The first semi-final of Eurovision 2023 will take place on Tuesday night in Liverpool, with 15 countries, including Moldova, competing for ten places in the final of the contest later this week.

The public in Romania will not be able to vote in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2023, the queues will be open for the second semi-final, which will take place on May 11 and in which the winner of the national selection Teodor Andrej will also participate.

How to vote in the semi-finals of Eurovision 2023

Songs from 15 countries will compete in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool on May 9. The first ten best results obtained through exclusive public voting qualify 10 countries for the Eurovision final.

Voting will be done by viewers from participating countries as well as Germany, France and Italy, with online voting from the rest of the world added. The latter is a novelty of this year’s Regulation, which allows fans in countries not participating in Eurovision 2023 to be able to vote via the www.esc.vote application, according to a TVR press release.

Romania is participating in the second semi-final of Eurovision 2023

Romania will advance to the second semi-final of Eurovision 2023 on May 11, when Teodor Andrej will take to the Liverpool stage.

Those living in Romania can vote for this semi-final via SMS messages from participants in the same group.

Romanians from countries that will participate together with our country in the second semi-final of Eurovision, respectively: Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Belgium, Cyprus, Iceland, Greece, Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, San Marino, Austria, Albania, Lithuania, Australia , they can vote for the artist of the song “DGT (Off and on)” on May 11, 2023.

Also, since during the semi-finals of Eurovision 2023 on May 11, the songs of Spain, Great Britain and Ukraine will also be heard, those countries can also support the representative of our country.

Teodor Andrej’s code is 3 (stage entry position), this is the number that Romanians in the diaspora must send to the number displayed on the screen in the country from which they are watching the Eurovision Song Contest.

The phone numbers/SMS and the corresponding rates will be displayed in each country on the public television that broadcasts the music competition.

Which countries are competing in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2023 – among them is Moldova

Songs from 15 countries will compete in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool on May 9.

1. Croatia – Let 3 – Mama ŠČ!

2. Ireland – Wild Youth – We Are One

3. Latvia – Sudden Lights – Aijā

4. Malta – The Busker – Dance (Our Own Party)

5. Norway – Alessandra – the queen of kings

6. Portugal – Mimikat – Ay Khorasan

7. Serbia – Luke Black – Samo Mi Se Spava

8. Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX – Tell Me More

9. Czech Republic – Vesna – My Sister’s Crown

10. Finland – Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha

11. Israel – Noah Kirel – Unicorn

12. Moldova – Pasha Parfeni – The Sun and the Moon

13. Holland – Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper – Burning Daylight

14. Sweden – Loreen – Tattoo

15. Switzerland – Remo Forrer – Watergun

The best performances of Romania at Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2023 will be held in Liverpool, Great Britain, the contest is organized by Ukraine due to the war that broke out in that country.

The Eurovision 2023 semi-finals and final, which will take place at the M&S Bank Arena under the slogan “United by Music”, will be broadcast live exclusively on 9, 11 and 13 May at 22.00 on TVR 1, TVR Internaţional. and TVR+.

The Eurovision Song Contest is the most important international music competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the largest European association of public television channels.

The Eurovision Song Contest has been held every year since 1956. The show is one of the longest running and most popular television programs in the world and is broadcast in Europe as well as Australia, Asia and the United States.

Romanian Television is the organizer of the National Selection and has been participating in Eurovision since 1993.

Romania’s best performances at this competition were: twice third place (Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem – Kyiv, 2005; Paula Seling and Ovi – Oslo, 2010) and once fourth place (Mihai Trăistariu – Athens, 2006).

Eurovision 2023 is the 67th music contest.