Euclovision Song Contest 2023

Euclovision Song Contest 2023
File:Euclovision 2023 logo 1.svg
Dates
Semi-final 1	11 April 2023
Semi-final 2	13 April 2023
Final	15 April 2023
Host
Venue	South of Estmere Arena St Avelines, Estmere
Presenter(s)	Alice Wallace Vicki Freeman Harry Taylor
Directed by	Susanna Drake Andrew Bickersley
Executive supervisor	John Yellers-Rowe
Executive producer	David Clarke
Host broadcaster	Estmerish Broadcasting Service (EBS)
Participants
Vote
Voting system	Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. Online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.

The Euclovision Song Contest 2023 will be the 65th edition of the Euclovision Song Contest. It will take place in St Avelines, Estmere, following the victory of "Sweet Talker" performed by Nico Lumineux on behalf of Estmere at the prior 2022 contest. This is the fifth time that Estmere has hosted the event. The contest is being organised by host broadcaster the Estmerish Broadcasting Service (EBS) in conjunction with the Euclean Broadcasters Group (EBG). The primary venue is the South of Estmere Arena. Two semi-finals on 11 and 13 April will precede the final on 15 April 2022.

Location

The South of Estmere Arena in St Avelines, home of the 2023 contest.

Paradise Beach in St Avelines, the location of the 2023 Euclovision Village.

The 2023 contest will take place in St Avelines, Estmere, after the country's victory in the 2022 contest with "Sweet Talker" performed by Nico Lumineux. It will be the fifth time that Estmere has hosted Euclovision, having previously done so in 1966 and 1999 in Morwall, in 1985 in Harbrough, and in 2006 in Morwall on behalf of Satavia. This is the first time the contest is being held in St Avelines, which is known as the Sun and Sea City.

The main venue is the South of Estmere Arena, a multi-purpose indoor arena in the coastal St Aubry's district which seats 14,000 people and previously hosted a number of events at the 1950 summer Invictus games. The arena has more recently also hosted a number of events including concerts, exhibitions and sports.

In addition to this main venue is the secondary venue located at Paradise Beach. This is where the Euclovision Village is located, which is the official fan and sponsors area throughout Euclovision 2023. The beach will be home to a number of stages where fans can watch performances by contest participants and local artists, in addition to a main stage which broadcasts live shows from the main venue. It is also where the Opening Ceremony events will take place. The village will be open from 8 to 15 April 2023. The village will be free to enter on all days other than the day of the final show, when there will be an entry fee. In addition to the stages, there will be a number of other attractions at the village as part of a beach party theme, including a friendly match between professional beach volleyball teams (in addition to amateur beach volleyball courts), a peddler's market comprising local businesses and a professional sandcastle competition.

There is also the EucloClub, which is located just off the beach in a private yacht, which will host after-parties and private performances from participating artists. There is a high admission fee to enter the EucloClub, and it is primarily aimed at mega-fans and donors.

Host city selection

Bouley

Colton

Cromley

Damesbridge

Dunwich

Exminster

Grimingham

Hamilton

Harbrough

Knowlesby

Kingchester

Morwall

Sheaford

St Avelines

St Richards

St Johns

Southgate

Solange

Tolbury

Wimney

Location of host city (in blue), shortlisted cities (in green), other bidding cities (in red) and cities that expressed interest but ultimately did not bid (in grey).

The bidding process for host city was announced by host broadcaster EBS on 15 May 2022. There was a list of rigorous minimum standards which potential host city candidates had to meet in order to be considered, including demonstrating the capacity, capability and experience to host Euclovision. Infrastructure connections, the size of potential venues and numbers of accomodations were also taken into account.

There were 38 initial bids from host cities when the first stage of the bidding process was closed. In line with the criteria and considerations listed above, these bids were narrowed down to a shortlist of eight bids which was announced on 20 June 2022, alongside the nicknames used to promote each city's bid. These were Morwall, Harbrough, Tolbury, St Avelines, Sheaford, Damesbridge, Bouley and St Richards.

Those cities then entered discussions with EBS and the Estmerish Euclovision Committee to ensure that their bids were developed in detail further, and were then put to a public vote hosted online from 1 August to 1 September 2022. The public vote was meant to inform discussions, but EBS and the Euclovision Committee reserved the right to set aside the results of the vote. St Avelines was announced by EBS as the chosen host city on 16 September 2022, having come first in the popular vote ahead of Bouley and Tolbury.

Key:
 †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted   Submitted a bid

City/town	Nickname	Venue	Notes	Ref.
Bouley	The Gateway to the World	Portside Arena ‡	Supported by Bouley State Council and City of Bouley Council.
Colton	—	Embro-Arucian Stadium	Withdrew its proposal on 22 May 2022, citing unavailability of the proposed venue.
Cromley	The City of Pottery	Cromley Stadium	—
Damesbridge	The House of Knowledge	Damesbridge Arena ‡	Supported by West Counties Assembly and Damesbridge City Council.
Dunwich	The City of Ships	Hargreaves Arena	Supported by Dunwich State Council and City of Dunwich Council.
Exminster	The City of Spires	Exminster Stadium	—
Grimingham	—	—	—
Hamilton	—	—	Withdrew its proposal on 2 June 2022, citing lack of a suitable venue.
Harbrough	The City of a Thousand Trades	Harbrough Arena ‡	Supported by Harbrough City Council.
Knowlesby	The Steel City	Forgemasters Arena	—
Kingchester	—	Kingchester Stadium	Withdrew its proposal on 11 June 2022, citing lack of required infrastructure.
Morwall	The Heart of Estmere	Arena of Light ‡	Supported by Greater Morwall Council and City of Morwall Borough Council.
Sheaford	The Motor City	Sheaford Automotive Arena ‡	Supported by Sheaford City Council.
St Avelines	The Sun and Sea City	South of Estmere Arena †	Supported by Evre State Assembly and St Avelines City Council.
St Richards	The Capital of the South	Mutual Credit Arena ‡	Supported by St Richards City Council.
St Johns	Estmere's Arucian City	—	Withdrew its proposal on 29 May 2022, citing lack of a suitable venue.
Southgate	The Home of the Navy	Southgate Stadium	—
Solange	—	—	Withdrew its proposal on 19 May 2022, in favour of the St Avelines proposal.
Tolbury	The Capital of the North	Haberlin's Arena ‡	Supported by Folkmoot of Swerdia and Tolbury City Council.
Wimney	The Birthplace of Estmere	King's Hall	—

Format

Presenters

Alice Wallace, Vicki Freeman and Harry Taylor are the presenters of the 2023 contest.

The presenters for the 2023 contest were officially confirmed on 1 April 2023, in a Chirp by EBS. Estmerish-Rizean actress Alice Wallace, Estmerish musician Vicki Freeman and Estmerish journalist Harry Taylor will host all shows of the event, including the Opening Ceremony. Freeman and Taylor had provided Estmerish language commentary for previous editions of the contest, while Wallace is a new edition but is a fan of the contest and starred in the 2013 musical film Pitched Battle. As is usual, each participating broadcaster will also have their own presenters to provide national commentary. Nihteġ Pẹrrocer and Mo Khan will provide Swathish language commentary on EBS Svạþiṡc, while David Palmer and Lis Poingdestre will do the same for Flurian on EBS Fleuvais.

Entries

EBS and the EBG released the details for the rules of entires in Septemeber 2022, following the precedent set in prior contests. The exact rules included stipulations that live performances could not exceed 3 minutes and 30 seconds in length, and that delegations were limited to a maximum of eight people on stage at one time. Similarly to previous years, delegations were allowed to use a limited amount of pre-recorded backing vocals in addition to the main vocals and any live backing vocals.

Semi-final allocation draw

In order to determine the participating countries' semi-finals, an allocation draw took place on 17 January 2022. The thirty-eight semi-finalists (not including the "Super Cinq" countries, who are guaranteed a place in the final, and Borland, the previous runner-up), were divided into six pots, based on geography, language and historical voting patterns. The purpose of drawing from different pots is to reduce the chance of bloc voting, therefore increasing suspense in the semi-finals. The Super Cinq countries (Estmere, Etruria, Gaullica, Soravia and Werania) were included in a separate draw to determine which of the semi-finals they would vote in. The previous year's winner and current year's host country is also guaranteed a spot, but as Estmere is in the Super Cinq it had already secured a place. As a result, last year's runner-up, Borland, took the host's spot instead. Finally, the allocation draw ceremony also included the handing over of host city insignia from Alikianos to St Avelines.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Carucere Dezevau Imagua and the Assimas Maucha Rwizikuru Sabaw Tiwura	Aucuria Blostland Eldmark Nuvania Rizealand Satavia	Belmonte Cassier Gapolania Garambura Île d'Émeraude Sainte-Chloé	Alsland Azmara Caldia Hennehouwe Kesselbourg Scovern	Amathia Emessa Montecara Paretia Piraea Tsabara	Bistravia Chistovodia East Miersa Ravnia Tengaria Vinalia West Miersa

Drawn to vote in
Semi-final 1	Semi-final 2
Gaullica Werania Etruria	Template:Country data Estmere Soravia Borland

Participating countries

On 28 November 2022, the EBG announced that 45 countries would participate in the 2023 contest.

Semi-final 1

The first semi-finals will take place on 11 April 2023 at 20:00 (EST). Nineteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Gaullica, Werania and Etruria, as well as viewers from non-participating countries under "Rest of the World", will vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Tiwura	Ifeanuli Chi	"Kwa Ubochi"	Estmerish, Mwo
02	Eldmark
03	Garambura
04	Kesselbourg
05	Piraea
06	Chistovodia
07	Imagua and the Assimas
08	Rizealand
09	Belmonte
10	Caldia
11	Tsabara
12	East Miersa
13	Sabaw
14	Satavia
15	Cassier
16	Alsland
17	Amathia
18	Vinalia
19	Bistravia

Semi-final 2

The second semi-finals will take place on 13 April 2023 at 20:00 (EST). Nineteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Estmere, Soravia and Borland, as well as viewers from non-participating countries under "Rest of the World", will vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Carucere
02	Blostland
03	Gapolania
04	Azmara
05	Paretia
06	West Miersa
07	Maucha
08	Aucuria
09	Île d'Émeraude
10	Scovern
11	Emessa
12	Ravnia
13	Rwizikuru
14	Nuvania
15	Sainte-Chloé
16	Hennehouwe
17	Montecara
18	Tengaria
19	Dezevau

Final

The final will take place on 15 April 2023 at 20:00 (EST). Thirty countries will participate in the final, comprising of the "Super Cinq" countries (Estmere, Etruria, Gaullica, Soravia and Werania), last year's runner-up Borland, and the twelve best-ranked countries from each of the two semi-finals. All participating countries voted in the final, in addition to viewers from non-participating countries, whose points were aggregated and awarded as one set under "Rest of the World".

Other countries

In order to paricipate in the Euclovision Song Contest, a country must have a national broadcaster with active EBG membership; or in special circumstances, associate EBG membership. The EBG issued an invitation to all active EBG member broadcasters to participate in the 2023 contest.

Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons

Broadcasters and commentators

The following is a list of broadcasters that have confirmed in whole or in part their broadcasting plans and their commentators.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
Template:Country data Estmere	All shows	EBS	Estmerish: Alice Wallace, Vicki Freeman and Harry Taylor
	All shows	EBS	Swathish: Nihteġ Pẹrrocer and Mo Khan
	All shows	EBS	Flurian: David Palmer and Lis Poingdestre
Garambura	All shows	TéléGaramboure	Gaullican: Desange Coumbousa
	All shows	Arpège (online only)	Gaullican: Elisé Mjoji, Sïsé Goubouloundou
Hennehouwe	All shows	HNO	Hennish: Sienna Molenaar and Laurens Rosecrans
	All shows	HNO	Hennish Sign Language: Quentin Fremaut
	All shows	Nous	Gaullican: Beatrice Pronovost and Saeed Karimi
Scovern	All shows	STV	Mescon: Olivia Hald and Britta Nicolaisen
	All shows	STV	Vestelian: Edvard Nesset and Irene Hoey
	Final	STV	Frellandic: Búri Makansson
Soravia	All shows	Telekom 1	Soravian: Lavrenti Syosyev, Mariya Onipchenko, and Angela Barentseva

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)