Eurovision But Sexy 2023

The 2nd season of ESCBS took place in Marsaxlokk, Malta after Joon won in A Coruña in the 2022 edition of the contest with her song "Orqod".

45 countries took part in the contest. 10 of those countries were making their debut in ESC But Sexy. The format remained mostly the same although the Pre-Qualifying Round dropped from 16 to 15 songs and the Semi-Finals changed from 17 to 16 songs in each. The Big 6 this edition was made up of the six highest-placing entries from 2022: Malta, Czechia, Portugal, Lebanon, France and Bulgaria (the latter of which joined this list after Turkey pulled out of the competition.)

The winning song this season came from Andorra. Andorra was represented by Vinila Von Bismark with their song "Quejío Nazarí", who received 249 points. Andorra finished 34 points clear of the runner up: Belarus. Belarus was represented by Dlina Volny with their song "Bipolar", receiving 215 points.

Pre-Qualifying Round
15 countries competed in the Pre-Qualifying Round, all of which voted along with Big 6 members France and Bulgaria.

The highlighted countries advanced to the Semi Finals.

Semi Final 1
16 countries competed in the first semi-final, all of which voted along with Big 6 members Czechia and Portugal.

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Semi Final 2
16 countries competed in the second semi-final, all of which voted along with Big 6 member, Lebanon, and host country, Malta.

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Grand Final
26 countries competed in the final, all of which voted along with non-qualifiers from the semi-finals.

*received a Big 6 spot for 2024, after Egypt's disqualification.

Other Countries
Eligibility for potential participation in ESCBS requires a national broadcaster with active ESCBSBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members has been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined to state their reasons as shown below.

• Albania: the broadcaster failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition, thus not being present in the final list of participants.

• Croatia: in late March, the broadcaster stated that they wouldn't be present in the upcoming edition after an homophobic attack was made on Luka Rajić by Syrian Islamists.

• Denmark: after the Faroese broadcaster KvF not agreeing into hosting a joint national selection, DR decided to temporarily withdraw from the contest.

• Estonia: despite initially having confirmed, ERR was later relegated from the competition due to an unpayed debt.

• Latvia: the broadcaster failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition, thus not being present in the final list of participants.

• Lithuania: the country decided to take a break after the other 2 Baltic broadcasters withdrew from the contest.

• Luxembourg: after the cancellation of both the French and Monegasque national selections, Luxembourg was forced to withdraw.

• Moldova: the broadcaster withdrew from the competition due to achieving bad result in Spain.

• North Macedonia: despite having originally confirmed, the country was forced to withdraw after its HOD's repentine passing on March 31st 2023.

• Romania: TVR decided to withdraw after an old scandal about Cat Music resurfaced on the Internet.

• Serbia: the broadcaster withdrew due to the lack of funds.

• Turkey: after riots by Muslim groups were caused due to the PQR show being hosted in Adana, TRT ultimately decided to withdraw from the final show and relegate their AQ spot to Bulgaria.

• Ukraine: the country withdrew due to copyright claims from Russia and Georgia.