Watch Tonight: Live From Liverpool The Eurovision 2023 First Semi-Final Show

Watch Tonight: Live From Liverpool The Eurovision 2023 First Semi-Final Show
Tuesday, 09 May 2023

  • The Eurovision week is progressing  to the Semi Final 1 Live Show taking place this evening at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool at 21:00 CET. 

    As Eurovision week is unwinding , following last evening's Jury rehearsal show for the Semi Final 1 competing acts, tonight the Semi-final 1 LIve show will take place in M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

     

    The story so far

    How did we end up in Liverpool? Since Ukraine who won last year's contest couldn't host the contest due to the war in the region the EBU released a statement revealing that the 2022 runner-up, United Kingdom. Then the race among the British cities went on with 7 of them shortlisted to continue in the race. Out of the seven candidate cities two went through to the final stage (Glasgow and Liverpool) with Liverpool eventually named Eurovision 2023 host city under the slogan 'United by Music'. 

     

    Semi-final One show

    A total of 37 countries will be taking part in the 67th edition , with 31 countries competing in the two semifinals on May 9 and 11 while the Big 5 countries ( United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) will qualify directly to the Grand final on May 13, 2023 along with last year's winning country, Ukraine.

    Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon. will have the honor to guide the viewers throughout tonight's show. In this evening's semi-final One 15 competing acts will take the stage and perform their entries. Namely here is how the show will unfold on screen: 

    1. Norway: Alessandra - Queen Of Kings
    2. Malta : The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party)
    3. Serbia: Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava
    4. Latvia: Sudden Lights - Aijā
    5. Portugal: Mimicat - Ai coração
    6. Ireland: Wild Youth - We Are One
    7. Croatia: Let 3 - Mama ŠČ
    8. Switzerland: Remo Forrer - Watergun
    9. Israel: Noa Kirel - Unicorn
    10. Moldova: Pasha Parfeni - Soarele și Luna
    11. Sweden: Loreen - Tattoo
    12. Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX - Tell Me More
    13. Czechia: Vesna - My Sister's Crown
    14. Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight
    15. Finland: Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

     

    What else to see tonight

    As this year's contest is held on behalf of Ukraine the organisers pay respect to the nation in many way. The show will kick off with Julia Sanina,member of the band The Hardkiss, performing Mayak and Together in electric dreams. As the night progresses, the interval act will feature past Eurovision participant Alyosha (2010) singing Ordinary world along with with Rebecca Ferguson. In addtion, world star Rita Ora will grace the stage by performing some of her worlwide hits and her newly released single Praising you.

     

    The results

    While in previous years the result was determing 50% by the jury votes count and the 50% by televoting, this year the audience will exclusively select the 10 qualifiers that will advance to the final. Yhe viewers in the competing countries and those of France, Germany and Italy will be able to cast their vote to determine  the results. In addition in this edition we will have an extra set fo votes coming from the Rest of the world, with the international vierwers having their say on who will go through to the final. 

     

    How to vote

    The viewers can cast their votes either by following  the directions of the participating national broadcasters of the country they live in or as rest of the world voters. In any case you can download the official  https://eurovision.tv/app

    How to Watch

    The First Semi-final show is set to hit the screen at 21:00 CEST and you can watch either in one of the participating broadcaster or streamed on the official Eurovision Youtube Channel  or through the national broadcasters found HERE.

     

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.