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Artist: Joker Out
Song: Carpe Diem
Currently with bookmakers: 21st (125/1-269/1)
Place 2022: 17th (Last) in Semi Final 1
Wins: 0

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Joker Out were an internal selection for Slovenia by RTS, despite early confirmation that Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) would be used to select the 2023 artist. Maybe Melania Trump approached her home nation to compete and they decided to avoid that train wreck and found another to send, not that Jokers out are bad, they are just cheap Killers rip-offs.

Carpe Diem is not a bad song and if you had not heard anything by the Killers it would be even better or any other indie rock from the last 20 years. It also has the elements to do well, it is catchy, has a good beat, and the performers are cute.

Slovenian rock has come a long way and this years song may make the top ten which would only be the third time Slovenia has reached those lofty heights. They didn't make the top ten when they sent a Rock guitarist to perform in 1998, but that was a long time ago.

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Artist: Theodor Andrei
Song: D.G.T. (Off and On)
Currently with bookmakers: 37th - last (150/1 - 500/1)
Place 2022: 18th in the final
Wins: 0

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Theodor Andrei reached the Semi final of The Voice Kids in 2017, but then when he tried to play with the adults in 2020 on X-Factor, he could not even get past Bootcamp. He was not deterred though and released his debut album last year and won Selecția Națională this year to go to Eurovision. Theodor actually came second in the televote, but the televote winner came 4th in the online voting giving Theodor the ticket.

D.G.T. (Off and On) as a song probably doesn't deserve to be dead last with the bookmakers. It is not terrible. It is not terribly good, but not terrible. It could be terrible if he doesn't make his money note, but with a good performance this could sneak in and qualify. He will probably have to remove the political statement though. He will need to keep those dancers though. they got this song to where it is after all.

This song reeksof an attempt to be the male Maruv (the artist who was meant to represent Ukraine in Israel in 2019 but withdrew when the Ukrainian broadcaster advised she would have to pay to go to Israel herself and if she went to Russia for a planned concert, she would be disqualified by Ukraine for breaching their rules that contestants are not allowed to have gone to Russia or Crimea). It is not as good and Maruv and I expected better from Romania. Something like what they sent in 2010 would have been nice.

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Artist: Iru
Song: Echo
Currently with bookmakers: 13th (25/1 - 119/1)
Place 2022: 18/18 in Semi 2
Wins: 0

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Iru won The Voice Georgia, and it was this contest that was used to select the artist for Eurovision. In many countries The Voice is used to give unknown artists an opportunity for success, and Iru is hardly unknown though after being part of the Junior Eurovision winning group Candy in 2011. It seems unfair that known artists are competing in The Voice, butt when a country is using it for Eurovision Selection, it is fair game, though her participation on Georgina Idol in 2019 wasn't.

Echo was internally chosen as the song, which Iru has a writing credit on, though I am not sure I would want a writing credit on it seeing the lyrics are a bit clunky, to the point of engrish. Iru has a previous writing credit on last years Junior Eurovision song for Georgia, so everything about her entry this year is a graduation from Junior to real Eurovision, as a performer and a singer and though this years song should perform well, I get the feeling this will have 'reveal' of a lesbian interaction a bit like Albania's entry 'Sekret' did last year. Guaranteed this will be a big performance.

Georgia is very go hard or go home in Eurovision, since their first entry in 2007 which finished 12th, to now. Always interesting to watch. Interesting...

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