Burning Daylight (song)

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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 the title of their 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 was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 9 May 2023, and performed in the second half of the semi-final show. [7] The song did not qualify for the finals.

Charts

"Burning Daylight"
Burning Daylight (song).png
Single by Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper
Released1 March 2023
Length3:04
Label Yellowfield
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Sean Myer
  • Loek van der Grinten
Music video
"Burning Daylight" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Burning Daylight"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 42

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References

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  2. ↑ Adams, Oliver (1 November 2022). "Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper will sing for The Netherlands at Eurovision 2023". Wiwibloggs . Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "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. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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