Today in Yerevan, Armenia second rehearsals commence for Junior Eurovision 2022 continue, EMA 2023 is launched and Georgiaโs Eurovision selection begins.
The key times for today are as follows:
- Junior Eurovision 2022 โ Second Rehearsals โ 07:00 CET
- Slovenia โ EMA 2023 Announcement โ 11:00 CET
- San Marino โ Una voce per San Marino โ Auditions โย 11:10 CET
- Georgia โ The Voice Georgia โ 19:00 CET
- Czech Republic โ ESCZ 2023 โ Submissions Close โ 23:59 CET
ย Junior Eurovision 2022 Rehearsals โ Day Two
ย Junior Eurovision 2022 Rehearsals โ Day TwoRehearsals for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 continue today at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex.
The second rehearsals take place today for eight of the sixteen countries that are competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Each country will have thirty minutes to rehearse on the stage in Yerevan.
Second rehearsals are held with members of the press in attendance, we will be live blogging from the arena from 07:00 CET. The key times for rehearsals are:
- Albania: Kejtlin Gjata โ โPakรซz diellโ โ 07:00 to 07:30 CET
- Ukraine: Zlata Dziunka โ โNezlamnaโ โ 07:35 to 08:05 CET
- Malta: Gaia Gambuzza โ โDiamonds in the Skiesโ โ 8:10 to 08:40 CET
- Italy: Chanel Dilecta โ โBla Bla Blaโ โ 08:45 to 09:15 CET
- Serbia: Katarina Saviฤ โ โSvet bez granicaโ โ 09:15 to 09:45 CET
- Poland: Laura Bฤ czkiewicz โ โTo the Moonโ โ 09:50 to 10:20 CET
- North Macedonia: Lara feat. Jovan & Irina โ โลฝivotot e pred meneโ โ 10:25 to 10:55 CET
- Portugal: Nicolas Alves โ โAnos 70โ โ 11:00 to 11:30 CET
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia โ EMA 2023 Announcement โ 11:00 CET
The Slovenian broadcaster is holding a press conference from 11:00 CET to announce the details of EMA 2023. The press conference is being broadcast live from the Ljubljana Botanical Garden on MMC TV.
You can watch the broadcast live on the RTVSLO website.
๐ธ๐ฒ Una voce per San Marino 2023 Auditions Day Eleven โ 11:10 CET
San Marinoโs selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 continues today with the eleventh day of auditions.
The auditorium Little Tony di Serravalle will play host to five hours of auditions today, as Una voce per San Marino commences. Taking part in auditions today are:
- Claudia Margaret Grace
- ย May
- ASIA
- SARA
- ELIN
- Dylan Fortytears
- NeVRuZ
- Ellis & Scianila
- Jade
- Rouges
Georgia โ The Voice Georgia โ 19:00 CET
Georgia commences its search for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 this evening. The judging panel is formed of:
This is the first time that The Voice Georgia has been used to determine the nationโs representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. This will be the fifth series of the competition and the second series broadcast by GPB.
Georgia last held a national selection to determine its representative in 2020, when Georgian Idol was used to select their singer for the contest in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It is currently not known how the Georgian song for the contest next May will be determined.
Watch The Voice Georgia live here.
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic โ ESCZ 2023 โ Song Submissions Close โ 23:59 CET
Today is the last day for songs to be submitted to the Czech selection for Eurovision 2023. The submissions window is open until 23:59 CET, the rules of the selection are as follows:
- The submission can be in form of a demo version, the final master is not necessary at this stage.
- Submitted compositions may not be published or publicly presented in any form before September 1, 2022. If the submitted composition was published or publicly presented before this date, it will be automatically disqualified.
- It is allowed to send more songs from one artist.
- The lead singer, i.e. the main vocalist of the composition, must hold Czech citizenship โ in the case of a duet, at least one of the main vocalists must meet this condition.
In a change to previous years, only three finalists will be selected to go through to the final stage of the selection. The winner of the selection will be determined by the Czech public, foreign fans and an expert jury as in previous selections.
Image Source: Corinne Cumming/EBU
