Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was held in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Ukraine won the 2022 contest by Kalush Orchestra, but it was unable to host the competition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] 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.[2] The winner was Loreen representing Sweden with the song "Tattoo".[3] This is the second time she has won the contest. She first won in 2012.

Eurovision Song Contest 2023
United by Music
Dates
Semi-final 1 date 9 May 2023
Semi-final 2 date 11 May 2023
Final date 13 May 2023
Host
Venue Liverpool Arena
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)
Director
  • Nikki Parsons
  • Richard Valentine
  • Ollie Bartlett
Executive supervisor Martin Österdahl
Host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participants
Number of entries 37
Debuting countries None
Returning countries None
Vote
Voting system Each country awarded one set in the semi-finals, or two sets in the final of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.

In all three shows, online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.

Winning song  Sweden
"Tattoo"
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2022 2024►

Overview

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 9 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[4] Fifteen countries participated in the first semi-final, from which ten qualified for the final. Those countries plus France, Germany and Italy, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final.[5] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

  Qualifiers
R/O[6] Country[7] Artist[8] Song Language(s) Points[9] Place
1  Norway Alessandra "Queen of Kings" English[lower-alpha 1] 102 6
2  Malta The Busker "Dance (Our Own Party)" English 3 15
3  Serbia Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" (Само ми се спава) Serbian, English 37 10
4  Latvia Sudden Lights "Aijā" English[lower-alpha 2] 34 11
5  Portugal Mimicat "Ai coração" Portuguese 74 9
6  Ireland Wild Youth "We Are One" English 10 12
7  Croatia Let 3 "Mama ŠČ!" Croatian 76 8
8   Switzerland Remo Forrer "Watergun" English 97 7
9  Israel Noa Kirel "Unicorn" English[lower-alpha 3] 127 3
10  Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Soarele și luna" Romanian 109 5
11  Sweden Loreen "Tattoo" English 135 2
12  Azerbaijan TuralTuranX "Tell Me More" English 4 14
13  Czech Republic Vesna "My Sister's Crown" English, Ukrainian, Czech, Bulgarian 110 4
14  Netherlands Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper "Burning Daylight" English 7 13
15  Finland Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" Finnish 177 1

Semi-final 2

The first semi-final took place on 11 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[4] Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final, from which ten qualified for the final. Those countries plus Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final.[10] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

  Qualifiers
R/O[6] Country[7] Artist[8] Song Language(s) Points[11] Place
1  Denmark Reiley "Breaking My Heart" English 6 14
2  Armenia Brunette "Future Lover" English, Armenian 99 6
3  Romania Theodor Andrei "D.G.T. (Off and On)" Romanian, English 0 16
4  Estonia Alika "Bridges" English 74 10
5  Belgium Gustaph "Because of You" English 90 8
6  Cyprus Andrew Lambrou "Break a Broken Heart" English 94 7
7  Iceland Diljá "Power" English 44 11
8  Greece Victor Vernicos "What They Say" English 14 13
9  Poland Blanka "Solo" English 124 3
10  Slovenia Joker Out "Carpe Diem" Slovene 103 5
11  Georgia Iru "Echo" English 33 12
12  San Marino Piqued Jacks "Like an Animal" English 0 15
13  Austria Teya and Salena "Who the Hell Is Edgar?" English[lower-alpha 4] 137 2
14  Albania Albina and Familja Kelmendi "Duje" Albanian[lower-alpha 5] 83 9
15  Lithuania Monika Linkytė "Stay" English[lower-alpha 6] 110 4
16  Australia Voyager "Promise" English 149 1

Final

The final took place on 13 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[12] [4] Twenty-six countries participated in the final. These were the twenty countries that passed the semifinals, and six other countries: France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Ukraine. The winner was chosen by a jury and televote of all thirty-seven participating countries, as well as non-participating countries under an combined "Rest of the World" online vote.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Tattoo". It was performed by Loreen and written by Loreen along with Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström and Thomas G:son. Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway rounded out the top five. Sweden came second in the public vote to Finland, but won the jury vote by a large margin, allowing it to win.[13] 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.[14][15]

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

References
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Notes
  1. The introduction contains phrases in Italian and an expression in Latin
  2. Contains two repeated phrases in Latvian
  3. Contains several phrases in Hebrew
  4. Contains an expression in Italian
  5. Specifically Gheg Albanian
  6. Contains a repeated phrase in Lithuanian
  7. Contains an expression in Italian
  8. Specifically Gheg Albanian

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