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Transmission Dates:Semi-Final 1:
Tuesday 9 May 2023

Semi-Final 2:
Thursday 11 May 2023

Grand Final:
Saturday 13 May 2023

Host Broadcaster:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Time:
Semi-Final 1:
20.00-22.12

Semi-Final 2:
20.00-22.12

Grand Final:
20.00-12.14


Venue:
Liverpool Arena (M&S Bank Arena)
Liverpool
United Kingdom

Presenters:
Semi-Finals 1 and 2:
Julia Sanina
Hannah Waddingham
Alesha Dixon

Grand Final:
Graham Norton
Julia Sanina
Hannah Waddingham
Alesha Dixon

Opening and Interval Acts:
Semi-Final 1:
Julia Sanina performing Mayak
Rita Ora
Alyosha & Rebecca Ferguson performing Ordinary World

Semi-Final 2:
Mariya Yaremchuk, OTOY & Zlata Dziunka performing Music Unites Generations
Be Who You Wanna Be performed by Miss Demeanour, Miss Mercedes Bends & Tomara Thomas, along with The Podilya Dance Ensemble

Grand Final:
Flag Parade featuring Go_A, Jamala, Tina Karol and Verka Serduchka
Kalush Orchestra performing Voices of a New Generation and Stefania
Sam Ryder (Special Guest: Roger Taylor)
The Liverpool Songbook featuring Mahmood, Netta, Daði Freyr, Cornelia Jakobs, Duncan Laurence and Sonia

EBU Supervisor:
Martin Österdahl

Lead Commissioner:
Rachel Ashdown

Executive Producer:
Andrew Cartmell

Executive in charge of production:
James O’Brien

Series producer:
Lewis Thurlow

Head producer:
Mark Harnell

Senior producer:
Kieran O’Brien

Technical producer:
James Bonnar

Host producers:
Alyona Synegina
Kim Allinson
Hilary Whitley

Senior contest producer:
Maxime Klein Nagelvoort

Contest producers:
Sita Patel
Amy Fung

Line producers:
Caroline Lloyd
Cherrelle Redley Murrain
Leah Rumbol
Sophie Huda
Anamaria Hennessy
Sara Hulme

Assistant producers:
Rosie Smedley
Mica Rowe
Nikki Dennis

Directors:
Nikki Parsons
Richard Valentine
Ollie Bartlett

BBC One TV Commentary:
Semi-Finals 1 and 2:
Scott Mills
Rylan Clark

Grand Final:
Graham Norton
Mel Giedroyc

BBC Radio 2 Commentary:
Semi-Finals 1 and 2:
Paddy O'Connell

Grand Final:
Scott Mills
Rylan Clark

BBC Radio Merseyside Commentary:
Semi-Finals 1 and 2:
Paddy O'Connell (Simulcast of BBC Radio 2 coverage)

Grand Final:
Claire Sweeney
Paul Quinn (Winner of The Voice of Eurovision talent search)

United Kingdom Spokesperson:
Catherine Tate

Voting:
On 22 November 2022, the European Broadcasting Union announced changes to the voting system for the 2023 contest which meant that the results of the semi-finals would be determined solely by televoting whilst the results of the final would continue to be determined by a combination of votes from national juries and televoting, Viewers from non-participating countries would be able to vote for the first time online, with their votes being aggregated and presented as one individual set of points as Rest of the World in each show.

The juries of each country continued to award 12 points to the highest scoring song, 10 points to the second, 8 to the third. then 7,6,5,4,3,2 & 1 point to the song gaining the tenth highest number of votes. Although calculated in exactly the same way, the results of the televote were then combined and awarded as one points total to each country starting with the song having the lowest number of points from the jury vote.

Winning Song:
Tattoo
Loreen
Sweden
583 points
Composed by Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Loreen, Moa "Cazzi Opeia" Carlebecker, Peter Boström & Thomas G:son

United Kingdom Entry:
I Wrote A Song
Mae Muller
24 points (25th place)
Composed by Karen Poole, Mae Muller & Lewis Thompson


  • The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 as broadcast remains in the BBC archives.

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Background

The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest was won by Ukraine but, on 25 July 2022, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC formally confirmed that the 2023 Contest would be held in the United Kingdom (which had been runner-up in 2022) on behalf of Ukraine’s UA:PBC. It had been agreed that the event "could not be held in Ukraine for safety and security reasons" following the country's invasion by Russian Federation forces.

The BBC and EBU had agreed that the BBC would take on hosting duties with Ukraine - as the 2022 Contest winner - automatically qualifying for the Grand Final alongside the "Big 5" countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). Representatives of UA: PBC would work with the BBC to develop Ukrainian elements for the 2023 shows.

On 12 August 2022, the BBC and the EBU announced that, whilst the BBC had received expressions of interest from twenty cities across all four nations of the United Kingdom, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield had been accepted as Shortlisted Host Cities for the Contest.

A few weeks later - on 27 September 2022 - it was announced that the shortlist had been whittled down to just two cities: Glasgow and Liverpool.

BBC Eurovision commentator Graham Norton finally confirmed that Liverpool would host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest during an edition of The One Show on BBC One TV on 7 October 2022.

The official host city handover from Turin - the host city for 2022 - to Liverpool took place alongside the semi-final draw in a ceremony televised live on BBC Two TV on 31 January 2023 hosted by Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu.
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Songs: Grand Final

  • The song list for this event may be viewed on desktop and laptop devices

CountrySongComposer(s)Performer(s)PointsPosition
1AustriaWho The Hell Is Edgar?Pele Loriano, Ronald Janeček, Selina Maria Edbauer, & Teodora SpiricTeya & Salena12015
2PortugalAi CoraçãoLuís Pereira & Marisa MenaMimicat5923
3SwitzerlandWatergunArgyle Singh, Ashley Hicklin & Mikolaj TrybulecRemo Forrer9220
4PolandSoloBlanka Stajkow, Maria Broberg, Julia Sundberg, Bartłomiej Rzeczycki, Maciej Puchalski, Marcin Górecki & Mikołaj TrybulecBlanka9319
5SerbiaSamo Mi Se SpavaLuke BlackLuke Black3024
6FranceÉvidemmentBanx & Ranx, Benny Adam & La ZarraLa Zarra10416
7CyprusBreak A Broken HeartJimmy Jansson, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Marcus Winther-John & Thomas StengaardAndrew Lambrou12612
8SpainEaeaAlvaro Tato, Blanca Paloma & Jose Pablo PoloBlanca Paloma10017
9SwedenTattooJimmy Jansson, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Loreen, Moa "Cazzi Opeia" Carlebecker, Peter Boström & Thomas G:sonLoreen5831
10AlbaniaDujeEriona Rushiti & Enis MullajAlbina & Familja Kelmendi7622
11ItalyDue ViteDavide Petrella & Davide SimonettaMarco Mengoni3504
12EstoniaBridgesAlika Milova, Nina Sampermans & Wouter HardyAlika1688
13FinlandCha Cha ChaAleksi Nurmi, Jere Pöyhönen & Johannes NaukkarinenKäärijä5262
14CzechiaMy Sister's CrownKateryna Vatchenko, Patricie Kaňok, Tanita Yankova, Adam Albrecht, Michal Jiráň & Šimon MartínekVesna12910
15AustraliaPromiseAlex Canion, Ashley Doodkorte, Daniel Estrin, Scott Kay & Simone DowVoyager1519
16BelgiumBecause Of YouGustaph & Jaouad AlloulGustaph1827
17ArmeniaFuture LoverBrunetteBrunette12214
18MoldovaSoarele şi LunaYuliana Parfeni, Andrei Vulpe, Cătălin Temciuc & Pasha ParfeniPasha Parfeni9618
19UkraineHeart Of SteelJimoh Augustus Kehinde & Andrii HutsuliakTVORCHI2436
20NorwayQueen of KingsAlessandra Mele, Henning Olerud, Linda Dale & Stanley FerdinandezAlessandra2685
21GermanyBlood & GlitterAnthony J Brown, Chris Harms, Pi Stoffers & Rupert KeplingerLord of the Lost1826
22LithuaniaStayKrists Indrišonoks & Monika LinkytėMonika Linkytė12711
23IsraelUnicornDoron Medalie, May Sfadia, Noa Kirel & Yinon YahelNoa Kirel3623
24SloveniaCarpe DiemBojan Cvjetićanin, Jan Peteh, Jure Maček, Kris Guštin & Nace JordanJoker Out7821
25CroatiaMama ŠČ!Damir Martinović Mrle & Zoran ProdanovićLet 312313
26United KingdomI Wrote A SongKaren Poole, Mae Muller & Lewis ThompsonMae Muller2425

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Scoreboard: Grand Final
  • The scoreboard for this event may be viewed on desktop and laptop devices

Combined Jury & Televote


Points awarded by


Points awarded to


COUNTRYALBARMAUSAUTBELHRVCYPCZEESTFINFRADEUISR
10Albania (ALB)103581186311
17Armenia (ARM)213141724
15Australia (AUS)131541181725
1Austria (AUT)31310252061
Azerbaijan (AZE)856311124
16Belgium (BEL)36412317315
25Croatia (HRV)6331712
7Cyprus (CYP)8810110319
14Czechia (CZE)107421518
Denmark(DNK)2797206
12Estonia (EST)3146224
13Finland (FIN)8454118675
6France (FRA)1910241422
Georgia (GEO)22212135913
21Germany (DEU)8822651012
Greece (GRC)72571216110315
Iceland (ISL)15811562242
Ireland (IRL)6413232058
23Israel (ISR)3636165201
11Italy (ITA)752496617
Latvia (LVA)12461181210
22Lithuania (LTU)487411015713
Malta (MTA)31516113
18Moldova (MDA)145717710
Netherlands (NLD)1514852238
20Norway (NOR)54942486
4Poland (POL)145614381017
2Portugal (PRT)1273781025
Romania (ROU)5327810310
San Marino (SMR)5675101210
5Serbia (SRB)918519517
24Slovenia (SVN)743712610103
8Spain (ESP)57713515
9Sweden (SWE)17516224125
3Switzerland (CHE)1252761210844
19Ukraine (UKR)8895102
26United Kingdom (UK)312136127
Rest of The World (ROW)68310112

COUNTRYITALTUMDANORPOLPRTSRBSVNESPSWECHEUKRUK
10Albania (ALB)144121227
17Armenia (ARM)38661724
15Australia (AUS)110621417
1Austria (AUT)207761465
Azerbaijan (AZE)102572059
16Belgium (BEL)14866181
25Croatia (HRV)203511117612
7Cyprus (CYP)11152620210
14Czechia (CZE)557931624
Denmark(DNK)34120520471
12Estonia (EST)76731222415
13Finland (FIN)63123712114
6France (FRA)98110935
Georgia (GEO)1310321110
21Germany (DEU)141114371337
Greece (GRC)56101142
Iceland (ISL)112713172
Ireland (IRL)114581872
23Israel (ISR)752021615
11Italy (ITA)31210111518
Latvia (LVA)3173281811
22Lithuania (LTU)6281912
Malta (MTA)22493222654
18Moldova (MDA)1564832018
Netherlands (NLD)37257206
20Norway (NOR)138612071
4Poland (POL)648214212
2Portugal (PRT)68541312212
Romania (ROU)1919512184
San Marino (SMR)19106512126
5Serbia (SRB)4520311
24Slovenia (SVN)2085162111
8Spain (ESP)16110101710
9Sweden (SWE)13181444
3Switzerland (CHE)18671311
19Ukraine (UKR)21467183159
26United Kingdom (UK)21817815174
Rest of The World (ROW)4275

Points Summary

ALBARMAUSAUTBELHRVCYPCZEESTFINFRADEUISR
POINTS TOTAL7612215112018212312612916852610418362
POSITION221491571312108216263
ITALTUMDANORPOLPRTSRBSVNESPSWECHEUKRUK
POINTS TOTAL35012796268935930781005839224324
POSITION4111651923242117120625

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Winning Song

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Loreen at The Grand Final of The Eurovision Song Contest 2023

  • Tattoo reached No. 2 in the UK charts
  • Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä (which finished in second place in the Contest) reached No. 6 in the UK charts
  • Queen of Kings by Alessandra (which finished in fifth place in the Contest) reached No. 10 in the UK charts

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United Kingdom Entry

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Mae Muller at The Grand Final of The Eurovision Song Contest 2023

  • I Wrote A Song reached No. 9 in the UK charts.
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