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Iceland: Last week’s Söngva­keppn­in almost the same TV ratings as last year!

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The average TV ratings for last Saturday‘s semifinal night of Söngva­keppn­in, the Icelandic national selection process was 35 percent. Last year’s average ratings were 37 percent. Cumulative ratings were 45 percent, compared to 48 percent last year.

Considerable pressure was exerted to cancel the contest in Iceland and thereby not participate in Eurovision. Many people said they would boycott the contest if it were to be held. Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, director of the competition, says it is awesome to see how much interest there is in the competition, as it is obvious that despite the continuous protests and calls for boycott, the interest remained high.

The finalists

The two songs which secured their place to the final, after the Icelandic people cast their votes, are:

  • Væb – “Bíómynd”
  • Anita – “Stingum af”

The format

Ten songs are equally allocated in two semi-finals and two entries qualify from each semi-final to the Final, a result eventuating by 100% televote. Meanwhile, the producers of the show have the option to add a fifth finalist as a wildcard from the semi-finalists.

The Final is comprised of two rounds. In the first round, the two acts that qualify for the Super Final will be decided by jury and televote. In the second round, the country’s representative will be determined solely by the public vote.

The schedule

The Second Semi-Final of Söngvakeppnin 2024 is scheduled for next Saturday, February 24th. The Final is set to take place on Saturday, March 2nd.

Source: RÚV/Amanda Guðrún Bjarnadóttir

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Sweden: Melodifestivalen Heat 3 peaked on TV lower than last week!

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The third round of Melodifestivalen lost 100.000 viewers compared to the previous two, clocking in at 2.6 million. The second round grossed a bit more than 2.7 million viewers which was almost the same as the premiere of the Swedish national selection process, which was aired beginning of February from Malmö, Sweden. The show was still on top of the TV ratings in all three weeks, as measured by MMS, and it is expected to remain on top for the rest of the remaining three weeks.

The viewing figures for Melodifestivalen heats this year

  • Heat 1 – 2.771.000 viewers
  • Heat 2 – 2.754.000 viewers
  • Heat 3 – 2.638.000 viewers

Melodifestivalen finalists

  • “Heroes Are Calling“ – Smash Into Pieces
  • “Awful Liar“ – Lisa Ajax
  • “Dragon“ – Liamoo
  • “When I’m Gone“ – Maria Sur
  • “Effortless“ – Jacqline
  • “Give My Heart A Break” – Cazzi Opeia

Acts that remain in the competition

  • “Forever Yours“ – Elisa Lindström 
  • “Supernatural“ – Adam Woods 
  • “The Silence After You“ – Dear Sara
  • “Unga & fria“ – Fröken Snusk
  • “I Won’t Shake (La La Gunilla)” – Gunilla Persson
  • “För dig” – Klaudy

The show

Carina Berg is the host of all the shows of the tour this year! With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 24th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Eskilstuna, then Karlstad follows and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 9th of March.

The dates of Melodifestivalen 2024

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

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Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/SVT
Source: MMS, TT Nyhetsbyrån

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Eurovision 2023: 162 Million Viewers for this year’s contest!

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162 million viewers in 38 countries tuned in to watch the 67th Eurovision Song Contest live from Liverpool, UK.

This year’s competition managed to surpass every record in some European countries in recent years. Overall, the competition in the final managed to record a 40.9% share, which is more than double the average of the normal stream of state channels. For another year, the competition was popular with young audiences (ages 15 to 24), recording a 53.5% share, four times the average for participating channels.

The total audience watching the competition increased by 1 million over last year’s statistics. As last year, in 13 of the 39 countries, more than 50% of the audience watched the Grand Final, including Armenia, Flemish Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Israel, Lithuania and Slovenia. United Kingdom, while recorded in the Nordic countries with Iceland taking first place once again with 98.7% of the audience, followed by Norway with 87.8%, Finland with 85.6% and Sweden with 82.3%.

The competition was also a success in Austria, after achieving the highest viewership since 2016, and explained in Slovenia since 2015.

Social Platforms

105 million profiles were registered on TikTok to visit the official Eurovision account on the platform, which saw 315 million views on the profile, of which 4.8 million views were from watching all three shows live. During the week of the live shows, 45 million unique viewers in 232 countries and territories watched from the official YouTube channel, an increase of 2.7 million viewers compared to last year.

Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl said:

“The Eurovision Song Contest has proved, once again, that public service media has the power to unite the world through music with a global reach we are hugely proud of. We’re thrilled to see that every year more and more people around the world discover this special event and that it is providing a huge launchpad for new music.”

Sweden emerged as the big winner of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, marking their seventh victory at the event with 583 points. You can watch their performance after Loreen’s win was announced below:

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Source: Eurovision.tv

Austria: 323,000 viewers watched the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2023!

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The First Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest became one of the most-watched shows in Austria according to the figures of broadcaster ORF 1.

The First Semi-Final got the attention of 323,000 viewers at the peak of the show on ORF 1. Let’s remember that Austria did not compete in this Semi-Final and it is yet to be seen if Teya & Salena attract more viewers during the second semi-final. Notwithstanding the positive news, the figures represent a decline of 152,000 viewers compared to last year’s figures.

As we wait for the Second Semi-Final you can watch again our reaction to “Who The Hell Is Edgar” by the Eurovisionfun team:

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Source: Medienforschung ORF

 

 

United Kingdom: Peak of 3.4 Million Viewers For the Semi-Final One!

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With Eurovision 2023 being hosted in the UK and with British interest in the contest rekindled, the BBC decided to broadcast the semi-finals not on BBC Three or BBC Four, as it used to, but on BBC One.

BBC One is the UK broadcaster’s main channel and this change has dramatically increased viewership for the competition in its first stage, the semi-finals, where ratings are traditionally lower than in the Grand Final.

An average of 2.3 million viewers watched the First Semi-Final on BBC One, while the corresponding First Semi-Final last year was watched by 545 thousand viewers. So, this is an increase of 623% compared to last year! In fact, yesterday’s semi-final reached a peak of 3.4 million viewers at one point!

Indicatively, the viewership in other BIG 5 was as follows yesterday:

Germany: 590 thousand viewers

Italy: 1.9 million viewers – 8.6% viewership

The organization of the contest by the United Kingdom, last year’s success of Sam Ryder, the recruitment of famous women to present the contest and much more seem to be reflected in the Eurovision 2023 viewing figures for the British.

Great start for the UK, who vote in Thursday’s 2nd Semi-Final and as a member of the BIG 5 and host nation, compete directly in the Grand Final. This year, the UK has given the anointing of representation to Mae Muller with ‘I Wrote A Song’, who has even been drawn to close Saturday’s Grand Final.

You can also watch EurovisionFun’s reaction video for “I Wrote A Song”, below:

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Sweden: More than 1.3 Million viewers during Semi Final 1 of Eurovision 2023

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The First Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest became once again the most watched show of the day in Sweden. 1,305,000 viewers in Sweden followed the show in which Loreen made it to the Grand Final.

However, the number of viewers in Sweden has decreased compared to 2021 by 257,000. It is still to be seen if the numbers will increase for the evening of the Grand Final now that Loreen is one of the biggest favourites to take the trophy back home.

Meanwhile you can watch our exclusive interview to Loreen in the video embedded below:

Source: MMS

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Sweden: Higher Melodifestivalen 2023 aggregate ratings, compared to last year!

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Approximately 2.700.000 viewers have watched the 4th Melodifestivalen heat, giving SVT a share of 74.5%. Compared to the 4th heat of last year, this year the heat had been watched by 55.000 less viewers viewers, making it the least watched 4th heat after the one in 1994. Inspite of the fact that the viewers were decreased in this heat, the aggregate viewing ratings were increased compared to last year by 1.3 points.

The viewing figures for Melodifestivalen heats this year

  • Heat 1 – 78.5% / 2.795.000
  • Heat 2 – 75.2% / 2.731.000
  • Heat 3 – 72.5% / 2.493.000
  • Heat 4 – 74.5% / 2.704.000

The Direct Qualifiers

First voting round winner: Loreen – Tattoo
Second voting round winner: Smash Into Pieces – Six Feet Under

Semi-Finalists

Second voting round 2nd place: Kiana – Where Did You Go
Second voting round 3rd place: Mariette – One Day

The heats are following the touring concept again, after SVT had pulled back last year due to health restrictions in Sweden, with the finals being held at Friends Arena!

With the next show of the contest on Saturday March the 4th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Örnsköldsvik, then finally the final show in Stockholm on the 11th of March.

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2023 is described below:

  • Heat 1: Göteborg – 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 (Friends Arena)

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2023!

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis
Source: MMS

Finland: 2,1 Million Viewers for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023!

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The final of UMK 2023 took yesterday evening in Logomo in Turku and was hosted by Samu Haber. This was the second year in a row and the third time overall that Logomo played host to the contest. At the end of the show Käärijä with “Cha Cha Cha” declared the winner and will fly to Liverpool as the representative of Finland in Eurovision 2023!

A record-breaking number of viewers watched the final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 last night in Finland. Finnish broadcaster YLE has revealed that approximately 2.1 million people have watched the final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023. Last year, the final of UMK with The Rasmus was watched by 1,9 million viewers!

A total of 231,968 votes were cast this year: 138,644 votes in the app and 93,324 votes by phone and SMS.

Käärijä has won Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu 2023 with the song “Cha Cha Cha” and below you can enjoy his live performance:

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!

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Croatia: Dora 2023 viewers figures released!

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Croatian Dora 2023 achieved their highest audience figures in years (42%).  Dora 2023 got 46000 more viewers than last year’s edition.  These are the highest audience figures for the Croatian national final in four years.

According to HRT public figures, the Grand Final of Dora received its highest audience results since 2019.  During the broadcasting of Dora, people used the hashtag #Dora2023.  The hashtag had a potential impact of 4.600.000 users.

In addition to this, the audience figures show that the peakest moments of the show were the moment in which Let 3 performed their winning song “Mama ŠČ!” and the moment when Let 3 won Dora 2023.

Dora 2023 will represent Croatia in Liverpool.  Their national final performance has accumulated in a couple of days near one million views in the official Eurovision channel and almost 3 million viewers in Dora’s official YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isZ_4AnCTnA&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Source

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Sweden: The Second Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat had the lowest TV ratings since 2006!

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SVT saw almost a massive 65.000 viewer-decrease in ratings compared to the 1st Heat and a drop of over 100.000 viewers compared to last year’s show. That led to SVT getting a total of 2.731.000 viewers for last week’s show, however, MMS has not revealed the viewing share for this heat.

That means that last week’s show figures were the third lowest rating numbers for a Melodifestivalen Second Heat of all time. The last time there were lower ratings was back in 2006 when the show was in parallel with the Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy.

Second Heat Results

  • Direct finalists

Maria Sur – “Never Give Up“
Panetoz – “On My Way“

  • Semi-final qualifiers

THEOZ – “Mer av dig“
Tennessee Tears – “Now I Know“

The heats are following the touring concept again, after SVT had pulled back last year due to health restrictions in Sweden, with the finals being held at Friends Arena!

With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 18th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Lidköping, then Malmö and Örnsköldsvik follow and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 11th of March.

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2023 is described below:

  • Heat 1: Göteborg – 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 (Friends Arena)

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2023!

Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
Source: MMS