EUROVISION 2023 - General Discussion thread

[ESC United Mod Team]

This thread is for any general Eurovision 2023 discussion not limited to or specifically about any country's national selections or song choices.

 

[Mainshow]

Eurovision 2023: Here are the 37 countries competing in Liverpool

Public broadcasters from 37 countries will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest when the world’s biggest live music event is staged in Liverpool next May.

eurovision.tv

 

[Gera11]

Love how BBC is already feeding us more information in October than RAI did in like idk, February?

 

[rasmuslights]

my prediction for 11 nq-countries:

austria
denmark
malta
croatia
georgia
poland
norway
albania
latvia
ireland
azerbaijan/estonia /

top 10 prediction:
uk
netherlands
portugal
sweden
spain
italy
lithuania
ukraine
czech republic
israel

prediction for bottom 5 in the final:
cyprus
switzerland
iceland
moldova
germany

 

[Looren]

my prediction for 11 nq-countries:

austria
denmark
malta
croatia
georgia
poland
norway
albania
latvia
ireland
azerbaijan/estonia /

top 10 prediction:
uk
netherlands
portugal
sweden
spain
italy
lithuania
ukraine
czech republic
israel

prediction for bottom 5 in the final:
cyprus
switzerland
iceland
moldova
germany

Did the delegations secretly send you their songs in dms or what ?

 

[rasmuslights]

Did the delegations secretly send you their songs in dms or what ?

yes

 

[HarryUK]

So I attended a seminar today on the changing face of Eurovision and some of the panel today are on the board for the 2023 contest. They answered numerous questions and this is the vibe I got from their (often vague, obviously) answers to some questions:

- Liverpool only beat Glasgow because of their links to Odessa - the facilities and capability to host were even - their words

- They have already decided the hosts and I’m fairly sure from the facial reaction to the question of ‘are any of them Ukrainian’, that none of them are - my perception

- There are no plans to stream Vidbir on BBC iPlayer or BBC Three as rumoured (I think on Reddit) - their words

- No plans to keep semi finals on BBC One after 2023 - their words

- Junior Eurovision entrant and song announcement expected imminently - their words

 

[AlekS]

- They have already decided the hosts and I’m fairly sure from the facial reaction to the question of ‘are any of them Ukrainian’, that none of them are - my perception

The BBC and UA: PBC have signed a memorandum, PBC's staff member read some excerpts just 2 days ago. There will be at least one British and at least one Ukrainian host.

 

[HarryUK]

The BBC and UA: PBC have signed a memorandum, PBC's staff member read some excerpts just 2 days ago. There will be at least one British and at least one Ukrainian host.

The panel did say that BBC & UA;PBC meet weekly in Warsaw - it was just a vibe I got from the panel responses which makes me think there won't be a Ukrainian host. I personally would love at least one

 

[PolarFoxxie.]

The least amount of participating countries since 2014. fascinating...
So many withdraws this year, I mean for 2023.

 

[Gera11]

The least amount of participating countries since 2014. fascinating...
So many withdraws this year, I mean for 2023.

Yeah it's unfortunate but I've felt this would be the case ever since May, I thought even more would withdraw so all in all it's still good

 

[Rocket man]

I watched the Gymnastics World Championships last night on tv (it's on all this week), it's held in the same arena in Liverpool. It gives a good impression of what the atmosphere will be like for Eurovision.

 

[Bobjan FR]

I'm a bit pissed that listembourg never wanted to join, it would have been a year for them.

 

[blue00eyes]

The least amount of participating countries since 2014. fascinating...
So many withdraws this year, I mean for 2023.

Well only bad countries withdrew. Except Bulgaria. No cries

 

[12Pointsgoto.....]

Well only bad countries withdrew. Except Bulgaria. No cries

There is no such thing as a bad country in eurovision, everyone can have a song that performs well and your past entries don't affect your future entries.

 

[blue00eyes]

There is no such thing as a bad country in eurovision, everyone can have a song that performs well and your past entries don't affect your future entries.

Sure, but I'd honestly rather withdrew than waste 3min on Dmol's Heaven and a few different entries like Euro Neuro, some countries constantly put low effort and songs hookless. Plus we don't need pro-russian countries no matter how good the song is

 

[Looren]

Voting changes announced for Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Major changes to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 voting system have been announced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

eurovision.tv

 

[Mainshow]

It's about time!

Great changes!
That way, songs which get 0 televoting points won't be qualifying to the final anymore and juries can't vote down instant and huge fan favourites like "Igranka".

It's a great idea to let viewers and fans whose countries aren't taking part vote as well! Are we getting a rest of the World jury for the final or will the EBU just double their televoting result?


Make the individual jury members vote for their personal top 10 only and/or let them give points to the entries for several categories (composition, vocals, lyrics, production,.originality) now and it would be even better.

 

[Preuss]

What a terrible idea.

 

[Gera11]

Televote-only semis should be interesting, some countries really relied on that jury pet behaviour.

 

[Hatari2600]

What a terrible idea.

It's better than having vote trading decide the last few qualifiers in my opinion