Burning Daylight (song) explained

Burning Daylight
Cover:Burning Daylight (song).png
Alt:The official cover for "Burning Daylight"
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Type:single
Artist:Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper
Released:1 March 2023
Length:3:04
Label:Yellowfield
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Song: "Burning Daylight"
Year:2023
Country:Netherlands
Artist:Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper
Language:English
Place Semi:13th
Points Semi:7
Prev:De diepte
Prev Year:2022
Prev Link:De diepte
Next:Europapa
Next Year:2024
Next Link:Europapa

"Burning Daylight" is a song by Dutch singers Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper, released on 1 March 2023.[1] The song represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after the artists were internally selected by AVROTROS, the Dutch broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest.[2] [3]

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Internal selection

A submission period was opened by the broadcaster on 17 May 2022 where artists and composers were able to submit their entries until 31 August 2022. Each artist and songwriter was able to submit a maximum of three songs, which were judged by a selection commission consisting of AVROTROS general director Eric van Stade, television presenter and author Cornald Maas, singer and television presenter Jan Smit, radio DJs Hila Noorzai, Carolien Borgers and Sander Lantinga.[4]

AVROTROS announced Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper as the Dutch entrants on 1 November 2022.[5] On 22 February 2023, the duo would announce that their song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 would be released on 1 March.[6] Six days later, the duo announced the title of their song as "Burning Daylight".

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. The Netherlands was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 9 May 2023, and performed in the second half of the semi-final show.[7] The song did not qualify for the finals.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veen . Renske ten . 1 March 2023 . Live reveal: The Netherlands' Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper release their Eurovision 2023 song "Burning Daylight" . 1 March 2023 . . en-US.
  2. Web site: Adams . Oliver . 1 November 2022 . Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper will sing for The Netherlands at Eurovision 2023 . 2 November 2022 . . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2023-02-28 . Eerste beelden songfestivalnummer 'Burning Daylight' van Mia Nicolai en Dion Cooper . First images of the Eurovision song 'Burning Daylight' by Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper . 28 February 2023 . . nl . 28 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228102913/https://www.avrotros.nl/eurovisie-songfestival/nieuws/detail/eerste-beelden-songfestivalnummer-burning-daylight-van-mia-nicolai-en-dion-cooper/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Jiandani . Sanjay . 2022-05-17 . Netherlands: AVROTROS confirms participation at Eurovision 2023 . 2022-11-01 . ESCToday . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2022-11-01 . Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper will represent the Netherlands at Eurovision 2023 . 2022-11-01 . Eurovision.tv . EBU . en.
  6. Web site: Veen . Renske ten . 22 February 2023 . The Netherlands: Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper will reveal their Eurovision 2023 song on 1 March . 1 March 2023 . . en-US.
  7. Web site: Groot . Evert . 2023-01-31 . Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results . 2022-01-31 . European Broadcasting Union (EBU).