Eurovision 2023

Lithuania selects a Eurovision entry!

After two heats and two semifinals, tonight Lithuania will select a Eurovision entry. Out of ten songs, the entry will be chosen by 50% jury and 50% televoting. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here and on YouTube. The competing songs are: 1 Mario Junes Do what you do 2 MoonBee Rumor 3 Justė Kraujelytė Need more fun 4 Paulina Paukštaitytė Let me think about me 5 Beatrich Like a movie 6 Rūta Mur So low 7 Il Senso Sparnai 8 Petunija Love of my life 9 Gabrielus Vagelis Sauksmas 10 Monika Linkytė Stay Justė Kraujelytė was there last year and became 6th.Petunija took part in 2016 (heats) and 2022 (semifinal).Gabrielus Vagelis took part in 2013 (semifinals), 2017 (5th), 2020 (semifinals), 2021 (semifinals).Monika Linkytė took part in 2010 (10th), in 2011 (4th), in 2014 (heats) and represented Lithuania in 2015 together with Vaidas Baumila with the song “This time”.

Marco Mengoni represents Italy

After he won the Festival Di Sanremo yesterday, Marco Mengoni confirmed today that he will go to Eurovision. He confirmed that during the winners press conference this afternoon. The signs that he would do the job were already there. Yesterday, he said in a BBC-interview that he would like to go. Marco Mengoni will sing the song “Due vite” in Liverpool. The song is written by Marco himself with Davide Pretella and Davide Simonetta. Italy is placed directly for the final.

Marco Mengoni wins San Remo 2023

(photo by Alvaro Sanabria-Rangel) It’s “Due Vite”by Marco Mengoni that won the 73rd edition of the Italian San Remo festival! Every night he participated, he won the first place. It’s the second time he won the competition. In 2013, it was his first time winning the competition with “L’Essenziale”. Back then he went to the Eurovision Song Contest, and ended up quite high with 7th place.” The question is, will he participate in Eurovision again this year? Well, we only need to wait and find out. You can find the San Remo performance of “Due Vite” right here: The San Remo 2023 top 5 were: Marco Mengoni – “Due Vite” Lazza – Cenere Mr. Rain – Supereroi Ultimo – Alba Tananai – Tango

The Busker wins Maltese selection

Maltese band The Busker has won the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The Band reached the first place in MESC2023 with the song “Dance (our own party)”, written by David Meilak and composed by David Meilak, Jean Paul Borg, Matthew James Borg, Michael Joe Cini and Sean Meachen. It is not sure whether “Dance (our own party)” will be the Maltese entry, as this is not obliged according to the rules of MESC. Malta will perform in the first half of the first semifinal. Here are the full results: The Busker sings “Dance (our own party)”, 121 pts. Maxine Pace, “Alone”, 73 pts. Brooke sings “Checkmate”, 70 pts. Matt Blxck sings “Up”, 45 pts. Ryan Hili sings “In the silence”, 41 pts. Chris Grech sings “Indescribable”, 34 pts. Ian sings “On my own”, 22 pts. Fabrizio Faniello sings “Try to be better”, 21 pts. Eliana Gomez Blanco sings “Guess what”, 20 pts. Christian Arding sings “Eku Ċar”, 17 pts. Nathan sings “Creeping walls”, 12 pts. Dan sings “It’ll be OK”, 10 pts. Cheryl sings “La la land”, 9 pts. Geo Debono sings “The mirror”, 3 pts. Giada sings “I depend on you”, 3 pts. Stefan Galea sings “Heartbreaker”, 3 pts.

Croatia: controversial Let 3 wins DORA

The controversial Croatian band Let 3 has won DORA, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The band will thus represent Croatia with the song “Mama šč!”. Croatia will perform in the 1st half of the first semifinal. The full results of DORA 2023 are: Let 3, “Mama šč!”, 279 pts. Harmonija Disonance, “Nevera (lei lei)”, 155 pts. Detour, “Master blaster”, 114 pts. The Splitters, “Lost and found”, 110 pts. Damir Kedžo, “Angels and demons”, 103 pts. Eni Jurišić, “Kreni dalje”, 71 pts. Krešo & Kisele Kiše, “Kme kme”, 53 pts. Barbara Munjas, “Putem snova”, 52 pts. Meri Andraković, “Bye bye blonde”, 44 pts. Hana Mašić, “Nesreća”, 33 pts. Top Of The Pops ft. Mario 5reković, “Putovanje”, 33 pts. Martha May, “Distance”, 31 pts. Boris Štok, “Grijeh”, 17 pts. Đana, “Free fallin’”, 14 pts. Maja Grgić, “I still live”, 13 pts. Yogi, “Love at first sight”, 13 pts. Tajana Belina, “Dom”, 10 pts. Patricia Gasparini, “I will wait”, 8 pts.

It’s Theodor Andrei for Romania

Theodor Andrei will represent Romania. “D.G.T. (Off and on) is chosen out of 12 songs. The song is written and composed by Luca De Mezzo, Luca Udățeanu, Theodor Andrei and Xjahed. The rull results are: Theodor Andrei, “D.G.T. (Off and on), 5.230 pts Andreea D Folclor Orchestra, “Periniţa mea”, 4.845 pts. Andrei Duţu, “Statues”, 4.302 Aledaida, “Bla bla bla”, 4.250 Amia, “Puppet”, 4.232 pts. Steven Roho, Gabriela Lazar & Formaţia Albatros, “Lele”, 2.857 pts. Maryliss, “Hai vino”, 2.471 pts. Jaxman, “Bad & cool”, 2.459 pts. Deiona, “Call on me”, 1.878 pts. Andrada Popa, “No time for me” 1.606 pts. Ocean Drive, “Take me home” 1.469 pts. Adriana Moraru, “Faraleis” 925 pts.

Sudden Lights wins Supernova 2023

Sudden Lights has won Supernova 2023. The band will represent Latvia at Liverpool with “Aijā”. The song is sung in English and Latvian. It’s a mixture between a lullaby and a rock-drum song. You can find the Supernova performance of “Aijā” right over here: these are the full Supernova results: Sudden Lights – Aijā Patrisha – Hush 24. Avenija – you said Markus Riva – Forever Avéi – Let Me Go Raum – Fake Love Toms Kalderauskis – When It All Falls Alise Haijima – Tricky Arturs Hatti – Love Vibes Luize – You To Hold Me

Reiley represents Denmark!

Reiley will represent Denmark in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. He will sing the song “Breaking my heart”. He won after an exciting evening. Denmark will perform in the first half of the second semifinal. Here are the full results of the superfinal: Reiley, “Breaking my heart”, 43% Nicklas Sonne, “Freedom”, 34% Micky Skeel, “Glansbillede”, 23% The other finalists were: Maia Maia, “Beautiful bullshit” Frederik Leopold, “Stuck on you” Eyjaa, “I was gonna marry him” Mariyah LeBerg, “Human” Søren Torpegaard Lund, “Lige her”

Alika wins Eesti Laul 2023

Photo by Mats Oun Alika has won Eesti Laul 2023, and will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Bridges”! She went on the Superfinal, together with the rockband Bedwetters, and Ollie. In the end it was between Alika and Ollie, where she took eventual the victory. Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence has reacted to “Bridges”, and called it superstar quality. You can see the Eesti Laul performance right over here: We will see Alika in the Second Semi Final on May 11th.

Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo results are in!

In Lithuania, the semifinal results are in. Out of 10 songs, the best five will head to the final next week: Beatrich sings “Like a movie”, 20 Paulina Paukštaitytė sings “Let me think about me”, 18 Monika Linkytė sings “Stay”, 17 MoonBee sings “Rumor”, 17 Mario Junes sings “Do what you do”, 12 Matt Len sings “Midnight train”, 8 Gebrasy sings “Saw your ghost”, 8 Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys sing “Sėdi ir važiuoji”, 7 Agnė sings “New start”, 6 Luknė sings “Paradise”, 3