Liverpool, Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Eurovision 2023: the first semi-final, vote by vote
15 songs, 18 countries voting, plus viewers in the rest of the world. Finland finished first on 177 points; ten songs went through to the final.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 177 pts
Sang no. 15 · through, 2nd in the final
Top marks from Norway, Latvia, Ireland, Croatia, Israel, Sweden and Germany
- 2 135 pts
- 3 127 pts
Sang no. 9 · through, 3rd in the final
Top marks from Moldova, Azerbaijan, Czechia and Rest of the World
- 4 110 pts
- 5 109 pts
Moldova Pasha Parfeni “Soarele și luna”
Sang no. 10 · through, 18th in the final
Top marks from Portugal and Italy
- 6 102 pts
Norway Alessandra “Queen of Kings”
Sang no. 1 · through, 5th in the final
- 7 97 pts
Switzerland Remo Forrer “Watergun”
Sang no. 8 · through, 20th in the final
- 8 76 pts
- 9 74 pts
Sang no. 5 · through, 23rd in the final
Top marks from Switzerland and France
- 10 37 pts
Serbia Luke Black “Samo mi se spava (Само ми се спава)”
Sang no. 3 · through, 24th in the final
- 11 34 pts
Latvia Sudden Lights “Aijā”
Sang no. 4 · out
- 12 10 pts
Ireland Wild Youth “We Are One”
Sang no. 6 · out
- 13 7 pts
Netherlands Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper “Burning Daylight”
Sang no. 14 · out
- 14 4 pts
Azerbaijan TuralTuranX “Tell Me More”
Sang no. 12 · out
- 15 3 pts
Malta The Busker “Dance (Our Own Party)”
Sang no. 2 · out
Who gave what
Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down.
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Norway
- 12 Finland
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Czechia
- 6 Moldova
- 5 Israel
- 4 Croatia
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Netherlands
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Malta
- 12 Sweden
- 10 Norway
- 8 Israel
- 7 Finland
- 6 Switzerland
- 5 Serbia
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Czechia
- 1 Moldova
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Serbia
- 12 Croatia
- 10 Finland
- 8 Czechia
- 7 Israel
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Norway
- 4 Moldova
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Latvia
- 1 Switzerland
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Latvia
- 12 Finland
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Israel
- 7 Croatia
- 6 Moldova
- 5 Czechia
- 4 Norway
- 3 Switzerland
- 2 Azerbaijan
- 1 Ireland
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Portugal
- 12 Moldova
- 10 Finland
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Israel
- 6 Czechia
- 5 Switzerland
- 4 Latvia
- 3 Norway
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Netherlands
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Ireland
- 12 Finland
- 10 Moldova
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Israel
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Latvia
- 3 Czechia
- 2 Norway
- 1 Portugal
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Croatia
- 12 Finland
- 10 Serbia
- 8 Czechia
- 7 Israel
- 6 Norway
- 5 Portugal
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Moldova
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Azerbaijan
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Switzerland
- 12 Portugal
- 10 Finland
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Israel
- 6 Serbia
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Czechia
- 3 Norway
- 2 Moldova
- 1 Ireland
-
Israel
- 12 Finland
- 10 Norway
- 8 Czechia
- 7 Sweden
- 6 Moldova
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Switzerland
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Malta
- 1 Azerbaijan
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Moldova
- 12 Israel
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Norway
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Finland
- 5 Czechia
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Croatia
- 2 Netherlands
- 1 Latvia
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Sweden
- 12 Finland
- 10 Norway
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Czechia
- 6 Moldova
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Israel
- 2 Netherlands
- 1 Serbia
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Azerbaijan
- 12 Israel
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Finland
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Latvia
- 5 Czechia
- 4 Moldova
- 3 Serbia
- 2 Norway
- 1 Netherlands
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Czechia
- 12 Israel
- 10 Norway
- 8 Finland
- 7 Moldova
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Switzerland
- 4 Croatia
- 3 Serbia
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Latvia
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Netherlands
- 12 Sweden
- 10 Finland
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Portugal
- 6 Czechia
- 5 Norway
- 4 Israel
- 3 Moldova
- 2 Croatia
- 1 Latvia
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Finland
- 12 Czechia
- 10 Norway
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Moldova
- 6 Croatia
- 5 Sweden
- 4 Serbia
- 3 Latvia
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Israel
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France
- 12 Portugal
- 10 Moldova
- 8 Israel
- 7 Finland
- 6 Switzerland
- 5 Sweden
- 4 Czechia
- 3 Latvia
- 2 Serbia
- 1 Norway
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Germany
- 12 Finland
- 10 Croatia
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Czechia
- 6 Moldova
- 5 Portugal
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Norway
- 2 Israel
- 1 Latvia
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Italy
- 12 Moldova
- 10 Norway
- 8 Czechia
- 7 Finland
- 6 Israel
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Switzerland
- 3 Sweden
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Serbia
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Rest of the World
- 12 Israel
- 10 Finland
- 8 Latvia
- 7 Sweden
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Czechia
- 4 Moldova
- 3 Croatia
- 2 Serbia
- 1 Malta
The full scoreboard
Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.
The grid is 19 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Norway | Malta | Serbia | Latvia | Portugal | Ireland | Croatia | Switzerland | Israel | Moldova | Sweden | Azerbaijan | Czechia | Netherlands | Finland | France | Germany | Italy | Rest of the World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 102 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Malta | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 37 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Latvia | 34 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Portugal | 74 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Ireland | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 76 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Switzerland | 97 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Israel | 127 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| Moldova | 109 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
| Sweden | 135 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | 110 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | 177 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- opened by
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- Julia Sanina the co-host sang “Mayak”
- in the interval
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- Alyosha and Rebecca Ferguson “Ordinary World”
- Rita Ora a medley of four songs
Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.