"Burning Daylight" is a song by Dutch singers Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper, released on 1 March 2023.[1] The song is set to represent 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

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 their title of the song as "Burning Daylight".[3]

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 has been placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 9 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Burning Daylight"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 61

References

  1. ^ Veen, Renske ten (1 March 2023). "Live reveal: The Netherlands' Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper release their Eurovision 2023 song "Burning Daylight"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 1 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Adams, Oliver (1 November 2022). "Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper will sing for The Netherlands at Eurovision 2023". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "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]. AVROTROS (in Dutch). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (17 May 2022). "Netherlands: AVROTROS confirms participation at Eurovision 2023". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper will represent the Netherlands at Eurovision 2023". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ Veen, Renske ten (22 February 2023). "The Netherlands: Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper will reveal their Eurovision 2023 song on 1 March". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 1 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Groot, Evert (31 January 2023). "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper – Burning Daylight" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 March 2023.