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Overview

«Ideal Eurovision 2023» was the third contest in the «Ideal Eurovision» franchise, held in April 2023. A total of 38 countries, along with 38 heads of delegations, participated in the contest. The show consisted of the First Semi-Final (25 March), the Second Semi-Final (1 April) and a Grand Final (April 8, 2023). A total of 26 countries competed in the Grand Final. After tallying the jury and televote scores, Austria won «Ideal Eurovision 2023». The country was represented by Teya & Salena with the song «Who The Hell Is Edgar?», earning a total of 401 points. Sweden with Loreen - «Tattoo», and Finland with Käärijä - «Cha Cha Cha» were second and third, respectively.

The main platform for the show was the Telegram-blog "Eurovision Live" again. The show was broadcasted at the Official YouTube-channel of Ideal Eurovision Song Contest.

History

«Ideal Eurovision 2023» was the third show of the franchise. The Semi-Finals were held on 25 March and 1 April 2023, the Grand Final on 8 April 2023.

On January 17, 2023, it was officially announced that the contest would continue and take place again in 2023, following the successful organization of both the adult and junior contests in 2022. Initially, it was declared that the UEBU team would select 37 Heads of Delegation to match the number of countries in the original contest. However, on March 8, 2023, through a poll set on the Telegram channel "Eurovision Live," it was decided to add one more country, Montenegro, to the list of participants. In the original contest, Montenegro was set to be represented by Enisa with the song "Ole." Thus, 38 countries participated in the "Ideal Eurovision 2023."

Applications for participation in the contest were open from January 27 to January 29, lasting 48 hours. On the evening of January 29, 2023, UEBU revealed the list of all Heads of Delegation (except for the 38th Head of Delegation for Montenegro).

On February 24, 2023, the allocation draw for countries into the semifinals took place. Each Head of Delegation (with the exception of Montenegro's Head of Delegation) was assigned a country through the draw. Additionally, the countries were divided into two semifinals.

On March 8, 2023, UEBU began the search for hosts for the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final of the "Ideal Eurovision Song Contest 2023." However, in the end, the contest was hosted by its supervisor, Mairan Osterdahl.

On March 13, 2023, the dates for the two Semi-Finals and the Grand Final were announced: the Semi-Finals were scheduled for March 25 and April 1, 2023, while the Grand Final was set for April 8, 2023. Additionally, the UEBU team started contacting various stars from different Eurovision seasons, sending invitations to participate in the interval acts of the upcoming contest. On March 15, UEBU announced that The Busker (Malta at Eurovision 2023) and RODAN (ESCZ 2023) would appear in the interval acts. On March 20, it was further announced that Ella (MGP 2023) would also perform in the show's interval act.

On March 16, 2023, the Running Orders for both Semi-Finals were revealed, and the next day, a comprehensive recap of all 38 entries of the contest was published.

Voting for the first Semi-Final took place from March 20 to March 22, 2023, gathering a total of 1,758 votes. The results of the first Semi-Final were aired on March 25, 2023. Voting for the second Semi-Final occurred from March 27 to March 29, 2023, with 1,285 votes collected. The results were announced on April 1, 2023.

Voting lines for the Grand Final opened on April 3 and closed on April 5, 2023. The UEBU team decided to raffle off Telegram Premium among those who voted in the Grand Final. The winner of the raffle was announced at the end of the Grand Final show on April 8.

The winner of the Grand Final was the Austrian duo Teya & Salena, who joined the show to personally thank the audience for their support and victory. Austria scored 401 points in the Grand Final of the show.