Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - 13th May - Liverpool

[jordi_89]

I’m guessing it was changed after the Jury fiasco last year where they removed the votes of 6 countries?

Very likely

[SholasBoy]

The irony that they originally brought in jury votes to tackle voting corruption, and now they're removing jury votes because of voting corruption.

[Mainshow]

The irony that they originally brought in jury votes to tackle voting corruption, and now they're removing jury votes because of voting corruption.

The funny thing is that there was no "voting corruption" which needed to be fixed.
Effects such as "bloc voting" and "diaspora" are natural side effects which canīt be "cured" whereas jury members voting for neighbours, exchanging votes, downvoting songs due to politics and betting odd is pure vile and harms the integrity of the contest.

[Thriller]

I like the juries for balance but sometimes their voting is WAY out of touch with the televoters - I mean look at Keiino.

[SholasBoy]

They did get my bae Nadir from Azerbaijan through last year only for the public to give him a big 0.

[greek_boy]

I’m guessing it was changed after the Jury fiasco last year where they removed the votes of 6 countries?

yeah i think they mentioned it in the Q&A

[greek_boy]

They did get my bae Nadir from Azerbaijan through last year only for the public to give him a big 0.

Cyprus should have qualified, not Azerbaijan

[SholasBoy]

Cyprus should have qualified, not Azerbaijan

[greek_boy]

hahaha stop

I was in Turin and people clearly liked Ela and not the Azeri snoozefest. I mean Cyprus was top 10 in televoting without receiving points from Greece, that alone says it all.

[jordi_89]

Cyprus should have qualified, not Azerbaijan

Cyprus and Albania instead of Switzerland and Azerbaijan.

[SholasBoy]

Nadir had an underrated masterpiece there, that vocal!!! Even better than our Sam’s.

[greek_boy]

Nadir had an underrated masterpiece there, that vocal!!! Even better than our Sam’s.

Repent your sins!!!

[greek_boy]

Cyprus and Albania instead of Switzerland and Azerbaijan.

I liked Switzerland but honestly I would rather see them not qualifying than getting zero in the final...

Albania was a big mess so I think they did not deserve to qualify. They didn't get many televoting points (most points came from the Albanian diaspora: Greece, Switzerland and Italy).

Sekret had a very strong performance in the national performance but they completely messed it up in Turin.

Austria's bop deserved to have a spot in the [boring] final. Yes, it wasn't a great live performance but it was a BOP and people had fun during the song's performance

[greek_boy]

Btw, I forgot to mention that I attended Het Grote Songfestivalfest a week ago!

The show is fantastic. it feels like Eurovision but without voting haha. So many stars (over 10 ESC winners attended the show) in one show. 3 hours of entertainment. The Dutch gave us a great production. I really hope Ziggo Dome is the arena that hosts Eurovision next time the country wins!


We met some ESC stars after the show at the hotel lobby next to Ziggo Dome arena and I managed to speak to Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005) and take a photo with her!

Gjon Tears was very friendly, Stefania and Duncan left the arena very quickly with security guards, Carola looked like a diva (giving Mariah Carey vibes) but took photos with some fans, the Azeri Mata Hari (Efendi) was STUNNING..she's so tiny and beautiful and enjoyed the attention from fans. Most fans went crazy when Kateryna from Go_A made an entrance! Lastly, Mans Zelmerow was friendly but clearly tired (he's smaller than we all thought )

Oh, Rylan was also there (he's a giant), I don't know why though since BBC won't broadcast the event... There are some rumours that he will be one of the hosts...

[SholasBoy]

I liked Switzerland but honestly I would rather see them not qualifying than getting zero in the final...

Albania was a big mess so I think they did not deserve to qualify. They didn't get many televoting points (most points came from the Albanian diaspora: Greece, Switzerland and Italy).

Sekret had a very strong performance in the national performance but they completely messed it up in Turin.

Austria's bop deserved to have a spot in the [boring] final. Yes, it wasn't a great live performance but it was a BOP and people had fun during the song's performance

Sekret was an ethnic bop but the Anne-Marie styling
was not right. Anxhela and Jonida had the ethnic styling that Ronela needed.

[Mainshow]

The first 14 acts taking part in MELODIFESTIVALEN will be officially announced tomorrow.

Swedish press also claims that Mariette will come back.

[flopho]

The first 14 acts taking part in MELODIFESTIVALEN will be officially announced tomorrow.

Swedish press also claims that Mariette will come back.

they accidentally leaked some of the names and titles already, some interesting names here

Spoiler!

[Mainshow]

The full line-up for SWEDENīs MELODIFESTIVALEN has been confirmed: Mariette and Loreen will be back + we get the Norwegian duo Marcus & Martinus:

Sweden: Full lineup for Melodifestivalen 2023 confirmed (eurovision.tv)

TOMORROW, the first national final songs will be released: UKRAINE will release all Vidbir finalists!
Eurovision season will officially kick off tomorrow (we will be listening to the first potential Eurovision entry tomorrow!)

[Mainshow]

Ukraineīs recap:

Estoniaīs recap:

Estonia has a couple of nice songs, imo. I love "Bad Philosphy" and "Bridges".

When it comes to Ukraine, I think that the overall qualitiy has dropped.
Last year, I would have placed 4 of their entries inside my personal Eurovision Top 5 (I think that it was incredibly strong, the best national final of the season and that they deserved to win).
This time, I think itīs too many generic fillers (especially the horrible songs penned by Swedish composers ("Stronger").
VORCHIīs song sounds like a half-baked idea and is such a letdown!
Oy Sound System could have been interesting but the intro takes bascially one third of the song and the instrumental parts are dragging - they could surprise us with a great and mesmerising performance but overall, itīs just bland and too artsy-fartsy without making a statement).
"Ia Vdoma", "Alive" (even though I adore his voice) and "Iīm Not Alone" (lovely strings, though) are quite vanilla.

BUT Jerry Heilīs song is massive and could have been huge on stage - it combines folklore elements but is quite modern, the rap doesnīt sound as forced as in Pashīs entry and she even came up with some "opera parts".

My favourite entry is this one, though:

Itīs absolutely gorgeous and mesmerising. I love the eerie atmosphere... itīs hauntingly beautiful and if staged well, she could create a very special moment on stage (especially if sheīs been accompanied by her bandura). I think that it could be as impactful as Estonia 2009!

[SholasBoy]

Will tickets ever go on sale

[Mainshow]

Will tickets ever go on sale

They usually go on sale around the end of the year (or at the beginning of the following one) - but itīs often quite a short notice like "Get Ready, Eurovision tickets will be on sale next week at 10 am on a Monday" (which is basically a nightmare for many fans xD)

• Eurovision 2022: 7 April 2022
• Eurovision 2020: 12 December 2019
• Eurovision 2019: 18 February 2019
• Eurovision 2018: 30 November 2017
• Eurovision 2017: 14 February 2017
• Eurovision 2016: 26 November 2015
• Eurovision 2015: 15 December 2014
• Eurovision 2014: 29 November 2013
• Eurovision 2013: 26 November 2012

When ESC tickets got on sale in recent years:
How to get tickets for Eurovision 2023 (eurovisionworld.com)

[jordi_89]

They played Dime and Euphoria at the club. I'm happy

[Mainshow]

The acts who will be competing at Italianīs SANREMO got announced and MARCO MENGONI (Italy 2013) is one of them!!

• Giorgia
• Articolo 31
• Elodie
• Colapesce DiMartino
• Ariete
• Moda’
• Mara Sattei
• Leo Gassman
• I Cugini di Campgna
• Mr. Rain
• Marco Mengoni
• Anna Oxa
• Lazza
• Tananai
• Paola e Chiara
• LDA
• Madame
• Gianluca Grignani
• Rosa Chemical
• Come_Cose
• Levante
• Ultimo

source: Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2023 Participants Revealed - Eurovoix

[flopho]

Interesting. If his entry is in the lane of 'Attraverso Te' or 'In Cittā' I will probably like it a lot. Also great news for stevyy .

[flopho]

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