The Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will have a renewed format. There will be fewer semi-finals and there are no more artists pre-qualified for the grand final… which will take place in Trondheim. The event is the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The broadcaster NRK announced that the 21 contestants will be presented on January 4th at Marienlyst. […]
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The line-up of the Melodifestivalen 2023 is now closed. The event will select the Sweden’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). This Wednesday, the 14 remaining contestants were revealed. They will start in the third and fourth heats. There are more returning artists, one of them particularly relevant: Loreen, the winner of the ESC 2012 for Sweden. Now, […]
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Greece’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) has been chosen internally since 2018, but that could change in 2023. Paron newspaper writes that the broadcaster ERT is considering organizing a national final next year. A selection committee would have already chosen 30 songs from the 104 received ones. According to OGAE Greece, the costs have been keeping ERT away […]
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The first 14 participants at the Melodifestivalen 2023 were revealed this Tuesday. Once again, the show will serve as the Sweden’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). There are many well-known names, as Victor Crone who represented Estonia at the ESC in 2019; and Loulou LaMotte, that as a member of The Mamas was backing singer for […]
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Jimmy Jansson and Thomas Stengaard are part of the team behind the Cyprus’s song for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2023. Andrew Lambrou will be the singer, as had already been announced. The broadcaster CyBC has now revealed the names of these two professionals as part of the group that created the song – which is already being recorded by Andrew Lambrou […]
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The release date of the Benidorm Fest 2023 songs is already known: December 19. The event selects Spain’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). There will be 18 competing songs, whose titles have already been revealed, as well as the acts. The broadcaster RTVE has scheduled a press conference with all of them, in what will be the […]
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The Melodifestivalen 2023 format was tweaked, more specifically in the semi-final. This is Sweden’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). This semi-final is a kind of second chance round. According to the newspaper Aftonbladet, the broadcaster SVT decided to put the eight songs competing all at once instead of separating them into two groups (with […]
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Yesterday, profound changes in the voting system for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2023 were announced. One of which was that the results of the semifinals will be decided only by the public vote. A change that was implemented following the controversy of alleged irregular voting patterns by some national juries in this year’s […]
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There are new details about Unser Lied für Liverpool. The event will select Germany’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2023. According to the website ESC Kompakt, Stefan Leidner, who works with the broadcaster NDR, said that more than 250 have already been received. Record labels were contacted in order to encourage the submission of songs. Apparently, eight to ten […]
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Radical changes in the voting system for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2023. From next year, all countries in the world will be able to vote online, but this isn’t the only change. The Reference Group also approved that in the semifinals the results will be determined only by the public. As for the jury, it will vote in […]
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