{"id":32785,"date":"2023-05-14T01:19:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T23:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1830576"},"modified":"2023-05-14T23:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T21:57:51","slug":"where-did-the-uk-come-in-eurovision-2023-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/where-did-the-uk-come-in-eurovision-2023-song-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did the UK come in Eurovision 2023 Song Contest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The UK&#8217;s Eurovision 2023 results are in! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 14 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>When it comes to the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/eurovision-2023-final-date-acts-voting\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Eurovision<\/a> Song Contest, the UK hasn\u2019t always been hasn\u2019t always found themselves on the left side of the scoreboard. However, things took a rather positive turn with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/sam-ryder-eurovision-2022-uk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sam Ryder<\/a> last year as the TikTok star finished in second place behind Ukraine winners Kalush Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Following Ryder\u2019s success, there were high hopes for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/mae-muller-eurovision-2023-profile-age-instagram-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Mae Muller<\/a> this year as she performed her hit I Wrote a Song. Based on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/eurovision-song-contest-odds-2023\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Eurovision 2023 odds<\/a>, Muller was predicted to finish in ninth place this year.<\/p>\n<p>With the Eurovision 2023 winner now crowned and all the results in, how well did Mae Muller do?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s here the UK came in the Eurovision 2023 song contest.<\/p> <h2 id=\"&quot;where-did-the-uk-come-in-the-eurovision-2022-song-contest-a9b1a9ec&quot;\"><strong>Where did the UK come in the Eurovision 2023 Song Contest?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1482694852-c66fde4.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1482694852-c66fde4.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1482694852-c66fde4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1827872\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1482694852-c66fde4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Mae Muller<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Photo by Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We didn\u2019t quite reach the dizzying heights of last year unfortunately, with the UK finishing in 25th place with just 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>While it wasn\u2019t last place \u2013 which went to Germany \u2013 it wasn\u2019t far off, with the UK\u2019s Mae Muller placing second from the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Topping the leaderboard this year was Sweden\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/eurovision-2023-sweden-entry-loreen-profile-instagram\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Loreen<\/a>, who won (again) with 583 points, closely followed by Finland\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/eurovision-2023-finland-entry-kaarija-profile-instagram\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">K\u00e4\u00e4rij\u00e4<\/a>\u00a0with 526 points.<\/p>\n<p>It was a great night, with all of the Eurovision 2023 contestants putting on their best performance to try and top Kalush Orchestra\u2019s performance for Ukraine last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of her performance Muller revealed: \u201cI\u2019m so excited to participate in Eurovision this year and represent the UK! I\u2019ve loved watching Eurovision all my life, so to compete in such a massive music competition is simply brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of so many of the artists that have found success at Eurovision, from ABBA to M\u00e5neskin! Sam Ryder was so amazing last year and proved the UK can be back on the left-hand side of the leader board!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest aired on the BBC from Tuesday 9th May to Saturday 13th May.<\/strong><strong>You can check out the full list of<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/eurovision-song-contest-winners\/&quot;\">\u00a0<strong>Eurovision winners<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/uk-eurovision-winners-how-many-times\/&quot;\">\u00a0<strong>how many times the UK has won Eurovision<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0here. 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