March 2, 2023

Tickets on sale 7 March

photo: Image of stockking on Freepik Tickets will go on sale at midday UK local time (13:00 Central European Time) on Tuesday 7 March. Tickets will only be available to purchase at www.ticketmaster.co.uk regardless of the country you are booking from, and you can only purchase tickets for one show at a time. You must have a Ticketmaster UK account to purchase tickets, and fans are encouraged to create their account in advance of Tuesday 7 March. Tickets are priced from £30 to £290 for the Semi-Final shows and from £80 to £380 for the Grand Final shows. You can only buy tickets for one show at a time. For the three Live televised shows, customers can purchase a maximum of 4 tickets in one order. For the six Preview shows, customers can purchase a maximum of 6 tickets per order. For more information, FAQs and terms and conditions, head to https://bbc.in/tickets2023 source: EBU

Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou presents entry

photo: instagram Today was the day that Andrew Lambrou presented his entry. Andrew will represent Cyprus with the song “Break a broken heart”. The song is written by Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thornfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Thomas Stengaard and Marcus Winther-John. Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thornfeldt and Thomas Stengaard already wrote “Adrenalina” (San Marino) and “El diablo” (Cyprus), Thornfeldt also wrote “Voices” (Sweden), all in 2021. Stengaard also wrote “Fade to black” (Azerbeidzjan) in 2022, “Sister” in 2019 and “You let me walk alone” in 2018, both for Germany. His Eurovision debut was a winning one: “Only teardrops” for Emmelie de Forrest (Denmark) in 2013. Andrew Lambrou himself is also not completely new to this world: last year he took part in the Australian national final. This is the Cypriot song:

Serbia: 2nd semifinal Pesma za Evroviziju

Tonight Serbia continues with their national selection: Pesma za Evroviziju. 16 songs will compete, an expert jury (50%) and televoters (50%). The show will start at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. Tonight’s songs are: Hurricane, “Zumi, zimi, zami” Nađa Terzić, “Devojka tvog dečka” Filarri, “Posle mene” Zejna, “Rumba” Frajile, “Neka, neka” Igor Vins & Bane Lalić, “Zato što volim” Petar Pupić, “Ako shvatim” Dzipsii, “Greh” Eegor, “Starac dana” Jovana Tomašević, “Kao grom iz vedra neba” Ivona Pantelić, “U noćima” Gift, “Liberta” Milan Bujaković, Zoran Todorović & Sanja Anastasija, “Fenomen” Aleksandar Simić & Nenad Osmanović, “Viva la vida” Drai, “Loše procene” Doris Milošević, “Tišina” Hurricane won the 2020 national final with “Hasta la vista”. Due to COVID19 the festival was cancelled and Hurricane got a 2nd chance with “Loco Loco” in 2021. Note that the girls are not the girls of the original group, but new singers.Zejna took part in last year’s national final and became 14th.Bane Lalić also took part last year but didn’t survive the semifinal.Ivona Pantelić became 12th last year.Gift became 13th last year.Milan Bujaković reached the 9th place in the 2020 final.

Serbia: Semifinal results are in

After a marvelous show, it was time for results. Out of 16 songs, 8 will go on to the final. The finalists are in bold: Mattia Zanatta & Angela Kassiani, “Novi svet” Adem Mehmedović, “Osmeh” Nađa, “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši” Tijana Dapčević, “Mamim” Princ, “Cvet sa istoka” Filip Baloš, “Novi plan, drugi san” Filip Zmaher, “Cujemo se sutra” Luke Black, “Samo mi se spava” Angellina, “Lanac” Empathy Soul Project, “Indigo” Stefan Maljković Shy, “Od jastuka do jastuka” Hercenšlus, “Vremenska zona” Savo Perović, “Presidente” Igor Stanojević, “Iza druge” Boris Subotić, “Nedostupan” Chegi & Braća Bluz Band, “Svadba ili kagba”