Tomorrow marks the day when we’ll know which countries are competing in the first and second semi-finals in Liverpool, as the Allocation draw and the Host City Insignia handoff take place at 20:00 PM CET. We also saw a promotional image appear on the official Eurovision website which seems to hint that the slogan for 2023 could be “United By …
Set your alarms for 19:00 GMT (20:00 CET) on January 31st! Both the host city Handover and the all-important Allocation Draws for Eurovision 2023 will be broadcast live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and the official Eurovision YouTube channel. The show will be hosted by presenter and Eurovision superfan Rylan Clark, alongside AJ Odudu, who presented the UK’s points at …
Then, there were two. The BBC has announced that the shortlist of potential Eurovision host cities has been narrowed down to two candidates: Glasgow and Liverpool. These cities have satisfied the BBC and EBU’s criteria for a host city, including: Possession of a roofed venue with a capacity of over 10,000. Strong hotel availability. Suitable locations for a press centre …
TVR, the Romanian public broadcaster and EBU member station, has revealed that they spent 320,000 Euro (1.57 million lei) on the country’s participation in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. Mainnews.ro reports the cost breakdown down as: ~150,000 Euro (782,000 Lei) participation fee paid to the EBU, which secures the county’s slot in the contest as well as paying …
The remaining cities in contention to host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the United Kingdom on behalf of Ukraine, have been revealed! As announced on BBC Radio 2 this morning, the search for our 2023 host city has been narrowed down to: Glasgow Birmingham Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Sheffield These cities passed the initial round of checks. Their …
The wait to know the location of Eurovision 2023 is over — after much speculation, the EBU has confirmed that the 67th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the United Kingdom. In a press release revealed today, the EBU announced that Eurovision 2023’s hosting duties will be assumed by the BBC, in collaboration with representatives of Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC. …
It appears that Voxovation – formerly known as ASC, Inc. – have decided to push the Eurovision brand into South America following the inaugural season of the American Song Contest, and the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest Canada starting in 2023. According to the EBU’s press release, Eurovision Song Contest Latin America will be the operating name of the project and …
An interesting development has occurred in the search for where Eurovision 2023 will be held, amidst ongoing concerns that Ukraine may be unable to host the song contest next year. Due to the continued war in Ukraine, it is possible that the country will be unable to host – in which case, a number of countries have volunteered to host …
The EBU has announced that the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, held from May 10-14 in Turin, Italy, reached a viewership of 161 million people across the three live shows. The ratings were measured in 34 broadcast areas, corresponding to national broadcasters and associate broadcast partners across the globe. Average ratings in those areas were up three percentage points on 2021, …
Immediately before the jury results were revealed in this weekend’s Grand Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU released a statement noting some “irregular voting patterns” from a number of national juries in both the Second Semi-Final and the Grand Final. In their statement, they announced, “In the analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) …
