The most important music competition in Europe, Eurovision, will be hosted by Great Britain this year from May 9 to 13. In 2022, the Eurovision trophy arrived in Ukraine, but for organizational reasons it was decided that in 2023 the competition would be held in Liverpool.

Along with Alesha Dixon and Hannah Weddingham, the show is hosted by Ukrainian artist Yulia Sanina. As in the previous edition, Eurovision wants to contribute to the promotion of peace in the European community, apart from the musical spectacle.

The regulations of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (67th edition) differ from previous years. Impressive audiences are empowered. Thus, the choice of teams to the final will be determined only by the audience. In addition, it will be possible to vote online even from countries that do not participate in the competition. The final result will be determined based on the average value between the jury’s scores and the public’s votes.

Favorites to win the contest

The odds set by bookmakers generally fairly accurately reflect the chances of Eurovision participating countries to win. Online betting agency Unibet already has odds for the winner status, as well as for Top 3, Top 5 or even Top 15 at the exhibition in 2023. The two Nordic countries are the main favorites: Sweden – Laurin, with “Tattoo” (bet 1.91) and Finland – Käärijä, with “Cha Cha Cha” (coefficient 2.60). It is followed by France (coefficient 9.00), Spain and Ukraine (both with a coefficient 17.00).

Romania is the last in the rating of betting favorites

Our country is represented at Eurovision 2023 by Teodor Andrej, semi-finalist of the TV show Vocea României Junior in 2017 and also present at X Factor Romania in 2020. The 18-year-old’s chances are considered almost non-existent. In the betting agencies, Romania takes the last place in terms of the coefficient for winning the competition – 1001.00. Those who want to bet on the Romanian artist making it to the top 15 can do so at odds of 11.00.

Eurovision 2023 program

Ukraine (Tvorchi, with “Steel Heart”), France (La Zarra, with “Evidemment”), Germany (Lord of the Lost, with “Blood and Glitter”), Italy (Marco Mengoni, with “Due vite”), Spain (Bianca Paloma, from “Eaea”) and Great Britain (May Muller, from “I Wrote a Song”). Another 31 countries are competing for 14 places in the final act of the competition.

The two semi-finals are scheduled for May 9 and 11. Teodor Andrej from “DGT (Off & On)” represents Romania at Eurovision in the second semi-final. There are European countries that decided not to participate in the competition: Bulgaria, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Slovakia.

Eurovision, a contest with a rich history

If you look at the history of Eurovision, Ireland has won the contest 7 times and is the record holder in this regard. Sweden, the favorite for Eurovision 2023, won 6 trophies. It is followed by France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Great Britain, each of which has 4 successes.

Lorin Zineb Nora Talhoui, known under the pseudonym Lorin, is already considered an international music star. He also represented Sweden in 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. With the song “Euphoria” he took first place, scoring 372 points. Since then, her artistic career has developed rapidly, so now she is credited with a great chance of winning another trophy.

The Eurovision Song Contest (originally called the Eurovision Grand Prix) was created as an annual competition between the many countries that are active members of the European Broadcasting Union. In the first edition, which took place in the city of Lugano in Switzerland on May 24, 1956, only 7 countries participated, each with two songs.