Carpe Diem (Joker Out song)

"Carpe Diem" (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkarpe ˈdiem]; transl. Seize the day) is a song by Slovene pop rock band Joker Out, released on 4 February 2023.[1] The song represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, after the band was internally selected on 8 December 2022 by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija), Slovenia's broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest.[2]

"Carpe Diem"
The official cover for "Carpe Diem"
Single by Joker Out
LanguageSlovene
Released4 February 2023
RecordedDecember 2022
Length2:45
LabelSelf-released
Songwriter(s)
  • Bojan Cvjetićanin
  • Jan Peteh
  • Jure Maček
  • Kris Guštin
  • Nace Jordan
  • Žarko Pak
Joker Out singles chronology
"Katrina"
(2022)		 "Carpe Diem"
(2023)
Music video
"Carpe Diem" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
  • Bojan Cvjetićanin
  • Jan Peteh
  • Jure Maček
  • Kris Guštin
  • Nace Jordan
  • Žarko Pak
Lyricist(s)
Bojan Cvjetićanin
Finals performance
Semi-final result
5th
Semi-final points
103
Final result
21st
Final points
78
Entry chronology
◄ "Disko" (2022)

Production and release

Recording for the song took place within the month of December 2022 in a Hamburg, Germany studio over a 12-day period, according to an Instagram post that the band had posted.[3] The band had stated that they had wanted to keep the entire song in the Slovene language, saying that "we want to translate Slovenian into a universal language of dance and entertainment that all countries understand."[4] In January 2023, the band would film their music video, shot in Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana at the Grand Hotel Union.[5]

On the same day that the band had been announced to be internally selected by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija), the broadcaster would announce that the song would premiere on a special Eurovision broadcast on TV SLO 1 called Misija Liverpool on 4 February 2023, along with the Eurovision Song Contest premiering the music video on their YouTube channel.[6]

Eurovision Song Contest
Main article: Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Slovenia has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[7]

References
  1. Tudor, Ruxandra (4 February 2023). "Seize the day! Slovenia's Joker Out will sing "Carpe Diem" at Eurovision 2023". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 5 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Slovenia has spoken: It's 'Joker Out' for Liverpool 2023". Eurovision Song Contest. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Granger, Anthony (29 December 2022). "🇸🇮 Slovenia: Joker Out Eurovision Entry Recorded". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. D'Eila, Luca (4 February 2023). "Slovenia: Joker Out reveals "Carpe Diem" music video — watch now!". ESCUnited. Retrieved 5 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Granger, Anthony (23 January 2023). "🇸🇮 Slovenia: Joker Out Film Music Video for Eurovision Entry". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Evrovizija: na Misijo Liverpool se podajajo Joker Out!". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. Groot, Evert (31 January 2023). "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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