All 15 Postcards from the First Semi-Final | Eurovision 2023

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[@sevvaldolanbay5194]

Whoever came up with this idea for the postcards, thanks! This was the best concept we’ve had in a while

[@escahmet7487]

Same 😊😊😊

[@mattabela]

For real 👏👏👏

[@blackowl447]

Agree!

[@Arty94080]

💯💯💯

[@shatelei]

+

[@allaboutpassion33]

From a filmmaker myself, these postcards blew my mind. Not only the idea to put Ukraine, UK and the participanting countries together, but the transitions were indescribably good and smooth. Also they found a way to use this globe effect out of the 360° cams in a useful way, and attached it to a drone. Who ever had this idea for these postcards is an absolute genius👏🏼👏🏼

[@ericantonmoberg1912]

That globe effect is such a breathtakingly beautiful way of portraying the importance of unity, equality and companionship. Standing up for what's right, isn't always visually pleasing. This time it certainly is, regardless of nationality. We share the soil on this earth. We share each others grief. Sharing our sorrows, makes us cope. Freedom is certain, we'll get there with hope. 💛💙 Слава Україні!

[@Lazlum]

true even tho the over distortion does not work really good on every location

[@tourmaline07]

These are really well done and seamlessly transitioned I agree

[@matthewoyan]

I hope someone's gonna make an After Effects tutorial on this, these look so gooood

[@iselinfergestad]

I agree! This year's Eurovision has a lot of extras, especially videowise.

[@me0here0me0there]

As soon as I realised the pattern of a Ukrainian location+British location+participant country location, my heart simply melted. Thank you for this beauty! From Kyiv.

[@joshlevicq6823]

💙💙💙 💛💛💛 and support from Germany ♣♥🔶

[@_dushanenko]

​@@joshlevicq6823 thanks

[@xotbirdox]

Mae Cymru yn sefyll gyda ti. / Wales stands with you. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🇺🇦 Honoured that you trusted the UK to put on your show btw! Thank you. 🥺💖 I hope we did it justice. Stefania was my jam last year! 🥰💖🇺🇦

[@seratonin7004]

I had the same reaction! Love and support from Australia 🇦🇺 🇺🇦

[@ilja1198]

These postcards fit the message of Eurovision so much: All countries are different but they all have libraries, lakes, forests, art, music etc. All people are different yet the same

[@Verinise]

0:10 Library 1:00 Bus 1:55 Contemporary Museum 2:45 Cabin 3:40 Church 4:30 Road 5:20 Port 6:15 Lake 7:10 Ancient Rocks 8:00 Forest 8:50 Tiny Island 9:45 Square 10:35 Maze 11:30 Colorful Buildings 12:20 Ferris Wheel

[@iselinfergestad]

The idea is so fantastic. I love corelating ideas!

[@laytonss28]

The postcards were SUCH A BANGER this year. I'm lovin it 🤩😍

[@christianvillanueva4715]

The postcard were so well made this year compared to last year! Props to you, Liverpool!

[@debonidaniel]

Is just BBC,just BBC !

[@lai17]

last years were so awful, supposedly it was because they couldn’t bring the artists to the locations due to covid… but that was not as big a deal by then. And in 2021, despite not being able to film the artists around Netherlands, they still managed to make the best out of what they had

[@Brash_Candicoot]

Last year was a mess

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

The whole who was so much better than last year’s car crash. Really well done and hats off to the BBC.

[@chrislfc2317]

@@debonidaniel bbc don't make these

[@Wim2600]

This is the first time I’ve come back after the show to rewatch the postcards - beautifully made, symbolically poignant, a pure joy to watch. Congratulations!

[@screemingslay5415]

God bless for whoever produce, shoot, and made these postcards! This is probably my all time favorite postcards throughout Eurovision!!

[@reversss]

It is immediately clear that the mistakes of last year were taken into account. Very beautiful postcards!

[@luciafoglia6631]

U mean of not showing the country who is singing?

[@robbie7370]

​@@luciafoglia6631yeah! I noticed that too! Why is that?

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@@luciafoglia6631 Or having the artists' faces plastered on random things

[@luciafoglia6631]

​@@arvinroidoatienza7082 the projection per se was not bad... for the country of singing I need to check, maybe was just another style! But last year Eurovision had an incredible style and quality, I must say. This year is very stunning the importance (in a positive way!) they are giving to Ukraine. UK did an amazing job :) Every ESC has its own taste :)

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@@luciafoglia6631 Yeah so different style a camera and the stage broke down and they weren't able to use it.

[@nobodyimportant281]

Italy, THIS is how you do postcards. Great job BBC! Best postcards we had in a while!!

[@damianp7024]

So last year postcards were done by Italy (a country) while this year they've been done by BBC (a television broadcast). Interesting.

[@mishynaofficial]

I actually really enjoyed the postcards this year. They show that we are all similar, but different at the same time. Love diversity.

[@DarkFlareGC]

This is really such a cool way to introduce each country. ❤

[@MM-tz2bs]

Awesome postcards!! Great job!! Love how all 3 countries were incorporated for each participant!

[@MM-fg8gs]

Very beautiful concept and the result is absolutely stunning! I'm glad they show both Ukraine, the UK and the contestants country. Well done BBC❤

[@RubyChiang]

These postcards were so beautiful. So many beautiful places, really makes you want to list them all down and visit each of the places.

[@allaboutpassion33]

We have to talk about the transition at 4:35 👀😱😍

[@DALovesick666]

Best postcards i've seen, really liked the effort of looking for similar places in all 3 countries. Overall the design identity is pretty good~

[@jooseemii]

The postcards this year are absolutely AMAZING ❤️

[@iandeeming2654]

The team that produced these absolutely nailed the assignment! Gorgeous!

[@s.m.a8182]

Best Postcards since 2019 , Well done BBC! 🎉

[@tetrahedrongod]

the latvian one is so wholesome, a member throwing a snowball to the arm of another member is so mood, they seem to be very good friends 😊

[@fromthefountofyouth]

Two of them are brothers and all four have been friends since childhood.

[@FromSpaceVu]

And Croatia. 30+ together 😁

[@Denis-89]

Love the idea behind these. Presenting both the hosts and the artists, and not just one of the either.

[@leen.a]

I truly appreciate the whole concept! it makes me cry realising how many things do we actually have in common with each other and this feeling of unity is just the best thing that you could experience! that's the genuine power of love and art!

[@CyberRager]

Let 3 presenting Mrtvi Kanal (Dead Canal, so polluted that no fish could be found) in Rijeka, legends lmao

[@CrusifoxMedia]

Omg that's so fitting for their schtick 💜💜💜

[@fromthefountofyouth]

Oh. It's the reason they caught debris rather than fish! Thanks for the added context. Context really is everything!

[@warlok007]

Catch a toXic deformed 🐠 fish with 3 eyes 👀 maybe... 😂

[@OlliTamminen]

Best postcards for ages! Great idea.

[@declanthomas1996]

The best Postcards for ages, well done to the BBC for showcasing all the locations

[@vitavanaga]

That Latvian postcard❤️🇱🇻

[@MZVideos]

Most beautiful postcard from Serbia, i'm speechless♥️🇷🇸

[@escwilde222]

I love this clever concept so much! Well done for both hosts! ❤

[@hesrobinson]

I knew we were going to get three locations in each postcard and I was excited but this goes beyond my wildest expectations. The theming is just so wonderful and the shots are gorgeous. Thanks for putting up a dedicated video of them and I can't wait to see the rest of them.

[@flyingthroughspace]

I am absolutely obsessed with these postcards.. humans, laughter, places from our beautiful planet, united by music! Love you Eurovision!

[@debonidaniel]

This year the ideia is that Ukraine,UK and the participating country have in common.For some who don't see.The Irish postcard is the Johnny Walker factory (as they 're one of this years sponsors)

[@viragryaznova]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the postcards and for the stunning show!! Ukraine is Europe, and we are all together 💙💛Greetings from Kyiv!

[@ZeldaA_91]

it was soo cool to see my county(Nottinghamshire with Sherwood Forest ) get featured in the postcard for Moldova.

[@zizi7439]

Our beautiful Europe ♥

[@taras_kornel]

It's the best Eurovision EVER!!!! I always search all internet for Eurovision postcards. IT'S A GREAT PRESENT FOR ME. THANK YOU, Team!!❤️❤️❤️

[@sergey.makarov]

This is absolutely fabulous! 👏🙏 first time really enjoyed the full 1st semi final, then watched again Ordinary world performance, then opening video, now re-watching postcards. UK and UA bravo!

[@blackowl447]

Omg, Ivano-Frankivsk is my childhood city and it’s in my favourite song contest, God bless you people who created these postcards!❤😅

[@vonlucizm]

Thank you to whoever captured the beauty of my home town Rijeka, Croatia. Each postcard stayed with one theme throughout the postcard. The postcards concept this year was the best I’ve seen.

[@SilverStrumer]

They struggled to film the artists last year due to COVID restrictions. It’s great to see them enjoying outside life again!

[@LeafHuntress]

The Dutch postcards were made during the worst covid period & they were better than the Italian ones, i think. This idea of the three connected places is stunning & beautiful!

[@Cal2929]

The production in Turin was amateurish, Covid isn’t an excuse. Let’s not get into that god forsaken Sun…

[@Jme_hde]

The Rotterdam postcards were miles better and that was during the peak of Covid, Turin must’ve had budgetary issues as the postcards were cheap and the LEDs were cheap

[@Cal2929]

@@Jme_hde RAI/Italy are a big 5 country, doubt they would of had budgetary issues. Look at 1991, they are a bunch of amateurs

[@myradutkiewicz9739]

This year's postcard concept was stunning! Well done!

[@Diegoefectivo]

These were just gorgeous. I cried at some, it's beautiful to see Ukraine from this perspective.

[@Jme_hde]

Honestly future host countries should learn from these Postcards

[@DannyPotato]

The theme of the three different countries, same sort of location was gorgeous.

[@MarcoS-zr5sj]

This concept is astonishingly beautiful! Not only it shows hidden connections among countries but also has a great quality of video, photography and music. Congrats to the whole design team that worked on that!

[@veronikakorsun5623]

Thank you for showing our beautiful Ukraine❤ Lots of other beautiful places are destroyed or occupied by enemies, but I belive not for long. People at the postcards are smiling and hope to learn how to smile again. Sending love from Kyiv☀️

[@fromthefountofyouth]

Yeah. It's incredibly gut-wrenching that Russia wants to destroy (and has probably destroyed) such beauty! How terribly terribly sad!

[@user-wq4ke3tn2k]

@@fromthefountofyouth Russia has destroied a lot and these ones didn't show here. They're East regions as Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Donetsk etc.

[@fromthefountofyouth]

@@user-wq4ke3tn2k Sad.

[@doremi...]

words cannot describe how much I like postcards this year, whoever came up with this is a genius

[@nastikflower3892]

The world is incredibly big, and we all exist here only because, in the beginning, there was love. I love the world and want to save it! Thanks to everyone involved, thanks for supporting Ukraine!

[@dariagabrielian6193]

Таке чудове відео! В ньому стільки добра! Дякую! 🥲Така в нас прекрасна планета, такі красиві країни і такі чудові люди! Хочу, щоб всі війни на цій планеті закінчились і всі люди жили в мирі, знайомились з різними культурами, мовами, подорожували та любили свій дім.

[@jd_ydeynega]

Визитівки та переходи на виставу дуже гарні та стильні😍😍😍😍

[@imageez]

I shouldn't be surprised Finland has saunas on a ferris wheel but here I am😂 Anyway could it be that this year's postcard is better because we have less CoVid restrictions? That definitely impacted the choice for green screens.

[@LeafHuntress]

Well, that's a travel destination added to my list.

[@imaginedragon3659]

Meh, definitely no , Netherlands did far better than Italy the year before and they did their work while the most hard covid times, so It's awesome job of british and ukrainian teams , I'm sure they would have coped with this even with more covid restrictions

[@fromthefountofyouth]

@@imaginedragon3659 True. There were restrictions on when and where they could fly their drones in Ukraine and yet still delivered such beauty for the country.

[@ritaitenko8880]

Absolutely stunning. The best postcards so far

[@nacht98]

Best postcards in many years, well done UK!

[@shatelei]

this is the first time in my life when I review postcards several times - the concept and shooting are beautiful

[@terry_glory_to_ukraine394]

4:32 Hello from Ivano-Frankivsk 🥲😁👍💙💛

[@vm9464]

The idea is awesome and great. As a Ukrainian, I want to share not only Kyiv and Lviv regions -> there is much more to see

[@user-eu2rp5dk6j]

you know that in current time it's impossible to record anything you want and anywhere

[@Cal2929]

You know they would love to go East but that’s just impossible sadly

[@fromthefountofyouth]

There were restrictions on where (and even when) they could fly the drones.

[@vm9464]

@Akinlabi Omo-Oso sadly, all of u are right

[@DitzyNizzy2009]

And as a Brit, I'm glad they're using places from around the country (for example, Bournemouth, Ely and the Isle of Wight - all of which are several hours away), rather than sticking to things in or around Liverpool.

[@ivanaozz4768]

Our beautiful Europe❤❤❤ and Israel🥰

[@piercerobinson5400]

These are my favourite postcards, alongside Eurovision 2009 😍

[@jet9465]

2022*

[@olesiaghenova8782]

This concept of postcards is amazing! Like a unity of nations! Thanks from Ukraine🇺🇦

[@SilverStrumer]

I’m in love with Loreen’s postcard. Great to see her personal side. They didn’t get to feature her at all back in 2012.

[@HmongHeroo]

I know it sometimes looks like stock videos from an outsiders perspective, but it's done in a really charming and mesmorizing way, showing a link between them was perfect.

[@linttrainspotter4167]

This concept is probably the best idea ever. It‘s so connective, combining three places across Europe…

[@chrisdehaer1]

Can't wait to see what the postcard is for Australia. Fingers crossed they feature Voyager's home state of Western Australia.

[@lostfigure3703]

FINALLY A Perth representation !!!

[@DitzyNizzy2009]

They are: they're ziplining off a 70m tower in Perth.

[@danuostret1900]

Honestly , these are the best postacrds since 2014

[@mattabela]

All of these makes me cry of happiness

[@MaiTsukishiro]

the postcards are absolutely divine! If they were participating, we would already have known the winner 🎉

[@Richardsonprincess00]

This year postcards are way 🎉

[@treypohe4593]

The soundtracks for these postcards are amazing

[@albinakorniienko4086]

They were created by the Ukrainian composer and singer Pianoboy.

[@GarotoBritanicoUK]

​@@albinakorniienko4086does he have a channel?

[@ritaitenko8880]

So many beautiful places discovered ❤

[@DitzyNizzy2009]

I love how they're not using obvious places for the British part of the postcard. After all, if they were, they wouldn't have used a road on the Isle of Wight, a maze in Northern Ireland or Ely Cathedral. It'll be interesting to see what they do for the Ukrainian and British postcards on Saturday.

[@neosaintcolumbiamapper]

The beauty of Ukraine & Britain and their Semi Final Countries are beautiful and I love it and I like how you guys put some Ukrainian Notes in the Ukrainian scene of the first part in the Postcard

[@chemicallybutton]

Just so you know, it's the beauty of Ukraine and the UK. Not Britain, Castlewellan isn't in Britain.

[@nazariizanoz]

The best part of the Eurovision 2023

[@Nickycan]

I like a lot the concept of one view Ukraine, uk and the country participant with the same thema ^^ Like with Maze in Czechia ^^ I didnt know its exist there ^^^.

[@albagomezmoreno4547]

I absolutely love the postcards this year and the link between the 3 countries

[@cossackgirl_ZP]

The best postcards ever 🥺🥹❤️

[@mentonerodominicano]

Moldova had the cutest postcard. He has a gorgeous smile.

[@colin4962]

Moldova is beautiful 😮🇲🇩

[@merirose375]

Very beautiful postcards! Thanks

[@andryismalyus2721]

Uman'💔😓

[@mellsallem2506]

This idea is simply genius🌟

[@christinavasyliuk59]

Ukraine is a very beautiful country 💙💛

[@xWood4000]

This was really clever, I like when the artist's home country is shown and ypur recipe works so well with the home country at the end

[@AmazingJohnny]

A very beautiful nature in Ukraine 🇺🇦, UK 🇬🇧 and other Europe 🥰 !

[@Lemberg911]

Shows how Ukraine, GB and rest of Europe are beautiful. ❤

[@giuseppemeli1570]

as italian cannot wait to see the Italian one!!!!

[@DavidiTsiramua]

Such a great concept ✌️

[@LondonerbyYaroslavaKirichok]

Whoever came up with this idea and edited it, well done 👏👏👏

[@ryzur]

I love this year's graphic design so much

[@urosh937]

They’re amazing, really ❤

[@justjustice8968]

I LOVE this idea! Great job!

[@seojmi]

I love this postcards! Great job UK! 😍

[@davidbosquette4798]

County Wicklow 🇮🇪 looks STUNNING ❤

[@cool3041]

Europe 🙌🏻😍

[@nerdguy9699]

Love to see all the postcards together! EBU, Do one for the 2019 Tel Aviv postcards!

[@LilRedHead42]

Thank you for posting these! I didn't realize it was 3 locations (I only heard the commentators mention Ukraine and UK) and they go by so fast, it's great to get to see them again. I love the connections drawn through the 3 locations and what joy on the participants' faces! Kudos to the teams who put these together. It's probably too late, but it would be neat if the commentators had tidbits and facts that relate to the postcards. The channel I was watching, sometimes they would say interesting things about the performers that I didn't know, and other times talked about completely unrelated things. I love learning more about the people and countries and felt it was a missed opportunity.

[@Penguin-24S99]

I think the commentators did have facts about the places shown look for the irish commentary it mentions the three countries each time

[@Reckless_81]

Love from Armenia & Respect to Ukraine

[@escahmet7487]

The design is perfect. Magnificent😊😊😊

[@annapanchuk6083]

Peace 🕊️ and love.🫶💙💛

[@exo_9836]

These postcards are amazing! I love the idea!