Lily's Summer Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Summer Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 7th edition of the annual Lily's Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, 🇫🇷 France, following Juliette Armanet's win at the 2023 contest in Herning, Denmark with the song "Le dernier jour du disco". It was the first time that the contest took place in 🇫🇷 France. The contest was held at the TBA, and consisted of two semi-finals on 27 and 29 June, and the final on 1 July 2023. The three live shows were hosted by TBA.

Forty countries participated in the contest. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 🇭🇺 Hungary returned to the contest while 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇲🇪 Montenegro and 🇲🇰 North Macedonia withdrew from the contest.

Entries
For the third year in a row, delegations have the option to use pre-recorded backing vocals, though each delegation can still use backing singers – whether on or off stage – or a combination of live and recorded backing vocals. However, all lead vocals performing the melody of the song must still be live.

Semi-final allocation draw
The France Télévisions has commissioned an independent production company to produce the semi-final allocation draw, which will include the passing of the host city insignia from previous host city Herning to Paris. The draw will take place on 25 April 2023.

Postcards
The France Télévisions has commissioned an independent production company to create a concept for and produce the video postcards, which are shown before each act. Filming for the postcards is set to occur between April and June 2023.

Participating countries
On 28 February 2023, the EBU announced that 40 countries would participate in the contest with 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 🇭🇺 Hungary returning and 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇲🇪 Montenegro and 🇲🇰 North Macedonia opting not to participate for financial reasons.

Semi-finals
The two semi-finals will take place on 27 and 29 June 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST). A draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place at the end of April. The results of the semi-finals will be determined solely by televoting, from participating countries in determined semi-finals for the first time ever, and from non-participating countries under an aggregated televote as "Rest of the World" for the first time in the contest's history.

Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 27 June 2023 at 21:00 (CEST). Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries plus France, Italy and Spain, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated televote as "Rest of the World" voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 29 June 2023 at 21:00 (CEST). Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated televote as "Rest of the World" voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Final
The final took place on 1 July 2023 at 20:00 BST (21:00 CEST). Twenty-five countries participated in the final, composed of the previous edition's winner France, the "Big Four", and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. All forty-one participating countries with jury and televote, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated televote as "Rest of the World", will vote in the final.