Let's get physical

This year's physicals

Singles (CDsingles and vinyl)

Sweden - cdsingle on June 16, Picture disc vinyl on December 22

Lithuania: is it a single or a minialbum?, 12"inch vinyl for Monika L.

Croatia: cdsingle out now

Netherlands: Vinyl single on May 12

Belgium: Vinyl single, cdsingle and hat!

Finland: is it a single or a minialbum?, the Cha Cha Cha Mixtape CD EP is out on 5-5, Strictly limited Vinyl in August

U.K.'s cdsingle is out on May 12

Australia has 7"inch singles out in May

Promos are spotted: Serbia, Poland, La Grande France, Italy

AVOID: Counterfeit/bootleg cds of Norway, Sweden, U.K. and Israel.

The Official album

The 2CD is out on April 28

A 3LP version is released on May 12, postponed to May 26 (so out now).

The DVD is out on the 26th of June. (3 disc set)

Not physical: The official album is out now (14-4) through some digital sellers (not the streaming services), the karaoke album is also available (also on the streamers)

National Finals on record

Italy's Sanremo songs are released on 2CD, 2LP and coloured vinyl 2LP, Out now

Sweden's Melodifestivalen CD out 27-2

Portugal's Festival da Canção CD is out on February 24

Croatia let'3 us down this year, you have to make your own CD

The Artists albums

Germany's Lord Of The Lost have their album already out in various formats including an ESC edition.

Romania's Theodor Andrei's album Fragil. has an early version of D.G.T., Out now.

U.K. Mae has an album on the way, expected on September 15.

Australia - Album out July 14. , Album on CD, re-issue vinyl also includes Promise now

Italy - Marco Mengoni's Materials

Czechia - Vesna's CD out on November 21

Estonia - Alika LP and CD out on 24-11

Slovenia - Joker Out Live LP in 2024

Serbia - Chainsaws in Paradise CD

Portugal - Mimicat's Peito on CD

Latvia's Sudden Light have a Live LP available

Now That's What I Call Eurovision Song Contest

It's only logical, with Eurovision in Liverpool and the Now That's What I Call factory working at full capacity: A new edition of the album which we first saw in 2021 (here) will be released. A 4CD, 5LP and 2LP edition will be available on April 28.

Full tracklists of each edition here at SuperDeluxeEdition. 

The 4CD set and clear vinyl 5LP both have 84 songs.

The 2LP on coloured vinyl has 36.

It obviously has a lot of winners but also some interesting choices not on the previous edition like Sound Of Silence, Rhythm Inside, Fuego and Vivre by Guy Bonnet (Now That's What I Call Unexpected)

Voilá, El Diablo, Discoteque, Space Man and superhit Snap are included from recent contests, as are the winners from Rotterdam and Turin.

At first glance it seems that Dadi Freyr, James Newman, John Lundvik, James Fox, Paola, Scooch, Lindsey DePaul & Mike Moran, Nicki French (How very dare they!) and Lindsay Dracass, who were on the first edition, were dropped in favour of other classics. But it still has Bad Old Days!. 

So that's at least 23 "new" tracks on this issue.

Of course die-hard fans have everything already but it's nice and shiny and tempting. 

The Now Music people have a website. The releases are pre-orderable at U.K. (online) stores but I'm sure they'll pop up elsewhere soon.

pre-release image of the 5LP box

tracks on the 4CD, click to enlarge

Collectable Vinyl Compilation of Winners

Not the real product yet

Eurovision Collected - Winners Only is a blue vinyl 2LP released on April 14 2023. Only 2000 copies are made and they are numbered.

The set includes winners only, including the most recent ones.

You have all the songs already but who doesn't want two slices of blue vinyl filled with Eurovision's greatest.

(Music On Vinyl / Universal) 

Available here (DE/AT + INT), here (NL), here (CY/GR), here (UK/INT from UK), here (NL), here (UK). Please note, I don't have experience with all these shops, just browsed a bit so you don't have to.

LP1 
1. Kalush - Stefania (Kalush Orchestra)
2. Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
3. Duncan Laurence - Arcade
4. Netta - Toy
5. Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois
6. Loreen - Euphoria
7. Lena - Satellite
8. Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah
9. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
10. Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me To Your Heaven
11. Katrina & the Waves - Love Shine a Light
12. Eimear Quinn - the Voice
13. Secret Garden - Nocturne
14. Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan - Rock 'N Roll Kids
 
LP2
1. Linda Martin - Why Me?
2. Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now
3. Sandra Kim - J'aime La Vie
4. Bobbysocks - Let It Swing
5. Nicole - Ein Bisschen Frieden
6. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
7. Milk and Honey - Hallelujah
8. Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
9. Teach-In - Ding-A-Dong
10. Vicky Leandros - Après Toi
11. Lenny Kuhr - De Troubadour
12. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On a String
13. France Gall - Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son

Portugal - Mimicat - Ai Coração

23 - 59 pts / 9 - 74 pts in semi 1

Mimicat is the winner of the 57th Festival RTP da Canção with her song Ai Coração (Oh Heart). The song is written by Marisa Mena (Mimicat) and Luís Pereira.

The song can be found on the FdC album (CD and digital, see below). 

A seperate single (same track only) was finally released on May 5. (Although it is dated 27-1)

An instrumental version can be found on Mimicat's Youtube.

Mimicat (Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena) recorded her first songs at age 9 but we fast forward to 2001 when she first participated in the Festival da Canção as Izamena. Her song Mundo Colorido ended 3rd in one of the 5 heats (50 songs in the race) but only the top 2 continued through the final.

In 2009 she was the singer of the Jazz/Pop band The Casino Royal with whom she recorded two albums. 

Her first solo album (as Mimicat) is For You from 2014. Back In Town, her 2nd solo album, was released in 2017 and spent one week on the Portuguese album charts. Both are English language albums.

Mimicat album Peito

Mimicat's Eurovision song is released on her 2024 album Peito. It's available as CD, contact through Mimicat's Facebook. Also available at her live shows.

The 2023 Festival da Canção CD was released on February 24 and is available in the Portuguese shops. I only know Fnac.pt to sell it internationally, (but they have hefty postage costs). 

Let me know if there are other online shops available.
This year's Festival da Canção semi's were on February 25 and March 4 with the final on March 11.

The only returning Eurovision artist in the 2023 line-up was Claudia Pascoal who represented the host country in Lisbon in 2018.

Versions:

Ai, Coração - original

- digital 27-1, Festival RTP da Canção CD

Ai, Coração - karaoke

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:
Portugal top 200: 76, 155, -, re: 102, 24, 80, 114, 143, 171

Links and sources
Mimicat FB, Insta
Festival da Canção 2023 at ESC History
Festival da Canção Website, FB

Remember Maro, The Black Mamba and Salvador Sobral who brought the trophy to Portugal with their 50th Eurovision entry