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Eurovision Round-up 2

It's Eurovision season again! It always seems to come round quickly, lol. The 67th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the UK for the first time in 25 years!! We last won in 1997's contest, with Katrina and the Waves'Love Shine a Light (so we hosted the following year).

The UK did not actually win last year but came second with Sam Ryder's SPACE MAN. Still, it was very different to coming bottom in 2021! The 2022 ESC was won by the Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania. However, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine they are unable to host this year.  The semi-finals and the final will take place in Liverpool and will be a collaboration with Ukraine. 

Back in 2017, I wrote a round-up all of my previous Eurovision posts on the blog (I first started writing about Eurovision back in 2012!). You can see that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/05/eurovision-round-up.html

It's now been 6 years since I wrote that, so today I'm doing a round-up off all the posts on the blog since then. :) 


Eurovision- Current Faves and Past Contestants (2017): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/05/eurovision-faves-and-past-contestant.html

Countdown to Eurovision! (2018): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/countdown-to-eurovision.html

Selection of Eurovision Songs (2018): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/selection-of-eurovision-songs.html

Countdown to Eurovision 2019!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/selection-of-eurovision-songs.html

Eurovision Favourites 2019: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/eurovision-2019-favourites.html

Countdown to Eurovision (At Home) 2020!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/countdown-to-eurovision-at-home-2020.html

Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light (the event that was held in place of ESC, due to the 2020 coronavirus lockdowns): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/eurovision-europe-shine-light.html

Countdown to Eurovision 2021!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/05/countdown-to-eurovision-2021.html

Eurovision 2021 Favourites: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/05/eurovision-favourites-2021.html

Eurovision Countdown- Past Contestant Hadise (the first of my shorter countdown posts from last year): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/eurovision-countdown-past-contestant.html

Eurovision Countdown- ASC Contestant AleXa (the 2nd countdown "mini post" from last year): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/eurovision-countdown-asc-contestant.html

Countdown to Eurovision 2022!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/countdown-to-eurovision-2022.html

Eurovision 2022 Favourites: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/eurovision-2022-favourites.html

Eurovision Countdown- ASC 2022 Winner AleXa (this year's first mini countdown post, featuring the winner of the first American Song Contest): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/04/eurovision-countdown-asc-2022-winner.html

Eurovision Countdown- 2009 Winner Alexander Rybak (this 2nd countdown post): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/04/eurovision-countdown-2009-winner.html


And how here are the 2023 entries from the UK and Ukraine!


Mae Muller- I Wrote A Song (UK)

Singer and songwriter Mae Muller (full name Holly Mae Muller) is representing us with I Wrote A Song. She started writing songs as a child and got her first taste of fame as a child, when she appeared in the music video for Mika's 1997 single Grace Kelly.

Mae was discovered online by her manager, after uploading her music on SoundCloud and videos on Instagram. She released her debut EP After Hours in February 2018. She went on to release her second EP in September that year and also signed to Capitol Records UK in 2018. 

In 2019 Mae released her debut album Chapter 1. She also brought out another EP, No One Else, Not Even You in November 2020. Her singles include Therapist,  So Annoying, Better Days (with NEIKED and Polo G), American Psycho (with Marshmello and Trippie Redd) and I Just Came To Dance. 

I Wrote A Song is Mae's latest single (released on 9th March, as well as being a Eurovision entry). It's a dance/pop song about channelling her anger towards a cheating ex into creativity. The result is that she "wrote this song"!

I think that this  suits the vibe of Eurovision (although very different to last year's entry!). I can't see it winning to be honest but it's a better standard than what we've sent some years, lol. Mae has put the effort in. 

  


For more on Mae visit these links:

Eurovision profile: https://eurovision.tv/participant/mae-muller-2023

Official site: https://www.maemuller.com/


TVORCHI- Heart of Steel (Ukraine)

Ukraine's entry is Heart of Steel by TVORCHI. They are an electronic duo made up of producer Andrii Hutsuliak and singer Jimoh Augustus Kehinde (known as Jeffery) who met at university.  Their name means "Creatives" in English.

TVORCHI released their first single Slow in November 2017 and their debut album The Parts in February 2018. To date they have released 3 more albums- Disco Lights (2019), 13 Waves (2020) and Road (2020). Their singles include Slow, Molodist, Believe, Bonfire,  Mova tila and Falling.

Heart of Steel is TVORCHI's latest single, in addition to being Ukraine's entry. It's a dance electronic song with mostly English lyrics and some Ukrainian ones. The song has a good beat and overall "powerful" vibe. I think it will do well. :) 

This is the Eurovision Version video. 



I think this is the original version (slightly different video): https://youtu.be/ZxDEwIyJap8

Watch the Remix video here: https://youtu.be/oQ3vseFM3Zc


And for  more on TVORCHI visit these links: 

Official Eurovision profile: https://eurovision.tv/participant/tvorchi-2023

Official YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@tvorchi_official


Keep up with the Eurovision news at the official site: https://eurovision.tv

Hope you enjoyed the post! :) I plan to do another next week about my favourites from this year. Who is your fave Eurovision 2023 entry?


The 1st and 2nd Semi-finals  will be held on Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th May at 8pm BST (British Summer Time)/9PM CEST (Central European Summer Time). The Grand Final will be on Saturday 13th May at 8pm BST/9pm CEST.

In the UK the semi-finals and the final will be shown on BBC1.


P.S. Hope it's not Eurovision overload! If you're not a fan, I will be posting other content again soon. 😀











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