Euricvision Song Contest 2023

Final
 Venue
 Entries
 Debuting

**Participation map**
* Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final or the PSR     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
 System
 Winner

**Euricvision Song Contest 2023**, often referred as **EUSC 2023**, is the debut edition of the Euricvision Song Contest. Although the festival was scheduled to take place in 2020, the sars-covid-19 pandemic delayed preparations, making it impossible for it to be held in Europe. However several associate members of the EUBU with better data in the control of the pandemic proposed to host the contest. Australia was finally chosen to hold the contest on January 23 of 2021.

On January 29, the official list of participating countries was shown, with 51 countries making their debut in the first edition of the festival. But finally on January 31, Tunisia declared for unknown reasons that they would not finally participate in the contest. The final list of participating countries was shown on February 10 with a total of 50 countries confirmed.

A few months later the contest was postponed until September of 2023, where the first edition was held with all the countries confirmed in 2021, confirming their participation again. The national finals were not made to be asked and were held during the summer to see, listen and select the candidates that were going to represent their countries in Sydney, Australia being the one in Australia the first held in the history of the Euricvision Song Contest. Then, all the countries followed until thus had the 50 official participants of the first edition.

## Location

Australia, officially the **Commonwealth of Australia**, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent. They were selected as organizers of the contest due to the crisis caused by the Covid-19, the associate members of the EUBU submitted their requests to organize the event and finally Australia, the country that most assured to host the contest as normally as possible. was selected, taking charge of all the trips and hotels to all the European chains and thus, participating in the festival with a place in the Grand Final being part of the Big 6.

### Bidding phase

As of February 18, the Australian HoD Monroe James officially presented the rules that Australian cities should meet in order to hold the contest.
The basic requirements to select a host city were set out in a document presented by the EUBU to SBS:

* A suitable venue that can accommodate around at least 10,000 spectators.
* An international press centre for 1,500 journalists with adequate facilities for all the delegates.
* A good distribution of hotel rooms, at different price categories, able to accommodate at least 2,000 delegates, accredited journalists and spectators.
* An efficient transport infrastructure, including a nearby international airport with readily available connections with the city, venue, and hotels.

On 25 February five cities were announced with possibilities to host the contest, they were:

**Key**
  †  Host venue   ‡  Shortlisted venues

Brisbane and Perth were discarded days after submitting their applications for lack of stockings and not meeting at least the basic requirements imposed by the EUBU, but Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney continued with Melbourne being the favorite to host the festival. Finally with Adelaide discarded and with an announcement from the Australian network SBS, to the surprise of some, Sydney was named host city and host of the contest held in the spring of 2023.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest slogan "Emblems" is linked to the official logo of the edition, and were unveiled on January 28. It consists of thin rectangles superimposed symbolizing the union of countries despite the harsh situation making the existence of the festival a reality. In turn, a plectrum with the Australian flag can also be seen on the left indicating that although Australia is far from Europe they are always there to help each other, and that what is really important is music and the union between nations. Making that plectrum an emblem.

### Presenters

On February 17, SBS and the EUBU announced that the contest would be hosted for the first time by three presenters, consisting in the former journalist and news presenter of the SBS Lee Lin Chin, the comedian Anthony Lehmann who is also a radio and television presenter and finally Jennifer Hawkins, she is model and television host, known for having won the 2004 Miss Universe title and being the host of some shows such as Australia's Next Top Model.
It was also announced that the Red Carpet opening ceremony would be hosted by the actor and TV presenter Daniel MacPherson moderating the press conferences, as well.

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on June 29 of 2023 at 20:00 CET, at Ifema Palacio Municipal located in Madrid. The organizing committee of the festival decided to do so because of the time difference with Australia is too large and so the European audience would find it more accessible to watch the draw. SBS will also broadcast the event live and then a recording at 16:00 (GMT +11).
The forty-four semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called "bloc voting" and increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final would be broadcast and voted by each of the six automatic finalist countries: Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

* Austria
* Belgium
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Switzerland
* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Sweden
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Georgia
* Kazakhstan
* Russia
* Türkiye
 Pot 4
 * Albania
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Estonia
* Hungary
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Israel
* Malta
* Moldova
* Romania

## Participants

### Semi-Final 1

Australia, Italy and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-Final 2

France, Germany and Spain will also vote in this semi-final.

## Score sheet

### Semi-Final 1

#### 12 points (Jury)

Below there is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the first semi-final:

#### 12 points (Televote)

Below there is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the first semi-final:

### Semi-Final 2

#### 12 points (Jury)

Below there is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the second semi-final:

#### 12 points (Televote)

Below there is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the second semi-final:

### Grand Final

#### 12 points (Jury)

Below there is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the final:

#### 12 points (Televote)

Below there is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the final:

## Other Countries

* Kosovo RTK tried to participate but then its application was denied during the first edition because it's a partially recognized state.
* Morocco Many Moroccan artists showed their interest in participating at the contest, they made a proposal to 2MTV to participate.
* Tunisia Tunisia appeared as a participating country in the first edition but two days later they confirmed that it would not finally participate, The public entity 'TT' had to carry a financial sanction and a veto.

## Incidents

### Kazakh NTK withdrawal

On February 22 at midnight, the international press reported that the public network from Kazakhstan NTK had confirmed its intention to withdraw from the contest after confirming its participation. A few hours later it was confirmed and NTK ceased to be a member of the EUBU. Despite the doubt of the Kazakh fans, the entity Khabar Agency joined to the EUBU, confirming that they would involve the eastern country from this edition onwards.

### Sudden withdrawal of Tunisia

Although Tunisia announced its participation, a few days later it was decreed that the country would not finally participate in the first edition of the contest, that was announced on January 31, 2021.
The Tunisian HoD Habiba Ghalya confirmed that the public broadcaster TT tried to negotiate the conditions to be able to broadcast the festival without show any images of Israel (nor performance or postcard or anything) with the EUBU but it was impossible.
Finally on March 7, Tunisia announced that their chosen song would have been "My Sweetheart" by the established singer Yael Naim, who is an Israeli-French singer and songwriter with strong Tunisian roots.