Eurovision 2023 is already around the corner and is coming with some innovations. changes to your voting system You may be interested to know if you are planning to support Blanca Paloma in her joining Liverpool. The Spanish representative starts out as one of the favorites and ranks fifth among the bookies, though far from the expected winner, is the Swedish Loreen, who was able to repeat her 2012 success with ‘Tabu’, which she won with ‘Euphoria’.
As is customary at the festival, the so-called ‘big five’ (Spain, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) will not have to, as is the host (it should have been Ukraine, but the war prevented it). Tackle the semi-finals to compete for the Crystal Microphone, the prize for the Eurovision winner. The rest of the participating countries will have to go through this preliminary stage to reach the final. There will be two semi-finals, one on 9 May and the other on 11 May at 21:00 Spanish time. Each would allow ten countries to join the ‘big five’ and Ukraine.
As the winner of the 2022 edition, Ukraine should have hosted the event. But the war currently raging on Ukrainian soil has prevented them from fulfilling their host role, so the festival will finally be held at the 12,000-spectator M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, UK. .
Voting Rule Changes
HE biggest change in voting It only affects the semi-finals for the 2023 edition of Eurovision. in them expert jury’s vote will not be countedunless there are special circumstances. Thus, only viewers will decide which ten countries will qualify for the finals in each of the previous stages.
However, in that Grand Final, the decision of the jury will be taken into account. According to the organization, there are four reasons why this continues to be so. First, they argue, it will improve the “qualitative” ranking of applicants. They also believe it is worth keeping their traditional ties with each country so that they can distribute their votes live. On the other hand, in this way the “cultural and diaspora” vote is weakened, and it is also a tool that helps to have emotion to the end, as the winner in double voting is not known until the last moment. premiere
Another change designed to reflect the “global impact of the competition” is Viewers living in countries that do not participate in the festival will be able to vote online.and their support will be combined with the same weight as that of any participating country.
In the words of Eurovision Executive Auditor Martin Österdahl, “These changes give more power to the audience, acknowledging the enormous popularity of the show.”
White Dove
The representative of Spain caused a sensation from the very beginning and the forecasts gave him a very high position. It was initially thought that she could finish fourth, but the candidacy of the Elche woman at the betting houses has lost weight in recent days and has already been surpassed by Norway’s Alessandra; yes, with practically the same numbers. The biggest favorite for the win is Swede Loreen, who won in 2012 and will sing ‘Taboo’. ‘Cha Cha Cha’ and Finnish Käärijä are the only people who seem to be surprised and who will take the candy out of the Swedish representative’s mouth. Thus, the bets have three Scandinavians in the ‘top 4’ of the favourites. Third in the contention will be the Ukrainian duo Tvorchi, who will try to push their ‘Heart of Steel’ to the top, although they are unlikely to win.
Now all that remains is to sit in front of the television at 9:00 p.m. on 13 May and give Blanca Paloma full support so that she can surprise Liverpool and win.