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

King Charles III & Queen Camilla reveal the stage
 

an iconic moment :D

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

https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/04/26/ki...-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

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


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

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 ;)

The new Eurovision stage is looking Amazing

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

https://escbubble.com/wp-content/upl.../liverpool.jpg

https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/...art-of-the.jpg

https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/jpim-s...640&quality=65

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

Betting Odds update Semi Finals
 

SF1 (post first rehearsal)
SF2 (with first rehearsal ongoing)
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day 4 of rehearsals


first semi final second rehearsals

Full Eurovision Village line ups announced!
 

Sunday May 7th also the Turquoise Carpet, Opening Ceremony

which all is livestreamed from the official eurovision channel on youtube


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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

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

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

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)

whew whew whew Ukraine's staging is a true serve


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

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