2023 was the year of the most recent change in the Eurovision Song Contest voting system. With televoting gaining prominence and being the only thing responsible for selecting the finalists, a question arises: what impact would this change have since the introduction of semi-finals, back to 2004? Let’s find out! 2004 – 2007: With the increasing number of participating countries …
It’s been one month now, since Loreen managed to become the second ever artist, to ever win the competition twice, as well as tying Sweden as the most succesful country in the contest, with Ireland. However, as most might even recall, she didn’t quite convince the televote and yesterday, the debate continued, but this time, it happened within a broadcaster. …
They might have played a smaller role in the results this year, but their role is still a huge part of the contest. The EBU has revealed the names of all the juries of this year’s song contest, as a reminder, for 2023 the juries only mattered in the final. The juries of 2023 Just like in 2021 and 2022, …
The jury voting order has been revealed during tonight’s jury final rehearsal for Eurovision 2023. The order breaks with tradition to start with last year’s champions Ukraine, before moving to the previous host country Italy, who would traditionally open. The voting closes once more with the votes from this year’s host country, the United Kingdom, with Catherine Tate presenting from …
This year Denmark was represented by Reiley, who despite not qualifying for the grand final did accomplish something: he was the first Faroese artist to perform at Eurovision. And now a conversation has emerged about whether the Faroe Islands should join the contest and compete as an independent nation. Their national broadcaster Kringvarp Føroya (KVF) has indicated that they are …
British Prime Minster Rishi Sunak has waded into the debate regarding the EBU’s decision to not allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the contest in tomorrow night’s show. The EBU late last night released a statement advising that they had rejected a request from the Ukrainian leader to address the fans of the contest for support, citing the “non-political …
The EBU have released a statement advising that they have denied Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a fresh statement released on Thursday evening, shortly after this year’s final line-up was completed. While referencing the non-political nature of the contest, the EBU communications team stated that “the request by Mr Zelensky to address the audience at the Eurovision Song Contest, whilst …
Following the conclusion of the first dress rehearsal for semi-final one and during the rehearsals we saw the testing of a new qualification system. This new idea has since been scraped according to a press release from the EBU. The release states that: “After trying a new system of presenting the qualifying countries in Dress Rehearsal 1 of the First …
We’re finally here! The rehearsals have gotten underway in M&S Bank Arena, on the banks of the River Mersey in Liverpool, and the first ten acts took to the stage to rehearse on the Eurovision 2023 stage for the first time! While information on the first round of rehearsals is limited, due to them being behind closed doors, there has …
Back in 2020 when the world shut down, the EBU asked Eurovision artists to record special arrangements of their entries and favorite songs for the Eurovision Home Concert series. This special programming has continued throughout the years and now has a new name for 2023: “Eurovision….A Little Bit More”. The show’s title coincides with the recently uploaded performance of Gina …
