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Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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The four hosts on stage

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

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

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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

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  • 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 only.
  • 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. This meant that there were now 38 televotes and 37 juries.

Overview

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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

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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 went to 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 went to the final.[9]

  Countries who made it to the Grand Final
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[10]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Norway Norway Alessandra "Queen of Kings" 102 6th
2 Malta Malta The Busker "Dance (Our Own Party)" 3 15th
3 Serbia Serbia Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" 37 10th
4 Latvia Latvia Sudden Lights "Aijā" 34 11th
5 Portugal Portugal Mimicat "Ai coração" 74 9th
6 Republic of Ireland Ireland Wild Youth "We Are One" 10 12th
7 Croatia Croatia Let 3 "Mama ŠČ!" 76 8th
8 Switzerland Switzerland Remo Forrer "Watergun" 97 7th
9 Israel Israel Noa Kirel "Unicorn" 127 3rd
10 Moldova Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Soarele și luna" 109 5th
11 Sweden Sweden Loreen "Tattoo" 135 2nd
12 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan TuralTuranX "Tell Me More" 4 14th
13 Czech Republic Czechia Vesna "My Sister's Crown" 110 4th
14 Netherlands Netherlands Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper "Burning Daylight" 7 13th
15 Finland Finland Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" 177 1st

Semi-final 2

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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 went to the final.[11] 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 went to the finall.[12]

  Countries who made it to the Grand Final
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[13]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Denmark Denmark Reiley "Breaking My Heart" 6 14th
2 Armenia Armenia Brunette "Future Lover" 99 6th
3 Romania Romania Theodor Andrei "D.G.T (Off and On)" 0 15th[a]
4 Estonia Estonia Alika Milova "Bridges" 74 10th
5 Belgium Belgium Gustaph "Because of You" 90 8th
6 Cyprus Cyprus Andrew Lambrou "Break a Broken Heart" 94 7th
7 Iceland Iceland Diljá "Power" 44 11th
8 Greece Greece Victor Vernicos "What They Say" 14 13th
9 Poland Poland Blanka Stajkow "Solo" 124 3rd
10 Slovenia Slovenia Joker Out "Carpe Diem" 103 5th
11 Georgia (country) Georgia Iru "Echo" 33 12th
12 San Marino San Marino Piqued Jacks "Like an Animal" 0 16th[b]
13 Austria Austria Teya & Salena "Who the Hell is Edgar?" 137 2nd
14 Albania Albania Albina & the Kelmendi Family "Duje" 83 9th
15 Lithuania Lithuania Monika Linkytė "Stay" 110 4th
16 Australia Australia Voyager "Promise" 149 1st

Final

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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).[14][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][15]

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.[16][17] 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.[18][19] The other countries in the Top Five were Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway.

Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[20]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Austria Austria Teya & Salena "Who the Hell Is Edgar?" 120 15th
2 Portugal Portugal Mimicat "Ai coração" 59 23rd
3 Switzerland Switzerland Remo Forrer "Watergun" 92 20th
4 Poland Poland Blanka "Solo" 93 19th
5 Serbia Serbia Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" 30 24th
6 France France La Zarra "Évidemment" 104 16th
7 Cyprus Cyprus Andrew Lambrou "Break a Broken Heart" 126 12th
8 Spain Spain Blanca Paloma "Eaea" 100 17th
9 Sweden Sweden Loreen "Tattoo" 583 1st
10 Albania Albania Albina & the Kelmendi Family "Duje" 76 22nd
11 Italy Italy Marco Mengoni "Due vite" 350 4th
12 Estonia Estonia Alika "Bridges" 168 8th
13 Finland Finland Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" 526 2nd
14 Czech Republic Czechia Vesna "My Sister's Crown" 129 10th
15 Australia Australia Voyager "Promise" 151 9th
16 Belgium Belgium Gustaph "Because of You" 182 7th
17 Armenia Armenia Brunette "Future Lover" 122 14th
18 Moldova Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Soarele și luna" 96 18th
19 Ukraine Ukraine Tvorchi "Heart of Steel" 243 6th
20 Norway Norway Alessandra "Queen of Kings" 268 5th
21 Germany Germany Lord of the Lost "Blood & Glitter" 18 26th
22 Lithuania Lithuania Monika Linkytė "Stay" 127 11th
23 Israel Israel Noa Kirel "Unicorn" 362 3rd
24 Slovenia Slovenia Joker Out "Carpe Diem" 78 21st
25 Croatia Croatia Let 3 "Mama ŠČ!" 123 13th
26 United Kingdom United Kingdom Mae Muller "I Wrote a Song" 24 25th

Split voting results

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

References

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  1. ↑ "Sweden's Loreen wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2023". eurovision.tv. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  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. 20 October 2022. 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). 13 March 2019. 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. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "First Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Second Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Second Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Liverpool will host Eurovision 2023". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Eurovision 2023: The Grand Final running order". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 11 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Grand Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. ↑ Team, i (14 May 2023). "How Finland stormed the public vote at Eurovision but didn't come away with the trophy". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Eurovision: Sweden's Loreen wins again, but UK's Mae Muller is second from last". BBC News. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  19. ↑ Halliday, Josh (14 May 2023). "Sweden wins Eurovision song contest in Liverpool with Loreen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Grand Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. EBU. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

Notes

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  1. ↑ Both Romania and San Marino scored 0 points, but Romania is deemed to have placed fifteenth according to the tie-break procedure, as it performed earlier in the running order.
  2. ↑ Both Romania and San Marino scored 0 points, but Romania is deemed to have placed 15th according to tie-break procedure, as they performed earlier in the running order.

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