0 points
France – 6.4 + 8.1 – 14.5 points
Italy – 8.1 + 6.3 14.4 points
Croatia – 8.5 + 5.4 – 13.9 points
United Kingdom – 6.5 + 6.9 – 13.4 points
Latvia – 6.8 + 6.2 – 13 points
Moldova – 5.6+7.1 – 12.7 points
Lithuania – 6.6+6.0 – 12.6 points
Malta – 6.8 + 5.8 – 12.6 points
Denmark – 7.3 + 5.2 – 12.5 points
Serbia – 6.0 + 6.4 – 12.4 points
Ukraine – 6.0 + 6.2 – 12.2 points
Belgium – 6.0 + 6.0 – 12 points
Israel – 5.7+5.9 – 11.6 points
Estonia – 4.9 + 6.6 – 11.5 points
Spain – 5.5+5.8 – 11.3 points
Armenia – 4.8 + 6.2 – 11 points
Netherlands – 5.0+5.8 points – 10.8 points
Portugal – 4.6 + 5.9 – 10.5 points
Georgia – 4.7+5.8 points – 10.5 points
Azerbaijan – 5.7+4.4 – 10.1 points
Switzerland – 3.6+6.4 – 10.0 points
Iceland – 4.6 + 5.3 – 9.9 points
Cyprus – 4.3 + 5.2 – 9.5 points
Greece – 4.7 + 4.6 – 9.3 points
Albania – 4.3+4.4 – 8.7 points
Ireland – 3.8 + 4.0 – 7.8 points
Poland – 4.4+3.1 – 7.5 points
San Marino – 3.2+3.1 – 6.3 points
Romania – 2.6 + 3.2 – 5.8 points
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the details around the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest which takes place in a few days at Liverpool, the United Kingdom.
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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.
Armenia – Brunette
Brunette singing about her Future Lover with ethereal vocals and the crowds singing along. Beautiful performance!
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!
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.
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.
Bonsoir à tous, malheureusement suite à un problème personnel survenu ce soir, c’est avec regret que La zarra ne pourra pas se produire au concert prévu à Amsterdam. Merci à tous de votre compréhension 🇫🇷
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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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Eurovision in Concert 2023 takes place in The Netherlands tonight , with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.
The concert will be 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 full line-up is as follows:
Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija
Armenia – Brunette
Australia – Voyager
Austria – Teya & Salena
Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX
Belgium – Gustaph
Czechia – Vesna
Denmark – Reiley
Estonia – Alika
Finland – Käärijä
France – La Zarra
Germany – Lord of the Lost
Iceland – Diljá
Ireland – Wild Youth
Latvia – Sudden Lights
Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
Malta – The Busker
Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
The Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
Norway – Alessandra
Romania – Theodor Andrei
San Marino – Piqued Jacks
Slovenia – Joker Out
Spain – Blanca Paloma
Sweden – Loreen
Switzerland – Remo Forrer
Ukraine – TVORCHI
United Kingdom – Mae Muller
In addition, Katrina Leskanich (Eurovision 1997, UK, winner, “Love Shine a Light“) will appear as a special guest.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool!
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The 12th edition of the Finnish national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), took place tonight in the cultural centre Logomo of the city of Turku. 7 entries competed against each other in order to win the nomination of representing Finland in the upcoming Eurovision which is going to be held in May, in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.
The host of the show was one of the most famous Finnish musicians in the world, Samu Haber, the lead vocalist and frontman of pop-rock band Sunrise Avenue.
The final result was determined by 75% televote and by 25% international juries. The international juries of UMK 2023 conisted of the following countries:
Australia
Germany
Poland
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Ukraine
With the combination of the votes from the jury and the televoting, the representative of Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is :
Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha
Käärijä and Finland are going to participate in the second half of the first semi-final which is scheduled on 9th of May. Do you think that Finland will achieve a better placement than last year’s 21st place? Let us know in the comments below!
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the developments regarding the Finnish entry at the upcoming 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
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A few minutes ago, the official Instagram account of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), posted a video, consisting of mere seconds of tommorow’s performances.
You can watch the performances of the artists here:
On an announcement made yesterday, the public broadcaster of Finland, revealed the seven countries that the international jury will be consisted of. These are:
Australia
Germany
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom
The national final will take place in February 25. UMK 2023 will be broadcasted live from Turku with Samu Haber as the host, while the winner and Finland’s representative in Eurovision 2023 will be determined by 25% internationla jury vote and 75% public vote.
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Finnish participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!
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France – La Zarra – “Évidement”
Cyprus– Andrew Lambrou – “Break A Broken Heart”
Spain– Blanca Paloma – “EaEa” 
Sweden– Loreen – “Tattoo”
Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha”
Israel – Noa Kirel – “Unicorn”
