Eurovision 2023 discussion thread

[Nicky91]

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[Vanessa]

We should do it. We're runners up.

[Kate!]

We should do it. We're runners up.

Good point. That would be really great.

[UserSince2005]

Ukraine is surely no way going to be in a position to host even in the rare chance that the war is over.
I don't know why they are messing around exploring that option, bunch of time wasters.

[jet]

We should do it. We're runners up.

I agree, and I see us as the 'real winners'. The Judges had us as the best song, and it was the public who voted for Ukraine on the sympathy vote, which is fair enough and understandable. It was a great result for the UK and well deserved.

[Vanessa]

I agree, and I see us as the 'real winners'. The Judges had us as the best song, and it was the public who voted for Ukraine on the sympathy vote, which is fair enough and understandable. It was a great result for the UK and well deserved.

Yes. Why should Spain host it? They were third. :fist:

[Crimson Dynamo]

just putting it out here already, Malta is going to be represented by Aidan and first song in maltese language in 55 years

expect that not to qualify then

[UserSince2005]

just putting it out here already, Malta is going to be represented by Aidan and first song in maltese language in 55 years

Arabic song on Eurovision? We don’t want.

[Liam-]

https://twitter.com/eurovision/status/1537736907135889411?s=21

It’s coming and I need tickets

[bots]

The BBC is in talks with the European Broadcasting Union "to potentially host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest" in the UK.

The show's organisers have concluded, after a "full assessment and feasibility study", that next year's event cannot be held in the winning country, Ukraine.

no **** sherlock :laugh:

[arista]

https://twitter.com/eurovision/status/1537736907135889411?s=21

It’s coming and I need tickets


I am sure you will get there

You need a tibb T-Shirt

[Nicky91]

the best decision EBU could've made with all honesty


now if it is UK, please BBC be wise enough to negotiate with Ukraine's delegation to let few ukrainian presenters also co-host it, and ukrainian interval acts pls

[Nicky91]

if UK win it some year, then alone i'd want british interval acts


not now

Ukraine deserves those few winner rights at the very least, if there wasn't a war they would be able to host it

[Nicky91]

so far countries who have confirmed their participation


Albania
Austria
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
San Marino
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom




as for returning countries

Slovakia will make their decision in august, with their newly chosen director-general, so maybe new director-general, new chances for ESC? https://eurovoix.com/2022/06/12/slovakia-could-return-eurovision-2023/



in terms of other countries who took part in 2022

Belgium: confirmation is still pending, and VRT wants to go back to a national final apparently https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2022/04/belgium-with-a-national-final-at-eurovision-2023/

Croatia: confirmation still pending, but HRT signed a new deal with Opatija 3 year long contract for Dora as their national selection show until 2024 at least https://escbubble.com/2021/03/dora-remains-in-opatija-after-a-long-term-hosting-contract-has-been-made/

Romania: threatened with withdrawal, then opened a petition for public wether they should leave or remain in esc, and majority voted remain in esc https://eurovoix.com/2022/05/23/romania-vote-eurovision-participation/ official confirmation is still pending though

[Nicky91]

Belgium are coming with a national final, highly likely


wondering who will host that then, considering Peter van der Veire might be too busy with Big Brother then



maybe the voice van vlaanderen coach Bart Peeters (he's hosted eurosong before) or Gert Verhulst from Studio 100, or Gert's son Viktor (since he has presenting experience, with NLBE series of Love Island)

[Strictly Jake]

Can the mods just ban this guy. He's awful

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1546890893059395585

:dance:

[Nicky91]

omg omg omg

i think this one might work better than america song contest


with middle america, south america, caribbean, to imagine what the likes of a Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba can add to the table for example, and from south america i expect Brazil and Colombia to be their powerhouses, and Argentina maybe


Suriname would be nice to be included as well, and would be cool if Jeangu Macrooy can represent them (NL2020/2021) being the first who takes part in two different contests :cool: or Kenny B wow

[Nicky91]

lowest number of participating countries feared for ESC2023


Azerbaijan, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland all think of withdrawing, because of both financial problems and not wanting to perform in the UK

[arista]

Glasgow or Liverpool

are the two cities left in picking the UK city choice


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63037204

[joeysteele]

I'd hold the contest in Glasgow if it was my decision.

[UserSince2005]

It would be a disgrace for Glasgow to host when it was won by England.

[Nicky91]

35 countries competing this year i predict


all 35 songs fully in english too please :fc:



English is our language, not just the UK's



no ballads, just uptempo songs too pls, ballads are snoozes, only uptempo songs are worthy for a entertainment show

[Nicky91]

Kazakhstan's HoD has shown interest to a possible debut if EBU wants to invite them, he said so at a press conference of Junior Eurovision 2022

[Nicky91]

possible dates


ruled out: first week of May, otherwise Netherlands last minute withdrawal, due to remembrance day (May 4)

[Nicky91]

host city announcement very soon :)


although we might have a leak somehow

Olly Murs posted his marry me tour

April 21st in Glasgow

May 6th in Liverpool


EBU and host broadcaster got exclusive access to the venue on April 6th and April 21st


so could it be Glasgow, due to liverpool's venue used in May by Olly, or could it be Liverpool due to it being available those dates in April for exclusive access, and maybe using Olly's concert gig for sound and graphic tests?

[Nicky91]

i will update the OP when we got host city reveal (or the day after if its tonight in the one show)

[Nicky91]

Official EBU, Host Broadcaster Visit to venue dates

April 6th, April 21st



might be a nice one for PM Liz Truss, alongside King Charles III & Queen Consort Camilla to also attend

(back in 2021 Ahoy was visited by King Willem-Alexander and then health minister Hugo de Jonge alongside EBU delegation)

[Nicky91]

OP updated, congrats Liverpool, twin city of Odessa

[Nicky91]

one sentence makes me wonder


However, we are told that the combined total cost for all 40 broadcasters taking part adds up to around £5m.


40? sooo this would mean, all 39 from 2022 + 1 returning or new country? (in terms of that additional country, could be return of either Turkey or Hungary since we heard nothing from them so far or a Kazakhstan debut)

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/ESCdiscord/status/1580224860361396226

[Nicky91]

Ukraine are to be presented as the reigning champions

and most hosting duties will also go to Ukraine's responsibility together with BBC

[Nicky91]

Bulgaria have withdrawn due to financial problems, same goes for Montenegro, also financial problems


according to EurovisionFun, a greek esc fan site

[Nicky91]

North Macedonia have also withdrawn

[Nicky91]

stupid Putin him causing this energy and gas crisis :idc: :yuk:


balkans were already struggling economy wise, but this affects them worse than most of us western countries ofc

:(


hope EBU brings in Kazakhstan to help fill the numbers a tiny bit

[Nicky91]

Managing Director:
Martin Green

Lead Commissioner:
Rachel Ashdown

Executive Producer:
Andrew Cartmell

Head of Show:
Lee Smithurst

Head of Contest:
Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen

Executive in Charge of Production:
James O'Brien

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[Nicky91]

good on BBC hiring Twan as well, his 3rd contest in a row this will be :D


he also managed the Live-On-Tapes recording process btw in 2021



solid BBC team overall, same ones as for the London 2012 Olympics show production so that promises something maybe

[Nicky91]

over 500 acts (from 32 countries) have applied to the San Marino NF so far


including quite some from Russia and Ukraine

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/image/2022-10/ParticipatingCountries_ESC2023.png?itok=iYX6OQyS

Official: 37 participating countries

3 withdrawing countries: Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia



one semi of 15, one semi of 16


pre qualified: Big 5 + last years winners Ukraine

[Nicky91]

countries and confirmed selection methods and unknowns stated as participation confirmed

Albania - Festivali i Këngës
Armenia - Participation confirmed
Australia - Participation confirmed
Austria - Participation confirmed
Azerbaijan - Participation confirmed
Belgium - Eurosong
Croatia - DORA
Cyprus - Internal selection: Andrew Lambrou
Czech Republic - Participation confirmed
Denmark - DMGP
Estonia - Eesti Laul
Finland - UMK
France - C’est vous qui décidez
Georgia - The Voice
Germany - Unser Lied für Liverpool
Greece - Internal selection
Iceland - Söngvakeppnin
Ireland - The Late Late Show
Israel - Internal selection: Noa Kirel
Italy - Sanremo
Latvia - Supernova
Lithuania - Pabandom is Naujo
Malta - MESC
Moldova - Participation confirmed
Netherlands - Internal selection
Norway - MGP
Poland - Krajowe Eliminacje
Portugal - Festival da Cançao
Romania - Participation confirmed
San Marino - Una Voce per San Marino
Serbia - Pesma za Evroviziju
Slovenia - EMA
Spain - Benidorm Fest
Sweden - Melodifestivalen
Switzerland - Internal selection
Ukraine - Vidbir
United Kingdom - Participation confirmed

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[Nicky91]

Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper


and Duncan Laurence in the composer team




:laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3:



the most unknowns of unknowns :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

hoping for 36 better entries than this woke garbage from lazy avrotros

[Nicky91]

info on the dutch act


About Mia Nicolai

Music has been a big part of the 26-year-old Mia’s life from an early age. She began taking violin and piano lessons when she was just three, and had a very creative upbringing which included drama, ballet, music and storytelling.

Mia finds inspiration in artists like David Bowie, but more than anything in the free expression of creativity and merging of different art forms.

One of life’s genuine go-getters, she’s always had the courage to pursue her dreams. After Melbourne, London, Mexico and New York, she has now settled in Los Angeles.

Her debut single Set Me Free reflects on travel and her need for complete freedom. Mia shows time and again how her big dreams are coming true, one step at a time. In November 2020, she released a second single Mutual Needs, which was immediately picked up internationally with a premiere in America on the famous Zane Lowe Radio show.

About Dion Cooper

The dream of becoming a musician started for 28-year-old Dion when he was just four. His father was a drummer in his spare time and raised Dion musically on the likes of Toto, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. He picked up a guitar for the first time when he was fifteen and hasn’t let go of it since.

In the years that followed he began singing and writing his own music. His quest to find his artistic self went hand-in-hand with a conscious choice also to seek personal growth. This parallel of personal and professional development are reflected in his first EP Too Young Too Dumb.(2021).

He describes his sound as Bryan Adams meets Harry Styles.


https://eurovision.tv/story/mia-nicolai-dion-cooper-will-represent-netherlands-eurovision-song-contest

[Nicky91]

the contest might be held in Kyiv after all

[Nicky91]

Sweden entry confirmed


Loreen is back, with the same team behind euphoria




SVT being that DESPERATE for another win :laugh3: getting that washed up has been back

[Nicky91]

a trans person - Tone Sekelius

a ukrainian girl - Maria Sur

a has been 2012 esc winner - Loreen

a vile tiktokker - Theoz

a stupid sami - Jon Henrik Fjallgren

a syrian refugee - Rejhan

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodifestivalen_2023

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1600082696314626048

[Nicky91]

Ukraine's song is such a serve, glad we ditching ukrainian language for this masterpiece with Nigerian roots :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

Ukraine's song is such a serve, glad we ditching ukrainian language for this masterpiece with Nigerian roots :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/ESCdiscord/status/1603854884671000583

tonight and tomorrow's schedule for Festival i Kenges

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/story/bbc-reveals-further-production-team-details-liverpool-2023


Multi Camera Directors: Nikki Parsons, Richard Valentine and Ollie Bartlett

Lead Creative Director: Dan Shipton

Music Director: Kojo Samuel

Set Designer: Julio Himede

Head of Sound: Robert Edwards

Lighting Designer: Tim Routledge


BBC Studios Entertainment & Music, the production company behind multi award winning shows and events such as Strictly Come Dancing, Glastonbury and Later…with Jools, will deliver the three live shows for host broadcaster BBC. They have assembled this elite team who bring a wealth of live experience to lead the production of this milestone event in British broadcasting.

Directing the Semi-Finals and Grand Final are a trio of hugely experienced Multi Camera Directors. They are Nikki Parsons, Richard Valentine and Ollie Bartlett.

Nikki Parsons will be lead director on the Grand Final. Since 2006 Nikki has been Series Director of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing (the UK version of Dancing With The Stars), and has huge expertise in directing live entertainment shows in UK and US. Nikki has directed the BAFTA Film and TV Awards, Britain’s Got Talent, Dancing on Ice, So You Think You Can Dance US, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards US, The Hip Hop Nutcracker (Disney +), and The MTV Asia Awards. She was also one of the BBC’s directors for the coverage of both Queen Elizabeth II’s and the Duke of Edinburgh’s funerals.

Richard Valentine is a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award winning Multi Camera director whose credits include Concert for Ukraine, Global Citizen London, One Love Manchester, Ariana Grande at the BBC, Harry Styles at the BBC, The Sound of Music Live, The Royal Variety Performance, The Olympic Torch Concert and Live 8. Richard has also worked with Beyoncé, Foo Fighters and Duran Duran.

Meanwhile Ollie Bartlett recently worked on Glastonbury, A Secret Night with Kylie Minogue, Soccer Aid, The Big Night of Musicals, The National Lottery’s New Year’s Eve Big Bash, Dance Monsters (Netflix) and The GRM Awards. Ollie was also one of the BBC’s directors on the coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

BBC Studios have also appointed Dan Shipton as Lead Creative Director for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Dan will oversee various creative elements of the shows including the interval acts and the Flag Parade working collaboratively with German Nenov who has been appointed by Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC as their Creative Director.


Dan has huge expertise as a Creative Director of many major events, tours and performances. Recent credits include Little Mix: The Confetti Tour, Westlife: The Wildest Dreams Tour, Ava Max (European promotional campaign including EMAs performance), and Jurassic World Live Tour. Along with Marvin Dietmann he has also been the Creative Director of a number of Eurovision Song Contest performances including Sam Ryder in 2022.

Music Director for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be Kojo Samuel. Kojo will oversee the music production and arrangements on the show’s interval acts and the Flag Parade. Kojo has recently worked with multiple artists including Stormzy’s iconic Glastonbury set, Jess Glynne, Rudimental, Rita Ora, AJ Tracey and Ella Henderson. He was also the Music Executive of the 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony.

Julio Himede takes up the role of Set Designer for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Julio has designed sets for many major events and TV shows. Credits include the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, the 2018-2021 MTV Video Music Awards, the 2016-2021 MTV EMAs, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast: A 30th Celebration and the American Song Contest.

As Head of Sound, BAFTA- winner Robert Edwards, will bring his Eurovision experience to the 2023 event as he was previously Sound Supervisor for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Other credits include The Masked Singer UK, Britain’s Got Talent, X Factor and more recently Robert mixed the world feeds for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Tokyo and Beijing, and was part of the Host Broadcaster Team for the recent World Cup Coverage in Qatar.

The Lighting Designer will be Tim Routledge. Tim is a multi-award winning Lighting Designer of BAFTA and Royal Television Society Awards. His credits include high profile live events and concerts such as Stormzy’s 2019 Glastonbury Festival set, Spice Girls ‘Spice World’ UK Stadium Tour and Beyonce’s ‘Formation’ World Tour. TV credits include X Factor, Concert for Ukraine, Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2014, I Can See Your Voice and Big Night of Musicals.

Throughout the production, the team at BBC Studios are working closely in partnership with their Ukrainian counterparts at UA:PBC on all creative elements of the three live shows. Leading the team at UA:PBC are Oksana Skybinska (Ukrainian Eurovision Head of Delegation), Tetiana Semenova (Executive Producer of programmes and events in Ukraine including The Brain, New Year’s Night and Happy Birthday Ukraine, director group producer Game of Talents) and German Nenov (Creative Director and Music Video Director who has worked on stage performances and music videos for the likes of NK, Tina Karol and Zlata Ognevich and TV shows Game Of Talents, The Brain).

[Nicky91]

examples from Himede designs

64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022)
https://yellowstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1.png

American Song Contest (2022)
https://yellowstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NUP_197275_00273-2.jpg

MTV Video Music Awards (2019)
https://www.disguise.one/media/4657/body-image-1-b-vma.jpg

[Nicky91]

first confirmed NQ of 2023: Albania


what a mediocre weak selection of festival i kenges, filled with dull ballads


Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje (LOL LOL trying to copy serbia's molitva or something LOL LOL, absolutely pathetic)


Elsa Lila - Evita (ummmm tribute to argentina much LMAO by some talentless bitch)


:yuk:

[Nicky91]

Albania :yuk: :yuk: come on UK government ban their artist of performing in Liverpool

[Nicky91]

https://www.balkanweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/albina-656x450.png

Albina the balkan **** and her stupid family :idc: :idc:

[Nicky91]

my faves in my sig now

[Nicky91]

hYmEKC1jB-A

and currently hyped by the stupid eurofandom :yuk: :yuk: ugly disgusting botox woman, shakira/rosalia/camila cabello clone :idc:

[Nicky91]

EBU are threatening to expel Israel from this years contest, due to their broadcaster's independence being endangered by dictator Netanyahu and their plans of mass genocide towards the palestinians

[Denver]

breaking news, eurovision song contest liverpool is cancelled

Really is ime to permanent the troll

[Nicky91]

loving national final season so far :love:


from Eesti Laul i love Janek's House of Glass

Ulrikke her song is a grower tbh, think frozen's let it go or love me like you do but also very original


UMK first song release is a serve, no business on the dancefloor snatched my wig ladies :love:



and we have so much more fun stuff to come hopefully from Moldova, San Marino, Germany




Latvia serving us some k-pop influenced songs in their supernova, and a popular band Sudden Lights with a song in latvian which also sounds quite special ''Aija''




Serbia their line up, hmm not too bad, Luke Black in it, his first song in serbian either, own composition

[Nicky91]

example of televoters trash taste :yuk:
uYWhh-E_VPo

Belgium coming for that semi last place 0 points :umm2: :yuk: wannabe boy george with most generic song ever, and such a disgustingly weird performance :yuk:

[Vanessa]

Is the UK hosting it or not? Surely they can't do it in Ukraine. Far too dangerous.

[Nicky91]

Is the UK hosting it or not? Surely they can't do it in Ukraine. Far too dangerous.

Liverpool is hosting


aren't you paying attention or what? :mad:

[Vanessa]

Liverpool is hosting


aren't you paying attention or what? :mad:
There's no need to get angry. Next time I won't ask :inamood:

[Nicky91]

There's no need to get angry. Next time I won't ask :inamood:

nothing good so far in the line up


Albania: Duje 6.5/10

Belgium: Because of You 0.0/10

Ukraine: Heart of Steel 5.5/10

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/sanremo_en/status/1614657643729256448

Zelensky will appear as a guest in Italy's Sanremo :)

[Nicky91]

Maella
Markéta Irglová
Pam Rabbit
RODAN
Vesna

[Nicky91]

Moldova serves once again a great National final line up :clap1: :clap1: Sunstroke Project, Aliona Moon, Pasha Parfeny are back too!

[Nicky91]

Moldova serves once again a great National final line up :clap1: :clap1: Sunstroke Project, Aliona Moon, Pasha Parfeny are back too!

there i said it, am a fan of moldovan music scene for many many years now :love:

and this years ''etapa nationala'' is the best line up yet :love: looking forward to end of January (27th) for the live audition round :D

[Zizu]

Any thoughts on Jony

https://youtu.be/m9ezpAUvMC8

https://youtube.com/@JONY


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Noone in the UK care about the ESC until the day it's on and certainly don't care about other countries songs until they hear them on the night

[Nicky91]

Noone in the UK care about the ESC until the day it's on and certainly don't care about other countries songs until they hear them on the night

because the UK are as dull as dishwater and very lazy :idc:

[Nicky91]

no offense of course


but other countries combine very popular music festivals with ESC

Albania (Festival i Kenges) Italy (Sanremo)


Spain having recently revived Benidorm Fest as of last year


others using talent shows (Georgia - The Voice)


others naming it ''eurosong'' Belgium, Ireland


Romania/Moldova sharing names for their nf's: Selectia Nationala or Etapa Nationala while the latter also had O Melodie Pentru Europa


Portugal having Festival Da Cancao, and they don't look at whats best for ESC but what is most liked by portuguese people themselves

San Marino started with 1in360 and now rebranded it into Una Voce Per San Marino



Czech Republic will have its first major online national selection now, 5 participants while most thought just 3, but quality was too good for it to be just 3



Germany always doing ''Unser Lied'' format

[Nicky91]

and then we also have the nordics whom all have well watched national selection shows

Sweden: Melodifestivalen

Norway: Melodi Grand Prix

Finland: UMK

Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

Iceland: Söngvakeppnin




Poland having had various NF concepts, Preselectia Krajowcze, and in 2020 opting for their junior eurovision usual selection method, Szansa Na Suczes (a popular talent show over there)


France has had NF shows like ''Destination Eurovision'' or ''C'Est Eurovision Oui Decidez'' but went internal for this year, with up and coming rising star La Zarra


Croatia have their National Final: Dora



Serbia first had Beovizija for many years (also one year called Beosong) but now due to copyright claims from their broadcaster to make Beovizija more a national festival, they call it Pezma Zu Euroviziju now, with same own language only rules as Beovizija


Montenegro call their national selection ''Montevizija''


North Macedonia go internal when they take part, but they every year also have their own music festival next to ESC, called Makfest



Ukraine having their traditional show Vidbir, for this year that was hosted from a bunker due to the war

[Nicky91]

the baltics have their national selection shows

Latvia go with ''Supernova''

Estonia with ''Eesti Laul''

Lithuania with ''Pabandom iš naujo!''




as for Malta, they have their show called ''Malta Eurovision Song Contest - short name MESC'' and in those rules it states, the winner is allowed to change his/her/their song post-nf if they're not happy with the song for ESC

[Nicky91]

it's a lovely national final season so far

serving us quite a few big name artists too (Johnny Rotten in Ireland's Late Late Show Eurosong, oscar winner Marketa Irglova in Czech Republic's NF)


we've had some nice internal selection rumours from down under (Australia) with high profile acts like Dami Im, Sheppard and rockband Voyager and indie pop Jaguar Jonze apparently having submitted something again





San Marino having received 1.000 entries from over 300 countries worldwide, notable names who submitted something, are albanian popstars Ronela Hajati (ESC2022 ''Sekret'') Mirud (FiK veteran) and also lamborghini heiress and reality star, singer Elettra Lamborghini, and belarus national selection veteran Brian Left





also some fun news already for the 2024 contest, possible comebacks from Luxembourg, Monaco? Luxembourg are seriously thinking of a return to more entertainment content for their channel, and Monaco having a new broadcaster, new funds and some artists already interested of representing them

[Nicky91]

and not to forget the possible grand comeback of Loreen if she wins Melfest, swedish's female johnny logan

[Nicky91]

it is a great national final season so far :love: :love:


many songs snatching my wig ladies :clap1:


Pasha Parfeni's Soarele Si Luna :drool:

Aliona Moon's Du-Ma :love:


Mikhail's Lehen Fic-Cpar is a absolute maltese masterpiece :worship:



Vesna's My Sister's Crown wow in Czech, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and English :clap1:




Germany got a strong selection too again, very diverse unlike some other recent years, I'd soooo love Ikke Huftgold to go to liverpool, he's a party firecracker with a great personality and ''Lied mit gutem text'' is a iconic song title

[Nicky91]

pots for allocation draw, tonight the draw of the semi finals on BBC2
https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1620392733218312193

[Nicky91]

voted Vesna's ethnic bop my sister's crown, Go Czechia!!!

[Nicky91]

Semi Final 1 (Germany, France, Italy voting here)

first half
Croatia
Ireland
Latvia
Malta
Norway
Portugal
Serbia

second half
Azerbaijan
Czech Republic
Finland
Israel
Moldova
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland


Semi Final 2 (UK, Spain, Ukraine voting here)

first half
Armenia
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Greece
Iceland
Romania

second half
Albania
Australia
Austria
Georgia
Lithuania
Poland
San Marino
Slovenia

[Nicky91]

tonight Ireland's late late show national final

[Nicky91]

really doubt if i will watch it this year, such a weak line up, way too many irrelevant english songs

#BringOwnLanguageRuleBack

[Nicky91]

Croatia and Romania their entries are such serves :clap1: :clap1:


bring on this FILTH!!!!!!!! :worship:

[UserSince2005]

Denmark is my favourite so far.

[UserSince2005]

Loreen is coming for her second crown.
Heard the chorus of her song. Very good. Not europhia, but good enough to win I think.

[Nicky91]

Croatia and Romania are my current top 2

but Moldova can top those for me if they make the right choice (Pasha pls pls and not Sunstroke)

overall Moldova's selection has been soooo good this year, i'm every year amazed at such a poor country can come up with so much quality in their national final

[UserSince2005]

Sweden is ahead of ukraine in the odds after the brief snippets. But premature to shorten the odds so soon given she hasn’t even won the National final

[neneu10]

I saw Loreen's performance full, she will win the whole thing

[UserSince2005]

I saw Loreen's performance full, she will win the whole thing

Omg where?
I she really came back with fire

[Nicky91]

I saw Loreen's performance full, she will win the whole thing

i know, 100% better than Euphoria for me


also the little similar instrumentals bit of Mel C i turn to you in the bridge :flutter:


and her vocals in the chorus especially, gorgeous :love:



Finland is also good, the entire UMK top 3 were all worthy of the win, Kaarija has a great bop

but Portion Boys also a cheesy banger with Kimi Raikkonen reference :love: and newcomer Keira with her debut single, not bad a 3rd place for her

[Vanessa]

I love Marco Mengoni. He's amazing and I can't wait to see him on stage. It's always a pleasure.

[UserSince2005]

Loreens performance is increable. Artists wish for their music videos to be that cinematic

[Nicky91]

Netherlands song title = Burning Daylight

fully in english

tomorrow is the premiere 7:15 PM

[Nicky91]

Birdy is rumoured as host entry apparently for the UK

[Nicky91]

if it is really Birdy, and i'm thinking it very well might be, announcement of UK entry similar to her new album release date more or less


i have been stanning her for so long :love: her great-uncle was legendary actor Sir Dirk Bogarde in case some on here didn't know that



could be the year then i finally end up voting for the UK :think: :flutter:

[Denver]

It's pretty much Rina at this point

[Nicky91]

It's pretty much Rina at this point

very much doubt that

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1630899713925939201

[Nicky91]

Albania - Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje (gheg albanian)
Armenia - Brunette - TBA
Austria - Teya & Salena - TBA
Australia - Voyager - Promise (english)
Azerbaijan - TBA - TBA
Belgium - Gustaph - Because of You (english)
Croatia - Let 3 - Mama SC (croatian)
Cyprus - Andrew Lambrou - Break a Broken Heart (english)
Czech Republic - Vesna - My Sister's Crown (english, czech, ukrainian, bulgarian)
Denmark - Reiley - Breaking My Heart (english)
Estonia - Alika Milova - Bridges (english)
Finland - Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha (finnish)
France - La Zarra - Evidemment (french)
Georgia - Iru Khechanovi - TBA
Germany - TBA - TBA
Greece - Victor Vernicos - What You Say (english)
Iceland - TBA - TBA
Ireland - Wild Youth - We Are One (english)
Israel - Noa Kirel - UNICORN
Italy - Marco Mengoni - Due Vite (italian)
Latvia - Sudden Lights - Aija (english, latvian)
Lithuania - Monika Linkyte - Stay (english, lithuanian)
Malta - The Busker - Dance (Your Own Party) (english)
Moldova - TBA - TBA
Netherlands - Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight (english)
Norway - Alessandra Mele - Queen of Kings (english, italian, latin)
Poland - Blanka - Solo (english)
Portugal - TBA - TBA
Romania - Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On) (romanian, english)
San Marino - Piqued Jacks - Like an Animal (english)
Serbia - TBA - TBA
Slovenia - Joker Out - Carpe Diem (slovene)
Spain - Blanca Paloma - Eaea (spanish)
Sweden - TBA - TBA
Switzerland - Remo Forrer - TBA
Ukraine - TVORCHI - Heart of Steel (english)
United Kingdom - TBA - TBA

[Nicky91]

in terms of what we might have from those national selections still to be rounded up

Moldova: 4 strong entries over there (Pasha Parfeni - Soarele Si Luna, Aliona Moon - Du-Ma, Sunstroke Project - Yummy Mommy, Surorile Osoianu - Bade, Badisor, Badita)

Portugal: faves there are: Claudia Pascoal - Nasci Maria, Edmundo Inacio - A Festa, Mimicat - Ai Coracao, Ivandro - Povo

Serbia: faves there are: Luke Black - Samo mi se spava, Hurricane 2.0 - Zumi Zimi Zami, Zejna - Rumba, Eegor - Starac Dana

Sweden: top favourite there being Loreen - Tattoo, and also norwegian duo Marcus & Martinus - Air


in terms of Azerbaijan who is rumoured are ethno band Mamagama


regarding Georgia's act Iru, she co-wrote their junior eurovision entry last year and she was part of the winning junior eurovision group Candy back in 2011


in terms of Germany their final is this friday, they have worldclass gothic metal band Lord of the Lost competing with Blood & Glitter, ballermann schlager icon Ikke Huftgold with Lied mit Gutem Text and also a german ballad of Frida Gold ''alle frauen in mir sind mude''



all in all this year seems to be a alternative year than usual, also more uptempo songs so far



Austria's girl duo Teya & Salena are doing a homage apparently to Edgar Allan Poe :fan: what is rumoured all over social media

[Nicky91]

my national final season ranking

1. Mikhail - Lehen Fic-Cpar (Malta)
2. Keira - No Business on the Dancefloor (Finland)
3. CHEGI & Braca Bluz Bend - Svadba Ili Kavga (Serbia)
4. Christian Arding - Eku Car (Malta)
5. Atle Pettersen - Masterpiece (Norway)
6. Sandra Lyng - Drom d Bort (Norway)
7. Nicklas Sonne - Freedom (Denmark)
8. Loredana - You Lift Me Up (Belgium)
9. Pasha Parfeni - Soarele Si Luna (Moldova)
10. Aliona Moon - Du-Ma (Moldova)
11. Loreen - Tattoo (Sweden)
12. Claudia Pascoal - Nasci Maria (Portugal)
13. Edmundo Inacio - A Festa (Portugal)
14. Andreea D & Folclor Orchestra - Perinita Mea (Romania)
15. Jone - Ekko Inni Meg (Norway)
16. Portion Boys - Samaa Taivasta Katsostaan (Finland)
17. Public Image Limited - Hawaii (Ireland)
18. Fifi - Stop (Albania)
19. Harmonija Disonance - Nevera (Lei Lei) (Croatia)
20. Patricija Gasparini - I Will Wait (Croatia)

.

[Nicky91]

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ethnic song from cyprus again :clap1:

[Nicky91]

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the very first Dutch Balkan Ballad :worship: :worship: :worship: our dutch Molitva :worship: :worship: :worship:


winner confirmed

[Nicky91]

russian roots too, from Mia


are u triggered Usersince2005 :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

tonight the germany unser lied national final

and frida gold has withdrawn due to illness of their lead vocalist Alina, who isn't feeling too well

so 8 finalists after all, instead of the 9


--------------------------
tomorrow Sweden's Andra Chansen semi final show

Portugal's semi 2

Serbia final, and Moldova final as well as Iceland final

super saturday 2

[Nicky91]

worldfamous a-lister gothic metal band for Germany
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[Nicky91]

have a new no.1 fave now, Moldova!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! welcome back Pasha :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

Ukraine are painfully mediocre, like Austria 2018 but a worse version of it, and the new ukrainian lyrics in its revamp, well they are ok but not really much much better than the rest of the lyrics either

middle of the road song, still think a result between 6th and 10th place could be what they might be getting, more jury votes than televotes though


Kalush had a fun bop and in comparison to this years, this years is meh

[Nicky91]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrRJpUeXwAA8r_G?format=jpg&name=medium

Armenia entry, premieres 19:00 CET (18:00 UK Time)

[UserSince2005]

If Ukraine wanted to win the should have sent a broken looking white man. Aint no one feeling sorry for this black person from god knows where that they contracted in.

[Nicky91]

If Ukraine wanted to win the should have sent a broken looking white man. Aint no one feeling sorry for this black person from god knows where that they contracted in.

half ukrainian with nigerian roots :D

also lots of good Cesar Sampson vibes in his vocals :cool: very jury friendly more i think

[Nicky91]

quite a few who offer good britpop similarities in their entries

Azerbaijan with a bit of ''the beatles-ish'' ballad by two twins


Croatia with a hint of bohemian rhapsody mixed with a little similarities to Mud and everything in a nice croatian sauce + with a strong anti-war message, pro-moms and nans

[Nicky91]

we have all 37 songs revealed now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Georgia's song slaps so hard :dance: :dance: the power of the sheni cult has done it again :worship:

[Nicky91]

Albania - Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje (gheg albanian)
Armenia - Brunette - Future Lover (English, armenian)
Austria - Teya & Salena - Who the Hell is Edgar (English, Italian)
Australia - Voyager - Promise (english)
Azerbaijan - TuralTuranX - Tell Me More (English)
Belgium - Gustaph - Because of You (english)
Croatia - Let 3 - Mama SC (croatian)
Cyprus - Andrew Lambrou - Break a Broken Heart (english)
Czech Republic - Vesna - My Sister's Crown (english, czech, ukrainian, bulgarian)
Denmark - Reiley - Breaking My Heart (english)
Estonia - Alika Milova - Bridges (english)
Finland - Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha (finnish)
France - La Zarra - Evidemment (french)
Georgia - Iru Khechanovi - Echo (English)
Germany - Lord of the Lost - Blood & Glitter (English)
Greece - Victor Vernicos - What You Say (english)
Iceland - Dilja - Power (English)
Ireland - Wild Youth - We Are One (english)
Israel - Noa Kirel - UNICORN (English, Hebrew)
Italy - Marco Mengoni - Due Vite (italian)
Latvia - Sudden Lights - Aija (english, latvian)
Lithuania - Monika Linkyte - Stay (english, lithuanian)
Malta - The Busker - Dance (Your Own Party) (english)
Moldova - Pasha Parfeni - Soarele Si Luna (Romanian)
Netherlands - Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight (english)
Norway - Alessandra Mele - Queen of Kings (english, italian, latin)
Poland - Blanka - Solo (english)
Portugal - Mimicat - Ai Coracao (Portuguese)
Romania - Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On) (romanian, english)
San Marino - Piqued Jacks - Like an Animal (english)
Serbia - Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava (Serbian, English)
Slovenia - Joker Out - Carpe Diem (slovene)
Spain - Blanca Paloma - Eaea (spanish)
Sweden - Loreen - Tattoo (English)
Switzerland - Remo Forrer - Watergun (English)
Ukraine - TVORCHI - Heart of Steel (english)
United Kingdom - Mae Muller - I Wrote a Song (English)

.

[Nicky91]

a uptempo heavy year, with many bands, some duo's, many solo female acts, quite a few returning acts



returning artists are:
Italy: Marco Mengoni (2013)
Lithuania: Monika Linkyte (2015)
Moldova: Pasha Parfeni (2012, ''2013 as composer'')
Sweden: Loreen (2012)


Gustaph (Belgium) is a former backing vocalist for them in 2019 (Sennek) 2021 (Hooverphonic)


Iru (Georgia) is a former winner of junior eurovision for them in the group (Candy) back in 2011

[Nicky91]

oldest artist this year is 61 yrs old, Damir Martinovic (frontman of croatia's Let3)

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Semi-final-running-order-800x450.png

semi final running orders

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/adamsOliver_/status/1640011256282193921

[Nicky91]

release date for san marino's studio version
https://twitter.com/ESCdiscord/status/1640057715924819968

[Nicky91]

interviews of Georgia, UK, Lithuania, Spain, Slovenia, Portugal
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[Nicky91]

this saturday is Poland's eurovision pre-party

followed one week later (April 8th) PreParty Madrid

and then it is time for eurovision in concert (Amsterdam) on April 15th

and also Israel Calling and the London Party


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from May 1st to May 14th, lots of eurofestival events in Liverpool, such as several parades, but also some schools who bring eurovision to their classrooms part of eurolearn projects

[Nicky91]

my predictions on qualifiers

Semi 1: Norway, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden, Moldova, Finland, Czechia, Croatia, Israel, Netherlands

Semi 2: Estonia, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Iceland, San Marino, Belgium, Cyprus


shock NQ: Serbia (semi 1) Denmark (semi 2)

[Nicky91]

San Marino is really such strong Kansas vibes, similarities to carry on wayward son

such likeable guys either


strong year for fans of rock music

Australia, Germany, Slovenia, San Marino, Croatia all slaying in that genre

[Nicky91]

Estonia is easy jury winner of semi 2 so obvious 110% qualifier

[Nicky91]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/eurovision-postcards-revealed/

postcards concept revealed, 111 locations for 37 acts :D


music by ukrainian Dmitry Shurov

[Nicky91]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood might have a reunion apparently for Eurovision interval :amazed:

i say relax, just do it, with the power of your love


see what i did there :D


would make a fabulous interval, madonna who?

[Nicky91]

Sunday 7th of May: Turquoise Carpet Opening Ceremony

The stars of Eurovision 2023 will begin their walk down the Turquoise Carpet at the Walker Art Gallery and make their way down to the main steps of St. George’s Hall, where the official opening ceremony will take place.

People from the accredited press and fan media will line one side of the carpet and members of the OGAE clubs will have an opportunity to line the other side. Around 800 free tickets are available for OGAE members, who will get a chance to get up and close to this year’s artists.

The tickets will also give access to the National Lottery Party that will kick off in front of St. George’s Hall at 20:00. Ordinarily, tickets for this party, the largest event planned for Eurovision week with an audience of 30,000, were only available to UK National Lottery players, so this is an opportunity for non-UK residents to attend. The 90-minute show will be a spectacular kick-off for Eurovision week and will be a celebration of all things Liverpudlian.

https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/04/05/turquoise-carpet-and-welcome-party-with-access-for-ogae-members/276765/#:~:text=The%20stars%20of%20Eurovision%202023%20wi ll%20begin%20their,where%20the%20official%20openin g%20ceremony%20will%20take%20place.

[Nicky91]

i'm voting for Sweden in the semi


i have other faves but **** them, i need to protect the female johnny logan - Loreen, even if i am not her fan

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/story/first-details-eurovision-village-2023

first details of eurovision village 2023 announced

performing artists there are

Kalush Orchestra
Go_A
Alyona Alyona
Jerry Heil
Jamala
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon
Katrina Leskanich
Vengaboys

.

[Nicky91]

the liverpool metro
https://i.imgur.com/wx3d5ca.jpg

[Nicky91]

semi final interval acts revealed

for semi final 1: Julia Sanina, Mariya Yaremchuk, OTOY, Alyosha, Zlata Dziunka

for semi final 2: Rita Ora, Rebecca Ferguson will appear on stage between contestants performances
.

[Barry.]

Estonia is easy jury winner of semi 2 so obvious 110% qualifier

The jury don’t vote on the semi finales this year.

[Nicky91]

The jury don’t vote on the semi finales this year.

no, but i do think estonia will scrape through the semi, with a better result in the final (thanks to juries)


normally this estonia entry would qualify as 3rd or 4th in the semi with juries, but now i think 8th or 9th


can see the edgar allan poe bop of austria standing a chance of winning the semi

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/JokerOutBand/status/1645133147615424513

look who were at Anfield last weekend with Liverpool vs Arsenal's 2-2 draw


slovenia's Joker Out :cool:

[Barry.]

https://twitter.com/JokerOutBand/status/1645133147615424513

look who were at Anfield last weekend with Liverpool vs Arsenal's 2-2 draw


slovenia's Joker Out :cool:

It was just their song playing but how funny that they played that

[Nicky91]

great guest acts line up for the final

Sonia
Duncan Laurence
Cornelia Jakobs
Jamala
Tina Karol
Verka Serduchka
Go_A
Mahmood
Netta
Sam Ryder
Kalush Orchestra
Dadi Freyr

.

[Vanessa]

Love Mahmoud.

[Nicky91]

my qualifiers (and my non-qualifier placements)

Semi 1

Sweden, Serbia, Croatia, Czechia, Moldova, Finland, Portugal, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Malta


NQ's

11. Norway
12. Netherlands
13. Israel
14. Ireland
15. Switzerland (great voice but huge cliché anti-war song from a billionaire heir boy, no no for me, i wish he had a better and stronger song)


Semi 2

Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Australia, Georgia, Armenia, Albania, Greece, Denmark, Slovenia


NQ's

11. Lithuania
12. Romania
13. Cyprus
14. San Marino
15. Poland
16. Iceland


my thoughts on possible qualifiers/nq placements

[Nicky91]

Azerbaijan i find kinda underrated tbh, it is very decent britpop, own azeri grown composed song either, for the first time since 2008

[Barry.]

Unless Norway have a bad staging and bad vocals, it’s going to the finales, it’s the third favourite to go through

[Vanessa]

Unless Norway have a bad staging and bad vocals, it’s going to the finales, it’s the third favourite to go through

They always do well.

[Nicky91]

Unless Norway have a bad staging and bad vocals, it’s going to the finales, it’s the third favourite to go through

odds before rehearsals say not that much though


also her vocals at some pre parties, seemed like she was drunk or something :laugh2:


but yeah a safe qualifier i think, but just not my personal qualifier (those were my personal qualifier and NQ placements)



Switzerland last, yes based on cringeworthy anti-war song by a neutral country and performed by a rich boy (family worth 1.8 billion) almost as pretentious as Michael Rice's Bigger than Us and same vibe as last years swiss entry which was near last in televote in semi, got through on jury points alone, and a 0 televote in final, now no juries in semi so makes me think as a possible semi last place


i prefer Greece over Cyprus yep, greece more authentic and just 16 yr old, he is a talent, while Cyprus feels too americanized for my liking and generic


Malta has grown on me slightly, is enjoyable introverted fun with a enjoyable sax tune



my votes are going to either Moldova or Serbia not sure yet and depends how i feel on the night

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/tomodo/status/1649158134320058371

[UserSince2005]

Dirty old perverted man should have nothing to do with eurovision

[Nicky91]

Dirty old perverted man should have nothing to do with eurovision

don't insult the UK's leading monarch pls :nono:


Charles and Camilla are huge fans of light entertainment shows, i am loving this, that they are getting a full tour of the venue, and also igniting the lights of the stage, getting to stand on it too (same as King Willem Alexander back in 2021 :love:)



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Luke Evans interval act of semi 2, wow daddy with a spoken word segment of eurovision history


Mel C being our voiceover to announce the hosts :D

[Nicky91]

Eurovision Big Welcome Show presenters AJ Odudu, Joel Dommett

performers: Jamala, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Atomic Kitten, The Real Thing, The Lightning Seeds


at the opening ceremony on Sunday 7th May

main carpet host is olympic hockey player and tv personality Sam Quek

[Nicky91]

oyoy2_7FegI

lightning seeds from this iconic football anthem bop :D

[Nicky91]

and The Real Thing LEGENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU to me are everything, the sweetest song that i could sing, OH BABY

:clap1: :dance2:


an band

The journalist, author and founder of Mojo magazine Paul Du Noyer credits them alongside Deaf School with restoring "Liverpool's musical reputation in the 1970s" with their success.

taken from the real thing's wikipedia page

[Crimson Dynamo]

probably will miss it this year

sounds pretty awful and have no interest in that tramp representing the uk

[Nicky91]

probably will miss it this year

sounds pretty awful and have no interest in that tramp representing the uk

it's a good contestants line up, very uptempo heavy song line up


Mae is well liked outside the UK though (same as our Mia & Dion whom are hated in my country but liked outside NL :fan:)


great guest performers line up too

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1651206498955976705

an iconic moment :D

[Nicky91]

i have goosebumps, charles coronation logo right before the esc2023 logo too on the screen :flutter:

[Nicky91]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/736x414_b/p0fjw2tm.jpg

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/04/26/king-charles-camilla-reveal-liverpool-eurovision-stage/277157/

Charles, Camilla also had chats with some of the hosts ''The Hardkiss'' Julia Sanina, emmy award winning actress Hannah Waddingham and also Rylan, Scott Mills as well as the 2023 UK entry Mae Muller and also the 2023 music director Kojo Samuel

[Nicky91]

next week it all kicks off with artists arriving for first rehearsals and festivities in Liverpool kick off as of May 1st with all sorts of eurovision events from that day till May 14th


Important Dates

Sunday 7th May: Carpet & Opening Ceremony
Tuesday 9th May: First Semi Final
Thursday 11th May: Second Semi Final
Saturday 13th May: Grand Final




stage for me looks similar to the 2016 stage, same vortex shape with the circle above the stage and the front circle stage/platform, looking good i think

[UserSince2005]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/736x414_b/p0fjw2tm.jpg

Not blue and yellow enough.

[Nicky91]

Not blue and yellow enough.

there's already enough ukraine appreciation in the contest though?


one in the hosts, also a very popular one among the hardcore fandom, The Hardkiss's frontwoman Julia

many ukrainian intervals, also one combined ukrainian/british interval of Mariya Yaremchuk & Rebecca Ferguson with a version of duran duran's ordinary world

last years junior eurovision ukrainian entry Zlata is there too


and it is a co-hosting job so flag colours of UK had to be put in there too ;)

[UKTVForever]

The new Eurovision stage is looking Amazing

[Crimson Dynamo]

the total mawkish farce that let Ukraine win last year was embarrassing and now "WE" have a misguided no-mark faux social justice keyboard warrior woke trotskyist singing

no wonder the predictions are for the lowest viewing figures in ESC history

shocking

:skull:

[Nicky91]

the total mawkish farce that let Ukraine win last year was embarrassing and now "WE" have a misguided no-mark faux social justice keyboard warrior woke trotskyist singing

no wonder the predictions are for the lowest viewing figures in ESC history

shocking

:skull:

as if u yourself are a Boris Johnson fan?


lols

you always have been more for Nigel


not many are Boris fans after his covid lockdown rules breaking parties :laugh:


this years UK Song we judge the songs, not the artists here, is a good song, represents UK's pop/dance scene very well and is very current


in terms of viewing figures idk, now Rest of the World also can vote, such as USA, New Zealand, entire African continent, India, South Korea, Japan

the only ones barred from that vote are Russia, Belarus, Hungary for understandable reasons ofc


if you are able to vote, and u are a fan of music shows, likely interest to increase in non-european countries

[Nicky91]

https://escbubble.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/liverpool.jpg

https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article26806515.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_Soloveiko-Songbirds-in-the-garden-at-Liverpool-Parish-ChurchOur-Lady-St-Nicholasas-part-of-the.jpg

https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/04/29/09/newFile.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65

[Nicky91]

today next week Semi Final 1 :dance: :dance:

[Nicky91]

SF1 (post first rehearsal)

1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. Norway
4. Israel
5. Czechia
6. Moldova
7. Serbia
8. Switzerland
9. Croatia
10. Portugal
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11. Netherlands
12. Latvia
13. Malta
14. Ireland
15. Azerbaijan


SF2 (with first rehearsal ongoing)

1. Austria
2. Australia
3. Cyprus
4. Armenia
5. Lithuania
6. Georgia
7. Slovenia
8. Belgium
9. Greece
10. Estonia
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11. Denmark
12. Poland
13. Albania
14. Iceland
15. Romania
16. San Marino

.

[Nicky91]

day 4 of rehearsals


first semi final second rehearsals

[Nicky91]

Friday May 5th

Stealing Sheep
Natalie McCool
Alex from The Lathums
Andy McCluskey (OMD)
Red Rum Club

Kalush Orchestra
Gemma Cairney DJ set
IAmKyami
Niix, Maund and Binary

Saturday May 6th

Royalty Ball by House of Suarez
Jake Shears
Voyager – Australia’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Andrew Lambrou – Cyprus’ Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
The Busker – Malta’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Remo Forrer – Switzerland’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Mimicat – Portugal’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Laura Jackson
DJ Sweet Spot
Will Tramp (Homoelectric)

Sunday May 7th

House Gospel Choir
Hey Duggee Live Show
Bluey Live Show
Andy and The Odd Socks
Blue Peter
Freya Skye
EuroBrass
LIMF Academy presents;
Ni Maxine
Tee
Mic Lowry
Chris E and Laura Weaver
Matica

Monday May 8th (This is Ukraine)

Antytila
Go_A
TVORCHI
Jerry Heil
alyona alyona

BBC Introducing presents;
ZUZU
KOF & Friends
Hushtones
The Crawlers

SISU
Raw Silk

Stage Host – Masha Vynogradova

Tuesday May 9th - Night at the Opera

English National Opera does Eurovision feat Ruslana, Sonia and Russell Watson
Melovin
Gustaph – Belgium’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Victor Vernicos – Greece’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Joker Out - Slovenia’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Hope Street Musical Choir
Natasha Kitty Kat
DJ Fairhurst
Josh Aitman and Snoodman Deejay

Stage Host – Jay Hynd

First Semi-Final screening

Wednesday May 10th

The National Lottery United by Music Tour presents;

Girls Don’t Sync
The Lightning Seeds
Miles Kane
Michael Aldag

Marco Mengoni – Italy’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Käärijä – Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Alessandra – Norway’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
TuranTuralX ft Eldar Gasimov – Azerbaijan’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry

100 Voice United Choir
Liverpool Unity Choir
Mix-stress
Piping Hot Disco

Stage Host – Dave Monks (BBC Introducing)

Thursday May 11th (

Jamala presents QIRIM with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
KrutB
Luke Black – Serbia’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Let 3 – Croatia’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Hope SEN Project
Neurodiversity Choir
Hope Uni Big Band
Yvonne (Dig Vinyl)
Backyard Balearic
Dharma Collective

Second Semi-Final screening

Friday May 12th

Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon
Sophie Ellis Bextor
Fleur East
TikTok Take Over
Sonic Yootha
Shen
Alien Izz
Danny Beard

LIMF Academy presents
Superlate
Amique
Lazy Girl
Spiltmilk Society
Jade Burns (DJ)

Saturday May 13th (Grand Final Party at the Pier Head)

Claire Richards (Steps)
Vengaboys
Katrina of Katrina and the Waves
Jedward’s Epic Eurovision Singalong
Brooke
Dross
Danielle Moore

Stage Host - Motsi Mabuse

Grand Final screening


https://eurovision.tv/story/liverpool-2023-full-eurovision-village-lineup

[Nicky91]

Sunday May 7th also the Turquoise Carpet, Opening Ceremony

which all is livestreamed from the official eurovision channel on youtube


----------------
and in terms of coronation day Saturday May 6th is a working day in the UK so rehearsals of the Big 5 + Ukraine will be happening then and on Monday May 8th despite a bank holiday in the UK rehearsals will still go on, but with lesser staff on site

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/live-blog-wednesday-3-may

the live blog for todays rehearsal day

kick off at 10:30 UK Time (11:30 CET)

each act now only has 20 minutes the time to rehearse (and this is the last chance for any of the acts to go through some costume changes, last minute staging changes) post second rehearsals changes will be no longer allowed



and a reminder the semi finals are 100% televote and no juries (after last years controversy) there are juries in the final though

[Nicky91]

revealed spokespersons so far

Albania: Andri Xhahu
Cyprus: Loukas Hamatsos
Estonia: Ragnar Klavan
Greece: Fotis Sergoulopoulos
Israel: Ilanit
Netherlands: S10
Poland: Ida Nowakowska
San Marino: John Kennedy O'Connor
Spain: Ruth Lorenzo
Switzerland: Chiara Dubey
Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich

[Nicky91]

commentators for UK

BBC1
Semi Finals: Scott Mills & Rylan Clark
Grand Final: Graham Norton & Mel Giedroyc

BBC Radio 2: Paddy O'Connell (Semi Finals)
(Final) Scott Mills & Rylan Clark

BBC Radio Merseyside: Claire Sweeney & Paul Quinn
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USA commentator for Peacock: Johnny Weir


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Chile will also be broadcasting the grand final contest for the first time


and in terms of non-participating countries, so far confirmed to be broadcasting are North Macedonia and as usual on radio only Slovakia with 4 commentators (Daniel Baláž, Lucia Haverlík, Pavol Hubinák and Juraj Malíček)

[Nicky91]

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[Nicky91]

whew whew whew Ukraine's staging is a true serve


terminator vibes all over!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

im afraid this show is being overshadowed by the Coronation

[Barry.]

im afraid this show is being overshadowed by the Coronation

As it should.

[Nicky91]

im afraid this show is being overshadowed by the Coronation

As it should.

nonsense, it is only rehearsals now

live shows are after the coronation anyway, starting from Tuesday 9th, Thursday 11th


there is no press allowed in the arena ;) unlike other years, now no press at all

[Crimson Dynamo]

nonsense, it is only rehearsals now

live shows are after the coronation anyway, starting from Tuesday 9th, Thursday 11th


there is no press allowed in the arena ;) unlike other years, now no press at all

nah

everyone knows our song is trash so very little interest

[Nicky91]

nah

everyone knows our song is trash so very little interest

no, it is a enjoyable fun catchy pop song

https://eurovision.tv/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_slider/public/media/image/2023-05/2023.05.04%20Corinne%20Cumming%20-%20EBU-3925.jpg?itok=wC_EGWNV

she had her first rehearsal yesterday btw, this is her staging

[Nicky91]

also coincidental but the first song performed live in the contest is titled Queen of Kings, how fitting right after the big coronation day in the UK

:cool:

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/story/ruslana-feature-2023-grand-final


Ukrainian singer Ruslana, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, will join the Grand Final show of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 through a special pre-recorded performance filmed in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv.

Ruslana, who won the Contest with the song Wild Dances, will connect Kyiv and Liverpool in a very symbolic way, and her appearance will reflect this year’s theme: United By Music.

United by Music demonstrates the unique partnership between the United Kingdom, Ukraine and host city Liverpool, to bring the 2023 Contest to audiences across the globe and showcase the incredible power of music to bring communities together.

Ruslana is the latest in a long lineup of Ukrainian artists to be revealed as taking part in the Grand Final in Liverpool.

The two other acts who have won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine - Kalush Orchestra and Jamala - will also be in attendance on the night. Other fan favourites from Ukraine over the years, such as Tina Karol, Go_A and Verka Serduchka, will be taking part in the show too.

.

[Nicky91]

more spokespersons revealed

Azerbaijan: Narmin Salmanova
Romania: Eda Marcus
Finland: BESS
Sweden: Farah Abadi

[Nicky91]

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last years winners Kalush Orchestra in the eurovillage last night :)





and btw our forum's national treasure, icon Charity Shop Sue being head of delegation
UYmobkEXEJk

:laugh:

[Nicky91]

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today the day of the carpet ceremony, here's the link already for anyone else if you want to watch this afternoon 16:00 CET (15:00 UK Time)

[Vanessa]

When does it start? Tuesday?

[Crimson Dynamo]

When does it start? Tuesday?

The Song contest is next Saturday 13th

[Vanessa]

The Song contest is next Saturday 13th
Can't wait. Love Eurovision!

[Nicky91]

The Song contest is next Saturday 13th

:nono: stop with the fake news trolling


the contest begins on Tuesday (Semi 1)



you guys are voting in Thursday's Semi 2 btw

[Nicky91]

the flavour of Polish Bejba Blanka Stajkow outslaying everyone on the carpet in terms of hotness

:clap1:


but aussie freddie mercury yet to come still tbh, i mean Danny from Voyager (but he gives me lowkey Freddie vibes)

[Nicky91]

today semi final 1 rehearsal for the first time with press in the arena

[Nicky91]

reminder of the running order of semi 1

01) Norway - game of thrones inspired schlager dance pop

02) Malta - funky introvert dance bop

03) Serbia - experimental, video game vibes alternative entry

04) Latvia - dream pop very latvian rock ballad

05) Portugal - portuguese cabaret, think caro emerald but then in portuguese

06) Ireland - anthemic feel good vibes entry, has vibes of a world cup theme song

07) Croatia - anti putin entry but done in a comedic, funny and catchy bop

08) Switzerland - anti war ballad, with 4 dancers

09) Israel - israeli k-pop with a hebrew sauce, and a dance break

10) Moldova - typical moldovan folk bop with a tribal sauce over it

11) Sweden - bits of ABBA vibes, bits of Mel C vibes in instrumentals and Loreen being Loreen

12) Azerbaijan - authentic azerbaijani entry with a nice britpop sauce

13) Czechia - typical czech folk entry with also some ukrainian, bulgarian, czech and english lyrics

14) Netherlands - intimate ballad, think A Star is Born shallow but then more intimate

15) Finland - a 3 minutes of finnish craziness, party, finnish rammstein meets schlager vibes and mentions of Pina Colada drinks

.

[Vanessa]

I love Liverpool. I went there with my late mum, who was a massive Beatles fan.
She would have loved this Eurovision.

[Nicky91]

I love Liverpool. I went there with my late mum, who was a massive Beatles fan.
She would have loved this Eurovision.

Latvia's Sudden Lights remade that iconic beatles album cover themselves for yesterdays carpet ceremony, same outfit style too

[Nicky91]

Montenegro, North Macedonia still broadcasting all shows of this years contest, despite having withdrawn

Faroe Islands also broadcasting all shows with danish commentary


not sure yet how many of the shows Kosovo will broadcast

[Nicky91]

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1488153308/nl/foto/remo-forrer-representative-for-switzerland-attending-the-eurovision-song-contest-2023.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=9Qs5j3ylL2-ajVE3mrhTlz4DTWM70n9qRKQpuD816xE=
Switzerland

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1488177779/nl/foto/blanka-representative-for-poland-attending-the-eurovision-song-contest-2023-liverpool-opening.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=JaP7nyZR-fTn4kI7LdS3jzCJBoW_-Ac4SwJ5UkHD7Xw=
Poland

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1488148805/nl/foto/luke-black-representative-for-serbia-attends-the-eurovision-song-contest-2023-liverpool.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=KYeVVtgviA__Ykfame-FmShPLlkDB722rn4hI63j8NQ=
Serbia

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1488151771/nl/foto/let-3-representatives-for-croatia-attend-the-eurovision-song-contest-2023-liverpool-opening.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=ZdFh3QOYzLgb4poz2yuupVGHu4iEOE4z4r7dWXVEWII=
Croatia

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1488155897/nl/foto/loreen-representative-for-sweden-attending-the-eurovision-song-contest-2023-liverpool-opening.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=ie0Itr42QFJFDKPGvyGi1qknYMeIumzICtSlYNz2i-A=
Sweden

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1488165302/nl/foto/k%C3%A4%C3%A4rij%C3%A4-representative-for-finland-attending-the-eurovision-song-contest-2023-liverpool.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=wZXOxQIAbDH_1IKdzDgJYUopcbF-yK4PSSG42dnLvV0=
Finland

[Nicky91]

today :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:



last night watched the big eurovision welcome show, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, amazing :clap2:


Jamala & Birdy with All You Need is Love (with a choir, also John Lennon's sister in that)


Conchita :flutter: such a magical performance



Germany's Lord of the Lost coming with a ABBA Waterloo heavy metal cover after ESC they promised us

[Nicky91]

great poems too from Ricky Tomlinson (lovely tribute to all of the beatles songs)

and also from Shirley Ballas :love:


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new promo btw, featuring also bake off judge Paul Hollywood :D

[Nicky91]

idk who to vote for yet tonight, i'm in doubt between Croatia and Moldova (my guilty pleasure of the year and no.1 of my ranking or the one who i have been stanning since Etapa Nationala)

[Nicky91]

guest performers for tonight

Opening Acts:
a Dance Group to ''Together in Electric Dreams

Julia Sanina performing ''Mayak''


Interval Acts:

Alyosha Ft Rebecca Ferguson performing ''Ordinary World''

Rita Ora with a medley of her songs ''Ritual'' ''Anywhere'' ''I Will Never Let You Down'' as well as her newest song ''Praising You''

.

[Nicky91]

if we dutchies do not qualify, i want to have some power in our next entry for 2024


nederpop folklore then, with legends Acda & De Munnik #TheFlavourIWouldServe

[Crimson Dynamo]

I take it you will be posting live reactions when the song contest is on on saturday night?

[Vanessa]

1st semifinal on now.

[Vanessa]

I like that from Serbia. Great beat.

[Crimson Dynamo]

what a shame Nicky has gone to bed and missed it

[UserSince2005]

Ireland man has a nice camel toe

[Vanessa]

Brilliant entry from Ireland.

[Vanessa]

That was so weird from Croatia!

[UserSince2005]

Brilliant entry from Ireland.

It was hard to see past the golden vagina

[UserSince2005]

Switzerland is nice. But I’m here for sweden

[Vanessa]

Switzerland, wow. That was amazing!

[UserSince2005]

Not a flute playing dwarf

[Vanessa]

That was fun!

[Vanessa]

Loreen
Wow wow wow best so far.
Potential winner for me.

[UserSince2005]

Sad for Loreen. Her staging in Sweden was so much better. Hopefully they can at least fix the lighting for the final

[Vanessa]

Sad for Loreen. Her staging in Sweden was so much better. Hopefully they can at least fix the lighting for the final

It's one of the favourites to win this year.

[Vanessa]

Surprisingly really good entry from Netherlands.
I'm loving this. Quality song and performance.

[Vanessa]

Woooah Finland. This is brilliant :dance:

[Vanessa]

I person did not like Norway. But they usually do well.

[UserSince2005]

Poor Ireland. Sabotaged by his golden vagina. He couldn’t perform properly knowing he was on display. :(

[Vanessa]

Loreen s done it. She's through to the final! :cheer2:

[Denver]

Sweden will win and Loreen deserves it so much

[Vanessa]

Sweden will win and Loreen deserves it so much

She has a very good chance. That was incredible!

[UserSince2005]

Sweden will win and Loreen deserves it so much

I didn’t like her preformance but only because she was so good in Sweden :(

[Zizu]

I like that from Serbia. Great beat.


Yeah I liked that Serbia song especially, great overall sound as well

Latvia wasn’t too bad also

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[Zizu]

That beautiful Israeli had a verse from a David Bowie song and a chorus from a Katy Perry song but age sang and danced like Shakira !?!


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[Zizu]

Really liked the Dutch duet !!

Fabulous melodies

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[Zizu]

Nonsense that Nederland didn’t qualify


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[Mystic Mock]

That beautiful Israeli had a verse from a David Bowie song and a chorus from a Katy Perry song but age sang and danced like Shakira !?!


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The dancing was exquisite from Israel's entry.:dance:

But tbf I think that most of them were decent.

Of the ones that went through I really liked Serbia, Finland, and Croatia.

Czechia I thought were weaker compared to the recorded version.

And Sweden was by the numbers for me, I think it's only a contender because Loreen is the one singing it, there are better entries in the competition imo.

[bots]

unlucky neem :laugh:

[Niamh.]

unlucky neem [emoji23]I'm pretty happy about it actually, the song was ****e but also I didn't like the way they fired their choreographer a few weeks back because of a few tweets he sent (one because he called a "trans" rapist a man.)

[Zizu]

The dancing was exquisite from Israel's entry.:dance:

But tbf I think that most of them were decent.

Of the ones that went through I really liked Serbia, Finland, and Croatia.

Czechia I thought were weaker compared to the recorded version.

And Sweden was by the numbers for me, I think it's only a contender because Loreen is the one singing it, there are better entries in the competition imo.


It’s funny how all our tastes are so different


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[Nicky91]

:clap1: :clap1: :clap1:


i voted for Croatia, such a EPIC FUN Quirky crowdpleasing comedic take on a anti-war song and the pyro's from the missiles, what a show


also those vocals :worship:


fun fact: Let 3 are a very very well known, famous act in their country, won many awards for some of their other work



Moldova my 2nd favourite, 3 minutes of pure fun and tribal moldovan folk, the dwarf is Pasha's friend too btw, since his bachelor party, and the flute is a traditional moldovan instrument


my faves being announced as first two qualifiers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



out of qualifiers

i only would've swapped Norway with Malta, and Switzerland with Azerbaijan

but native language winning :flutter:

[Nicky91]

Nonsense that Nederland didn’t qualify


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some of the worst vocals of the night, alongside Sweden (screechy Loreen) and Israel (Noa is HOT and a phenomenal dancer but a singer she ain't)


Norway's Alessandra was a bit pitchy in places too

[Nicky91]

Denmark:

very likeable guy, in the song we have BTS k-pop vibes similarities to dynamite, vocals are not for everyone but there is an audience for this

also first faroese singer in ESC


Armenia

very attractive lady, some imaginary armenian - Begu, Dugu, Lugu and also some actual armenian phrases near the end for a dramatic finish

very classy entry


Romania

performed in romanian and some english, bit of a romanian maneskin vibe for me, although you notice his inexperience by far too

however he is very sympathetic, loveable


Estonia

piano ballad by the ''Arcade'' composer Wouter Hardy, very jury friendly although if that was a smart choice in a 100% televote semi


Belgium

music has george michael, 90's house vibes, looks wise belgian boy george vibes

is a fun song, and it has a Vogue dancer


Cyprus

very plastic, swedish ''melfest'' pop ballad, nothing authentic towards cyprus about this at all, performed by a australian singer with some cypriot roots


Iceland

this is very Iceland 2017 meets Armenia 2019, not bad but missing a lot of things to make it any good of a performance

also vocally very wannabe Sia-ish, and wannabe more as it's not very good


Greece

new talented 16 yr old singer-songwriter, own composition too of both music and lyrics, strong lewis capaldi, ed sheeran, dean lewis vibes

very jury friendly


Poland

very enjoyable summer bop, shaky vocals in places but she compensates that with a very great performance and having huge meme potential, BEJBA ITS KAINDA KRAJZA

very good looking either, probably has that from her mom a former model, and Blanka works as model herself too, been on polish's next top model

her dad is bulgarian, works as a casino owner in poland and owns a news tabloid too


Slovenia

slovene new wave rock by recent winners of best slovenian song ''Gola'' in last years national music awards there

they also recently worked with the legend of new wave Elvis Costello


contenders to win the semi


Georgia

very quirky, very ethnic in instrumentals, nice playing with english words and making some english words of her own

Iru was part of their Junior Eurovision winning act in 2011, Candy and was one of last years Junior Eurovision composers for Mariam Bigvava's I Believe


San Marino

solid rock song with decently catchy lyrics for san marino standards, is last place in semi odds but with a semi this open, you never know

it are good vocals, and there is an audience for this but with similar rock songs here might make them come across underwhelming


Austria

tribute to american poet Edgar Allan Poe with this instant earwurm crowdpleasing bop by two very quirky lovely ladies

this instantly makes you want to get up and dance along

contains few italian words


Albania

very traditional balkan ballad, which turns into bit more midtempo song

Albina is the main star with her family (mom, dad, sister, brother) also singing and dancing along

it is quite a lovely thing to see


Lithuania

english lyrics give you Ylva & Linda Africa Song Contest composition vibes, but with two lovely lithuanian words which are very earwurm and uplifting

very soulful


Australia

80's synth rock vibes all over and what a way to close the show with such a super solid banger, this is australia at its best with a capital b

Danny (lead vocalist) is also incredibly charismatic of a performer

first rock, and later on in the song some heavy metal vibes

with nice pyro's and even a car on stage

.

[joeysteele]

I didn't mind the song for the Republic of Ireland.
The performance wasn't too good though.

For me however, there's worse through than Ireland.
A shame that.

[Crimson Dynamo]

UK's Eurovision singer who 'hates' Britain applies for German passport so she
can live in Spain

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/K1vEeVhyI_aB22s50BjYpw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQwNg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/rolling_stone_uk_articles_243/365e81e0cca5f6881c5a928420d3dd60

Mae Muller - the extreme left-wing "activist" picked by the BBC who will represent the UK
in Eurovision on Saturday - has applied for a German passport as "it means we
can live in Spain".

The singer, who previously tweeted "I hate this country" over a free school
meals row, said she wants to do well in the competition but doesn't regret her
controversial comments about Britain.

In a series of extreme tweets from 2020, Muller also branded the
Conservative Party “racist and elitist” while campaigning for hard left ex-
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

And while former Prime Minister Boris Johnson fought for his life in hospital
with Covid, she wrote: “Unpopular opinion but I do not feel sorry for him.

“Yes, he is human, yes, he has kids, but so do 100s of other people who have
actually died due to Tory policies. Taking up a bed in intensive care but
you’re not on a ventilator and in ‘high spirits’? Nah mate.”

According to the singer, her surname is from her grandfather Robert, a Jew

who fled Germany for Britain during World War II.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/mae-muller-britain-eurovision-uk-latest

[Livia]

UK's Eurovision singer who 'hates' Britain applies for German passport so she
can live in Spain

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/K1vEeVhyI_aB22s50BjYpw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQwNg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/rolling_stone_uk_articles_243/365e81e0cca5f6881c5a928420d3dd60

Mae Muller - the extreme left-wing "activist" picked by the BBC who will represent the UK
in Eurovision on Saturday - has applied for a German passport as "it means we
can live in Spain".

The singer, who previously tweeted "I hate this country" over a free school
meals row, said she wants to do well in the competition but doesn't regret her
controversial comments about Britain.

In a series of extreme tweets from 2020, Muller also branded the
Conservative Party “racist and elitist” while campaigning for hard left ex-
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

And while former Prime Minister Boris Johnson fought for his life in hospital
with Covid, she wrote: “Unpopular opinion but I do not feel sorry for him.

“Yes, he is human, yes, he has kids, but so do 100s of other people who have
actually died due to Tory policies. Taking up a bed in intensive care but
you’re not on a ventilator and in ‘high spirits’? Nah mate.”

According to the singer, her surname is from her grandfather Robert, a Jew

who fled Germany for Britain during World War II.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/mae-muller-britain-eurovision-uk-latest

Simple to see why the BBC chose her.

Can't we call Sam Ryder? See if he can come up with a tune by Saturday.

[jet]

Favourites of the night were Portugal and Switzerland, that guy has a great voice. Liked Moldova too.
A shame Azerbaijan didn't get through, I loved it.
The Swedish performance was too OTT for me. Calm down Loreen. :hee:

[Denver]

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[Niamh.]

That's great because she speaks all the European languages fluently

[bots]

ive just been thinking, with so many ukranians now living across europe in their millions, they can affect the vote in just about every country :laugh:

[Nicky91]

I didn't mind the song for the Republic of Ireland.
The performance wasn't too good though.

For me however, there's worse through than Ireland.
A shame that.

yeah a shame Loreen was always gonna qualify


i couldn't understand a word of what she was singing other than Tattoo :joker:


and also quite awful vocals, don't get why she's hyped that much in the odds (couldn't either back in 2012)


best ones for me personally were

Croatia: so much fun and vocals for that genre were pretty good, especially in the croatian alphabet section, almost croatian bohemian rhapsody :clap1: gorgeous

Moldova: genuine fun, moldova always knows how to stage these kind of acts so well

Israel: her singing okay but that dancing was total knockout and she looks sexy and the phenome, phenome, phenomenal parts are so catchy


i ended up also voting Croatia because our commentators were trashing it and singling it out as the only bad performance and they were pretending as if Mia & Dion had perfect vocals :laugh3:

[Vanessa]

Can't wait for tomorrow. We can finally vote!
Hope the line up is good.

[Vanessa]

If I had been allowed to, my vote would have definitely gone for Loreen. I think she's fantastic.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Its all one big hoax anyway as last year showed id imagine the winners for this year have already been decided based on who can afford to host?

[Nicky91]

Can't wait for tomorrow. We can finally vote!
Hope the line up is good.

there are a couple of hunks in tomorrow's


Cyprus's Andrew

Australia's Danny (but all other male members of Voyager are decently looking too, and their female guitarist Simone is very sympathetic, suffers from migrain but doesn't stop her from having fun with the band)

San Marino's italian rock band Piqued Jacks those guys are good looking as well

[joeysteele]

Its all one big hoax anyway as last year showed id imagine the winners for this year have already been decided based on who can afford to host?

I think you are likely close to being right in that.

[Nicky91]

I think you are likely close to being right in that.

umm no


last year was just that majority of people had lots of sympathy for Ukraine, understandable of course (to me Stefania was a enjoyable anthemic fun song so i didn't complain against their win and UK was a well deserved runner up)

[Mystic Mock]

It’s funny how all our tastes are so different


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That's Music for you.:laugh:

And may it never change.:dance:

[Nicky91]

indeed Mock


tonight semi 2, glad i have one show i can more sit back and be a nicer judge without having to be too serious into who i will vote for, as we aren't voting this semi (i do have some favourites here though)


Albania, Australia, Belgium, Poland




and in terms of Poland, hope all of you tibbers will also be loving BEJBA her slayage summer bop performance


-------------------------
btw fun facts on Serbia's Luke Black, he studied at Universities in London apparently, and his stage surname ''black'' stands for the decade which was the death of the old serbian music scene also to hide his real surname ivanovic, coming from a extremely rich family, hence why he was able to go off to prestigious uni's in london

[Nicky91]

most views on youtube of semi 1: Croatia

:clap1: :clap1:

the flavour of my music taste :flutter:

[Vanessa]

Tonight we can vote. So excited :dance: