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.  

Thirty-seven countries took part overall. The winner was Loreen, representing Sweden with the song "Tattoo". This is the second time she has won the contest. She first won in 2012. 

 Hosting 
Ukraine won the 2022 contest, represented by Kalush Orchestra, but it was unable to host the competition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For this reason, the UK hosted the contest as they were the runners-up in 2022. 

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. The two semi-finals were hosted by Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina and Alesha Dixon, who all returned to host the final alongside Graham Norton. 

 Changes to the contest 

 In November 2022, it was announced by the European Broadcasting Union that the results of the two semi-finals would be decided by a public vote only.
 The EBU also introduced a "Rest of the World" vote. This allowed viewers from non-competing countries to vote in the contest under one category. This meant that there were now 38 televotes and 37 juries.

 Overview 
As per the rules of Eurovision, the Grand Final will consist of 26 countries. These include the previous winning country (Ukraine), the Big Five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and ten countries from each semi-final.

 Semi-final 1 
The first semi-final took place on 9 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST). Fifteen countries participated in the first semi-final, from which ten went to the final. Those countries plus France, Germany and Italy, as well as countries not participating in the contest under a combined "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final. The ten countries with the most votes went to the final.

+Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023CountryArtistSongPointsPlace1 NorwayAlessandra"Queen of Kings"1026th2 MaltaThe Busker"Dance (Our Own Party)"315th3 SerbiaLuke Black"Samo mi se spava"3710th4 LatviaSudden Lights"Aijā"3411th5 PortugalMimicat"Ai coração"749th6 IrelandWild Youth"We Are One"1012th7 CroatiaLet 3"Mama ŠČ!"768th8 SwitzerlandRemo Forrer"Watergun"977th9 IsraelNoa Kirel"Unicorn"1273rd10 MoldovaPasha Parfeni"Soarele și luna"1095th11 SwedenLoreen"Tattoo"1352nd12 AzerbaijanTuralTuranX"Tell Me More"414th13 CzechiaVesna"My Sister's Crown"1104th14 NetherlandsMia Nicolai and Dion Cooper"Burning Daylight"713th15 FinlandKäärijä"Cha Cha Cha"1771st

 Semi-final 2 
The first semi-final took place on 11 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST). Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final, from which ten went to the final. The semi-final countries plus Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom, as well as countries not participating in the contest under a combined "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final. The ten countries with the most votes went to the finall. 

+Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023CountryArtistSongPointsPlace1 DenmarkReiley"Breaking My Heart"614th2 ArmeniaBrunette"Future Lover"996th3 RomaniaTheodor Andrei"D.G.T (Off and On)"015th4 EstoniaAlika Milova"Bridges"7410th5 BelgiumGustaph"Because of You"908th6 CyprusAndrew Lambrou"Break a Broken Heart"947th7 IcelandDiljá"Power"4411th8 GreeceVictor Vernicos"What They Say"1413th9 PolandBlanka Stajkow"Solo"1243rd10 SloveniaJoker Out"Carpe Diem"1035th11 GeorgiaIru"Echo"3312th12 San MarinoPiqued Jacks"Like an Animal"016th13 AustriaTeya & Salena"Who the Hell is Edgar?"1372nd14 AlbaniaAlbina & the Kelmendi Family"Duje"839th15 LithuaniaMonika Linkytė"Stay"1104th16 AustraliaVoyager"Promise"1491st

 Final 
The final took place on 13 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final. These were the twenty countries that passed the semi-finals, and six other countries: the Big Five (France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom) and previous winner Ukraine.

Groups of music professionals from all 37 participating countries ranked the songs and each country's national jury awarded 12 points to their favourite song, 10 to their second favourite and 8 to 1 to their third to tenth favourite songs. After all the songs had performed, a televote was held in each of the 37 countries plus one 'Rest of the World' block. Each of the 38 televotes awarded 12 points to the song that ranked first, 10 to the song that ranked second and 8 to 1 to the songs that ranked third to tenth. The winner was the song with the most points overall.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Tattoo", placing first in the jury vote, second in the televote and first in the combined ranking. It was performed by Loreen, who had already won Eurovision 2012 with the song "Euphoria". 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. The other countries in the Top Five were Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway. 
+Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023CountryArtistSongPointsPlace1 AustriaTeya & Salena"Who the Hell Is Edgar?"12015th2 PortugalMimicat""5923rd3 SwitzerlandRemo Forrer"Watergun"9220th4 PolandBlanka"Solo"9319th5 SerbiaLuke Black""3024th6 FranceLa Zarra""10416th7 CyprusAndrew Lambrou"Break a Broken Heart"12612th8 SpainBlanca Paloma"Eaea"10017th9 SwedenLoreen"Tattoo"5831st10 AlbaniaAlbina & the Kelmendi Family""7622nd11 ItalyMarco Mengoni""3504th12 EstoniaAlika"Bridges"1688th13 Finland"Cha Cha Cha"5262nd14 CzechiaVesna"My Sister's Crown"12910th15 AustraliaVoyager"Promise"1519th16 BelgiumGustaph"Because of You"1827th17 ArmeniaBrunette"Future Lover"12214th18 MoldovaPasha Parfeni""9618th19 UkraineTvorchi"Heart of Steel"2436th20 NorwayAlessandra"Queen of Kings"2685th21 GermanyLord of the Lost"Blood & Glitter"1826th22 LithuaniaMonika Linkytė"Stay"12711th23 IsraelNoa Kirel"Unicorn"3623rd24 SloveniaJoker Out""7821st25 CroatiaLet 3""12313th26 United KingdomMae Muller"I Wrote a Song"2425th

 Split voting results 
During the Final, each national jury awarded their points individually. Once the jury ranking was complete, the televote points were added in ascending order, from the country that received the fewest jury points up to the country that received the most. 
PlaceCombinedJury voteTelevoteCountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints 1  Sweden 583  Sweden340 Finland376 2  Finland 526  Israel177 Sweden243 3  Israel362 Italy176 Norway216 4  Italy 350  Finland150 Ukraine189 5  Norway 268  Estonia  146  Israel185 6  Ukraine 243  Australia 130  Italy174 7  Belgium 182  Belgium 127  Croatia112 8  Estonia 168  Austria 104  Poland819 Australia151 Spain95 Moldova76 10  Czechia 129  Czechia 94  Albania59 11  Lithuania127 Lithuania 81  Cyprus58 12  Cyprus 126  Armenia 69  Belgium55 13  Croatia 123  Cyprus 68  Armenia53 14  Armenia 122  Switzerland 61  France50 15  Austria 120  Ukraine 54  Lithuania46 16  France 104  France 54  Slovenia45 17  Spain 100  Norway 52  Czechia35 18  Moldova 96  Portugal 43  Switzerland31 19  Poland 93  Slovenia 33  Estonia22 20  Switzerland 92  Moldova 20  Australia21 21  Slovenia 78  Albania 17  Serbia16 22  Albania 76  United Kingdom 15  Austria16 23  Portugal 59  Serbia 14  Portugal16 24  Serbia 30  Poland 12  Germany15 25  United Kingdom 24  Croatia 11  United Kingdom9 26  Germany 18  Germany 3  Spain5

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