Finalist countries Countries eliminated in the semi-finals Countries that participated in the past but not in 2023
Vote
Voting system
Each country awards one set in the semi-finals, or two sets in the final of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs. In all three shows, online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.
Liverpool Arena – host venue of the 2023 contestSt George's Hall – host venue for the allocation draw and the opening ceremony of the 2023 contest
Location of host venue (red) and other contest-related sites and events (blue)
The 2023 contest was held inLiverpool, United Kingdom. It was the ninth time that the United Kingdom had hosted the contest, having previously done so in1960,1963,1968,1972,1974,1977,1982, and1998.[3][4] The selected venue was the 11,000-seatLiverpool Arena a multi-purpose indoor arena located in theACC Liverpool complex.[5] The "Turquoise Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations were presented before accredited press and fans, took place outside theWalker Art Gallery on 7 May 2023, followed by the Opening Ceremony atSt George's Hall.[6][7]
In conjunction with the contest, Liverpool held a cultural festival called "EuroFest", which featured collaborations between British and Ukrainian artists.[8][9][10] ThePier Head was the location of the Eurovision Village, where a stage hosted performances by Ukrainian artists, local artists, current and previous Eurovision entrants, and other groups.[11] It also held screenings of the three live shows.[12][13][14] Entry to the Village was free of charge except during the final.[15][16][17] The EuroClub, which took place at Camp and Furnace, hosted the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants.[18][19]
The2022 contest was won byUkraine with the song "Stefania" byKalush Orchestra, which, according to Eurovision tradition, made Ukraine the presumptive host of the 2023 contest.[20][21] The country had hosted the contest twice before, in2005 and2017, both times inKyiv. Between May and June 2022, the Ukrainian government andUA:PBC, the nation's public broadcaster, discussed hosting the contest with the EBU.[22] The chairman of UA:PBC,Mykola Chernotytskyi [uk], Ukrainian presidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy, and other Ukrainian politicians expressed their willingness to host the event, and an organising committee was formed.[23][24][25][26][27]
Despite this, the EBU announced on 17 June 2022 that theRussian invasion of Ukraine meant that UA:PBC could not give the security and operations guarantees required to host the contest, and that the event could therefore not be held in Ukraine.[28] The EBU then entered discussions with theBBC, the 2022 runner-up, and on 25 July announced that the 2023 contest would be hosted in the United Kingdom.[29] It was the first time since1980 that the contest was not hosted by the previous edition's winning country.[30]
The decision not to host in Ukraine was not taken lightly and was initially met with disappointment. UA:PBC published a statement in which Chernotytskyi requested further talks with the EBU, andOleh Psiuk of Kalush Orchestra published an open letter criticising the decision, co-signed by Ukraine's previous Eurovision winners,Ruslana andJamala, as well as Ukraine's minister of cultureOleksandr Tkachenko.[31][32][33] This stance was supported byBoris Johnson, who was the British prime minister at the time,Nadine Dorries, who was the British culture secretary at the time, the Polish broadcasterTelewizja Polska, and Poland's deputy prime minister and minister of culturePiotr Gliński.[34][35][36][37] The announcement on 25 July that the BBC would host the contest was supported by UA:PBC.[29]
Location of host city Liverpool (in blue), shortlisted city Glasgow (in yellow), longlisted cities (in green), other bidding cities (in red) and cities and towns that expressed interest but ultimately did not bid (in grey)
The host city bidding process ran from 25 July to 7 October 2022, with candidates judged against a set of criteria to demonstrate that they could host an event on the scale of the Eurovision Song Contest.[38][39] During the first stage of the process, the BBC received expressions of interest from 20 UK cities and towns, seven of which were longlisted on 12 August 2022:Birmingham,Glasgow,Leeds,Liverpool,Manchester,Newcastle, andSheffield.[40] These cities had until 8 September to develop their bids in detail for evaluation by the BBC, which also conducted visits to the cities throughout the month.[41][42] On 27 September, Glasgow and Liverpool were announced to have made the shortlist,[43] and on 7 October, the EBU and the BBC announced Liverpool as the host city.[5][44]
Key: † Host city ‡ Shortlisted * Longlisted ^ Submitted a bid
Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster withactive EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via theEurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. Associate memberAustralia did not need an invitation for the 2023 contest, as it had previously been granted permission to participate until at least this year.[78]
On 20 October 2022, the EBU announced that 37 countries would participate in the 2023 contest – the lowest number of participating countries in a single edition since2014 – withBulgaria,Montenegro andNorth Macedonia, which had participated in the2022 contest, opting not to participate in 2023 for financial reasons.[79] This was also the first contest where theCzech Republic participated under its shortened English name of Czechia.[80][81]
Several EBU member broadcasters made statements confirming non-participation prior to the publication of the official 2023 participants list. The management board of Bulgarian broadcasterBNT, at a meeting on 7 September 2022, decided not to participate in the 2023 contest, citing an expected increase in participation fees;[126] this was later publicly confirmed in several Bulgarian news outlets on 19 October.[127][128] The Montenegrin broadcasterRTCG and the Macedonian broadcasterMRT also publicly confirmed on 13 and 14 October 2022 respectively that they would not participate in the contest, citing financial contraints.[129][130][131] Both RTCG and MRT however confirmed their intentions to broadcast the 2023 contest.[132][133] Active EBU member broadcasters inAndorra,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Luxembourg andSlovakia also confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[134][135][136][137]
A potential return forMonaco to the contest in 2023 – in what would have been its first participation since2006 – was first discussed in November 2021, when it was reported that part of the Monégasque state budget had been reserved for participation in the 2023 contest.[138] However, these plans were curtailed due to the delay in the launch of a new Monégasque public television channel,TVMonaco, which commenced broadcasts in September 2023 instead of the initially outlined period of late 2022.[139][140]Monaco Media Diffusion, the current EBU member broadcaster for Monaco, subsequently confirmed on 5 September 2022 that the country would not participate in the 2023 event.[141]
Discussions were also reported between the EBU and Kazakh broadcasterKhabar Agency, an associate member of the EBU, which would have led to Kazakhstan being invited to participate in the contest for the first time. Kazakhstan hasparticipated in theJunior Eurovision Song Contest since2018, with television producer Zhan Mukanov stating that "there is every chance [for Kazakhstan] to enter the adult Eurovision next year" and that the country's participation in the2022 Junior contest would have a "significant impact" on its chances of debuting in the adult event.[142] The country, however, did not appear on the final list of participants.[79]
Exterior of the Liverpool Arena during the Eurovision event weeks
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was produced by the British national broadcasterBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The Ukrainian public broadcasterUA:PBC worked with the BBC to develop and implement Ukrainian elements for the live shows, including theme artwork, background music, selection of presenters, and opening and interval acts.[143][144] The three shows were produced by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions and BBC Studios Music Productions, part of the BBC's commercial subsidiaryBBC Studios.[145]
The senior production team consisted ofMartin Green as managing director, Rachel Ashdown as lead commissioner, Andrew Cartmell as executive producer, Lee Smithurst as head of show, Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen as head of contest, and James O'Brien as executive in charge of production.[146] Additional production personnel included multi-camera directors Nikki Parsons, Richard Valentine and Ollie Bartlett, lead creative director Dan Shipton, music director Kojo Samuel, stage designer Julio Himede, head of sound Robert Edwards, and lighting designer Tim Routledge. The Ukrainian consultation team was led by Oksana Skybinska, Tetiana Semenova, andHerman Nenov [ru].[145] Background music for the shows was composed by Mykhailo Nekrasov.[147]
The graphic design of the 2023 contest on display in Liverpool
On 7 October 2022, along with the host city announcement, the EBU revealed the generic logo for the 2023 contest.[153] The Eurovision heart, which typically has the flag of the host country placed in its centre, contained theUkrainian flag for this year to reflect the country's win the previous year. The 'Song Contest' text was accompanied below by 'United Kingdom' and further down by 'Liverpool 2023'.[44]
The theme art and slogan for the contest, "United by Music", was unveiled on 31 January 2023.[154] Designed by London-based brand consultancySuperunion and Ukrainian production companyStarlight Media, the artwork was built around a string of two-dimensional hearts resembling anelectrocardiogram, representing response to rhythm and sound, while the colours were inspired by those of the Ukrainian andBritish flags. The typeface, Penny Lane, was inspired by 20th-century Liverpool street signs and the city's musical heritage.[155][156][157]
The stage design for the 2023 contest was revealed on 2 February 2023.[158] Designed by New York-based set designer Julio Himede, the design was based on "the principles of togetherness, celebration and community", taking inspiration from a widehug and the "cultural aspects and similarities between Ukraine, the UK and specifically Liverpool". The stage was 450 m2 (4,800 sq ft), with 220 m2 (2,400 sq ft) of independently rotating LED screens, over 700 LED floor tiles and more than 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) of LED lights.[159]King Charles III andQueen Camilla (whosecoronations were held the week before the contest) inaugurated the stage on 26 April, during an official visit to Liverpool.[160]
The "postcards" were 40-second video introductions shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next entry. Filmed between February and April 2023 and directed by Tom Cook, with Carlo Massarella and Jane McGoldrick serving as executive producers, the postcards were based on the "United by Music" theme of the contest. Making use of 360° drone technology, each postcard began in a selected location in Ukraine, then one in the United Kingdom, before moving to the artist's country of origin, where the artist took part in an activity of their choice. The three locations appearing in each postcard were connected by a singular theme.[161] Each postcard was bookended with the "little planet effect", which symbolised the interconnections between people.[162] The postcards were produced by London-based production companyWindfall Films and Ukrainian production company 23/32, with background music composed byDmytro Shurov.[163][164] The following locations were used for each participating country:
For the third year in a row, delegations had the option to use pre-recorded backing vocals, though each delegation could still use live backing singers—whether on or off stage—or a combination of live and recorded backing vocals. However, all lead vocals and lead dubs performing the melody of the song must still be live.[166] The contest's executive supervisorMartin Österdahl later stated that the use of pre-recorded backing vocals would continue to be permitted for the foreseeable future.[167]
The "Turquoise Carpet" and Opening Ceremony events were hosted byTimur Miroshnychenko (who had co-hosted the2017 contest) andSam Quek, withRichie Anderson providing off-screen commentary.[170][171] Miroshnychenko also moderated the contest's press conferences, along with Jermaine Foster and Mariia Vynogradova.[172]
On 22 November 2022, the EBU announced changes to the voting system for the 2023 contest.[173] The results of the semi-finals would be determined solely by televoting, as was the case between2004 and2007,[b] while the results of the final would be determined by a combination of national juries and televoting, as has been the case since the2009 final. In the event that a country cannot deliver a televoting result in a semi-final, a backup jury result would be used instead.[174] In the final, in the event that a country cannot deliver a televoting result, an aggregated result calculated on the basis of countries with similar voting patterns would be used.[175] If a country's jury is disqualified, the televoting points from that country would be doubled and used as a substitute for that country's jury points in the final. The procedure of using calculated points would remain as a last resort in the event that a country cannot deliver a valid jury or televoting result.[176] Viewers from non-participating countries would also be able to vote in all shows, with their votes being aggregated and presented as one individual set of points under "Rest of the World". Those viewers would be able to cast votes via an online platform, which requires ownership of acredit ordebit card for verification.[177]
On 8 May 2023, a change to the semi-final qualifiers announcement format was revealed, where the acts would be on stage to anticipate the announcement of the finalists instead of sitting in thegreen room, similar toThe X Factor.[178] This format was trialled during a dress rehearsal for the first semi-final, before being dropped on the same day due to negative responses.[179][180]
Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
Participating countries in the second semi-final
Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final
The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 31 January 2023 at 19:00GMT (20:00CET), atSt George's Hall.[181] The thirty-one semi-finalists were divided over five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame.[182] The purpose of drawing from different pots was to reduce the chance of "bloc voting" and to increase suspense in the semi-finals.[183] The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – the previous year's winning countryUkraine and "Big Five" countriesFrance,Germany,Italy,Spain and theUnited Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted byAJ Odudu andRylan, and included the passing of the host city insignia fromStefano Lo Russo, the mayor of previous host cityTurin, toJoanne Anderson, the then-mayor of Liverpool. London-based production company ModestTV was commissioned to produce the broadcast of the ceremony.[184]
Rita Ora performed as an interval act in the first semi-final.
The first semi-final took place on 9 May 2023 at 20:00BST (21:00CEST).[5][185] Fifteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 22 March 2023.[186] Finland won the most points, followed by Sweden, Israel, Czechia, Moldova, Norway, Switzerland, Croatia, Portugal, and Serbia. The countries that failed to reach the final were Latvia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Azerbaijan, and Malta. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plusFrance,Germany andItaly, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote.[187]
The second semi-final took place on 11 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[5][185] Sixteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 22 March 2023.[186] Australia won the most points, followed by Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Armenia, Cyprus, Belgium, Albania, and Estonia. The countries that failed to reach the final were Iceland, Georgia, Greece, Denmark, Romania, and San Marino. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plusSpain,Ukraine and theUnited Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote.[187]
This semi-final featured a pre-recordedspoken word piece on the history of the contest by actorLuke Evans during a break between the competing performances,[7][194][195] while the interval acts included "Music Unites Generations", a medley of well-known Ukrainian musical works performed byMariya Yaremchuk, Otoy andZlata Dziunka, and a dance sketch choreographed byJason Gilkison and performed by threedrag performers, Miss Demeanour, Miss Mercedes Bends, andTomara Thomas, along with the Podilya dance ensemble.[196][197][198] The sketch, titled "Be Who You Wanna Be", was set to a medley of "Free Yourself", "Free Your Mind", "Free" and the2018 Australian entry "We Got Love". The British, Spanish and Ukrainian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.[199]
Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[200]
Duncan Laurence performed together with the guest artists and the presenters as part of an interval act in the final.Ruslana can be seen on the LED background, in a pre-recorded appearance from theGolden Gate inKyiv.
The final took place on 13 May 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST).[5][185] Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with the jury and televote of all thirty-seven participating countries, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" online vote, eligible to vote. The running order for the final was published on 12 May 2023.[201] Sweden won the contest with the song "Tattoo", performed byLoreen and written by her along withJimmy Jansson,Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt,Moa "Cazzi Opeia" Carlebecker,Peter Boström, andThomas G:son.[202] Sweden won with 583 points, also winning the jury vote. Finland came second with 526 points and won the televote, with Israel, Italy, Norway, Ukraine, Belgium, Estonia, Australia and Czechia completing the top ten. Albania, Portugal, Serbia, the United Kingdom, and Germany occupied the bottom five positions.[203]
The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order.[211][212] Unlike in the editions from2016 to2022, in which the previous host country announced its points first, Ukraine was the first country to announce its jury points, followed by the previous host country, Italy. The incumbent host country, the United Kingdom, announced its points last as usual.[213]
The ten qualifiers from the first semi-final were determined solely by televoting.[173] All fifteen countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside France, Germany and Italy, and the aggregated Rest of the World vote.[183] The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.
Qualifiers
Detailed voting results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[214]
Below is a summary of all 12 points awarded in the first semi-final. Finland received the maximum score of 12 points from seven of the voting countries, with Israel receiving four sets of 12 points, Moldova, Portugal and Sweden receiving two sets of 12 points each, and Croatia and Czechia each received one maximum score.[214]
12 points awarded in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[214]
The ten qualifiers from the second semi-final were determined solely by televoting,[173] with the exception of San Marino which was unable to provide a valid televote result and thus used the votes of its backup jury.[215] All sixteen countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, and the aggregated Rest of the World vote.[183] The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.
Qualifiers
Detailed voting results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[216]
Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the second semi-final. Australia and Slovenia both received the maximum score of 12 points from three of the voting countries, with Albania, Armenia, Lithuania and Poland receiving two sets of 12 points each, and Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece and Iceland each receiving one maximum score.[216]
12 points awarded in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[216]
The results of the final were determined by televoting and jury voting in all thirty-seven participating countries, plus the Rest of the World aggregate public vote.[173] The announcement of the jury points was conducted by each country individually, with the country's spokesperson announcing their jury's favourite entry that received 12 points, with the remaining points shown on screen. Following the completion of the jury points announcement, the public points were announced as an aggregate by the contest hosts in ascending order starting from the country which received the fewest points from the jury.
Winner
Detailed jury voting results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[217]
Voting procedure used:
100% Televoting
100% Jury vote
Total score
Jury vote score
Televoting score
Jury vote
Ukraine
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Malta
Moldova
Ireland
San Marino
Azerbaijan
Austria
France
Finland
Belgium
Germany
Portugal
Croatia
Estonia
Armenia
Poland
Romania
Iceland
Serbia
Cyprus
Norway
Switzerland
Australia
Denmark
Spain
Israel
Sweden
Georgia
Czechia
Slovenia
Greece
Albania
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Contestants
Austria
120
104
16
1
1
6
10
2
12
2
2
8
6
10
7
6
7
6
3
7
8
Portugal
59
43
16
5
3
8
5
3
1
2
6
10
Switzerland
92
61
31
4
6
6
4
4
3
10
2
2
2
2
6
1
2
7
Poland
93
12
81
6
2
1
1
2
Serbia
30
14
16
1
3
4
4
1
1
France
104
54
50
3
5
7
1
7
4
6
5
10
6
Cyprus
126
68
58
6
5
4
2
1
5
10
6
7
3
5
1
1
3
4
4
1
Spain
100
95
5
8
7
3
2
7
6
7
10
6
2
6
3
3
6
1
3
4
3
2
1
5
Sweden
583
340
243
12
8
10
12
12
12
12
4
10
10
6
12
8
12
5
10
12
10
7
10
7
5
12
10
6
7
12
12
12
4
10
7
6
12
12
12
Albania
76
17
59
1
8
5
3
Italy
350
176
174
2
3
10
10
12
6
12
2
6
7
4
12
5
6
12
2
5
6
8
1
10
7
8
4
12
2
2
Estonia
168
146
22
5
6
12
7
10
1
10
8
3
8
8
10
8
7
5
2
5
2
10
8
5
6
Finland
526
150
376
10
8
8
3
8
8
5
7
10
8
10
7
3
12
5
8
1
8
12
1
5
3
Czechia
129
94
35
7
7
8
3
5
4
8
3
5
7
6
1
1
4
12
4
3
6
Australia
151
130
21
8
5
4
5
5
4
8
12
8
4
3
12
8
5
2
2
2
7
4
5
3
4
10
Belgium
182
127
55
2
2
4
10
7
3
5
6
6
5
2
5
12
3
4
3
12
5
12
5
7
7
Armenia
122
69
53
5
1
2
6
1
7
3
1
4
5
3
10
8
10
3
Moldova
96
20
76
3
2
7
8
Ukraine
243
54
189
10
4
6
2
1
7
3
7
12
2
Norway
268
52
216
2
1
6
1
4
4
4
10
2
10
8
Germany
18
3
15
2
1
Lithuania
127
81
46
10
3
7
4
1
8
7
1
1
3
10
4
6
8
8
Israel
362
177
185
1
12
5
2
7
7
12
12
10
8
4
12
12
4
10
7
3
1
8
5
7
8
6
10
4
Slovenia
78
33
45
3
6
5
12
6
1
Croatia
123
11
112
3
8
United Kingdom
24
15
9
4
2
4
1
4
Detailed televoting results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[217]
Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the final. In the jury vote, Sweden received the maximum score of 12 points from fifteen countries, with Italy and Israel receiving five sets of 12 points. Belgium received the maximum score from three countries, Australia and Finland were awarded two sets of 12 points each, and Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Slovenia and Ukraine were each being awarded one set of 12 points. In the public vote, Finland received the maximum score of 12 points from eighteen countries, followed by Israel and Ukraine which received four sets of 12 points each. Armenia, Italy and Moldova received two sets of maximum scores each, and Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Norway, Poland and Slovenia were each awarded one set of 12 points. The winning country Sweden failed to receive any maximum scores from the public vote.[217]
12 points awarded by juries in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[217]
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. In addition, some non-participating broadcasters air the contest. The European Broadcasting Union also provided international live streams with no commentary of both semi-finals and the final through their officialYouTube andTikTok channels.[218][219] The table below details the broadcasting plans and commentators for the countries that aired the contest. According to the EBU, in total 162 million people watched at least a minute of the television broadcasts, and 15.6 million people watched the online broadcasts. Votes were received from 144 countries, including the 37 competing countries.[220][221]
Technical issues occurred during the start of the first semi-final, causing most of the on-site commentators to lose connection to their broadcasters for around 15 minutes.[222]
Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries[79]
After winning the 2023 contest, Sweden's entry "Tattoo" became a commercial success. It peaked at number two on theUK singles chart dated 19 May 2023, and later became the first Eurovision song in 27 years to spend two weeks in the UK top five.[369] In total, it spent four weeks in the UK top ten.[370] It also topped the official charts in ten countries, and reached the top ten in a further 17 countries. The day after the final, "Tattoo" garnered 4,275,290 streams onSpotify, thus breaking the record for the most streams achieved by a Eurovision song on a single day, which was previously held by the2021 winning entry "Zitti e buoni".[371]
Along with "Tattoo", three other entries in the 2023 contest entered the top ten of the UK singles chart dated 19 May 2023, which is a first in the history of the chart: Finland's "Cha Cha Cha" at number six, the UK's "I Wrote a Song" at number nine, and Norway's "Queen of Kings" at number ten.[372] On theBillboard Global 200 chart dated 27 May 2023, "Tattoo", "Cha Cha Cha" and "Queen of Kings" entered at numbers 15, 27 and 58, respectively. On theBillboard Global Excl. US chart also dated 27 May 2023, "Tattoo", "Cha Cha Cha" and "Queen of Kings" entered at numbers 7, 13 and 29, respectively, followed by Israel's "Unicorn" at number 153 and Italy's "Due vite" at number 174. "Due vite" had previously peaked at number 32 following its win at theSanremo Music Festival 2023, which also doubled as the Italian national final.[373][374]
Sweden's overall victory despite Finland's lead in the televoting sparked controversy among viewers and the live audience.[375][376][377] During the jury voting sequence, several occasions when Sweden scored 12 points were disrupted by chanting from Finland's supporters,[378] although the Swedish entrantLoreen, following her win, stated that she did not mind and furthermore appreciated their enthusiasm.[379][380] While the televote winner failed to win overall on three previous occasions, in2015,2016 and2019, 2023 was different in that Finland's lead of 133 points in the televote was the largest to date for an entry that did not win, and it also received the full 12 points from 18 different countries in the televoting, while Sweden did not win 12 points from any.[375]
In addition to the main winner's trophy, theMarcel Bezençon Awards and theYou're a Vision Award were contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. TheOGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest. Eurovision Awards, an end-of-year poll conducted by the contest's official site, returned for a third year with the results determined across eight categories.[389]
TheMarcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representativeChrister Björkman, and winner of the 1984 contestRichard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[390] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award.[391] The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 13 May.[392]
OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2023 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Tattoo" performed byLoreen; the top five results are shown below.[393][394][395]
TheYou're a Vision Award (aword play of "Eurovision"), established in 2022 by the fansiteSongfestival.be following the cancellation of theBarbara Dex Award due to its associated negative connotations, aims to "celebrate the creativity and diversity that embody the Eurovision spirit", with the winner being the one with the most notable outfit. Finland'sKäärijä won the 2023 award, with Croatia'sLet 3 and Belgium'sGustaph completing the top three.[396]
Eurovision Song Contest: Liverpool 2023 is the officialcompilation album of the contest. It was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released byUniversal Music Group digitally on 14 April 2023, in CD format on 28 April 2023, and in vinyl format on 26 May 2023.[397][398][399] The album features all 37 entries.
^On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortiumARD[96]
^100% televoting for the semi-finals was also used in2008 and2009, with the exception that only nine countries qualified via televoting whilst the highest-ranked entry by the backup juries outside the top nine also qualified.
^abBoth Romania and San Marino scored 0 points, but Romania is deemed to have placed higher according to the tie-break procedure, as it performed earlier in the running order.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as France and receiving points from the same number of countries, Ukraine finished in fifteenth place in the jury voting due to receiving 12 points from a greater number of countries.
^abcDespite finishing with the same number of points, Serbia and Austria finished higher than Portugal in the televoting due to receiving points from a greater number of countries. Furthermore, despite receiving points from the same number of countries and the same amount of 12, 10, 8 and 7 points, Serbia finished higher in the televoting than Austria due to receiving more 6 points.
^Delayed broadcasts of the first semi-final at 22:30AST and the second semi-final at 23:50 AST[257]
^BBC One – Eurovision Song Contest, 2023, Grand Final, Making of the Postcards. 13 May 2023. Event occurs at 1:34.The other technique we're using in the postcards is [...] called the 'tiny planet' or the 'tiny world' – a really wide shot that you can then fold up into what looks like planet Earth, and each postcard is top-and-tailed with a tiny world. They remind us that we all live on one planet and we're all connected.
^Duška Vučinić (11 May 2023).Duška Vučinić za Telegraf otkrila pozadinu problema prenosa uživo, pa spomenula organizaciju.Telegraf.rs. Event occurs at 0:29. Retrieved11 May 2023 – via YouTube.Moram da te pitam šta se desilo te prve polufinalne večeri? [...] Dakle veze su pukle gotovo svima. Nije to bio slučaj samo ka Srbiji. Ja sam konstantno bila u komunikaciji telefonom i sa mojim kolegom odnosno jako dobrim prijateljem Duškom Ćurlićem iz Hrvatske koji me je pitao 'Draga šta se dešava', ja kažem 'Ja ne znam šta se dešava' [...] Ja sam dobila signal iz Beograda 'Nemoj se truditi, nisi u programu'. Oni su čuli preko moje linije čuli na primer [moje] kolege iz Italije, Grčke i ne znam koga još i tako su se mešali signali [...] Trajalo je nekih petnaestak minuta [I have to ask you what happened on that first semi-final night? [...] So almost everyone's connections broke. This was not the case only for Serbia. I was constantly in communication on the phone with my colleague, that is, my very good friend, Dusko Ćurlić from Croatia, who asked me 'Darling, what's going on', I said 'I don't know what's going on' [...] I received a signal from of Belgrade 'Don't bother, you're not on air'. They heard through my feed, for example, [my] colleagues from Italy, Greece and I don't know who else and the feeds were getting mixed up [...] That lasted for some 15 minutes]
^Zaikaner, Avi (23 February 2022)."ישראל: אלו הפרשנים שילוו את משדרי האירוויזיון השנה" [Israel: These are the commentators who will accompany the Eurovision broadcasts this year].EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved23 February 2022.
^Svelstad, Oda Elise (8 May 2023)."Slik følgjer du Eurovision på NRK" [This is how Eurovision will be on NRK].nrk.no (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. Retrieved13 May 2023.
^"Сітка мовлення – 13.05.2023" [broadcasting network – 13.05.2023].test.nrcu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. Archived fromthe original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved16 May 2023.
^"Klubi-info: Mikä ihmeen OGAE?" [The club info: What on Earth is OGAE?].Euroviisuklubi (in Finnish). OGAE Finland. 5 June 2012. Archived fromthe original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved17 June 2012.
^"2023 OGAE Poll".OGAE International. 27 March 2023.Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved12 April 2023.
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