The Eurovision 2023 Final has just come to an end and we have been left with a completely bitter taste before the votes of the European public. Blanca Paloma has represented us impeccably, but has fallen 14 places compared to the position reached by Chanel Terrero just a year before. The televote has not felt the roots of flamenco as its own, which is why it has only awarded us 5 points, which means that we have lost 354 in relation to “SloMo”. For their part, the professional juries did know how to see art. We stayed in a seventeenth place and last in the televoting.
In this sense, the professionals from the different countries considered that Spain’s performance had been the ninth best of the entire competition. All of them gave us a total of 100 points, without ever having heard the magical phrase “twelve points“. One of the highest scores that entered our box was that of Portugal, whose spokesperson announced that their 10 integers were going to go to Blanca Paloma. Apart from the homeland candidacy, the victory ended up in the hands of Loreen, the representative of Sweden, thanks to “Tatoo”. It is the second time in history that she has won the European contest (she already did it in 2012 with “Euphoria”).
?️ White Dove (@BlancaPaloma_rb), what you just did on stage will never be forgotten by Spain or Europe. ✨
?? Today you have pinched our hearts again with “Eaea”.#Eurovision2023 #EurovisionRTVE
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— Eurovision RTVE (@eurovision_tve) May 13, 2023
Which jurors have voted for Spain?
Among others, these have been the points that Spain has been receiving in the votes of the international juries. However, Italy and France have not considered that Blanca Paloma should be among the top positions.
- Lithuania: 8 points
- Netherlands: 7 points
- Moldova: 2 points
- San Marino: 2 points
- Azerbaijan: 7 points.
- Belgium: 6 points
- Armania: 7 points
- Portugal: 10 points
- Croatia: 6 points
- Estonia: 2 points
- Armenia: 6 points
- Finland: 3 points
- Serbia: 3 points
- Cyprus: 6 points
- Norway: 1 point
- Switzerland: 3 points
- Australia: 4 points
- Czechia: 3 points
- Slovenia: 2 points
- Albania: 1 point
- United Kingdom: 5 points
FULL RESULTS ⬇️ #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/x4eMbMBCyc
— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 13, 2023
Loreen wins Eurovision 2023 again
The representative of Sweden once again won a victory in the quintessential European music contest. Loreen performed “Tatoo” and ended up becoming both the favorite of the public and the bulk of the international juries. This reality was already experienced in 2012 when she performed “Euphoria” in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. She has become the first woman to have raised the crystal microphone for the only time in history. The only similar precedent is found in Ireland, with the singer Johnny Logan (success in 1980 and 1987). Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard is his original name and he was born curiously in the town of Melbourne (Australia). They two share this record that is practically impossible to achieve by any of our representatives.
Russian bombings in the middle of the Eurovision Song Contest
Music has always been characterized by uniting peoples from completely different cultures; However, Ukrainian media denounce that Russia has attacked different parts of its geography while the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was being held. The Eastern European country also confirms that the attack not only took place in Kiew, but also missiles have fallen in regions of Ternopil, the city where TVORCHI was born, representing Ukraine in the contest.
Right when the Eurovision final is live, Russian war criminals attacked the Kyiv & Ternopil regions. The last is the home region of TVORCHI who represent Ukraine at the contest this year.
Explosions were heard several times, and the attack continues. #RussiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/Wf3r1FRsW9
—Ukraine.ua (@ukraine_ua) May 13, 2023
“Just as the Eurovision final is live, Russian war criminals attacked the Kyiv and Ternopil regions. The last one is the region of origin of TVORCHI, which represents Ukraine in this year’s contest.. Explosions were heard several times, and the attack continues,” says Ukarine.ua through their social networks. They define themselves as a channel to obtain “verified information” about the territory in a context in which it is very complicated Be aware of everything that happens in the conflict zone.