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Euclovision Song Contest 2023
File:Euclovision 2023 logo 1.svg
Dates
Semi-final 111 April 2023
Semi-final 213 April 2023
Final15 April 2023
Host
VenueSouth of Estmere Arena
St Avelines, Estmere
Presenter(s)Alice Wallace
Vicki Freeman
Harry Taylor
Directed bySusanna Drake
Andrew Bickersley
Executive supervisorJohn Yellers-Rowe
Executive producerDavid Clarke
Host broadcasterEstmerish Broadcasting Service (EBS)
Participants
Vote
Voting systemEach 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[1][2]. 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[3]. 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[1][2]. 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[3].

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[3]. 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[3].

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[3].

Host city selection

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[4]. 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[5]. These were Morwall, Harbrough, Tolbury, St Avelines, Sheaford, Damesbridge, Bouley and St Richards[3].

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[6]. 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[7].

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[8]. 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[8]. 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
File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas
 Maucha
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru
 Sabaw
 Tiwura
 Aucuria
 Blostland
File:Eldmark.png 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 File:Eldmark.png Eldmark Belle Horne "Denna Sten" Blostlandic
03  Garambura Marie Marachera "Rima Rima" Gaullican, Rwizi
04  Kesselbourg Hoeltish
05  Piraea ANDREAS "Fantasma" (Φάντασμα) Pirean
06  Chistovodia Verlois Zhuravel "Pratsi" (Праці) Soravian
07 File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas Iris Boschetto "Sulla Strada" Vespasian, Western Imaguan Creole
08  Rizealand Estmerish
09  Belmonte Luzelese
10  Caldia Gráda "Abair le mo Mha" Ghaillish
11  Tsabara Zehava Peltier "Lève-toi" Gaullican, Atudaic, Rahelian
12  East Miersa Gracze "Jesteśmy" Miersan
13  Sabaw Ul "Reggem" Estmerish, Sabawi
14  Satavia Estmerish, Hennish
15  Sainte-Chloé Gaullican
16  Alsland Jõgi "Half-way there" Estmerish
17  Amathia Amathian
18  Tengaria Tengarian
19  Bistravia Nikita Papita "Slava Bogu" (Слава Богу) Bistravian

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 Gaullican, Papotement
02  Blostland Frederik the Freak "Brygga Promenad" Blostlandic
03  Gapolania Sanita "Luci Ambientali" Vespasian
04  Azmara Freija Lorenssdohter "De Maskeraade" Azmaran
05  Paretia Sabor Latão "Na Festa" Luzelese, Estmerish
06  West Miersa
07  Maucha
08  Aucuria
09  Île d'Émeraude Dirty Vibe "Neu Kaa Pa Fè" Gaullican, Emeraudian Creole
10  Scovern Intens "Tredje Version" Mescon
11  Emessa
12  Ravnia
13 File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru Praisehim Mwayenga "Success" Estmerish, Rwizi
14  Nuvania DiscoDaze ft. Sonja "Serotonin" Estmerish
15  Cassier Jean Beauchamp "On leur a fait croire" Gaullican
16  Hennehouwe Vance "Ma Dernière Danse (Lalala)" Hennish
17  Montecara
18  Vinalia Oxana Mazeia "El Sombreron" Esmeiran
19  Dezevau Les Henris "Pas de Lait (Aujourd'hui)" Gaullican

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 will vote in the final, in addition to viewers from non-participating countries, whose points will be aggregated and awarded as one set under "Rest of the World".

Draw Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
TBA Borland Alice Luvefrow "Hertenbrock àn þem dansfloor" Borish
Template:Country data Estmere Chel Sakurai "Hell is Better With You"[9] Estmerish
 Etruria Uomo in Laguna "Fatto in Etruria" Vespasian
 Gaullica Solenne Castex "Coucher de Soleil" Gaullican
 Soravia Georgy Yakunin "Ni" (Нi) Soravian
 Werania Mira "Wie ein Blitz" Weranian

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)

Controversies

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "2022 Euclovision 2022 Song Contest LIVE Results". ΠΡΤ ενα. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "@nico". Chirper. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "@EBS_News". Chirper. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "Euclovision 2023 bidding process begins". EBS News. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. "The eight cities fighting for YOUR VOTE to host Euclovision 2023". EBS News. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. "EBS wants to hear YOUR VOICE for #Euclovision23!". EBS News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  7. "St Avelines picked to host Euclovision 2023". EBS News. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "@EBS_News". Chirper. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  9. "@EBS_News". Chirper. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.