Fort Kinnaird’s ODEON Cinema is opening its doors tonight (Saturday 13 May) to bring locals together to watch the Eurovision grand final from 7.30pm.
Adult tickets cost £17.50 and children tickets cost £12.50, a combined ticket for one adult and one child costs £25.00
For more information or to book tickets, visit:
https://www.odeon.co.uk/films/eurovision-2023-grand-final-live/HO00004137/
New research reveals Italy’s song ‘Brividi’ by Mahmood and Blanco is the most profitable Eurovision of 2022.
A study by entertainment experts JohnSlots analysed all 40 Eurovision songs from each country available to stream via Spotify, to discover which song has generated the highest in potential royalties.
Storming in first is Italy’s ‘Brividi’ by Mahmood and Blanco; the song has taken more than 69 million streams, earning an estimated £237,439 in royalties. Italy won the annual contest three times, first in 1964 and most recently in 2021 with the song ‘Zitti e Buoni’ by Maneskin has earnt an estimated £1,017,239 from its stream count of 295 million streams, which this year’s winners could look forward to seeing.
Second with a total stream count of 11.5 million is Sweden’s entry with ‘Hold Me Closer’ performed by Cornelia Jakobs; the single’s Spotify stream adds up to a potential royalty count of £39,566. The country has taken a storming total of six wins in the contest, with Sweden’s last win in 2015.
S10’s ‘De Diepte’ earning an estimated £30,117 in royalties following more than 8.7 million streams, places Netherlands third in the ranking. The Netherlands won the second-ever Eurovision contest and continued to win four other years in the competition to date.
Representing Spain, Chanel’s single ‘SloMo’ ranks fourth, totalling streams of 7.8 million, with a potentially high royalty earning of £27,156.
Norway’s entry has gathered an estimated £19,283 in royalties following 5.6 million Spotify streams; the single ‘Give That Wolf a Banana’ by Subwoolfer takes fifth place. Having previously won three times and last took the crown in 2009 with Alexander Rybak’s ‘Fairytale”.
‘Stefania’ performed by Kalush Orchestra claims sixth in the ranking for Ukraine, from its total stream count of more than 4 million, accumulating a potential royalty earning of £13,792. Finland follows in seventh, the entry ‘Jezebel’ by The Rasmus has earnt more than 3.2 million streams, totalling £11,258 from royalties in estimation from Spotify.
Austria’s entrance this year with ‘Halo’ by artists LUM!X and Pia Maria claim eighth place with more than 2.6 million streams, has gathered potential earnings of £9,208.
Representing Germany, Malik Harris’s ‘Rockstars’ claims ninth with just under £9,000 in royalties it is estimated, has accumulated 2.6 million Spotify streams. Germany has won twice before in previous years of the contest, the last being 2010 with ‘Satellite’ by Lena Meyer-Landrut.
British singer and TikTok star, Sam Ryder, follows in tenth with the single ‘Space Man’ for the United Kingdom. Sam was selected from an internal process with TaP Music, which also manages A-list stars such as Dua Lipa and Ellie Goulding. ‘Space Man’ has an estimated royalty count of £8,921 following more than 2.5 million streams of the single.
| The Most Profitable Eurovision Song of 2022 | |||||
| Rank | Country | Artist | Song | Spotify Streams | (£) Pay per play on Spotify |
| 1 | Italy | Mahmood & Blanco | Brividi | 69,023,157 | £237,439 |
| 2 | Sweden | Cornelia Jakobs | Hold Me Closer | 11,502,004 | £39,566 |
| 3 | Netherlands | S10 | De Diepte | 8,755,103 | £30,117 |
| 4 | Spain | Chanel | SloMo | 7,894,204 | £27,156 |
| 5 | Norway | Subwoolfer | Give That Wolf a Banana | 5,605,737 | £19,283 |
| 6 | Ukraine | Kalush Orchestra | Stefania | 4,009,491 | £13,792 |
| 7 | Finland | The Rasmus | Jezebel | 3,272,948 | £11,258 |
| 8 | Austria | LUM!X & Pia Maria | Halo | 2,676,998 | £9,208 |
| 9 | Germany | Malik Harris | Rockstars | 2,616,005 | £8,999 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | Sam Ryder | Space Man | 2,593,327 | £8,921 |
Commenting on their findings, a spokesperson from JohnSlots said, “With Eurovision approaching next month and being held in Turin, Italy, it will be interesting to see if Italy’s song will impact the show’s results with the existing popularity taking the strongest lead in streams.
With Italy’s extensive stream count, it’s equally as insightful to see if they could expect to win for a second time running in the annual song contest. Eurovision has become a tradition for dedicated fanbases worldwide to watch the event, with it being a great source of entertainment and representation of their country for many.”
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It is time to debunk the calculations and claims that have been put forward by the Scottish government in this referendum, Chief Secretary Danny Alexander will say in a keynote speech to business leaders in Edinburgh today (30 April). And while Europe is a clearly a relevant referendum issue, the Eurovision Song Contest gets a mention for the first time!
Speaking on the day of publication by HMRC of new oil revenue data and ahead of publication of the Westminster government’s most comprehensive analysis of the fiscal consequences of separation yet, the Chief Secretary will challenge some of the ‘myths’ perpetuated by nationalists and call on the Scottish Government to be honest with people about the cost of independence.
He will also call on the Scottish government – and Finance Secretary John Swinney – to publish revised and realistic forecasts of oil and gas revenues.
Danny Alexander (pictured above) will say:
“The nationalists’ assertions on Scotland’s finances are at best ill-informed and at worst, deeply misleading to Scottish voters. The fact is that their £1.5 trillion figure for the value of oil left in the North Sea doesn’t include any costs for getting the oil out of the ground and into the petrol pump.
“Over the whole 5 year period of the Scottish government’s Oil and gas bulletin [2012 to 2017], their most cautious forecast for Scottish oil and gas revenues is £41 billion. Yet the independent Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that whole UK revenues will be just £25 billion over the same period. It doesn’t matter how deep you drill into the figures, they simply don’t add up. The indisputable point is that we are better off together.
“It is time for the Scottish government to confirm what we all know: that the White Paper was wrong, to correct the discredited Oil and gas bulletin and the errors at the heart of the White Paper. The Scottish government must confront the fact that it is promising tax revenues and public spending that it cannot deliver. It should revise its oil and gas forecasts or better yet, follow international best practice and follow an independent forecast like the OBR’s. It is the very least that the Scottish voters deserve.
On the ‘myths’ perpetuated about independence, Mr Alexander will say:
It’s perhaps true that the Referendum campaign here in Scotland hasn’t provided many laughs so far and given both the enormity – and the irreversibility – of the choice we face, that is perfectly understandable. But as the campaign continues, when it comes to some of the statements and assertions made by nationalists, you really do need a sense of humour.
On some of the basic financial assumptions made in the White paper, he will say that the nationalists ‘ignore the reality, that when the financial crisis hit, it was the government of the United Kingdom that stepped in to recapitalise RBS and HBOS and the taxpayers of the United Kingdom that extended £275 billion of total support to RBS alone’.
On currency, he will challenge the: “…continued, belligerent, assertion that Scotland could – and would – keep the pound. Alex Salmond has to face up to the fact that the rest of the UK does not have to – and would not want to – continue to share the credit card.”
And on UK institutions, he will say: “There is also the fantastical claim, made in the White Paper that an independent Scotland would share a third of the UK’s institutions and services despite the fact that this is completely unprecedented anywhere in the world. This is a claim we have to listen to whenever an institution crops up that the nationalists haven’t had time to think about.
“So it won’t surprise me if next Saturday night Alex Salmond declares that an independent Scotland will share the UK’s automatic place in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest!”
The Treasury’s forthcoming fiscal analysis will set out the benefits of the UK and the costs of independence. In the absence of any detailed costings from the Scottish government, Treasury economists have spent months analysing data and forecasts and consulting with independent bodies to calculate in detail the figures that illustrate the benefits of the UK and the cost of independence.
That analysis will be published in coming weeks – but John Swinney’s response to Danny Alexander’s assertions will come considerably quicker than that. Nil points is a fair guess!
