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It was another bumper year for guest juries. In addition to the traditional internet-based public vote (shown as [[File:Gj1.png]] in the scoresheet below) and a jury representing HCSC's loyal supporters at [http://radiointernational.blogspot.com/ Radio International] ([[File:Gj3.png]]), co-host Gunnar declined to defend his title but instead cast a set of guest votes ([[File:Gj2.png]]). Even more excitingly, the voting had a contribution from two people with genuine Eurovision pedigree: Elin Kåven ([[File:Gj4.png]]) of two-time Norwegian national finalists Elin & The Woods, and two-time Irish ESC representative and 1993 winner Niamh Kavanagh ([[File:Gj5.png]])! | It was another bumper year for guest juries. In addition to the traditional internet-based public vote (shown as [[File:Gj1.png]] in the scoresheet below) and a jury representing HCSC's loyal supporters at [http://radiointernational.blogspot.com/ Radio International] ([[File:Gj3.png]]), co-host Gunnar declined to defend his title but instead cast a set of guest votes ([[File:Gj2.png]]). Even more excitingly, the voting had a contribution from two people with genuine Eurovision pedigree: Elin Kåven ([[File:Gj4.png]]) of two-time Norwegian national finalists Elin & The Woods, and two-time Irish ESC representative and 1993 winner Niamh Kavanagh ([[File:Gj5.png]])! | ||
In the spirit of goodwill and as an attempt to eliminate the likelihood of any entries ending up without points, it was agreed that something new would be tried with the scoring system this year. Using the possibilities afforded by the scoreboard tool Scorewiz, each jury awarded points to a total of 19 songs - two times 1 to 10 points, and then (of course) just one set of "douze points". As it turns out, no one would have received zero even under the "usual" system, but inclusivity is at the heart of HCSC and further tweaks to the voting system in future years are something that will doubtlessly be taken into account as the competition continues to evolve. | |||
The preparation and presentation of the results video was not without its hiccups, but a recent innovation in HCSC terms - a "green room" on the Zoom video chat service for those participants who wanted it - helped to bridge the gap while the issues were being fixed behind the scenes, as well as being a nice way to put names to faces. Once the voting reveal was safely underway in the company of presenters Eoin and Clodagh, it turned out to be something of a two-horse race. [[Andy Brook]] and his londonvision project made a strong challenge for the title, not for the first time - but in the end, the debut country took a narrow victory with the song "Replaying" by singer-songwriter [[Iana Kovalova]]. | The preparation and presentation of the results video was not without its hiccups, but a recent innovation in HCSC terms - a "green room" on the Zoom video chat service for those participants who wanted it - helped to bridge the gap while the issues were being fixed behind the scenes, as well as being a nice way to put names to faces. Once the voting reveal was safely underway in the company of presenters Eoin and Clodagh, it turned out to be something of a two-horse race. [[Andy Brook]] and his londonvision project made a strong challenge for the title, not for the first time - but in the end, the debut country took a narrow victory with the song "Replaying" by singer-songwriter [[Iana Kovalova]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 11 January 2024
Contest overview
The 2023 edition was organised by Eoin Jackson from Ireland with the participation of the previous year's winner, Gunnar B. Ingebrigtsen from Norway, and technical support from Martin Faulkner of the HCSC Organising Committee. Appropriately, the logo for the competition incorporated the blue and white colours of the flags of Waterford and Lillehammer, the home cities of Eoin and Gunnar.
27 participating entries represented a total of 13 countries, including a debut entry from Ukraine - the 36th nation to have its flag represented on a Home Composed scoreboard.
It was another bumper year for guest juries. In addition to the traditional internet-based public vote (shown as 
in the scoresheet below) and a jury representing HCSC's loyal supporters at Radio International (
), co-host Gunnar declined to defend his title but instead cast a set of guest votes (
). Even more excitingly, the voting had a contribution from two people with genuine Eurovision pedigree: Elin Kåven (
) of two-time Norwegian national finalists Elin & The Woods, and two-time Irish ESC representative and 1993 winner Niamh Kavanagh (
)!
In the spirit of goodwill and as an attempt to eliminate the likelihood of any entries ending up without points, it was agreed that something new would be tried with the scoring system this year. Using the possibilities afforded by the scoreboard tool Scorewiz, each jury awarded points to a total of 19 songs - two times 1 to 10 points, and then (of course) just one set of "douze points". As it turns out, no one would have received zero even under the "usual" system, but inclusivity is at the heart of HCSC and further tweaks to the voting system in future years are something that will doubtlessly be taken into account as the competition continues to evolve.
The preparation and presentation of the results video was not without its hiccups, but a recent innovation in HCSC terms - a "green room" on the Zoom video chat service for those participants who wanted it - helped to bridge the gap while the issues were being fixed behind the scenes, as well as being a nice way to put names to faces. Once the voting reveal was safely underway in the company of presenters Eoin and Clodagh, it turned out to be something of a two-horse race. Andy Brook and his londonvision project made a strong challenge for the title, not for the first time - but in the end, the debut country took a narrow victory with the song "Replaying" by singer-songwriter Iana Kovalova.
If you want to relive the voting in full, you can still do so here!
Entries and results
| Draw | Country | Song Title | Performer | Composer | Lyricist | Position | Points |
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| 01 |  United Kingdom I
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Static On The Radio | Vulnerable | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson | 10 | 129 |
| 02 |  France
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Screed Of 'kin Chestnuts | Serge Fourcade | Serge Fourcade | Serge Fourcade | 26 | 21 |
| 03 |  Spain
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En evidencia | Lobo | Lobo | Lobo | 12 | 120 |
| 04 |  Germany I
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Malen'kiy drug | Jan Wehner | Jan Wehner | Jan Wehner | 26 | 21 |
| 05 |  Sweden I
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Själens vingar | Eva-Karin Håkansson | Eva-Karin Håkansson | Eva-Karin Håkansson | 22 | 79 |
| 06 | Germany II
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Bis ans Ende der Zeit | Jason | Jason Scerri | Stefan Engel | 11 | 125 |
| 07 |  Ireland
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Never Again | Lamph | Eoin Jackson, Clodagh Jackson | Eoin Jackson, Clodagh Jackson | 14 | 119 |
| 08 |  Lithuania
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Kai tave pamatau | Ignas Valiulis | Ignas Valiulis | Ignas Valiulis | 9 | 147 |
| 09 | Sweden II
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Välkommen, du vår | Martin Kahnberg | Martin Kahnberg | Martin Kahnberg | 16 | 109 |
| 10 | United Kingdom II
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Body Rocks | ConstantX | Constantinos Karaiskos, Chris Hall | Constantinos Karaiskos | 5 | 193 |
| 11 | Sweden III
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Master Of The Universe | Majo | Majo | Majo | 20 | 95 |
| 12 |  Australia
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Betting On It | Rainbow Orbit | Phil McNulty | Phil McNulty | 24 | 57 |
| 13 | Germany III
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High | Kristina Pedersen | Miles Young, Monica Krogstad | Miles Young, Monica Krogstad | 6 | 175 |
| 14 | United Kingdom III
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Happily Ever After | The Quirks | Andrew Mendelson | Andrew Mendelson | 19 | 96 |
| 15 | United Kingdom IV
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Why Do We Have To Pretend? | londonvision | Andy Brook | Andy Brook | 2 | 225 |
| 16 |  Norway I
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Grow Old | Strings Live Band | Ole Morten Bowitz | Ole Morten Bowitz | 4 | 196 |
| 17 | United Kingdom V
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Watch Out For The Butterflies | Cellphone | Jim Brook | Jim Brook | 21 | 94 |
| 18 | Sweden IV
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Happy Ending | Ben Robertson | Ben Robertson | Ben Robertson | 23 | 78 |
| 19 | Norway II
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The Angels Sing | Roy Vorland | Roy Vorland | Roy Vorland | 7 | 166 |
| 20 | United Kingdom VI
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Storm | Andrew Boyes | Andrew Boyes | Andrew Boyes | 25 | 50 |
| 21 |  Finland
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Fall From A Height | Snowclone | Tero Aalto | Tero Aalto | 12 | 120 |
| 22 |  Ukraine
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Replaying | Iana Kovalova | Iana Kovalova | Iana Kovalova | 1 | 227 |
| 23 | Norway III
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Broken Heart | Mo Kowkabi | Mo Kowkabi | Mo Kowkabi | 15 | 110 |
| 24 | Norway IV
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Sparkling Eyes | Billy Fraser | K W Fraser | K W Fraser | 17 | 108 |
| 25 | Germany IV
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Fly | Janneck Schmacke | Janneck Schmacke | Janneck Schmacke | 8 | 162 |
| 26 |  Greece
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San finikas | Maria Charalampidou | Konstantinos Papoutsis | Konstantinos Papoutsis | 18 | 106 |
| 27 |  Romania
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Love Is What We Do | Floriana | Sergey Vasenkin | Floriana Pachia | 3 | 200 |
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| Static On The Radio | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 129 | ||||
| Screed Of 'kin Chestnuts | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| En evidencia | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 120 | |||||||
| Malen'kiy drug | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Själens vingar | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bis ans Ende der Zeit | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 125 | |||||||||
| Never Again | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 119 | ||||||||
| Kai tave pamatau | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 147 | |||||
| Välkommen, du vår | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Body Rocks | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 193 | ||||
| Master Of The Universe | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 95 | ||||||||||||
| Betting On It | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57 | |||||||||||||
| High | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 175 | ||||
| Happy Ever After | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 96 | ||||||||||||||
| Why Do We Have To Pretend? | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 225 | |||
| Grow Old | 10 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 196 | |||
| Watch Out For The Butterflies | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 94 | ||||||||||||
| Happy Ending | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 78 | |||||||||||||||
| The Angels Sing | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 166 | |||||||
| Storm | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fall From A Height | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 120 | |||||
| Replaying | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 227 | |||
| Broken Heart | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 110 | |||||||||
| Sparkling Eyes | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 108 | |||||||
| Fly | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 162 | ||
| San finikas | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 106 | |||||||
| Love Is What We Do | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 200 | ||||
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