EUROVISION 2023. While Ukraine won the previous edition of the European singing competition, it is the United Kingdom which will organize Eurovision in 2023. The host city is now known.
[Mis à jour le 20 octobre 2022 à 11h21] We finally know which city will organize Eurovision 2023. The European song contest will take place in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The big musical evening will be held on May 13, 2023. As a reminder, the United Kingdom has offered to organize the international event, while the country was ranked second in the 2022 edition.
Indeed, hasfter the victory of Kalush Orchestra, it was Ukraine that should have organized Eurovision 2023. But the conflict between it and Russia is expected to last several more months, which has forced the organizers to think about alternative solutions since several weeks. For security reasons, Eurovision will therefore not be held in Ukraine. Nevertheless, the winning country will automatically qualify for the final of the singing competition, along with the members of the Big Five. In addition, two countries have given up participating in Eurovision 2023 due to the increase in registration fees: Montenegro and North Macedonia.
The date of the next edition of Eurovision is now known. The international singing competition semi-finals will take place on May 9 and 11, 2023, before the grand final, scheduled for Saturday, May 13, 2023. Eurovision is staged in Liverpool, UK, after Ukraine s was deprived of the right to organize the event since the security conditions were not required due to the invasion of Russia.
On Saturday May 14, 2022, Ukraine was crowned winner of Eurovision 2022. The country represented by the rap group Kalush Orchestra has benefited from significant public mobilization since its invasion by Vladimir Putin’s troops. This victory was expected by the bookmakers. In total, the song “Stefania” ranked at the top of the chart with 631 points.
- Ukraine (631 points)
- United Kingdom (466 points)
- Spain (459 points)
- Sweden (438 points)
- Serbia (312 points)
- Italy (268 points)
- Moldova (253 points)
- Greece (215 points)
- Portugal (207 points)
- Norway (182 points)
- Pays-Bas (171 points)
- Poland (151 points)
- Estonia (141 points)
- Lithuania (128 points)
- Australia (125 points)
- Azerbaijan (106 points)
- Switzerland (78 points)
- Romania (65 points)
- Belgium (64 points)
- Armenia (61 points)
- Finland (38 points)
- Czech Republic (38 points)
- Iceland (20 points)
- France (17 points)
- Germany (6 points)
On March 5, 2022, it was in the tele-hook “Eurovision France: it’s you who decide” on France 2 that the French candidate was appointed ahead of Eurovision 2022. It is the group Alvan & Ahez , who sings in Breton her title “Fulenn” (which means both “spark” and “young girl”), which was chosen by the jury and the public. France being part of the “Big Five”, that is to say the countries which contribute the most to the organization of the competition from a financial point of view, Alvan & Ahez was automatically qualified for the Eurovision final. this Saturday, May 14, 2022. Nevertheless, the French candidates only obtained the penultimate place, with 17 points, in the final.
Since its creation in 1956, France has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times: in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969 and 1977. Our country is therefore just behind Ireland, which holds the record with seven victories. In 1958, singer André Claveau won France’s first victory with the title Dors, mon amour. Two years later, in 1960, the artist Jacqueline Boyer won unanimous support with the song Tom Pillibi. In 1962, Isabelle Aubret won Eurovision with the song Un premier amour. Then in 1969, it was Frida Boccara who won the Eurovision Song Contest with the title Un jour, un enfant. Finally, in 1977, the singer Marie Myriam was the last to win by performing The Bird and the Child, a title that has become cult over time for the public.