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Eurovision Song Contest 2023

67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was held in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

The four hosts on stage

Thirty-seven countries took part overall. The winner was Loreen, representing Sweden with the song "Tattoo".[1] This is the second time she has won the contest. She first won in 2012.

Hosting change

Ukraine won the 2022 contest, represented by Kalush Orchestra, but it was unable to host the competition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] For this reason, the UK hosted the contest as they were the runners-up in 2022.

The contest was held at the Liverpool Arena. There were two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and the final on 13 May 2023. In total, 37 countries competed.[3][4] The two semi-finals were hosted by Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina and Alesha Dixon, who all returned to host the final alongside Graham Norton.

Changes to the contest change

  • In November 2022, it was announced by the European Broadcasting Union that the results of the two semi-finals would be decided by a public vote instead of 50% public vote and 50% expert jury vote.
  • The EBU also introduced a "Rest of the World" vote. This allowed viewers from non-competing countries to vote in the contest under one category.

Overview change

As per the rules of Eurovision, the Grand Final will consist of 26 countries. These include the previous winning country (Ukraine), the Big Five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and ten countries from each semi-final.

Semi-final 1 change

The first semi-final took place on 9 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[5] Fifteen countries[6] participated in the first semi-final,[7] from which ten qualified for the final.[4][8] Those countries plus France, Germany and Italy, as well as countries not participating in the contest under a combined "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final. The ten countries with the most votes qualified.[9]

  Qualifiers
R/O Country Artist Song Result
1   Norway Alessandra "Queen of Kings" Qualified
2   Malta The Busker "Dance (Our Own Party)" Eliminated
3   Serbia Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" Qualified
4   Latvia Sudden Lights "Aijā" Eliminated
5   Portugal Mimicat "Ai coração" Qualified
6   Ireland Wild Youth "We Are One" Eliminated
7   Croatia Let 3 "Mama ŠČ!" Qualified
8   Switzerland Remo Forrer "Watergun" Qualified
9   Israel Noa Kirel "Unicorn" Qualified
10   Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Soarele și luna" Qualified
11   Sweden Loreen "Tattoo" Qualified
12   Azerbaijan TuralTuranX "Tell Me More" Eliminated
13   Czechia Vesna "My Sister's Crown" Qualified
14   Netherlands Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper "Burning Daylight" Eliminated
15   Finland Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" Qualified

Semi-final 2 change

The first semi-final took place on 11 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[5] Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final,[7][6][4] from which ten qualified for the final.[10] The semi-final countries plus Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom, as well as countries not participating in the contest under a combined "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final. The ten countries with the most votes qualified.[11]

  Qualifiers
R/O Country Artist Song Result
1   Denmark Reiley "Breaking My Heart" Eliminated
2   Armenia Brunette "Future Lover" Qualified
3   Romania Theodor Andrei "D.G.T (Off and On)" Eliminated
4   Estonia Alika Milova "Bridges" Qualified
5   Belgium Gustaph "Because of You" Qualified
6   Cyprus Andrew Lambrou "Break a Broken Heart" Qualified
7   Iceland Diljá "Power" Eliminated
8   Greece Victor Vernicos "What They Say" Eliminated
9   Poland Blanka Stajkow "Solo" Qualified
10   Slovenia Joker Out "Carpe Diem" Qualified
11   Georgia Iru "Echo" Eliminated
12   San Marino Piqued Jacks "Like an Animal" Eliminated
13   Austria Teya & Salena "Who the Hell is Edgar?" Qualified
14   Albania Albina & the Kelmendi Family "Duje" Qualified
15   Lithuania Monika Linkytė "Stay" Qualified
16   Australia Voyager "Promise" Qualified

Final change

 
The green rooms, where the contestants sit during the results

The final took place on 13 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[12] [5] Twenty-six countries participated in the final. These were the twenty countries that passed the semi-finals, and six other countries: the Big Five (France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom) and previous winner Ukraine.[6][13]

Groups of music professionals from all 37 participating countries ranked the songs and each country's national jury awarded 12 points to their favourite song, 10 to their second favourite and 8 to 1 to their third to tenth favourite songs. After all the songs had performed, a televote was held in each of the 37 countries plus one 'Rest of the World' block. Each of the 38 televotes awarded 12 points to the song that ranked first, 10 to the song that ranked second and 8 to 1 to the songs that ranked third to tenth. The winner was the song with the most points overall.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Tattoo", placing first in the jury vote, second in the televote and first in the combined ranking.[14][15] It was performed by Loreen, who had already won Eurovision 2012 with the song "Euphoria". Loreen became the second performer to win the contest twice, after Johnny Logan. Sweden won the contest for the seventh time, tying Ireland's record for the most wins in the contest.[16][17] The other countries in the Top Five were Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway.

R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1   Austria Teya & Salena "Who the Hell Is Edgar?" 120 15th
2   Portugal Mimicat "Ai coração" 59 23rd
3   Switzerland Remo Forrer "Watergun" 92 20th
4   Poland Blanka "Solo" 93 19th
5   Serbia Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" 30 24th
6   France La Zarra "Évidemment" 104 16th
7   Cyprus Andrew Lambrou "Break a Broken Heart" 126 12th
8   Spain Blanca Paloma "Eaea" 100 17th
9   Sweden Loreen "Tattoo" 583 1st
10   Albania Kelmendi Family "Duje" 76 22nd
11   Italy Marco Mengoni "Due vite" 350 4th
12   Estonia Alika "Bridges" 168 8th
13   Finland Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" 526 2nd
14   Czechia Vesna "My Sister's Crown" 129 10th
15   Australia Voyager "Promise" 151 9th
16   Belgium Gustaph "Because of You" 182 7th
17   Armenia Brunette "Future Lover" 122 14th
18   Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Soarele și luna" 96 18th
19   Ukraine Tvorchi "Heart of Steel" 243 6th
20   Norway Alessandra "Queen of Kings" 268 5th
21   Germany Lord of the Lost "Blood & Glitter" 18 26th
22   Lithuania Monika Linkytė "Stay" 127 11th
23   Israel Noa Kirel "Unicorn" 362 3rd
24   Slovenia Joker Out "Carpe Diem" 78 21st
25   Croatia Let 3 "Mama ŠČ!" 123 13th
26   United Kingdom Mae Muller "I Wrote a Song" 24 25th

Split voting results change

During the Final, each national jury awarded their points individually. Once the jury ranking was complete, the televote points were added in ascending order, from the country that received the fewest jury points up to the country that received the most.

Place Combined Jury vote Televote
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1   Sweden 583   Sweden 340   Finland 376
2   Finland 526   Israel 177   Sweden 243
3   Israel 362   Italy 176   Norway 216
4   Italy 350   Finland 150   Ukraine 189
5   Norway 268   Estonia 146   Israel 185
6   Ukraine 243   Australia 130   Italy 174
7   Belgium 182   Belgium 127   Croatia 112
8   Estonia 168   Austria 104   Poland 81
9   Australia 151   Spain 95   Moldova 76
10   Czechia 129   Czechia 94   Albania 59
11   Lithuania 127   Lithuania 81   Cyprus 58
12   Cyprus 126   Armenia 69   Belgium 55
13   Croatia 123   Cyprus 68   Armenia 53
14   Armenia 122   Switzerland 61   France 50
15   Austria 120   Ukraine 54   Lithuania 46
16   France 104   France 54   Slovenia 45
17   Spain 100   Norway 52   Czechia 35
18   Moldova 96   Portugal 43   Switzerland 31
19   Poland 93   Slovenia 33   Estonia 22
20   Switzerland 92   Moldova 20   Australia 21
21   Slovenia 78   Albania 17   Serbia 16
22   Albania 76   United Kingdom 15   Austria 16
23   Portugal 59   Serbia 14   Portugal 16
24   Serbia 30   Poland 12   Germany 15
25   United Kingdom 24   Croatia 11   United Kingdom 9
26   Germany 18   Germany 3   Spain 5

References change

  1. ↑ "Sweden's Loreen wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2023". eurovision.tv. 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Eurovision 2022: Ukraine wins, while the UK's Sam Ryder comes second". 14 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023 – via BBC News.
  3. ↑ "Eurovision 2023: Here are the 37 countries competing in Liverpool". eurovision.tv. 2022-10-20. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Participants of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Eurovision Calendar 2023". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2019-03-13. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Eurovision 2023: Here are the 37 countries competing in Liverpool". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Eurovision 2023: Semi-Final running orders revealed!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "First Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Second Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool will host Eurovision 2023". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Eurovision 2023: The Grand Final running order". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 11 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Grand Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  15. ↑ Team, i (2023-05-14). "How Finland stormed the public vote at Eurovision but didn't come away with the trophy". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  16. ↑ "Eurovision: Sweden's Loreen wins again, but UK's Mae Muller is second from last". BBC News. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  17. ↑ Halliday, Josh (2023-05-14). "Sweden wins Eurovision song contest in Liverpool with Loreen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

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