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Welcome to Ліверпуль, home of Eurovision 2023. 37 countries did Come Together for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

Ukraine won the 2022 Torino contest but with them not being able to host the EBU (Big Giant Head of Eurovision) chose the country closest alphabetically. 

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Grattis Loreen!

Sweden Wins Eurovision 2023

Malmö 24: The Collection is here

At the Liverpool Collection follow all the artists and their songs, releases (physical and digital), versions, promo info and unmissable trivia like charts, discographies, some preselection goings-on and useful links for listening and shopping.

Mega thanks to Rick!, can't do it without you. 

Updated pages at the top: 

Finland: Strictly Käärijä in the mix, Cha Cha Cha Mixtape CD EP. YES YES remix, LOTL cover, Reggae O.K., Wins Semi 1 and final televote. Green Vinyl, more remixes, Masup released.

Moldova - Here comes the sun. And the moon. Hello Pasha! Mix your own Pasha. Versions updated.

Iceland - Power to Diljá, powers down a bit with acoustic version, remix + 1, versions updated 2025

Slovenia - Joker Out seize the day, now also in English, Joker in, Live album out now. Souvenir Pop CD

Belgium - Tipping my hat to Gustaph. Time for some shopping, 7"inch & cdsingle, vintage dub mix, gluten-free, CD/LP album out now

Let's get physical: Winners on Vinyl, UK cds, Australia 7"s, Official album dates, Belgium, Netherlands, NOW that's what I call Eurovision 2023. Vinyl out now, 2023 artista albums on CD & LP

Poland: She's going solo: Blanka, versions update, new remix, Eurovision Dance Break version finally released in 2024

Portugal: FdC CD out now, Ai, Portugal "hearts" Mimicat. CD Peito out now

Germany - My sweet lord!, Germany Rawks! More Blood & More Glitter, much more, versions and release updates. Live album 2024

Serbia - Luke Black is just sleepy, remixes out now, promo

It's Czechia now - Vesna's Coronation, Acoustic out now, CD Muzika Slavica out now, new language mix 

Australia: Voyager travels to Liverpool, Make your own remix stems, House remix, Vinyl singles, Wins Semi 2. Electric strings, June Neurotech remix, Album Out Now (but with a note...) Album update

Ukraine - Heart Of Steel - TVORCHI, new version for ESC out now, remix, 2024 Vidbir version

Sweden - Melodifestivalen 2CD out now, Loreen nailed it! All the returning Eurovision winners in a list. Acoustic version. Loreen wins Eurovision 2023. cdsingle on the way. Topic remixes, Picture disc vinyl 22-12. Remixes

Latvia - Lights on for Aijā, remix out now, and another one, and another, and more. Acoustic version, 2 live versions

Cyprus - Andrew Lambrou has a song, sped-up, Voyager cover

Israel - Noa Kirel reveals Unicorn and it's remixed as well. Another phenmomoinal remix out now, HOPE version 19-11

Estonia - Crossing Bridges with Alika, CD/LP out 24-11

Italy - Marco Mengoni gets a second trip to Eurovision,  Due Vite Eurovision version out now. Sanremo releases updated 26-4. Matria III: Materia (Prisma) CD/LP, French version out now. 

Croatia - NSFW, No Mama, No Dora CD but Yes remix, and another remix, and another mix, cdsingle updated, Let3's have another mix, Pt. 2 digital EP

Switzerland: Happiness is a warm Watergun: Remo Forrer, Addal remixes

France - La Zarra, Obviously, the tiniest revamp ever?, French/Greek duet version, remix?

Romania - Theodor's fingers to Eurovision, CD info, Revamp? Overhaul more like. 0 poing don't stop Theo, remix out now, The Eurovision Medleys EP

United Kingdom - Mae Muller wrote a song, cdsingle. Video version audio, Acoustic, instead I Wrote A Chanson, more remixes, CD album on the way. Drowning in versions, S.O.S., Mae Day!, Mae Day!, Eurovision version release, DJae mixes, Sorry I'm Late: the album, DMC's and other DJ stuff

Lithuania - This Time it's Monika solo, I'm Sorry, updated version. Vinyl 12" out now

Norway - Alessandra Queen of MGP in the mix, mix, mix and acoustic. Italian version, another remix. (but no Eurovision version), more mixes, "Complete" EP is not so complete.

Spain - Eaea! Una Paloma Blanca, version find.

Albania - Love Me Duje, Albina takes the family to Liverpool, Revamped, some versions update

Austria - Starmania friends Teya & Salena. And the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe. A bit about Poe.

Armenia - Brunettes have more fun, Future Lover lyrics issue, new version

Denmark - 10.000.000 tiktokkies can't be wrong, tweeked version, sped up for the tt's, Acoustic

Georgia - Candy girl to Liverpool, ool, ool, ool, Remix out now

Netherlands - Mia Nicolaï & Dion Cooper out now, Vinyl single

Magical History Tour - The other Collections and more stuff

San Marino: Piqued Jacks, Like An Animal Out Now.

Azerbaijan - Twiins! tell us more. History of twins in Eurovision.

Ireland - Fab-ish four: Wild Youth revamp out now, Acoustic version

Greece - They say Victor Vernicos to Liverpool, we have a song. 

Malta - Having a party with The Busker, single out now

Notes: If you have something to add or correct please drop it in the comments. However, comments are moderated so it may take some time to show up.

Also, I'm not able to sit and await every new release at midnight New Zealand time, so a little patience is appreciated.
All material posted here is either free of rights or original sources are mentioned. If there's anything you want removed, just let me know.

Finland - Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

2 - 526 pts / 1 - 177 pts in semi 1

Finland chose Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä to represent the country in Liverpool. Käärijä (Finnish word for Wrapper) won the 7-song UMK with a huge margin. (UMK = Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, New Music Competition)

Cha Cha Cha won the (televote only) semi and the televote in the final so it's safe to say the public loved Käärijä.

Cha Cha Cha, a song in Finnish, was written by 

Jere Pöyhönen (Käärijä), 

Johannes Naukkarinen, 

Aleksi Nurmi and 

Jukka Sorsa.

Cha Cha Cha was released as a digital single on January 17. All songs from the UMK contest were released through your favorite digital sources.

It is released on a CD EP titled Cha Cha Cha Mixtape on the 5th of May. I ordered it here at Recordshop X. Thanks for the tip Immo!

It contains 6 tracks, mostly previously released singles.:
1 Cha Cha Cha
2 Klo23
3 Viulunkieli
4 Välikuolema
5 Morgan bonus track
6 Kovis bonus track

(Warner/Monsp 5054197641107)

A Vinyl green 12" inch version will be released on August 11. It has the same tracks.

Strictly Limited to 1000 (upped to) 2000 copies and 200 copies come signed with a poster. (update the signed/poster edition is sold out already)

pre-orderable here at recordshopx.

Thanks again Immo! 

Cha Cha Cha (regular version) can also be found on Käärijä's 2024 album People's Champion (LP and CD) Out on Warner.

pre-release image

A remix by Faustix was released on April 14.

The YES YES remix was released on May 5.

The Reggae mix, released as a digital track on May 9, was released as a video performance on April 14.

On May 19 another remix was released, the Future Bounce remix by Mr. Silker but I'm not sure if this is official as it is not released by Warner (and all the other versions are).

The Alan Walker remix was released on June 9.

An odd spatial mix called 8D Suomi or something like that appeared on official sources on 22-4 but it is unofficial and has been removed. (except from Youtube)

Battle Mashup
A mix of Cha Cha Cha and 2024 Croatian entry Rim Tim Tagi Dim was performed in the 2025 Eurovision final.
The mashup was released as a digital single on June 6, 

Lord Of The Lost of Blood & Glitter fame have released their tribute to Käärijä, a coverversion of Cha Cha Cha, on May 5.
It can also be found on LOTL's 2CD Weapons Of Mass Seduction out on December 29, 2023. 

Note: only on the 2CD & Napalm exclusive 3CD edition, NOT on the 1CD, LP or cassette editions.

Another great coverversion is released by Stuðlabandið, read more about that (and their other Eurovision covers) here at Eurocovers

Versions:
Cha Cha Cha - original single version
- digital 17-1, Cha Cha Cha mixtape CD
Cha Cha Cha - Faustix remix
- digital 14-4
Cha Cha Cha - YES YES remix
- digital 5-5
Cha Cha Cha - Reggae mix
- digital 9-5
Cha Cha Cha - Future Bounce remix by Mr Silker
- digital 19-5

Cha Cha Cha - Alan Walker remix

- digital 9-6
Cha Cha Cha - karaoke (=instrumental)
- on the official karaoke album (digital)


Charts:

Cha Cha Cha entered the Finnish top 20 straight after release, as did four other UMK 2023 songs. It went to #1 after the UMK victory. Kuuma's Ylivoimainen spent two weeks at #1 before the UMK final. Their song is also released on their CD Hyvikset Ja Pahikset (Vinyl in June).

Finland top 20/50 (IFPI): 2, 2, 4, 5, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, / 3, 3, 4, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1* 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 25, 21, 23, 26, 27, 36, 40, 42, 42, 35, 20, 28, 38, - re: 11, 41, 38, 40, 48, -, 33, 36, 37, 45, - re (ESC 2024): 37, -, re: ESC 2025: 35 (1-59)

*Due to a technical error the charts of week 24 were changed a few days after publishing so Käärijä is not at #1 but at #2 that week. 

Cha Cha Cha The Alan Walker remix  charted seperately: 12, 24, 44, -
Sweden top 100 (Topplistan): 82, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15, 19, 16, 26, 29, 38, 45, 62, 71, 69, 88, 99, -, re: ESC 2025: 57, 69 (1-21)

Ireland top 100 (IRMA): 7, 12, 34, 55, 78, -
Italy top 100 (FIMI): 85, -
Germany top 100: 18, 40, -
Netherlands Top 100: 13, 34, 78, -
U.K. top 100 (OCC): 6, 15, 47, 78, -
Norway top 40 (VG Lista): 3, 3, 5, 10, 15, 22, 26, 31, 38, -

Switzerland top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 8, 26, -

Belgium (Ultratop Flemish): 17, 9, 24, 35, 43, -

Portugal top 200: 43, 107, - 

Bulgaria top 40: 35, -

Austria top 75: 7, 14, 45, -

Denmark top 40 (Tracklisten): 32, -

Spain top 100: 46, 85, -


Links and sources:
Käärijä: at Warner Website, Insta, his FB doesn't seem to be updated much.
UMK: Website in Finnish, English
UMK 2023 at ESC History
Remember The Rasmus, Blind Channel, Krista Siegfrids
Or have a flashback to the Finweeks at Eurocovers (2007)