Status: 05/11/2023 11:10 p.m
The 67th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Liverpool in 2023. In the second semi-final 16 acts were on stage, ten were able to qualify for the big final next Saturday.
Ten of the 16 acts in the second semi-final have qualified for the final on May 13th. In addition to the participating semi-final countries, Spain and Great Britain as the so-called Big Five countries as well as Ukraine as the winning country in 2022 also submitted their votes in the second semi. Germany was not entitled to vote.
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These ten acts are in the 2023 ESC final
Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – “Duje”
Armenia: Brunette – “Future Lover”
Australia: Voyager – “Promise”
Belgium: Gustav – “Because Of You”
Estonia: Alika – “Bridges”
Lithuania: Monika Linkyte – “Stay”
Austria: Teya & Salena – “Who The Hell Is Edgar?”
Poland: Blanka – “Solo”
Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”
Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – “Break A Broken Heart”
Eliminated in the second ESC semi-final
Denmark: Reiley – “Breaking My Heart”
Iceland: Dilja – “power”
Georgia: Iru – “echo”
Greece: Victor Vernicos – “What They Say”
Romania: Theodor Andrei – “DGT (Off And On)”
San Marino: Piqued Jacks – “Like An Animal”
Maria Yaremchuk and Zlata Dziunka as interval acts
Presented with “Music Unites Generations”. Maria Yaremchuk, the Ukrainian ESC participant from 2014 in Copenhagen, during the voting break, the connection between generations of Ukrainians and the music they love. At the end of their journey through time, rapper OTOY and 14-year-old Ukrainian JESC participant Zlata Dziunka joined in and wanted to show that music is the light that overcomes darkness for generations of Ukrainians.
With the performance “Be Who You Wanna Be”, three drag performers and several dancers symbolized that the ESC is there for everyone – regardless of age, nationality or background.
New rules for the ESC semi-finals
As of this year, the jury in the ESC semi-final shows is abolished. Only the televoting decides which acts move into the final – ten from the first and ten from the second semi-final. Which country started in which semi-final was drawn on January 31 in the so-called allocation draw in Liverpool. The starting order was determined by the show’s producers based on dramaturgical aspects and was announced on March 22nd.
Tickets for the ESC shows in Liverpool
Ticket sales started on March 7th at 1 p.m. (CET). All nine ESC shows are actually sold out. Further ticket sales are currently not planned. Tickets were only available through Ticketmaster UK and cost between £30 and £290 for the semi-final shows and between £80 and £380 for the final shows. Since April 24th there are still remaining tickets available in advance.
As every year, the EBU warns all fans not to buy tickets for the ESC shows on the black market or via anything other than the official online ticket platform. These cards are usually not only overpriced, but they could also be counterfeit and therefore not valid.
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