PREVIEW

PREVIEW/PREDICTIONS: Eurovision Song Contest Final starring Mae Muller, La Zarra & Blanca Paloma

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By Neil Durham

WHEN?: Saturday 13 May 2023 8pm (GMT)

WHERE?: Liverpool Arena

HOW DO I WATCH?: BBC1

We’ve now heard all the songs by the 6 countries pre-qualified for May’s Eurovision Song Contest final and below we predict where we think they will finish there.

  • Read on for reasons including how we think the entries from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ukraine would fare at Eurovision this year
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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen andra chansen starring Theoz, Tennessee Tears, Mariette & Melanie Wehbe

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By Aline Mahrud

WHEN? 7pm UK time Saturday 4 March 2023

WHERE? Hägglunds Arena, Örnsköldsvik

WHERE DO I WATCH? SVT Play 

We’ve now seen the performances, all the songs are available and below we predict how each of the songs in Saturday’s semi final – or andra chansen as we prefer to call it – would fare in May in Liverpool at the Eurovision Song Contest itself.

  • Read on for reasons including our thoughts on acts including Theoz, Tennessee Tears, Mariette and Melanie Wehbe
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9 reasons why we can’t wait for March 2023 starring Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

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  1. Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

This venue’s promenade performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar have been amongst some of the best theatre we’ve ever immersed ourselves in and so this similar new production of a musical which is 1 of our favourites offers a great deal to look forward to. Not least with a cast including Marisha Wallace (Oklahoma!, Young Vic) and Daniel Mays (The Caretaker, Old Vic). Runs 3 March, opens 14 March through 2 September 2023. Tickets Review

  • Read on for reasons including Self Esteem, Cian Ducrot and the return of Eugenius
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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 4 starring Loreen

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By Aline Mahrud

WHEN? 7pm UK time Saturday 25 February 2023

WHERE? Malmö, Malmö Arena

WHERE DO I WATCH? SVT Play 

Each act performing last in this season of Melodifestivalen has won their heat or progressed to Andra Chansen and we think 2012 Eurovision Song Contest winner Loreen is likely to be in the euphoric former camp.

  • Read on for reasons including finalen and Andra Chansen predictions
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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 3 starring Melanie Wehbe, Laurell and Paul Rey

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By Aline Mahrud

WHEN?: 7pm UK time Saturday 18 February 2023

WHERE?: Sparbanken Lidköping Arena, Lidköping

WHERE DO I WATCH? SVT Play 

Last week’s Heat 2 saw a ratcheting up of quality, a surprise non-qualifier and a Heat 3 performer co-writing the winning song.

  • Read on for reasons including finalen and Andra Chansen predictions
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PREVIEW: Victorious Festival 2023 starring Kasabian, Friendly Fires & Charlatans

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By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum

Victorious has announced its second wave of acts for Britain’s sunniest August bank holiday festival on the south coast in Portsmouth (25-27 August 2023).

  • Read on for reasons including Natalie Imbruglia, Pete Tong, Belle and Sebastian & Dara O’Briain
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PREVIEW: Finland’s Eurovision selection show UMK starring Keira, Robin Packalen & Benjamin

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By Neil Durham

WHEN?: Saturday 25 February 2023

HOW DO I WATCH?: YLE

Finland’s Eurovision selection show UMK continues to be 1 of the season’s highlights and there’s a lot of quality here in the race to succeed internationally-renowned rock band The Rasmus who represented the country last year, finishing 21st.

  • Read on for reasons including Robin Packalan, Benjamin and Käärijä
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PREVIEW: Norway’s Eurovision selection show Melodi Grand Prix 2023 starring Skrellex, Ulrikke, Jone & Elsie Bay

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By Aline Mahrud

WHEN?: 7pm UK time Saturday 4 February 2023

WHERE?: Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim HOW DO I WATCH?: NRK

Drag in Eurovision rarely pops in the way it does on RuPaul’s Drag Race but that’s all changed thanks to this performance by Skrellex.

  • Read on for reasons including Skrellex, former winner Ulrikke, Jone and Elsie Bay
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PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 4 starring Loreen, Mariette and Axel Schylström

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By Aline Mahrud

WHEN?: 7pm UK time Saturday 25 February 2023

WHERE?: Malmö Arena, Malmö WHERE DO I WATCH?: SVT Play

Last year Loreen’s 2012 Eurovision winner Euphoria lost its crown as the Contest’s best-loved song in the ESC250 and perhaps it’s fitting then that the queen returns to Melodifestivalen in 2023 with a new song.

  • Read on for reasons including Loreen, Mariette and Axel Schylström
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9 reasons why we can’t wait for February 2023 starring Sheridan Smith as Shirley Valentine

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  1. Sheridan Smith is Shirley Valentine

Smith (Funny Girl, Savoy) returns to the stage for the 1st time since Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Palladium and this beloved Willy Russell one-woman comedy about a woman who finds love on holiday abroad is the perfect choice. Runs 17 February through 3 June at the Duke Of York’s. Tickets 1st preview review

  • Read on for reasons including Callum Scott Howells at the National, Standing At The Sky’s Edge and Benidorm Fest
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