This is a presentation of all the points and rankings from the 2023 Eurovision Grand Final from Liverpool.
This is my first build using web graphics, which means this is built entirely in a browser using JavaScript animations (and HTML and CSS, using the Vue.js. framework for those who care!). I’ve rigged the sounds too, and maps are from @maptilerofficial. This is a massive change for me and how I usually build these videos, but a great challenge. It’s a huge positive that you don’t need specialist software on particular hardware to create data visualisations and animated graphics - all you need is a browser and access to the internet to google ‘how to’ videos! In fact, I made a lot of use out of ChatGPT in order to efficiently learn and fix bugs.
You may have seen an animation concept that has a similar feel - I based the layout and look from what @erwrie built in this video: • Eurovision 2023 scoreb... . Thanks for such inspiring work! As design elements from 2023 came out, I adapted accordingly. Also thank you again to Danielle Kelly for her code in R which did an efficient pull of all the data from the eurovision.tv website.
The backing music is lifted from the actual broadcast, via @KubasEurovision - the music was composed by Michael Nekrasov, BBC, EBU (all rights to them).
After Kalush Orchestra’s win in 2022, Eurovision embarked on an unprecedented season. For the first time, the EBU denied the winners the right to host in their own country and for a few weeks, the Contest became subject of comments from politicians in the UK, who unsurprisingly failed to grasp the size and scope of ‘one night in May’. No international conferences or performers are travelling to Ukraine whilst the illegal and outrageous invasion by Russia continues. The EBU eventually offered the Contest to the BBC, and for the first time since 1998 the Contest returned to Britain. My first Contest was 1998, so to me this was other worldly - for so long it seemed like the idea of the BBC hosting once again was an unreachable target. Thanks of course, should go to Sam Ryder and his song which got the UK its highest finish since, well 1998.
After a tough host city battle, Liverpool beat Glasgow and I can say from first hand, Liverpool set a new bar on how to host the Contest. Every shop, bar, street had something going on and something referencing the Contest. To hear Ukraine’s entry for this year being piped through a shopping centre was quite surreal! I know many memories were formed on the streets and docks of that wonderful city - the strong May sunshine helped of course!
In the end, Liverpool gave us a two-song battle which will go down in Contest history alongside Céline and Scott, Sonia and Niamh and Cliff and Massiel. In 2022 we’d seen an overwhelming audience vote sweep Ukraine to victory. This year we saw a dominant jury score for Sweden battle with an even more dominant audience vote for Finland (but nothing like 2022). The crucial difference was that Sweden’s audience vote wasn’t far behind Käärijä’s and so it was more than enough to see the first woman to be crowned Eurovision champion twice. You’ll see in the data that Sweden’s victory was assured from early on - every time Finland claw some difference back with a good audience vote, Sweden also have a semi decent vote too, meaning the gap between them remains stubbornly at around the 50 point mark.
In historical terms, there must be a mention of Ireland. Sweden now equal Ireland’s impressive trophy haul, and even Johnny Logan’s record has been challenged (as a performer anyway). Ireland’s 2023 contest was somewhat of a disaster, with questionable delegation members being removed and another failure to qualify. There’s now been 8 contests without an Irish finalist since 2014. There’s absolutely no smugness from London though. The UK’s result was a bitter pill to swallow after such a success in Turin - I’m hoping this was a blip. The song was perhaps not strong enough for a this competition, although its commercial success is notable. Being hosts and performing last also perhaps dampened the points haul somewhat too. Anyway, as we always say…what’s another year?
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