The Eurovision Song Contest grand final is officially here. The 2023 competition will kick off on Saturday, May 13 with viewers able to tune into BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8pm.
The line-up for the grand final is now complete following Tuesday and Thursday's semi-finals, with 20 countries advancing to the last stage of the competition alongside the Big Five which consists of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as last year's winner, Ukraine. You can read more about the Big Five here.
This year the UK is hosting Eurovision in Liverpool on behalf of Ukraine, and as such the UK had the privelige of drawing its slot in the running order back in March, as did Ukraine. The UK's entry, Mae Muller, is performing last, while Ukraine's Tvorchi is placed in position 19.
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The rest of the countries had to wait unil Friday, May 12, when the full running order was decided in the early hours following Thursday night's second semi-sinal. Here's the full running order for the grand final 2023.
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 running order
- Austria | Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar?
- Portugal | Mimicat - Ai Coração
- Switzerland | Remo Forrer - Watergun
- Poland | Blanka - Solo
- Serbia | Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava
- France: La Zarra - Évidemment
- Cyprus | Andrew Lambrou - Break A Broken Heart
- Spain: Blanca Paloma - Eaea
- Sweden | Loreen - Tattoo
- Albania | Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje
- Italy: Marco Mengoni - Due Vite
- Estonia | Alika - Bridges
- Finland | Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha
- Czechia | Vesna - My Sister's Crown
- Australia | Voyager - Promise
- Belgium | Gustaph - Because Of You
- Armenia | Brunette - Future Lover
- Moldova | Pasha Parfeni - Soarele şi Luna
- Ukraine: TVORCHI - Heart of Steel
- Norway | Alessandra - Queen of Kings
- Germany: Lord of the Lost - Blood & Glitter
- Lithuania | Monika Linkytė - Stay
- Israel | Noa Kirel - Unicorn
- Slovenia | Joker Out - Carpe Diem
- Croatia | Let 3 - Mama ŠČ!
- United Kingdom: Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song
The Eurovision Song Contest kicks off on Saturday, May 13 at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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