Eurovision 2023: The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards

Eurovision 2023: The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards
Saturday, 13 May 2023

  • Like every year since 2002, just before the final Eurovision 2023 winner is determined the Marcel Bezençon Awards ceremony took place giving out three special awards. 

    The Marcel Bezençon Awards , which owe their title from the founder of the Eurovision Song Contest, were introduced by Christer Björkman (Sweden 1992 and current Swedish Head of Delegation) and Richard Herrey (member of the Swedish ESC 1984 winning group  The Herreys) and are given out to three acts just before the final show determines the winner of the contest.

    Namely the three awards given out were :

     

    Press Award

    The Press Award, which is determined by the voted of the accredited media members was handed out to Sweden's Loreen  singing “Tattoo”

     

    Artistic Award

    The Artistic Award, which is for to the best artistic performance and is attributed by the commentators from each participating broadcaster, was given to Loreen with Tattoo.

     

    Composer Award

    The Composer Award, which goes to a song’s team of composers and is determined by the votes of all of the participating composers at this year’s Contest, went this year to Italy's Marco Mengoni for his song 'Due Vite'.

     

    Watch the whole Award ceremony in the video below:

     

    News Source/image: Eurovision.tv

     

     

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  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 12 consecutive years along with the 2017-2023 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last two years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.