ESC TURIN 2022 (66ª)

  • Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 14 May 2022 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: PalaOlimpico (Pala Alpitour), Turin, Italy
  • Presenter (s): Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan & Mika; Press Centre Hosts: Laura Carusino, Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa.
  • Musical Director:
  • Director: Cristian Biondani, Duccio Forzano
  • Executive Producer: Simona Martorelli & Claudio Fasulo
  • Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
  • Multicamera Director: Duccio Forzano & Cristian Biondani
  • Host broadcaster: Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
  • Opening Act: “Give Peace a Chance” performed by the Rockin’ 1000; “Benvenuto“, “Io canto“, “La solitudine“, “Le cose che vivi” and “Scatola” performed by Laura Pausini; Flag parade introducing the 25 finalist countries. The Grand Final opening sequence will stage the power of music to evoke peace, featuring the Rockin’ 1000 is a group of rock musicians primarily from Italy, which is made up of a thousand musicians playing and singing all together. Laura Pausini will recall her long-lasting career through a medley of her greatest hits, by presenting her life journey through music in a great show that starts from her debut at Sanremo Festival and ends with her last single Scatola. 
  • Interval Act: “Supermodel” and “If I Can Dream” performed by Måneskin; “Non ho l’età” performed by Gigliola Cinquetti; “Love Today”, “Grace Kelly”, “Yo Yo” and “Happy Ending” performed by Mika. Straight from Los Angeles, California, where they are currently recording their latest album and getting ready for their upcoming  sold-out world tour. After a year of resounding success, Måneskin will shine once again on the Eurovision stage, which will be located in Pala Olimpico this time. After the last winners, the first Italian Eurovision champion Gigliola Cinquetti will return to the Eurovision stage, 58 years after her victory in 1964. Finally, Mika’s performance will continue to stress on the importance to combine the word peace with the word love. After that, the traditional ‘12 points’ parade will lead to the announcement of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 winner.
  • Motto: “The Sound of Beauty” (Il suono della bellezza)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 40: Final 25 [🇫🇷 France (64ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (47ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (65ª)🇬🇧 United Kindom (64ª)🇪🇸 Spain (61ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (10ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (22ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (62ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (7ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (63ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (27ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (53ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (42ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (62ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (34ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (17ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (55ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (22ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (14ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (60ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (61ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (24ª)]; First Semi-Final 17 [🇦🇱 Albania (18ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (22ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (22ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (62ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (27ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (17ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (14ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (62ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (53ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (27ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (50ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (54ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (34ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (42ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (60ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18  [🇫🇮 Finland (55ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (44ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (14ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (14ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (34ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (12ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (7ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (38ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (55ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (21ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (27ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (22ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (24ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (12ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (61ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (63ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (10ª)]
  • Debuting countries:
  • Return: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)
  • Non-returning countries: 🇷🇺 Russia (23ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers. 50% televoting (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and 50% national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points).
  • Nil Points: — None[a]
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Stefania” (Стефанія) – Kalush Orchestra – 🇺🇦 Ukraine (3ª)

About/Overview. The 66th Eurovision Song Contest was held at the PalaOlimpico in Turin, after Måneskin’s success for Italy the previous year. Kalush Orchestra were triumphant with their song Stefania; an ode to a mother, which became the first Eurovision winning song to feature a rap. When it came to the televote, Europe (and Australia) delivered a clear message: the general public got behind Ukraine in overwhelming numbers, bulldozing the scoreboard with a total of 439 points – an incredible achievement given the maximum haul possible is 468 (which would require ‘douze points’ from all of the other 39 participating countries). At the press conference after their victory, Kalush Orchestra shared a message of gratitude, thanking voters across Europe who had awarded their song the record-breaking tally of points, as well as the juries who had voted in their favour, too: ‘We want to thank everyone out there who voted for Ukraine. The victory is very important to Ukraine, especially this year. For us, this support is even more important for Ukraine in these times. And we really appreciate that you helped us with your votes.’

R/O Country PARTICIPANT(S) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE Points Rank
1 🇨🇿 Czech Republic We Are Domi (DOMI) Lights Off English 038 22
2 🇷🇴 Romania WRS Llámame (Call me, Sună-mă) English, Spanish 065 18
3 🇵🇹 Portugal MARO Saudade Saudade English, Portuguese 207 09
4 🇫🇮 Finland The Rasmus Jezebel English 038 21
5 🇨🇭 Switzerland Marius Bear Boys Do Cry English 078 17
6 🇫🇷 France Alvan & Ahez Fulenn (Étincelle, Jeune fille; Spark) Breton 017 24
7 🇳🇴 Norway Subwoolfer Give That Wolf A Banana (Gi den ulven en banan) English 182 10
8 🇦🇲 Armenia Rosa Linn (Ռոզա Լին) SNAP (ՄՈՌԱՆԱԼ) English 061 20
9 🇮🇹 Italy Mahmood & BLANCO Brividi (Shivers) Italian 268 06
10 🇪🇸 Spain Chanel SloMo (Cámara lenta) Spanish, English 459 03
11 🇳🇱 The Netherlands S10 (Stien den Hollander) De Diepte (The depth) Dutch 171 11
12 🇺🇦 Ukraine Kalush Orchestra  Stefania (Стефанія) Ukrainian 631 01
13 🇩🇪 Germany Malik Harris Rockstars English 006 25
14 🇱🇹 Lithuania Monika Liu Sentimentai (Sentiments) Lithuanian 128 14
15 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Nadir Rustamli (Nadir Rüstəmli) Fade To Black (Soluruq‎) English 106 16
16 🇧🇪 Belgium Jérémie Makiese Miss You English 064 19
17 🇬🇷 Greece Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord (Αμάντα Γεωργιάδη Τένφιορντ) Die Together (Ας πεθάνουμε μαζί) English 215 08
18 🇮🇸 Iceland Systur (Sigga, Beta og Elín) Með Hækkandi Sól (With the rising sun) Icelandic 020 23
19 🇲🇩 Moldova Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers (Zdob și Zdub și Frații Advahov) Trenulețul (The little train) Romanian, English 253 07
20 🇸🇪 Sweden Cornelia Jakobs Hold Me Closer English 438 04
21 🇦🇺 Australia Sheldon Riley Not The Same English 125 15
22 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Sam Ryder SPACE MAN English 466 02
23 🇵🇱 Poland Ochman (Krystian Ochman) River English 151 12
24 🇷🇸 Serbia Konstrakta (Констракта) In Corpore Sano (У здравом телу, In a healthy body) Serbian, Latin 312 05
25 🇪🇪 Estonia Stefan (Ստեֆան) Hope English 141 13

Ukraine – Kalush Orchestra – Eurovision Opening Ceremony 2022 – Galleria Grande – La Venaria Reale

The Grand Final also provided the best results in a long, long time for two of the Big 5. The United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder came second overall as “SPACE MAN” was awarded 466 points overall, and won the jury vote. This is the UK’s highest score in the Contest, and their highest placing since Imaani also finished as runner-up with Where Are You? in 1998. Spain also celebrated as Chanel’s “SloMo” took the third podium spot and their best result since 1995.

United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final

Turin – Italy’s third Eurovision Host City. Following a hugely competitive selection process that saw 17 individual bids, the honour of hosting the 66th Eurovision Song Contest has been won by Turin. The capital of Piedmont will be the third Italian city to host the event after Naples (1965) and Rome (1991), thanks to Måneskin’s magnificent victory in Rotterdam the previous year. Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl had this to say: ‘Turin is the perfect Host City for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. As we saw during the 2006 Winter Olympics, Pala Olimpico exceeds all the requirements needed to stage a global event of this scale and we have been very impressed with the enthusiasm and commitment from the City of Turin who will welcome thousands of fans in May. This will be the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Italy in 30 years and, together with our Host broadcaster Rai, we are determined to make it a special one.’

Where next?. Before the last shreds of confetti had hit the PalaOlimpico stage, thoughts turned to where might host the 2023 Contest – understandably, given the ongoing war in winning country Ukraine since the Russian invasion earlier in the year. Traditionally, the winning country hosts the following Contest, but this isn’t always possible (as it was the case for the winning broadcasters in 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1973 and 1979), and there are no hard and fast rules dictating who should host in these circumstances. In June 2022, the European Broadcasting Union released two statements regarding the feasibility of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine, making the decision to host the event in another country. The Eurovision story continues…

  • Dates – First Semi-Final: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: PalaOlimpico (Pala Alpitour), Turin, Italy
  • Presenter (s): Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan & Mika; Press Centre Hosts: Laura Carusino, Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa.
  • Musical Director:
  • Director: Cristian Biondani, Duccio Forzano
  • Executive Producer: Simona Martorelli & Claudio Fasulo
  • Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
  • Multicamera Director: Duccio Forzano & Cristian Biondani
  • Host broadcaster: Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
  • Opening Act: Performance showcasing Italian ingenuity and creativity; “The Sound of Beauty” performed by Sherol Dos Santos. Italian genius and creativity will be the main theme of the show for the First Semi-Final, which will start from an imaginary inventor lab, where a flying machine will turn on Pala Olimpico’s stage. 
  • Interval Act: “Horizon in Your Eyes”, “Satisfaction” and “Golden Nights” performed by Dardust, Benny Benassi and Sophie and the Giants; Homage to Raffaella Carrà performed by the presenters; “Fai rumore” performed by Diodato. The Sound of Beauty will increase its BPM rate, with a journey through Italian Dance music featuring Dardust, Benny Benassi, Sylvia Catasta and Sophie and the Giants. With his performance, Diodato, who held an emotional and moving 2020 performance in an empty Arena di Verona, will symbolise the return to live music after its interruption in the spring of two years ago. 
  • Motto: “The Sound of Beauty” (Il suono della bellezza)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 40: Final 25 [🇫🇷 France (64ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (47ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (65ª)🇬🇧 United Kindom (64ª)🇪🇸 Spain (61ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (10ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (22ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (62ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (7ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (63ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (27ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (53ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (42ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (62ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (34ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (17ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (55ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (22ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (14ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (60ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (61ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (24ª)]; First Semi-Final 17 [🇦🇱 Albania (18ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (22ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (22ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (62ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (27ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (17ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (14ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (62ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (53ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (27ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (50ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (54ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (34ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (42ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (60ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18  [🇫🇮 Finland (55ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (44ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (14ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (14ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (34ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (12ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (7ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (38ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (55ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (21ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (27ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (22ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (24ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (12ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (61ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (63ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (10ª)]
  • Debuting countries:
  • Return: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)
  • Non-returning countries: 🇷🇺 Russia (23ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers. 50% televoting (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and 50% national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points).
  • Nil Points: — None[a]
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Stefania” (Стефанія) – Kalush Orchestra – 🇺🇦 Ukraine (2ª)

About/Overview. The 66th Eurovision Song Contest was held at the PalaOlimpico in Turin, after Måneskin’s success for Italy the previous year. Kalush Orchestra were triumphant with their song Stefania; an ode to a mother, which became the first Eurovision winning song to feature a rap. When it came to the televote, Europe (and Australia) delivered a clear message: the general public got behind Ukraine in overwhelming numbers, bulldozing the scoreboard with a total of 439 points – an incredible achievement given the maximum haul possible is 468 (which would require ‘douze points’ from all of the other 39 participating countries). At the press conference after their victory, Kalush Orchestra shared a message of gratitude, thanking voters across Europe who had awarded their song the record-breaking tally of points, as well as the juries who had voted in their favour, too: ‘We want to thank everyone out there who voted for Ukraine. The victory is very important to Ukraine, especially this year. For us, this support is even more important for Ukraine in these times. And we really appreciate that you helped us with your votes.’

R/O Country PARTICIPANT(S) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE Points Rank
1 🇦🇱 Albania Ronela (Ronela Hajati) Sekret (Secret) Albanian, English[b] 058 12
2 🇱🇻 Latvia Citi Zēni Eat Your Salad (Ēd savus salātus) English 055 14
3 🇱🇹 Lithuania Monika Liu qualified Sentimentai (Sentiments) Lithuanian 159 07
4 🇨🇭 Switzerland Marius Bear qualified Boys Do Cry English 118 09
5 🇸🇮 Slovenia LPS (Last Pizza Slice) Disko Slovene 015 17
6 🇺🇦 Ukraine Kalush Orchestra qualified Stefania (Стефанія) English 337 01
7 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Intelligent Music Project (Интелиджънт Мюзик Проджект) Intention English 029 16
8 🇳🇱 The Netherlands S10 qualified De Diepte (The depth) Dutch 221 02
9 🇲🇩 Moldova  Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers (Zdob și Zdub și Frații Advahov) qualified Trenulețul (The little train) Romanian, English 154 08
10 🇵🇹 Portugal MARO qualified Saudade Saudade English, Portuguese 208 04
11 🇭🇷 Croatia Mia (Mia Dimšić) Guilty Pleasure English, Croatian 075 11
12 🇩🇰 Denmark REDDI The Show (Showet) English 055 13
13 🇦🇹 Austria LUM!X feat. Pia Maria Halo (Heiligenschein)  English 042 15
14 🇮🇸 Iceland Systur (Sigga, Beta og Elín) qualified Með Hækkandi Sól (With the rising sun) Icelandic 103 10
15 🇬🇷 Greece Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord (Αμάντα Γεωργιάδη Τένφιορντ) qualified Die Together English 211 03
16 🇳🇴 Norway Subwoolfer qualified Give That Wolf A Banana (Gi den ulven en banan) English 177 06
17 🇦🇲 Armenia Rosa Linn (Ռոզա Լին) qualified SNAP (ՄՈՌԱՆԱԼ) English 187 05

Ukraine – Kalush Orchestra – Eurovision Opening Ceremony 2022 – Galleria Grande – La Venaria Reale

The Grand Final also provided the best results in a long, long time for two of the Big 5. The United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder came second overall as “SPACE MAN” was awarded 466 points overall, and won the jury vote. This is the UK’s highest score in the Contest, and their highest placing since Imaani also finished as runner-up with Where Are You? in 1998. Spain also celebrated as Chanel’s “SloMo” took the third podium spot and their best result since 1995.

United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final

Turin – Italy’s third Eurovision Host City. Following a hugely competitive selection process that saw 17 individual bids, the honour of hosting the 66th Eurovision Song Contest has been won by Turin. The capital of Piedmont will be the third Italian city to host the event after Naples (1965) and Rome (1991), thanks to Måneskin’s magnificent victory in Rotterdam the previous year. Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl had this to say: ‘Turin is the perfect Host City for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. As we saw during the 2006 Winter Olympics, Pala Olimpico exceeds all the requirements needed to stage a global event of this scale and we have been very impressed with the enthusiasm and commitment from the City of Turin who will welcome thousands of fans in May. This will be the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Italy in 30 years and, together with our Host broadcaster Rai, we are determined to make it a special one.’

Where next?. Before the last shreds of confetti had hit the PalaOlimpico stage, thoughts turned to where might host the 2023 Contest – understandably, given the ongoing war in winning country Ukraine since the Russian invasion earlier in the year. Traditionally, the winning country hosts the following Contest, but this isn’t always possible (as it was the case for the winning broadcasters in 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1973 and 1979), and there are no hard and fast rules dictating who should host in these circumstances. In June 2022, the European Broadcasting Union released two statements regarding the feasibility of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine, making the decision to host the event in another country. The Eurovision story continues…

  • Dates – Second Semi-Final: Thursday, 12 May 2022 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: PalaOlimpico (Pala Alpitour), Turin, Italy
  • Presenter (s): Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan & Mika; Press Centre Hosts: Laura Carusino, Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa.
  • Musical Director:
  • Director: Cristian Biondani, Duccio Forzano
  • Executive Producer: Simona Martorelli & Claudio Fasulo
  • Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
  • Multicamera Director: Duccio Forzano & Cristian Biondani
  • Host broadcaster: Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
  • Opening Act: “The Italian Way”, ode to Italian hand gestures performed by Alessandro Cattelan. The second Semi-Final will be opened by Alessandro Cattelan, who will introduce us to the Italian art of getting by. Later in the evening, we will try to teach our audience all over Europe and Australia how to speak Italian even if they do not one single word, by taking inspiration from Bruno Munari’s Supplemento al dizionario italiano (or Supplement to the Italian Dictionary). 
  • Interval Act: “Fragile” and “People Have the Power” performed by Laura Pausini and Mika; “Grande amore” performed by Il Volo. Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone, the operatic pop trio Il Volo, will surprise the Eurovision audience eight years after Vienna. Finally, in a world premiere, the unprecedented and long-awaited duet between our international stars Laura Pausini and Mika will be unveiled.
  • Motto: “The Sound of Beauty” (Il suono della bellezza)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 40: Final 25 [🇫🇷 France (64ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (47ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (65ª)🇬🇧 United Kindom (64ª)🇪🇸 Spain (61ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (10ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (22ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (62ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (7ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (63ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (27ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (53ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (42ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (62ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (34ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (17ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (55ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (22ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (14ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (60ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (61ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (24ª)]; First Semi-Final 17 [🇦🇱 Albania (18ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (22ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (22ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (62ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (27ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (17ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (14ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (62ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (53ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (27ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (50ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (54ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (34ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (42ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (60ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18  [🇫🇮 Finland (55ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (44ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (14ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (14ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (34ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (12ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (7ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (38ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (55ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (21ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (27ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (22ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (24ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (12ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (61ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (63ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (10ª)]
  • Debuting countries:
  • Return: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)
  • Non-returning countries: 🇷🇺 Russia (23ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers. 50% televoting (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and 50% national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points).
  • Nil Points:
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Hold Me Closer” – Cornelia Jakobs – 🇸🇪 Sweden (4ª)

About/Overview. The 66th Eurovision Song Contest was held at the PalaOlimpico in Turin, after Måneskin’s success for Italy the previous year. Kalush Orchestra were triumphant with their song Stefania; an ode to a mother, which became the first Eurovision winning song to feature a rap. When it came to the televote, Europe (and Australia) delivered a clear message: the general public got behind Ukraine in overwhelming numbers, bulldozing the scoreboard with a total of 439 points – an incredible achievement given the maximum haul possible is 468 (which would require ‘douze points’ from all of the other 39 participating countries). At the press conference after their victory, Kalush Orchestra shared a message of gratitude, thanking voters across Europe who had awarded their song the record-breaking tally of points, as well as the juries who had voted in their favour, too: ‘We want to thank everyone out there who voted for Ukraine. The victory is very important to Ukraine, especially this year. For us, this support is even more important for Ukraine in these times. And we really appreciate that you helped us with your votes.’

R/O Country PARTICIPANT(S) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE Points Rank
1 🇫🇮 Finland The Rasmus qualified Jezebel English 162 07
2 🇮🇱 Israel Michael Ben David (מיכאל בן דוד) I.M (I am, אני) English[c] 061 13
3 🇷🇸 Serbia Konstrakta (Констракта) qualified In Corpore Sano (In a healthy body, У здравом телу) Serbian, Latin 237 03
4 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Nadir Rustamli (Nadir Rüstəmli) qualified Fade To Black (Soluruq‎) English 096 10
5 🇬🇪 Georgia Circus Mircus (ცირკუს მირკუსი) Lock Me In English 022 18
6 🇲🇹 Malta Emma Muscat I Am What I Am English 047 16
7 🇸🇲 San Marino Achille Lauro Stripper Italian, English 050 14
8 🇦🇺 Australia Sheldon Riley qualified Not The Same English 243 02
9 🇨🇾 Cyprus Andromache (Andromachi, Ανδρομάχη) Ela (Έλα, Come [on]) English, Greek 063 12
10 🇮🇪 Ireland Brooke (Brooke Scullion) That’s Rich English 047 15
11 🇲🇰 North Macedonia Andrea (Andrea Koevska, Андреа Коевска) Circles English 076 11
12 🇪🇪 Estonia Stefan (Ստեֆան) qualified Hope English 209 05
13 🇷🇴 Romania WRS qualified Llámame (Call me, Sună-mă) English, Spanish 118 09
14 🇵🇱 Poland Ochman (Krystian Ochman) qualified River English 198 06
15 🇲🇪 Montenegro Vladana (Владана; Vladana Vučinić, Владана Вучинић) Breathe English, Italian 033 17
16 🇧🇪 Belgium Jérémie Makiese qualified Miss You English 151 08
17 🇸🇪 Sweden Cornelia Jakobs qualified Hold Me Closer English 396 01
18 🇨🇿 Czech Republic We Are Domi qualified Lights Off English 227 04

Ukraine – Kalush Orchestra – Eurovision Opening Ceremony 2022 – Galleria Grande – La Venaria Reale

The Grand Final also provided the best results in a long, long time for two of the Big 5. The United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder came second overall as “SPACE MAN” was awarded 466 points overall, and won the jury vote. This is the UK’s highest score in the Contest, and their highest placing since Imaani also finished as runner-up with Where Are You? in 1998. Spain also celebrated as Chanel’s “SloMo” took the third podium spot and their best result since 1995.

United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final

Turin – Italy’s third Eurovision Host City. Following a hugely competitive selection process that saw 17 individual bids, the honour of hosting the 66th Eurovision Song Contest has been won by Turin. The capital of Piedmont will be the third Italian city to host the event after Naples (1965) and Rome (1991), thanks to Måneskin’s magnificent victory in Rotterdam the previous year. Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl had this to say: ‘Turin is the perfect Host City for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. As we saw during the 2006 Winter Olympics, Pala Olimpico exceeds all the requirements needed to stage a global event of this scale and we have been very impressed with the enthusiasm and commitment from the City of Turin who will welcome thousands of fans in May. This will be the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Italy in 30 years and, together with our Host broadcaster Rai, we are determined to make it a special one.’

Where next?. Before the last shreds of confetti had hit the PalaOlimpico stage, thoughts turned to where might host the 2023 Contest – understandably, given the ongoing war in winning country Ukraine since the Russian invasion earlier in the year. Traditionally, the winning country hosts the following Contest, but this isn’t always possible (as it was the case for the winning broadcasters in 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1973 and 1979), and there are no hard and fast rules dictating who should host in these circumstances. In June 2022, the European Broadcasting Union released two statements regarding the feasibility of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine, making the decision to host the event in another country. The Eurovision story continues…

Missed participation

  • 🇲🇹 Malta: Emma Muscat – “Out of Sight“. Emma Muscat was selected as the Maltese representative via the national final Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022, where she competed with the song “Out of Sight”, but on 14 March 2022 it was announced Muscat would perform the song “I Am What I Am” instead. Following Muscat’s win at Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022, rumours began to surface that she would perform a song other than “Out of Sight” at the Eurovision Song Contest. In an interview with the Danish public broadcaster, producer Anders Fredslund revealed that PBS had begun the search for a new Eurovision entry for Emma Muscat the day after her victory in the Maltese selection. Fredslund explained that he had been informed the representative has been chosen, but the broadcaster was looking for potential songs to represent it in the contest. The then company sent a number of songs to PBS, from which two were selected to be recorded as demos, with the broadcaster subsequently selecting “I Am What I Am”, written by Dino Medanhodžić, Emma Musca, Julie Aagaard and Stine Kinck. “I Am What I Am” was released on 14 March 2022, and on the same day, the song was confirmed to replace “Out of Sight” as Muscat’s entry at Eurovision.

Participation map

Transmitirá a 2º semifinal noutro horário. Finalist countries Transmitirá a Final em direto. Did not qualify from the semi-final Transmitirá a 1º semifinal em direto. Countries that participated in the past but not in 2022

ESC 2022 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

ESC 2022 Scoreboard First Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

ESC 2022 Scoreboard Second Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country’s victory at the 2021 contest with the song “Zitti e buoni” by Måneskin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held at the PalaOlimpico, and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2022. The three live shows were presented by Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan, Italian singer Laura Pausini and Lebanese-born British singer Mika.

Forty countries participated in the contest, with Armenia and Montenegro returning after their absence from the previous edition. Russia had originally planned to participate, but was excluded due to its invasion of Ukraine.

The winner was Ukraine with the song “Stefania”, performed by Kalush Orchestra and written by the group’s members Ihor Didenchuk, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk, along with Ivan Klymenko. The United Kingdom finished in second place for a record-extending sixteenth time, also achieving its best result since 1998. Spain, Sweden and Serbia rounded out the top five, Spain achieving its best result since 1995. Ukraine won the televote with its 439 points, the most received in the contest’s history to date, and came fourth in the jury vote behind the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Spain. “Stefania” is the first song sung entirely in Ukrainian and the first song with hip-hop elements to win the contest.

The EBU reported that the contest had a television audience of 161 million viewers in 34 European markets, a decrease of 22 million viewers from the previous edition, however, it is noted that this is due to the exclusion of Russia and the lack of audience figures from Ukraine, with the overall figures up by 7 million viewers in a comparable market from 2021. An increase of three percent in the 15–24 year old age range was also reported. A total of 18 million viewers watched the contest online on YouTube and TikTok.

History. The Eurovision Song Contest story traces back to Marcel Bezençon from the EBU. After the successful live broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 1954, the EBU was looking for a new entertainment format to test the limits of live television broadcasting technology. The inspiration for the ESC came from Italians, who successfully broadcasted for the first time on television the 5th edition of their Festival di Sanremo in 1955. In October 1955, at an EBU meeting in Palazzo Corsini alla Lungara, in Rome, the idea pushed forward by Rai’s General Director Sergio Pugliese was accepted, thus paving the way for an ongoing tradition. The first Contest was held on 24 May 1956, and seven nations participated in it. It all started with a live orchestra, which was the norm in the early years, and simple singalong songs played on every radio station. Today, the Contest has become an actual pan-European tradition. At the beginning, participants used to sing in their country’s national language without questioning it. It was only in 1965, when the Swedish entry (i.e., Absent Friend) was sung in English, that the EBU set very strict rules on the language in which songs could be performed. Lyrics had to be written in participants’ national languages. Song writers across Europe soon started thinking that success would only come if the judges could understand lyrics, and this resulted in entries such as Boom BangA-Bang and La La La. In 1973, the rules on language use became less strict and, in the following year, ABBA won the Contest with Waterloo, which was performed in English. In 1977, linguistic freedom underwent new restrictions until it was finally established again in 1999 as a permanent rule. Voting systems have changed too throughout the years. The current system has been in place since 1975. Voters can give points ranging from 1 to 8, then 10 and finally 12 to songs from other countries, with the favourite being given the wellknown douze (i.e., French for 12) points. In the past, a country’s set of votes was decided by an internal jury. However, in 1997 five countries (namely, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) tried televoting, thus giving the audience in those countries the opportunity to vote en masse for their favourite songs. The experiment proved to be successful and, starting from 1998, all countries were encouraged to use televoting wherever possible. Nowadays, viewers are also allowed to vote by SMS and by downloading the official App. Regardless of the voting method used (i.e., jury, telephone or SMS), countries may not vote for their own country’s song. With the end of the Cold War in the early ‘90s, there was a sudden increase in the number of participants, since many former Eastern Bloc countries queued up to compete for the first time. This process has been going on until today, with more and more countries joining every year. For this reason, in 2004 the EBU introduced the Semi-Final. In Eurovision Song Contest 2008, two Semi-Finals were introduced. Now, all countries except for the ‘Big Five’ (i.e., France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK), must be in the top 10 of a Semi-Final top 10 to qualify for the Final. In 2015, the Contest celebrated its 60th anniversary. The BBC hosted a grand show in London, featuring over a dozen former participants. And since Australia has broadcasted the show since 1983, the organisers invited SBS to join in for the very first time in an attempt to honour the country’s 30-year commitment to the Eurovision Song Contest. After more than 65 years of existence, the Eurovision Song Contest is one of the biggest TV entertainment events in the world: over 180 million people watched live Måneskin lifting the trophy in Rotterdam.

Italy: a successful history. Italy was one of the seven founders of the Eurovision Song Contest. Sanremo winner and runner-up, respectively Franca Raimondi and Tonina Torrielli, took part in the Lugano 1956 edition. In 1958, Domenico Modugno performed his famous Nel blu, dipinto di blu, which is well-known all around the world as Volare. He did not win, but his song turned into the most successful Eurovision Song Contest song ever. In 1964, Gigliola Cinquetti claimed the first Italian victory, leading to the 1965 edition, which was held in Naples’ brand-new Auditorium Rai. Ups and downs followed, and in 1990 Toto Cutugno celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall with the hope for a new, united Europe, under the flag of the European Union. Italy won the contest for the second time: the two former winners hosted the 1991 contest in Rome at Cinecittà Studio 15. After 1997, Italy stayed away from the Eurovision for more than a decade, and only went back on stage in 2011 with a brand-new attitude. Interest in the Eurovision had grown, and Rai was committed to attract much more people year by year. Since 2011, Italy has become one of the most successful countries, scoring more points than any other countries in the following ten years. After two second places, one third place and other four top 10 placements, in 2021 Måneskin brought the trophy back to Italy, together with the honour to host the 2022 edition.

Location. The 2022 contest took place in Turin, Italy, following the country’s victory at the 2021 edition with the song “Zitti e buoni“, performed by Måneskin. It was the third time that Italy had hosted the contest, having previously done so for the 1965 and 1991 contests, held in Naples and Rome respectively. The selected venue was the 13,300-seat PalaOlimpico, a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Santa Rita district, which serves as a venue for events including concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences, and sports (mainly those requiring an ice rink, such as ice hockey and curling). PalaOlimpico had previously hosted the ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and the opening ceremonies of the 2007 Winter Universiade and will host the same event in 2025.

The venue returned to its full capacity for the contest, after the previous edition in Rotterdam saw a limited audience of 3,500 people as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the audience was required to wear masks at all times inside the venue, unlike in Rotterdam where mask-wearing was not enforced whenever the audience was seated. Nearly all COVID-19 prevention measures for the contest were dropped by 11 May 2022, with testing only required whenever symptoms were exhibited.

In addition to the main venue, the host city also organised side events in tandem with the contest. The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors area during the event weeks, where it was possible to watch performances by contest participants and local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. It was located at Parco del Valentino and open from 7 to 14 May 2022.The EuroClub, which took place across ten different locations in Turin, hosted the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike in previous years, access to the EuroClub was not restricted to accredited fans, delegates and press. The “Turquoise Carpet” and Opening Ceremony events, where the contestants and their delegations were presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at the Palace of Venaria on 8 May 2022.

Rock ’n’ Roll never dies!. Since it joined the Eurovision Song Contest again in 2011, Italy has become one of the strongest contestants. After it ranked second twice and third once, and it managed to be in the top 10 four times, the expectations on Italy winning the contest for the third time – after Gigliola Cinquetti made it in 1964 and Toto Cutugno in 1990 – were pretty high. As soon as Måneskin were selected to represent Italy in Rotterdam, they were considered amongst the hot favourites of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest. Damiano’s, Victoria’s, Thomas’ and Ethan’s energy on stage, together with their unique rock entry, made us all dream of our third victory. However, a rock song had only won the Eurovision once. At last, on May 22nd, 2021 our dream came true. Before their winning reprise of Zitti e buoni, Damiano celebrated their historic result by lifting the trophy and shouting “Rock ’n’ Roll never dies!” in front of the enthusiastic audience of the Ahoy Arena. Then the party began, and so did the preparation for the Italian edition after more than 30 years.

Bidding phase. Between 23 and 28 May 2021, many cities across Italy expressed interest in hosting the contest. Representatives from the cities of Bologna, Milan, Pesaro, Naples and Turin voiced their interest, as well as the Mayor of Reggio Emilia, Luca Vecchi, who hoped to host the contest in the new RCF Arena, the largest open-air arena in Europe with a capacity of 100,000 spectators. The mayors of Rome, Rimini and Florence soon after also expressed interest in hosting the contest and were joined by Sanremo, Verona and Bari. Marco Di Maio, member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, also suggested that if Rimini were to host the contest, it should be a co-production with San Marino RTV.

Host broadcaster RAI launched the bidding process on 7 July 2021. In the first phase of this process, any interested cities were to present their bid through certified email by 12 July, after which RAI and the EBU would proceed to send all of them a bid book with more detailed requirements for the cities to submit their plans for review.

On 9 July 2021, the city of Turin officially announced its bid. On the same day, the city of Pesaro did the same, proposing the Vitrifrigo Arena as a possible venue to host the event. They were followed by Bologna and Jesolo on 12 July, and Rimini and Bertinoro (jointly with Forlì and Cesena) on 13 July. On 13 July, RAI announced that 17 cities had submitted their bid for hosting the contest and would be provided the following day with the bid books. They had until 4 August to draft and submit their detailed plans, which 11 cities did. On 24 August, it was reported that Bologna, Milan, Pesaro, Rimini and Turin would be the cities left in the running to host the contest.

The choice among them was meant to be announced by the end of August; however, this did not happen, and in mid-September Stefano Coletta, director of Rai 1, stated that the selection was behind time to ensure “transparency and precision”. On 8 October 2021, the EBU and RAI announced Turin as the host city, with the PalaOlimpico as the chosen venue for the contest.

Key:  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted   Presented the bid book. Location of the selected host city (in blue), shortlisted cities (in green), other bidding cities (in red) and cities that expressed interest but ultimately did not bid (in grey)

City Venue Notes
AcirealeAcireale – Bandiera PalaTupparello

Acireale 

Alessandria

Coat of arms of Alessandria

Cittadella Alessandria Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the area; would have needed renovation works.
Bertinoro

Bertinoro – Bandiera

PalaGalassi Bertinoro Candidacy supported by Forlì, Cesena and the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.
Bologna

Bologna – Stemma

Fiera di BolognaBologna Candidacy supported by the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.
Unipol Arena Bologna
Florence

Coat of arms of Florence

Nelson Mandela Forum Florence Candidacy supported by the Regional Council of Tuscany.
Genoa

Coat of arms of Genoa

Palasport di Genova Florence Was undergoing renovation works.
Jesolo

Coat of arms of Jesolo

Palazzo del Turismo Florence Did not meet the EBU requirements of size.
Piave Vecchia Lighthouse area Florence Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the area.
Matera

Coat of arms of Matera

Cava del Sole Florence Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the area.
Milan

Coat of arms of Milan

Mediolanum Forum Milan Did not meet the EBU requirements of size. Candidacy supported by the regional government of Lombardy.
Palazzo delle ScintilleMilan Would have needed adjustment works.
Palazzolo

Acreide

Palazzolo Acreide – Stemma

Ad hoc arena to be built Palazzolo Acreide Would have needed the cooperation of other municipalities in Syracuse.
Pesaro

Coat of arms of Pesaro

Vitrifrigo Arena ‡ Pesaro
Rimini

Coat of arms of Rimini

Rimini FieraPesaro Candidacy supported by the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.
Rome

Insigne Romanum coronatum.svg

PalaLottomatica Rome
Fiera di Roma Rome Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity.
Sanremo

Coat of arms of Sanremo

Mercato dei Fiori Rome
Trieste

Coat of arms of Trieste

PalaTrieste Rome Did not meet the EBU requirements of size.
Stadio Nereo Rocco Rome Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium.
Turin

Coat of arms of Turin

PalaOlimpicoTurin Hosted the ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the opening ceremony of the 2007 Winter Universiade; from 2021 to 2025, it will host the tennis ATP Finals.
Candidacy supported by the Turin city council and the Regional Council of Piedmont.
Viterbo

Coat of arms of Viterbo

Fiera di Viterbo Viterbo Did not meet the EBU requirements of size; would have needed renovation works.

Turin, what a show!. Turin is a uniquely charming city, which is characterised by a sober, refined and still vital style. Its rich historical past goes hand in hand with the liveliness of a modern, young, and dynamic metropolitan city. Visitors get struck by the
majesty of the Alps skyline surrounding Piedmont’s main city.

Turin, which was Italy’s first capital city, is very famous in the automotive and cinema industries, and it offers a wide range of tourist attractions that can be spotted while walking in the city centre: baroque squares, ancient buildings, magnificent churches, elegant streets, refined historical cafés, residences that belonged to the Savoy family and hosted kings, queens and aristocrats from all over Europe, museums (e.g., the recentlyrenovated second biggest Egyptian museum after the one in Cairo), ancient Roman Wall remains and gorgeous porticoes, where residents take walks in rainy winter days or stop to grab a coffee while sitting at a nice restaurant or bar.

Moreover, the city offers high-quality training, innovation and research. With more than 110 thousand students (including 30% offcampus students), seven university centres and 15 student housing facilities, Turin is among Italy’s most prestigious academic hubs.

The city, which is among the greenest cities of Europe, offers lovely parks, such as Parco del Valentino alongside the Po river. Thanks to its beautiful theatres and cinemas, Turin has also become a leading centre for cultural events.

Red – Participating countries in the first semi-final; Pink – Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final; Blue Participating countries in the second semi-final; Light Blue – Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

Participating countries. On 21 October 2021, the EBU initially announced that 41 countries would participate in the 2022 contest. The list included all countries that participated in the 2021 contest, along with Armenia and Montenegro, both of which had last taken part in 2019 (Armenia was also set to compete in the cancelled 2020 edition). On 25 February 2022, the EBU announced that Russia was excluded from the contest due to its invasion of Ukraine, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 40.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
🇦🇱 Albania RTSH Ronela Hajati Sekret Albanian, English[b] Ronela Hajati
🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV Rosa Linn “Snap” English

Allie Crystal, Courtney Harrell, Jeremy Dusolet, Larzz Principato, Rosa Linn, Tamar Mardirossian Kaprelian

🇦🇺 Australia SBS Sheldon Riley “Not the Same” English

Cam Nacson, Sheldon Riley Hernandez

🇦🇹 Austria ORF Lumix feat. Pia Maria “Halo” English

Anders Nilsen, Gabry Ponte, Luca Michlmayr, Rasmus Flyckt, Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İTV Nadir Rustamli “Fade to Black” English

Andreas Stone Johansson, Anderz Wrethov, Sebastian Schub, Thomas Stengaard

🇧🇪 Belgium RTBF Jérémie Makiese “Miss You” English

Jérémie Makiese, Mike BGRZ, Manon Romiti, Silvio Lisbonne

🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT Intelligent Music Project “Intention” English

MD, Milen Vrabevski

🇭🇷 Croatia HRT Mia Dimšić “Guilty Pleasure” English, Croatian

Damir Bačić, Mia Dimšić, Vjekoslav Dimter

🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC Andromache Ela” (Έλα) English, Greek

Alex Papaconstantinou, Arash, Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Fatjon Miftaraj, Filloreta Raçi Fifi, Geraldo Sandell, Giorgos Papadopoulos, Robert Uhlmann, Viktor Svensson, Yll Limani

🇨🇿 Czech Republic ČT We Are Domi “Lights Off” English

Abigail Frances Jones, Benjamin Rekstad, Casper Hatlestad, Dominika Hašková, Einar Eriksen Kvaløy

🇩🇰 Denmark DR Reddi “The Show” English

Chief 1, Ihan Haydar, Julia Fabrin, Remee Jackman, Siggy Savery

🇪🇪 Estonia ERR Stefan “Hope” English

Karl-Ander Reismann, Stefan Airapetjan

🇫🇮 Finland Yle The Rasmus “Jezebel” English

Desmond Child, Lauri Ylönen

🇫🇷 France France Télévisions Alvan and Ahez Fulenn Breton

Alexis Morvan Rosius, Marine Lavigne

🇬🇪 Georgia GPB Circus Mircus “Lock Me In” English Circus Mircus
🇩🇪 Germany NDR Malik Harris “Rockstars” English

Malik Harris, Marie Kobylka, Robin Karow

🇬🇷 Greece ERT Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord “Die Together” English

Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord, Bjørn Helge Gammelsæter

🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV Systur Með hækkandi sól Icelandic Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir
🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ Brooke “That’s Rich” English

Brooke Scullion, Izzy Warner, Karl Zine

🇮🇱 Israel IPBC Michael Ben David “I.M” English[c]

Asi Tal, Chen Aharoni, Lidor Saadia

🇮🇹 Italy RAI Mahmood and Blanco Brividi Italian

Alessandro Mahmoud, Michele “Michelangelo” Zocca, Riccardo Fabbriconi

🇱🇻 Latvia LTV Citi Zēni “Eat Your Salad” English

Dagnis Roziņš, Jānis “JJ Lush” Jačmenkins, Jānis Pētersons, Roberts Memmēns

🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT Monika Liu Sentimentai Lithuanian Monika Liu
🇲🇹 Malta PBS Emma Muscat “I Am What I Am” English

Dino Medanhodžić, Emma Muscat, Julie Aagaard, Stine Kinck

🇲🇩 Moldova TRM Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers Trenulețul Romanian, English

Mihail Gincu, Roman Iagupov, Vasile Advahov, Vitalie Advahov

🇲🇪 Montenegro RTCG Vladana “Breathe” English, Italian

Darko Dimitrov, Vladana Vučinić

🇳🇱 The Netherlands AVROTROS S10 De diepte Dutch

Arno Krabman, Stien den Hollander

🇲🇰 North Macedonia MRT Andrea “Circles” English

Aleksandar Masevski, Andrea Koevska

🇳🇴 Norway NRK Subwoolfer “Give That Wolf a Banana” English

DJ Astronaut, Jim, Keith

🇵🇱 Poland TVP Ochman “River” English

Adam Wiśniewski, Ashley Hicklin, Mikołaj Trybulec, Krystian Ochman

🇵🇹 Portugal RTP Maro Saudade, saudade English, Portuguese

John Blanda, Mariana Secca

🇷🇴 Romania TVR WRS Llámame English, Spanish

Alexandru Turcu, Andrei Ursu, Cezar Gună, Costel Dominteanu

🇸🇲 San Marino SMRTV Achille Lauro “Stripper” Italian, English

Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Davide Petrella, Federico De Marinis, Francesco Viscovo, Gregorio “Greg” Calculli, Lauro De Marinis, Marco “Lancs” Lanciotti, Matteo “Göw Trïbe” Ciceroni, Mattia “Banf” Cutolo, Simon Pietro Manzari

🇷🇸 Serbia RTS Konstrakta In corpore sano Serbian, Latin

Ana Đurić, Milovan Bošković

🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO LPS Disko Slovene

Filip Vidušin, Gašper Hlupič, Jakob Korošec, Mark Semeja, Zala Velenšek, Žiga Žvižej

🇪🇸 Spain RTVE Chanel “SloMo” Spanish, English

Arjen Thonen, Ibere Fortes, Keith Harris, Leroy Sanchez, Maggie Szabo

🇸🇪 Sweden SVT Cornelia Jakobs “Hold Me Closer” English

Cornelia Jakobsdotter, David Zandén, Isa Molin

🇨🇭 Switzerland SRG SSR Marius Bear “Boys Do Cry” English

Marius Bear, Martin Gallop

🇺🇦 Ukraine UA:PBC Kalush Orchestra “Stefania” (Стефанія) Ukrainian

Ihor Didenchuk, Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitalii Duzhyk

🇬🇧 United Kingdom BBC Sam Ryder “Space Man” English

Amy Wadge, Max Wolfgang, Sam Ryder

Returning artistsThe contest featured five representatives who also previously performed as lead artists for the same country. Nika Kocharov, the guitarist of Circus Mircus, had previously represented Georgia in 2016 alongside Young Georgian Lolitaz;[d] Stoyan Yankoulov, a member of Intelligent Music Project, had represented Bulgaria in 2007 and 2013 alongside Elitsa Todorova Zdob și Zdub had represented Moldova in 2005 and 2011; Mahmood had represented Italy in 2019; and Ihor Didenchuk, a member of Kalush Orchestra, had previously represented Ukraine in 2021 as a member of Go_A. In addition, Ihan Haydar, who had previously represented Denmark in 2012 as a member of Soluna Samay’s backup band, returned as a member of Reddi.

ProductionThe Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was produced by the Italian public broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). Claudio Fasulo and Simona Martorelli served as executive producers, Cristian Biondani and Duccio Forzano served as directors of the three live shows, Claudio Santucci served as head of show, and Emanuele Cristofoli served as artistic director for the opening and interval acts. Background music for the shows was composed by Maurizio Filardo.

The Italian government allocated around €1.5 million as part of the budget needed to host the event, while the municipality of Turin and the regional government of Piedmont contributed around €10 million in total. The preliminary total budget for the shows was €16.3 million. The full costs was not officially published, but is estimated to be at approximately €22 million.

The graphic design of the 2022 contest on display in Turin

Visual design. The theme art and slogan for the contest, “The Sound of Beauty”, was unveiled on 21 January 2022. Designed by Rome-based studio Flopicco, the artwork was built around the symmetrical structure and patterns of cymatics to convey the visual properties of sound, which also reflects Italian garden design, while the typography, Arsenica, was inspired by early-20th century Italian poster art; the colours were drawn from those of the Italian flag.

The Sound of Beauty. Turin’s theme is a visual representation of The Sound of Beauty. In order to represent sound and its visual (and beautiful) properties, the design is based on the symmetrical structure and patterns of cymatics – the study of sound wave phenomena. The term ‘cymatic’ was coined in the 1960s by Hans Jenny,a Swiss scientist and philosopher, derived from the ancient Greek word κῦμα (kyma), which means ‘wave’. His experiments showed that if fine powders were placed on a sheet of metal and acoustic wave vibrations were applied to them, these particles were organised into specific patterns. These patterns, also known as Chladni figures, configure, in the case of harmonic sounds, into symmetrical geometric shapes and compositions, similar to mandala configurations. The Italian Garden (or ‘giardini all’italiana’) was one of the main inspirations for the set design and it was noticeable that these gardens have a structure similarly present in cymatics. Both are based on symmetry, axial geometry and seem to indicate the principle of an idea of order over nature. The cymatics in the theme-art visually hint towards both the sun and a cosmic portal that can be opened on the idea of the sound of beauty.

Italian Design. Arsenica is a serif typeface designed by Francesco Canovaro for Zetafonts and developed by a design team including Mario De Libero, Andrea Tartarelli and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. The design of Arsenica takes its inspiration from Italian poster design at the beginning of the 20th century, a time when typography, lettering and illustration were closely interwoven, pushing on traditional old style letterforms often imbued with Art Nouveau and Deco sensibilities. Artists like Giorgio Muggiani and Marcello Dudovich illustrated posters for Cinzano, Pirelli, and Rinascente and provided typographical design for newspapers. The use of typography is key to further defining the Italian identity of this year’s theme. Poster design and branding are central to the history of Italian design and through typography consolidate the overall Italian look and feel of the event.

Stage and green room in the arena

Stage design. The stage design for the 2022 contest was revealed on 18 February 2022. Designed by Rome-based stage designer Francesca Montinaro and dubbed “The Sun Within”, the stage design was based around the movements and light of a kinetic sun, with the intended ability to showcase theatrical motion. The design also featured a working water cascade and a green room modelled after an Italian garden. Montinaro had previous experience in stage design, having done so for the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and 2019. This marked the first time since 2016 that German stage designer Florian Wieder did not design the Eurovision stage.

A spectacular stage with a kinetic sun. Francesca Montinaro: “We are the ones with the sun within, and this is our way to be in this world”. For the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, multimedia artist and stage designer Francesca Montinaro wants to welcome the world to her country with a brandnew iconic stage machinery: a kinetic sun moving endlessly. This will be the trademark of the scene that will greet each artist in a different and unique way. After creating The Ripped Backdrop for Sanremo Italian Song Festival in 2013 and The Trampoline in the clouds for the 2019 edition, this time Francesca Montinaro will present The Sun Within. “The kinetic sun, source of spectacular movements and tricks of light, rules the stage and represents our Italian attitude: always on the move, rebellious, creative, welcoming, passionate, intuitive. We are the ones with the sun within, and this is our way to be in this world”, Montinaro says. “Our Country is a huge stage in which we are both protagonists and spectators at the same time. We could have just been happy that we live in the most beautiful Country in the world and instead Italian artists and creators have added even more wonder to the beauty: monuments, urban planning, architecture, sculpture, painting, which have always enhanced the natural beauty of our Country. We are the perfect alchemy between nature and culture”, continues the stage designer. “The cascade of water that frames the stage, allegorically represents the sea surrounding us, which symbolises our millennial and complex culture. The stage is our peninsula: a Country where each contestant is more than welcomed, no matter where they come from. Finally, the teams will be hosted in a lush Italian garden, where vegetation mingles with rays of light suspended between reality and illusion, which will take them to a playful and architectural dimension.” Those who will enjoy the 66th edition of Eurovision Song Contest will get lost in a world of wonders. In the grand stage machinery, which will be traditional and modern at the same time, digital and analogic features will be perfectly mixed in order to create one of the most iconic editions of the show to date. During this edition, where 40 different countries will compete, Italian will participate with the duo Mahmood & BLANCO and their song Brividi, who recently won the 72nd edition of the Sanremo Italian Song Festival. Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be broadcasted live on Rai 1 and Rai Radio 2, and will be also available on Rai Play. Ministry of Tourism and Enit – Italian National Tourist Board in partnership with Rai Com, Piedmont Region, and the Municipality of Turin, together in a wideranging international event to promote Italy. Music consolidates the travellers’ relationship with the land, thus providing a unique opportunity to develop quality tourism and involve foreign visitors passing through cultural phenomena.

Postcards. The “postcards” were 40-second video introductions shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next contestant to perform their entry. Filmed between February and April, and directed by Matteo Lanzi, the 2022 postcards were based on the “Sound of Beauty” theme of the contest. Guided by a drone named “Leo”, each postcard showcased a different locale in Italy adorned by pictures and various artistic elements related to the acts, while the participating artists themselves appeared via footage superimposed through chroma keying. The following locations were used for each participating country:

  • 🇦🇱 Albania – Su Nuraxi (Barumini)
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia – Cascata delle Marmore (Terni)
  • 🇦🇺 Australia – MART – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea (Trento e Rovereto)
  • 🇦🇹 AustriaCastello di Miramare e Piazza Unità d’Italia (Trieste)
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan –  Villa Monastero (Varenna)
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium – Centro storico di Perugia
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Castel del Monte (Andria)
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia – Grinzane Cavour (Cuneo)
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Cervino (Valtournenche)
  • 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Reggia di Caserta
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark – Procida
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia – Sacra di San Michele (Sant’Ambrogio di Torino)
  • 🇫🇮 Finland – Laghi di Fusine (Tarvisio)
  • 🇫🇷 France – Canale Cavour (Chivasso)
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia – Burano (Venezia)
  • 🇩🇪 Germany – Stazione di Torino Lingotto
  • 🇬🇷 Greece – Selinunte
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland – Cortina d’Ampezzo
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland – Matera
  • 🇮🇱 Israel – Cinque Terre (La Spezia)
  • 🇮🇹 Italy – Mole Antonelliana (Torino)
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia – Merano
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Città Alta e Colli di Bergamo
  • 🇲🇹 Malta – Abbazia di San Galgano (Chiusdino)
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova – Urbino
  • 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Monte Conero (Ancona)
  • 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Mausoleo di Teodorico e Piazza del Popolo (Ravenna)
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Cala Luna e Golfo di Orosei (Dorgali e Nuoro)
  • 🇳🇴 Norway – Gole del Sagittario e Lago di Scanno (L’Aquila)
  • 🇵🇱 Poland – Scala dei Turchi (Realmonte)
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal – Porto antico di Genova
  • 🇷🇴 Romania – Le Castella (Isola di Capo Rizzuto)
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino – Roma
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia – Rocca Calascio (L’Aquila)
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Civita (Bagnoregio)
  • 🇪🇸 Spain – Alagna Valsesia (Vercelli)
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden – Castel Sismondo (Rimini)
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Borgo antico di Termoli
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Giardino di Boboli, Piazza della Signoria e Ponte Vecchio (Firenze)
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Orta San Giulio (Novara)

A journey to discover the beauty of Italy. This year’s postcards will be a journey to discover the beauty of Italy, through the wonders of flight to capture breath-taking views of the Italian landscape. Thanks to the FPV drone shooting technique combined with a stabilised drone, as well as CGI and postproduction graphics, the postcards will be portrayed through the curious and fervent eyes of our drone Leo, which will be called in by the presenters every time a new contestant is on stage. Its mission will be very thrilling: at first, it will show its surroundings, then the flight will be normalised so that viewers can admire the location. Leo will wander around the location and pictures showing the participants and their artistic world will appear as if by magic. Leo will curiously observe such images and it will then decide when to stop. Eventually, a beam of light will come out of his body, and it will show unreleased videos by the contestants, who will interact with Leo on camera. At the end, shots of our Leo filming his flight over the skies of Italy will be shown, as the live show from the Pala Olimpico starts again. 

Alessandro Cattelan, Laura Pausini and Mika, presenters of the 2022 contest

Presenters. Television presenter Alessandro Cattelan and singers Laura Pausini and Mika were the presenters of the 2022 contest. They had already been named as likely hosts by Italian news agency Adnkronos and TV magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni; and were officially confirmed during the second night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 on 2 February, after appearing on that show as special guests.

The “Turquoise Carpet” and Opening Ceremony events were hosted by Gabriele Corsi, Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa and Laura Carusino. Acampa, Carusino and Di Domenico also moderated the contest’s press conferences.

• Laura Pausini. Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee Laura Pausini is the most important Italian female artist around the world from 1993. After 70 million albums sold, tours in all continents, host TV programs in many Countries and involved in numerous charity projects, she is finally our female host this year! She launched her new global project and her latest single Scatola (Caja for the spanish version), presented at Sanremo, is the soundtrack to her first film, Laura Pausini: Piacere di Conoscerti, that had its international streaming release in April worldwide.

“I’m pleased that Eurovision has finally returned to Italy and honoured to host such an important event, together with my friends Ale and Mika. Together, we want to show Europe and the world just how extraordinary our country is. My 2022 started with new music and the beginning of a year of great events. I want to take on Eurovision, Europe’s music event par excellence and one of the world’s most important TV shows, with the same energy I’ve been bringing throughout my career of nearly thirty years. We’re here, and we’re ready… In fact, we can’t wait!”

• Alessandro Cattelan. Alessandro Cattelan celebrates a 20-year TV career this year. From his TV debut, alongside his daily live radio experience, he has been at the helm of major large-scale international shows in which he has interviewed some of the world’s biggest stars. He is the creator and host of late and primetime entertainment shows and new formats and has also presented the Italian version of X Factor, the most famous of the music talent shows, for ten years. Alessandro Cattelan: One Simple Question, a six-episode docushow, of which he is the creator and star, made its streaming-platform debut in March and is available in 190 countries. An innovator and an exceptional interpreter of the tastes of the coming generation, Cattelan will bring his personal style to one of the most important shows in the world.

“It’s an honour to be asked to host ESC 2022. It’s one of the world’s most followed and well-known shows and organising it in Italy this year represents an extraordinary opportunity and a historic event for our country. I’ve known Laura Pausini and Mika for some time. We’ve already worked together and always had a great time. And I’m sure it will be the same this time, too.”

• Mika. Since his 2007 debut with Grace Kelly, Mika has made freedom from barriers of any artistic genre or geographical or social boundary one of the key facets of his eclectic artistic journey, becoming a world-famous pop star in an extremely short space of time. Singer-songwriter, theatrical TV and radio entertainer, designer, illustrator and above all an irresistible live performer, Mika has just started a tour that is taking his music to the world’s most prestigious venues. The first leg in North America has just been completed with two shows at the Coachella Festival, and his recently announced Italian tour with two different shows in each of the five cities to highlight his more intimate and more spectacular sides: two forms of expression specially designed for his Italian audience.

“More than ever I believe in the importance of an international community, in our common values. I believe in the union of people, in breaking down the walls to celebrate our similarities as much as our differences. We can do it thanks to music, which is the most universal form of expression. Eurovision is this and so much more! I’ve been watching it since I was a kid, the whole family would reunite for the finale. Once a year, about forty countries live the same emotions, regardless of History, the political situation: music reunites them. It’s an exciting honour to be one of the masters of ceremony of these fantastic nights.”

• Laura Carusino. Laura Carusino was born in Milan. After performing in many successful musicals such as Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Scooby Doo, she landed at Rai as a host and actress for the popular children’s TV show, L’Albero Azzurro and for many other Rai Ragazzi weblogs. In 2016 and 2017, she was the official host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

• Carolina Di Domenico. Carolina Di Domenico was born in Naples and lives in Rome. She is a television and radio presenter, as well as an actress. Her brilliant career started on MTV, and she is now one of Rai’s best-known faces in the music industry. Apart from hosting her own programme on Rai Radio 2, Rock And Roll Circus, she was part of the artistic commission of Sanremo Festival. In 2018, she also hosted the Dopofestival. The Eurovision world is not new to her. As a matter of fact, she was the commentator of 2018 and 2021 Semi-Finals, and also 2021 edition’s spokesperson. Together with her colleague Mario Acampa, she presented this year’s Allocation Draw, that is the draw ceremony of the Eurovision 2022 Semi-Finals.

• Mario Acampa. Mario Acampa is a presenter, actor and director. In 2017, he became the Italian commentator of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. He is a popular name on Rai Ragazzi, since he is the well-known author and presenter of numerous TV and radio programmes, including La Banda dei FuoriClasse on Rai Gulp and Commessi Viaggiatori on Rai Radio 2. On Rai 2, he narrates stories of inclusion in the programme O anche no! and hosts Italian Green, a format on sustainability and ecological transition. Mario is also the curator and director of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala educational seasons.

Format. 

Entries. For the second year in a row, delegations had the option to use pre-recorded backing vocals, though each delegation could 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. The EBU also required all national broadcasters to create a ‘live-on-tape’ backup recording prior to the contest which could be used if a participant was unable to travel to Turin, or subjected to quarantine on arrival. The 2022 contest also saw a tightening of the rules around song eligibility. Previously, the rules stated that the competing songs must not have been commercially released prior to 1 September of the previous year, now, a song may be ineligible to compete if it has been released to the public in any way, including live performances, before 1 September of the previous year. Enforcement of the rule was subject to the responsibility of the participating broadcasters.

With all participating artists having performed live in Turin, the majority of the ‘live-on-tape’ performances were released on the contest’s official YouTube channel over a period of ten days, from 14 to 23 June 2022. Australia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom opted not to release their performances, while Ukraine was exempted from the obligation to record its own, and Armenia and Austria removed theirs after release for unknown reasons. Despite Montenegro not releasing its performance to the contest’s official channel, it was nonetheless made available on the channel of the country’s representative Vladana.

The 2022 contest was the first edition to not feature any competing song with lyrics in French.

Live-on-tape and Voting: 

Live-on-tape backup videos. In many ways, the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is a unique edition, where having a creative mind and can-do attitude is essential. Everyone will be involved and do their best to host three incredible television shows live from Pala Olimpico, where all the 40 participating countries will be performing live on stage. In the unfortunate event that an artist or act is not able to perform live on stage, ‘live-ontape’ backup videos will be used. These recordings are a ‘plan B’ conceived by the EBU and the Host Broadcaster. In 2021, together with all the 40 delegations, it was agreed to introduce backup performance tapes to make sure the competition could go on in any case whatsoever. If an artist or act is not able to travel to Turin, or if they have to quarantine or isolate during their stay, their live-on-tape backup video will be used during the live show. In this way, all entries will have their chance to shine during the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. After all, the show must go on! 

Voting. Starting from 2016, both professional juries and televoters from participating countries are entitled to vote for contestants by giving them points ranging from 1 to 8, 10 and 12. Starting from 2019, the order in which the televoting results are revealed is determined by the ranking of the jury. The presenters announce the televotes starting from the country that was ranked last by the jury and working their way up to the country that was ranked first.

Voting in the Semi-Finals. Professional juries, together with viewers from home, determine the outcome of the two Semi-Finals of the Eurovision Song Contest. Seventeen contestants in the first Semi-Final and eighteen in the second Semi-Final will compete for one of the ten tickets giving access to the Grand Final.

Televoters. Viewers from all countries taking part in one of the Semi-Finals are invited to vote using the official app, or by telephone and/or SMS. Moreover, the Big Five countries (i.e., France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) will vote in one of the Semi-Finals. France and Italy will have the chance to vote in the first Semi-Final, while Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany will vote in the second SemiFinal. Televoters can start voting after the last song is performed and approximately for 15 minutes after that. Televoters will determine 50% of the final result.

Professional juries. Professional juries in all countries, which will take part in or are designated for one of the Semi-Finals, are required to vote. They will determine the remaining 50% of the final result. The jury, which consists of five members (including a chairperson), will be the same jury that will vote in the Grand Final. The ten qualified countries will be announced at the end of each Semi-Final in a random order, which will decided by the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest. This order does not reflect the actual ranking on the scoreboard.

Voting in the Grand Final. In all participating countries, both televoters and professional juries will be able to give from 1 to 8, 10, and 12 points. Televoters can vote using the official app, telephone and/or SMS. Televoters can start voting after the last song is performed and approximately for 35 minutes after that. These votes will determine 50% of the final result and will be counted by Digame, the EBU’s voting partner. The vote of the professional juries will determine 50% of the final result.

The jury, which consists of five members (including a chairperson), will be the same jury that voted in one of the Semi-Finals. They will be watching the show live and will rank all songs based on the second Dress Rehearsal, the so-called Jury Final.

At the end of televoting, the results of the juries are presented in the usual format by national spokespersons. During this time, the EBU, its voting partner and an independent observer will count and verify the televoting results. After all the jury points are given, the total points from the televote for each country are added up. These totals are then added to the scoreboard, from the bottom to the top. The country at the top of the scoreboard is the winner. Televoters and juries cannot vote for the country they represent. The final results, including televoting and jury results for every participating country will be published on eurovision.tv after the Grand Final.

Covid-19 testing. While you are inside Pala Olimpico or any other official Eurovision venue you must have proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours. When your 72 hours end, your accreditation badge will be temporarily deactivated, and you will be unable to enter the venue before being tested again and receiving a negative result. Due to the constant changes in the situation, rules for Covid-19 testing could change. You can find the Covid-19 testing site opening hours, location and any other important notice about Covid-19 testing rules on the Online Press Centre.

Palazzo Madama, host venue for the allocation draw of the 2022 contest

Semi-final allocation draw. The draw to determine the participating countries’ semi-finals took place on 25 January 2022 at 12:00 CET, at Palazzo Madama. The thirty-six semi-finalists were divided over six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest’s official televoting partner Digame. The purpose of drawing from different pots was to reduce the chance of “bloc voting” and to increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the five automatic qualifiers – “Big Five” countries FranceGermanyItalySpain and the United Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted by Carolina Di Domenico and Mario Acampa, with Acampa replacing Gabriele Corsi who tested positive for COVID-19. It included the passing of the host city insignia from Ahmed Aboutaleb, the mayor of previous host city Rotterdam, to Stefano Lo Russo, the mayor of Turin.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇲🇪 Montenegro
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇷🇺 Russia[e]
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇵🇱 Poland
  • 🇷🇴 Romania
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Contest overview. 

Semi-final 1. The first semi-final took place on 10 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Seventeen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 29 March 2022. Ukraine won the most points, followed by the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, Armenia, Norway, Lithuania, Moldova, Switzerland, and Iceland. The countries that failed to reach the final were Albania, Latvia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, and Austria. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus France and Italy. Russia was originally allocated to participate in the second half of this semi-final, but was excluded from the contest due to its invasion of Ukraine.

This semi-final was opened by a performance showcasing Italian ingenuity and creativity, accompanied by the official anthem of the contest, “The Sound of Beauty”, performed by Sherol Dos Santos, while the interval featured a medley of “Horizon in Your Eyes”, “Satisfaction” and “Golden Nights” performed by Dardust, Benny Benassi and Sophie and the Giants with conductor Sylvia Catasta, a brief homage to Raffaella Carrà by the contest presenters, and Diodato performing “Fai rumore“. The French and Italian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played. 

Participants and results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 🇦🇱 Albania Ronela Hajati Sekret 58 12
2 🇱🇻 Latvia Citi Zēni “Eat Your Salad” 55 14
3 🇱🇹 Lithuania Monika Liu Sentimentai 159 7
4 🇨🇭 Switzerland Marius Bear “Boys Do Cry” 118 9
5 🇸🇮 Slovenia LPS Disko 15 17
6 🇺🇦 Ukraine Kalush Orchestra “Stefania” 337 1
7 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Intelligent Music Project “Intention” 29 16
8 🇳🇱 The Netherlands S10 De diepte 221 2
9 🇲🇩 Moldova Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers Trenulețul 154 8
10 🇵🇹 Portugal Maro Saudade, saudade 208 4
11 🇭🇷 Croatia Mia Dimšić “Guilty Pleasure” 75 11
12 🇩🇰 Denmark Reddi “The Show” 55 13
13 🇦🇹 Austria Lumix feat. Pia Maria “Halo” 42 15
14 🇮🇸 Iceland Systur Með hækkandi sól 103 10
15 🇬🇷 Greece Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord “Die Together” 211 3
16 🇳🇴 Norway Subwoolfer “Give That Wolf a Banana” 177 6
17 🇦🇲 Armenia Rosa Linn “Snap” 187 5

Semi-final 2. The second semi-final took place on 12 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Eighteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 29 March 2022. Sweden won the most points, followed by Australia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Finland, Belgium, Romania, and Azerbaijan. The countries that failed to reach the final were Israel, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus, Ireland, North Macedonia, and Montenegro. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.

This semi-final was opened by “The Italian Way”, an act built around Italian improvisation performed by co-presenter Alessandro Cattelan, while the interval featured a medley of “Fragile” and “People Have the Power” performed by co-presenters Laura Pausini and Mika, and Il Volo performing a new version of “Grande amore“.[f] The British, German, and Spanish artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played. 

Participants and results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 🇫🇮 Finland The Rasmus “Jezebel” 162 7
2 🇮🇱 Israel Michael Ben David “I.M” 61 13
3 🇷🇸 Serbia Konstrakta In corpore sano 237 3
4 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Nadir Rustamli “Fade to Black” 96 10
5 🇬🇪 Georgia Circus Mircus “Lock Me In” 22 18
6 🇲🇹 Malta Emma Muscat “I Am What I Am” 47 16
7 🇸🇲 San Marino Achille Lauro “Stripper” 50 14
8 🇦🇺 Australia Sheldon Riley “Not the Same” 243 2
9 🇨🇾 Cyprus Andromache Ela 63 12
10 🇮🇪 Ireland Brooke “That’s Rich” 47 15
11 🇲🇰 North Macedonia Andrea “Circles” 76 11
12 🇪🇪 Estonia Stefan “Hope” 209 5
13 🇷🇴 Romania WRS Llámame 118 9
14 🇵🇱 Poland Ochman “River” 198 6
15 🇲🇪 Montenegro Vladana “Breathe” 33 17
16 🇧🇪 Belgium Jérémie Makiese “Miss You” 151 8
17 🇸🇪 Sweden Cornelia Jakobs “Hold Me Closer” 396 1
18 🇨🇿 Czech Republic We Are Domi Lights Off 227 4

Final. The final took place on 14 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-five countries participated in the final, with all forty participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was published on 13 May 2022. Ukraine won with 631 points, also winning the televote. The United Kingdom came second with 466 points and won the jury vote, with Spain, Sweden, Serbia, Italy, Moldova, Greece, Portugal, and Norway completing the top ten. Finland, the Czech Republic, Iceland, France, and Germany occupied the bottom five positions.

The final was opened by the Rockin’1000 performing “Give Peace a Chance” and co-presenter Laura Pausini performing a medley of “Benvenuto“, “Io canto“, “La solitudine“, “Le cose che vivi” and “Scatola“, followed by the traditional flag parade, introducing all twenty-five finalists. The interval acts included Måneskin performing their new single “Supermodel” and “If I Can Dream”, Gigliola Cinquetti performing her winning song “Non ho l’età“, and co-presenter Mika performing a medley of “Love Today”, “Grace Kelly”, his new single “Yo Yo” and “Happy Ending”. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti also appeared in a pre-recorded message from the International Space Station.

Participants and results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 🇨🇿 Czech Republic We Are Domi “Lights Off” 38 22[g]
2 🇷🇴 Romania WRS Llámame 65 18
3 🇵🇹 Portugal Maro Saudade, saudade 207 9
4 🇫🇮 Finland The Rasmus “Jezebel” 38 21[g]
5 🇨🇭 Switzerland Marius Bear “Boys Do Cry” 78 17
6 🇫🇷 France Alvan and Ahez Fulenn 17 24
7 🇳🇴 Norway Subwoolfer “Give That Wolf a Banana” 182 10
8 🇦🇲 Armenia Rosa Linn “Snap” 61 20
9 🇮🇹 Italy Mahmood and Blanco Brividi 268 6
10 🇪🇸 Spain Chanel “SloMo” 459 3
11 🇳🇱 The Netherlands S10 De diepte 171 11
12 🇺🇦 Ukraine Kalush Orchestra “Stefania” 631 1
13 🇩🇪 Germany Malik Harris “Rockstars” 6 25
14 🇱🇹 Lithuania Monika Liu Sentimentai 128 14
15 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Nadir Rustamli “Fade to Black” 106 16
16 🇧🇪 Belgium Jérémie Makiese “Miss You” 64 19
17 🇬🇷 Greece Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord “Die Together” 215 8
18 🇮🇸 Iceland Systur Með hækkandi sól 20 23
19 🇲🇩 Moldova Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers Trenulețul 253 7
20 🇸🇪 Sweden Cornelia Jakobs “Hold Me Closer” 438 4
21 🇦🇺 Australia Sheldon Riley “Not the Same” 125 15
22 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Sam Ryder “Space Man” 466 2
23 🇵🇱 Poland Ochman “River” 151 12
24 🇷🇸 Serbia Konstrakta In corpore sano 312 5
25 🇪🇪 Estonia Stefan “Hope” 141 13

3.5.Participants and results.

3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2022: 

National Selections in 2022:

COUNTRY EVENT WINNER
Albania Festivali i Këngës #60 Ronela Hajati – “Sekret
 Australia Australia Decides 2022 Sheldon Riley – “Not the Same”
 Croatia Dora 2022 Mia Dimšić (Mia) – “Guilty Pleasure”
 Czechia ESCZ 2022 We Are Domi – “Lights Off”
 Denmark Melodi Grand Prix 2022 Reddi – “The Show”
 Estonia Eesti Laul 2022 Stefan – “Hope”
 Finland UMK 2022 The Rasmus – “Jezebel”
 France C’est vous qui décidez Alvan & Ahez – “Fulenn
 Germany Germany 12 Points Malik Harris – “Rockstars”
 Iceland Söngvakeppnin 2022 Sigga, Beta & Elín (Systur) – “Með hækkandi sól
 Ireland Eurosong 2022 Brooke Scullion (Brooke) – “That’s Rich”
 Israel X Factor Michael Ben David – “I.M”
 Italy Sanremo 2022 Mahmood & Blanco – “Brividi
 Latvia Supernova 2022 Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
 Lithuania Pabandom iš naujo 2022 Monika Liu – “Sentimentai
 Malta MESC 2022 Emma Muscat – “Out of Sight” / “I Am What I Am”
 North Macedonia Za Evrosong 2022 Andrea – “Circles”
 Norway Melodi Grand Prix 2022 Subwoolfer – “Give That Wolf a Banana”
 Poland Tu bije serce Europy Krystian Ochman (Ochman) – “River”
 Portugal Festival da Canção 2022 Maro – “Saudade, saudade
 Romania Selecția Națională 2022 WRS – “Llámame
 San Marino Una Voce per San Marino Achille Lauro – “Stripper”
 Serbia Pesma za Evroviziju 22​ Konstrakta – “In corpore sano
 Slovenia EMA 2022 LPS – “Disko
 Spain Benidorm Fest 2022 Chanel – “SloMo”
 Sweden Melodifestivalen 2022 Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”
 Ukraine Vidbir 2022 Kalush Orchestra – “Stefania” (Стефанія) / Alina Pash – “Tini zabutykh predkiv” (Тіні забутих предків)

• Internal Selections in 2022:

 Armenia Rosa Linn – “Snap”
 Austria LUM!X & Pia Maria – “Halo”
 Azerbaijan Nadir Rustamli – “Fade to Black”
 Belgium Jérémie Makiese – “Miss You”
 Bulgaria Intelligent Music Project – “Intention”
 Cyprus Andromache – “Ela” (Έλα)
 Georgia Circus Mircus – “Lock Me In”
 Greece Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – “Die Together”
 Moldova Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers – “Trenulețul
 Montenegro Vladana – “Breathe”
 Netherlands S10 – “De diepte
 Switzerland Marius Bear – “Boys Do Cry”
 United Kingdom Sam Ryder – “Space Man”

3.7.Connections:

Spokespersons. The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country’s national jury in the following order:

  1. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Jeangu Macrooy
  2. 🇸🇲 San Marino – Labiuse
  3. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Jana Burčeska
  4. 🇲🇹 Malta – Aidan
  5. 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Kateryna Pavlenko
  6. 🇦🇱 Albania – Andri Xhahu
  7. 🇪🇪 Estonia – Tanel Padar
  8. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – None[h]
  9. 🇵🇹 Portugal – Pedro Tatanka
  10. 🇩🇪 Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  11. 🇧🇪 Belgium – David Jeanmotte 
  12. 🇳🇴 Norway – Tix
  13. 🇮🇱 Israel – Daniel Styopin
  14. 🇵🇱 Poland – Ida Nowakowska
  15. 🇬🇷 Greece – Stefania
  16. 🇲🇩 Moldova – Elena Băncilă
  17. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Janan Dural
  18. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina 
  19. 🇮🇸 Iceland – Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir
  20. 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  21. 🇱🇻 Latvia – Samanta Tīna
  22. 🇪🇸 Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  23. 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Julie Berthollet
  24. 🇩🇰 Denmark – Tina Müller
  25. 🇫🇷 France – Élodie Gossuin
  26. 🇦🇲 Armenia – Garik Papoyan
  27. 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Andrijana Vešović
  28. 🇷🇴 Romania – None[i]
  29. 🇮🇪 Ireland – Linda Martin
  30. 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  31. 🇬🇪 Georgia – None[j]
  32. 🇭🇷 Croatia – Ivan Dorian Molnar
  33. 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Vaidotas Valiukevičius
  34. 🇦🇹 Austria – Philipp Hansa
  35. 🇫🇮 Finland – Aksel
  36. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – AJ Odudu
  37. 🇸🇪 Sweden – Dotter
  38. 🇦🇺 Australia – Courtney Act
  39. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová
  40. 🇮🇹 Italy – Carolina Di Domenico

Detailed voting results. 

Semi-final 1.

Split results of semi-final 1
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇺🇦 Ukraine 337 🇬🇷 Greece 151 🇺🇦 Ukraine 202
2 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 221 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 142 🇲🇩 Moldova 135
3 🇬🇷 Greece 211 🇺🇦 Ukraine 135 🇦🇲 Armenia 105
4 🇵🇹 Portugal 208 🇵🇹 Portugal 121 🇳🇴 Norway 104
5 🇦🇲 Armenia 187 🇨🇭 Switzerland 107 🇱🇹 Lithuania 103
6 🇳🇴 Norway 177 🇦🇲 Armenia 82 🇵🇹 Portugal 87
7 🇱🇹 Lithuania 159 🇳🇴 Norway 73 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 79
8 🇲🇩 Moldova 154 🇮🇸 Iceland 64 🇬🇷 Greece 60
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 118 🇱🇹 Lithuania 56 🇦🇱 Albania 46
10 🇮🇸 Iceland 103 🇭🇷 Croatia 42 🇮🇸 Iceland 39
11 🇭🇷 Croatia 75 🇱🇻 Latvia 39 🇦🇹 Austria 36
12 🇦🇱 Albania 58 🇩🇰 Denmark 35 🇭🇷 Croatia 33
13 🇩🇰 Denmark 55[k] 🇲🇩 Moldova 19 🇩🇰 Denmark 20
14 🇱🇻 Latvia 55[k] 🇦🇱 Albania 12 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 18
15 🇦🇹 Austria 42 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 11 🇱🇻 Latvia 16
16 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 29 🇸🇮 Slovenia 7 🇨🇭 Switzerland 11
17 🇸🇮 Slovenia 15 🇦🇹 Austria 6 🇸🇮 Slovenia 8
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1

Voting procedure used: 100% televoting, 100% jury vote

Total score
Jury score
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🇦🇱 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇨🇭 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇳🇱 🇲🇩 🇵🇹 🇭🇷 🇩🇰 🇦🇹 🇮🇸 🇬🇷 🇳🇴 🇦🇲 🇫🇷 🇮🇹
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🇦🇱 Albania 58 12 46 12
🇱🇻 Latvia 55 39 16 2 2 3 3 4 12 1 1 4 4 2 1
🇱🇹 Lithuania 159 56 103 1 3 12 2 6 10 5 8 5 2 2
🇨🇭 Switzerland 118 107 11 6 4 10 4 6 12 7 10 4 6 6 7 5 4 5 5 6
🇸🇮 Slovenia 15 7 8 1 1 5
🇺🇦 Ukraine 337 135 202 12 12 12 8 7 8 12 7 7 7 10 3 6 7 10 7
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 29 11 18 1 10
🇳🇱 The Netherlands 221 142 79 10 3 8 12 10 12 4 2 8 2 12 8 7 6 8 12 8 10
🇲🇩 Moldova 154 19 135 1 2 1 1 7 1 1 5
🇵🇹 Portugal 208 121 87 4 5 7 4 6 8 5 10 5 12 8 10 6 5 10 10 6
🇭🇷 Croatia 75 42 33 3 8 3 6 3 3 8 4 4
🇩🇰 Denmark 55 35 20 6 5 5 5 2 3 5 1 3
🇦🇹 Austria 42 6 36 2 1 3
🇮🇸 Iceland 103 64 39 5 8 4 6 4 5 3 10 4 4 2 2 3 4
🇬🇷 Greece 211 151 60 8 10 6 10 5 7 10 12 8 5 8 10 6 2 12 8 12 12
🇳🇴 Norway 177 73 104 2 7 3 7 2 1 7 6 7 2 3 4 12 1 6 3
🇦🇲 Armenia 187 82 105 7 2 1 1 10 8 4 6 3 1 2 12 3 7 7 8
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1

Voting procedure used: 100% televoting, 100% jury vote

Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
🇦🇱 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇨🇭 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇳🇱 🇲🇩 🇵🇹 🇭🇷 🇩🇰 🇦🇹 🇮🇸 🇬🇷 🇳🇴 🇦🇲 🇫🇷 🇮🇹
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🇦🇱 58 12 46 8 6 1 2 2 12 2 5 8
🇱🇻 55 39 16 10 5 1
🇱🇹 159 56 103 1 10 3 5 12 5 5 6 6 6 8 4 5 5 8 7 6 1
🇨🇭 118 107 11 3 2 1 3 1 1
🇸🇮 15 7 8 8
🇺🇦 Ukraine 337 135 202 8 12 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 12 10 12
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 29 11 18 12 5 1
🇳🇱 The Netherlands 221 142 79 3 3 6 2 3 6 3 8 8 3 4 5 8 4 1 4 4 4
🇲🇩 Moldova 154 19 135 8 7 7 7 10 8 10 10 10 6 10 7 6 6 6 7 10
🇵🇹 Portugal 208 121 87 5 6 8 12 2 4 6 6 4 1 3 1 2 3 2 8 8 6
🇭🇷 Croatia 75 42 33 6 6 12 2 1 6
🇩🇰 Denmark 55 35 20 2 1 1 3 3 6 4
🇦🇹 Austria 42 6 36 4 1 4 3 2 4 2 4 2 3 5 2
🇮🇸 Iceland 103 64 39 5 2 1 8 4 2 7 7 3
🇬🇷 Greece 211 151 60 10 8 1 7 3 1 4 12 10 1 3
🇳🇴 Norway 177 73 104 2 7 5 4 7 4 7 10 7 7 10 7 10 7 3 2 5
🇦🇲 Armenia 187 82 105 7 4 4 5 2 10 8 7 5 5 5 8 3 8 5 12 7

12 points.

12 points awarded by juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇩 Moldova
🇬🇷 Greece 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway
1 🇦🇱 Albania 🇬🇷 Greece
🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇹 Austria
🇱🇻 Latvia 🇵🇹 Portugal
🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇳🇴 Norway 🇮🇸 Iceland
🇵🇹 Portugal 🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
12 points awarded by televoting
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
12 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇵🇹 Portugal
1 🇦🇱 Albania 🇬🇷 Greece
🇦🇲 Armenia 🇫🇷 France
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇦🇱 Albania
🇭🇷 Croatia 🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇬🇷 Greece 🇳🇴 Norway
🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇵🇹 Portugal 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Semi-final 2

Split results of semi-final 2 
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇸🇪 Sweden 396 🇸🇪 Sweden 222 🇸🇪 Sweden 174[l]
2 🇦🇺 Australia 243 🇦🇺 Australia 169 🇷🇸 Serbia 174[l]
3 🇷🇸 Serbia 237 🇪🇪 Estonia 113 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 125
4 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 227 🇧🇪 Belgium 105 🇵🇱 Poland 114
5 🇪🇪 Estonia 209 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 102 🇷🇴 Romania 100
6 🇵🇱 Poland 198 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 96 🇫🇮 Finland 99
7 🇫🇮 Finland 162 🇵🇱 Poland 84 🇪🇪 Estonia 96
8 🇧🇪 Belgium 151 🇫🇮 Finland 63[m] 🇦🇺 Australia 74
9 🇷🇴 Romania 118 🇷🇸 Serbia 63[m] 🇨🇾 Cyprus 54
10 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 96 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 56 🇧🇪 Belgium 46
11 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 76 🇮🇱 Israel 34 🇮🇪 Ireland 35
12 🇨🇾 Cyprus 63 🇲🇹 Malta 27 🇸🇲 San Marino 29
13 🇮🇱 Israel 61 🇸🇲 San Marino 21 🇮🇱 Israel 27
14 🇸🇲 San Marino 50 🇷🇴 Romania 18 🇲🇪 Montenegro 22
15 🇮🇪 Ireland 47[n] 🇬🇪 Georgia 13 🇲🇹 Malta 20[o]
16 🇲🇹 Malta 47[n] 🇮🇪 Ireland 12 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 20[o]
17 🇲🇪 Montenegro 33 🇲🇪 Montenegro 11 🇬🇪 Georgia 9
18 🇬🇪 Georgia 22 🇨🇾 Cyprus 9 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 0
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2

Voting procedure used: 100% televoting, 100% jury vote

Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Jury vote
🇫🇮 🇮🇱 🇷🇸 🇦🇿 🇬🇪 🇲🇹 🇸🇲 🇦🇺 🇨🇾 🇮🇪 🇲🇰 🇪🇪 🇷🇴 🇵🇱 🇲🇪 🇧🇪 🇸🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇬🇧
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🇫🇮 Finland 162 63 99 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 4 8 4 4 4 5 4 2 1 2
🇮🇱 Israel 61 34 27 1 2 10 3 1 1 7 3 2 3 1
🇷🇸 Serbia 237 63 174 8 1 3 2 2 4 5 7 12 7 2 5 5
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 96 96 0 7 8 4 4 4 3 6 1 6 3 3 5 3 5 4 10 12 8
🇬🇪 Georgia 22 13 9 1 1 3 5 3
🇲🇹 Malta 47 27 20 2 2 1 1 6 6 1 7 1
🇸🇲 San Marino 50 21 29 5 2 2 12
🇦🇺 Australia 243 169 74 10 10 2 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 8 12 8 6 10 3
🇨🇾 Cyprus 63 9 54 3 4 2
🇮🇪 Ireland 47 12 35 6 1 4 1
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 76 56 20 2 1 5 7 1 5 5 1 10 12 7
🇪🇪 Estonia 209 113 96 4 3 10 7 7 8 7 5 7 8 2 7 7 6 10 7 4 4
🇷🇴 Romania 118 18 100 4 2 8 4
🇵🇱 Poland 198 84 114 1 8 3 8 8 6 8 8 8 3 6 1 3 7 6
🇲🇪 Montenegro 33 11 22 7 3 1
🇧🇪 Belgium 151 105 46 7 6 5 5 5 8 3 2 10 5 6 6 8 8 6 5 8 2
🇸🇪 Sweden 396 222 174 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 7 12 12 12 12 10 12 7 6 12
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 227 102 125 6 6 4 6 6 7 6 2 4 10 7 8 8 2 4 6 10
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 2

Voting procedure used: 100% televoting, 100% jury vote

Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
🇫🇮 🇮🇱 🇷🇸 🇦🇿 🇬🇪 🇲🇹 🇸🇲 🇦🇺 🇨🇾 🇮🇪 🇲🇰 🇪🇪 🇷🇴 🇵🇱 🇲🇪 🇧🇪 🇸🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇬🇧
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🇫🇮 Finland 162 63 99 1 5 6 6 3 2 2 1 8 12 4 6 4 12 10 7 6 4
🇮🇱 Israel 61 34 27 10 10 2 3 2
🇷🇸 Serbia 237 63 174 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 4 12 4 10 7 12 6 10 12 10 5 6
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 96 96 0
🇬🇪 Georgia 22 13 9 2 5 1 1
🇲🇹 Malta 47 27 20 2 3 1 3 3 3 1 2 2
🇸🇲 San Marino 50 21 29 4 8 5 2 4 3 3
🇦🇺 Australia 243 169 74 6 6 7 2 7 7 4 7 5 3 2 3 3 4 5 3
🇨🇾 Cyprus 63 9 54 10 12 1 1 4 5 7 3 8 1 1 1
🇮🇪 Ireland 47 12 35 3 3 8 1 1 7 12
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 76 56 20 8 10 2
🇪🇪 Estonia 209 113 96 12 4 4 7 3 3 6 1 8 10 7 7 8 8 4 2 2
🇷🇴 Romania 118 18 100 3 2 6 6 5 5 8 4 10 5 2 5 8 3 4 5 12 7
🇵🇱 Poland 198 84 114 5 7 1 3 4 5 6 8 12 2 6 1 2 12 7 7 12 4 10
🇲🇪 Montenegro 33 11 22 12 10
🇧🇪 Belgium 151 105 46 1 1 3 4 1 6 2 4 7 5 1 5 5 1
🇸🇪 Sweden 396 222 174 10 12 5 8 8 10 10 10 7 10 7 10 12 12 6 10 6 8 8 5
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 227 102 125 7 10 7 2 4 2 6 7 5 8 6 8 6 8 4 5 6 6 10 8

12 points.

12 points awarded by juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
16 🇸🇪Sweden 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1 🇦🇺 Australia 🇸🇪 Sweden
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇪🇸 Spain
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇩🇪 Germany
🇸🇲 San Marino 🇧🇪 Belgium
🇷🇸 Serbia 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
12 points awarded by televoting
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
8 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇸🇲 San Marino
3 🇵🇱 Poland 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇪 Ireland
🇸🇪 Sweden 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇴 Romania
2 🇫🇮 Finland 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇸🇪 Sweden
1 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland
🇮🇪 Ireland 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇷🇸 Serbia
🇷🇴 Romania 🇪🇸 Spain

Final.

Split results of the final
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇺🇦 Ukraine 631 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 283 🇺🇦 Ukraine 439
2 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 466 🇸🇪 Sweden 258 🇲🇩 Moldova 239
3 🇪🇸 Spain 459 🇪🇸 Spain 231 🇪🇸 Spain 228
4 🇸🇪 Sweden 438 🇺🇦 Ukraine 192 🇷🇸 Serbia 225
5 🇷🇸 Serbia 312 🇵🇹 Portugal 171 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 183
6 🇮🇹 Italy 268 🇬🇷 Greece 158[p] 🇸🇪 Sweden 180
7 🇲🇩 Moldova 253 🇮🇹 Italy 158[p] 🇳🇴 Norway 146
8 🇬🇷 Greece 215 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 129 🇮🇹 Italy 110
9 🇵🇹 Portugal 207 🇦🇺 Australia 123 🇵🇱 Poland 105
10 🇳🇴 Norway 182 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 103 🇪🇪 Estonia 98
11 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 171 🇷🇸 Serbia 87 🇱🇹 Lithuania 93
12 🇵🇱 Poland 151 🇨🇭 Switzerland 78 🇬🇷 Greece 57
13 🇪🇪 Estonia 141 🇧🇪 Belgium 59 🇷🇴 Romania 53
14 🇱🇹 Lithuania 128 🇵🇱 Poland 46 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 42
15 🇦🇺 Australia 125 🇪🇪 Estonia 43 🇵🇹 Portugal 36
16 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 106 🇦🇲 Armenia 40 🇫🇮 Finland 26
17 🇨🇭 Switzerland 78 🇳🇴 Norway 36 🇦🇲 Armenia 21
18 🇷🇴 Romania 65 🇱🇹 Lithuania 35 🇮🇸 Iceland 10
19 🇧🇪 Belgium 64 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 33 🇫🇷 France 8
20 🇦🇲 Armenia 61 🇲🇩 Moldova 14 🇩🇪 Germany 6
21 🇫🇮 Finland 38[g] 🇷🇴 Romania 12[q] 🇧🇪 Belgium 5[r]
22 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 38[g] 🇫🇮 Finland 12[q] 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 5[r]
23 🇮🇸 Iceland 20 🇮🇸 Iceland 10 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 3
24 🇫🇷 France 17 🇫🇷 France 9 🇦🇺 Australia 2
25 🇩🇪 Germany 6 🇩🇪 Germany 0 🇨🇭 Switzerland 0
Detailed jury voting results of the final

Voting procedure used: 100% televoting, 100% jury vote

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Jury score
Televoting score
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🇳🇱 🇸🇲 🇲🇰 🇲🇹 🇺🇦 🇦🇱 🇪🇪 🇦🇿 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇳🇴 🇮🇱 🇵🇱 🇬🇷 🇲🇩 🇧🇬 🇷🇸 🇮🇸 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇪🇸 🇨🇭 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇦🇲 🇲🇪 🇷🇴 🇮🇪 🇸🇮 🇬🇪 🇭🇷 🇱🇹 🇦🇹 🇫🇮 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 🇦🇺 🇨🇿 🇮🇹
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🇨🇿 Czech Republic 38 33 5 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 7 5 4
🇷🇴 Romania 65 12 53 1 7 4
🇵🇹 Portugal 207 171 36 8 10 1 7 7 5 10 7 3 2 4 7 5 6 5 8 1 8 4 7 4 3 7 10 8 10 3 6 5
🇫🇮 Finland 38 12 26 5 6 1
🇨🇭 Switzerland 78 78 0 10 1 1 6 2 2 1 5 7 7 3 1 2 5 5 1 7 1 2 6 3
🇫🇷 France 17 9 8 1 7 1
🇳🇴 Norway 182 36 146 3 3 2 8 5 1 5 4 3 2
🇦🇲 Armenia 61 40 21 2 4 1 4 5 7 6 1 2 8