After a three year lapse in newsletters due to inactivity caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic, it is time to get started again. Here is the long awaited first issue of the 2023 newsletter.
Timothy Holdiness Ktkvtsh (
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WikiProject Eurovision Newsdesk Editor in Chief
The WikiProject has received a new look, in the colours of the
2024 contest host country, Sweden. Be sure to take a look at the newly redesigned
News Desk and the new
Archive tab (which is still under construction).
There have been discussions of creating a broader project encompassing all song contests. Be sure to share your thoughts in the WikiProject talk page.
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A Coruña,
Spain will host the AI Song Contest 2023 on 9 November, with the theme "Walking with AI" (
Spanish: O camiño da IA). It is hosted by Galacia after their entry was runner-up last year.
The
2024 contest will take place in
Malmö, Sweden after being chosen over
Stockholm, with
Gothenberg and
Örnsköldsvik also applying to host. Malmö will stage the event for the third time (following the
1992 and
2013 contests), and will be held on the 7, 9 and 11 May in the
Malmö Arena, the same venue as the 2013 edition.
After being held in
2017 and
2019, the choral contest has been cancelled after preperations had already begun by national broadcasters for the 2023 edition.
The 2023 edition will take place in
Eskilstuna, Sweden and will feature 24 entries which failed to be selected to take part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
A play on the word Eurovision, the most creative and notable outfit award replaces the
Barbara Dex Award, and has been awarded by Eurovision fans to
Sheldon Riley and
Käärijä in
2022 and
2023 respectively.