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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”

The Netherlands: Mia and Dion sing “Burning Daylight”

photo: Avrotros Tonight was the moment the Dutch duo, Mia Nicolaï and Dion Cooper, presented their song. Already in November, it was announced that they were going to represent The Netherlands. The song, which we now know is called “Burning Daylight”, is written and composed by Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence and Jordan Garfield. After a 15 minute documentary about the song, The Dutch viewers were able to listen to it. This is the song:

Serbia: First semifinal Pesma za Evroviziju

Tonight Serbia starts 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. The contestants are: Mattia Zanatta & Angela Kassiani, “Novi svet” Adem Mehmedović, “Osmeh” Nađa, “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši” Tijana Dapčević, “Mamim” Stefan Zdravković, “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” Tijana Dapčević was 11th last year. She was also 3rd in the North Macedonian national selection in 1996, 4th in 2002 and 4th in 2005. In 2014 she represented North Macedonia with the song “To the sky”.Angellina was 4th last year.Boris Subotić was 10th in last year’s semifinal.Chegi & Braća Bluz Band were 10th in last year’s final.

It’s Blanka for Poland

Blanka will represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She will sing the song “Solo”, written by herself, Julia Sundberg and Maria Broberg and composed by Bartłomiej Rzeczycki, Blanka herself, Maciej Puchalski, Marcin Górecki and Mikołaj Trybulec. Below you will find the full results: Blanka, “Solo” Jann, “Gladiator” Dominik Dudek, “Be good” The other songs were: Felivers, “Never back down” Natasza, “Lift u up” Alicja Szemplińska, “New home” Yan Majewski, “Champion” Kuba Smajkowski, “You do me” Maja Hyży, “Never hide” Ahlena, “Booty”

Poland makes a choice

Tu bije serce Europy will be the national final for Poland tonight. Ten songs will compete. The choice will be made by 50% jury and 50% televoting. The show starts at 17:30 CET and you can watch it here and here. The ten competing songs are: 1 Natasza Lift U up 2 Kuba Szmajkowski You do me 3 Ahlena Booty 4 Dominik Dudek Be good 5 Alicja Szemplińska New home 6 Felivers Never back down 7 Maja Hyży Never hide 8 Jann Gladiator 9 Blanka Solo 10 Yan Majewski Champion Natasza became 2nd in the Polish national final in 2007 and in 2008.Kuba Smajkowski took part in 2022 and became 4th.Alicja Szemplińska won the 2020 national selection. Due to COVID19, her song “Empires” never represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest.Maja Hyży took part in 2018 and became 7th. In 2020 she took part in the semifinals.

Piqued Jacks will sing for San Marino!

Piqued Jacks will sing for San Marino. After a very long evening the band has been chosen to sing the San Marinese entry “Like an animal” in the Eurovision Song Contest. Piqued Jacks will perform in the second half of the second semifinal. Here are the full results: Piqued Jacks, “Like an animal” Le Deva, “Fiori su marte” XGiove, “Fucco e benzina Mayu, “C’e qualcosa in me che non funziona” Eiffel 65, “Movie star” Edoardo Brogi, “Due punti sull’equatore” Ellynora, “Mama told me” Tothem, “Sacro e profano” EEF, “Something for you” Vina Rose, “Oblivious” The other songs were: Alfie Arcuri, “Collide” Deborah Iurato, “Out of space” Deshedus, “Non basterà” Iole, “Sui tetto del mondo” Kida, “Stessa pelle” Lorenzo Licitra, “Never give up” Mate, “Prisma” NeVruz, “L’Alieno” Ronela Hajati, “Salvaje” Roy Paci, “Tromba” Thomas, “23:23”

Portugal: first semifinal decision made

Portugal has finally made a decision. From 10 songs, seven will head to the final. Here are the final results: MoYah, “Too much sauce” Bolha, “Sonhos de liberdade” April Ivy, “Modo voo” Churky, “Encurzilhada” Cláudia Pascoal, “Nasci Maria” Sal, “Viver” Mimicat, “Ai coração” You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown, “Contraste mudo” Neon Soho, “Endless world” Esse Povo, “Sapatos de cimento”