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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 hosted by Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan, singer Laura Pausini and Lebanese-born British-French singer Mika.

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

The winner was Ukraine with the song "Stefania", performed by Kalush Orchestra and written by the band's members Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitalii Duzhyk and Ihor Didenchuk. Ukraine's 439 points received from the televote in the final are the most televoting points received in the contest's history to date and made "Stefania" the first song with hip-hop elements to win the contest. The United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden and Serbia rounded out the top five, with the United Kingdom and Spain achieving their best results since 1998 and 1995 respectively, and Serbia achieving its best result since 2012. It was also a record-extending sixteenth time that the United Kingdom finished in second place. Italy finished in sixth place, thereby achieving the best result for a host country since 2016.

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.

Results[]

First semi-final[]

Rank Country EBU member station Artist(s) Song Points
1 Ukraine UA:PBC Kalush Orchestra "Stefania" (Стефанія) 337
2 Netherlands AVROTROS S10 "De diepte" 221
3 Greece ERT Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord "Die Together" 211
4 Portugal RTP Maro "Saudade, saudade" 208
5 Armenia ARMTV Rosa Linn "Snap" 187
6 Norway NRK Subwoolfer "Give That Wolf a Banana" 177
7 Lithuania LRT Monika Liu "Sentimentai" 159
8 Moldova TRM Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers "Trenulețul" 154
9 Switzerland SRG SSR Marius Bear "Boys Do Cry" 118
10 Iceland RÚV Systur "Með hækkandi sól" 103
11 Croatia HRT Mia Dimšić "Guilty Pleasure" 75
12 Albania RTSH Ronela Hajati "Sekret" 58
13 Denmark DR Reddi "The Show" 55
14 Latvia LTV Citi Zēni "Eat Your Salad" 55
15 Austria ORF LUM!X feat. Pia Maria "Halo" 42
16 Bulgaria BNT Intelligent Music Project "Intention" 29
17 Slovenia RTVSLO LPS "Disko" 15

Second semi-final[]

Rank Country EBU member station Artist(s) Song Points
1 Sweden SVT Cornelia Jakobs "Hold Me Closer" 396
2 Australia SBS Sheldon Riley "Not the Same" 243
3 Serbia RTS Konstrakta "In corpore sano" 237
4 Czech Republic ČT We Are Domi "Lights Off" 227
5 Estonia ERR Stefan "Hope" 209
6 Poland TVP Ochman "River" 198
7 Finland Yle The Rasmus "Jezebel" 162
8 Belgium RTBF Jérémie Makiese "Miss You" 151
9 Romania TVR Wrs "Llámame" 118
10 Azerbaijan İTV Nadir Rustamli "Fade to Black" 96
11 North Macedonia MRT Andrea "Circles" 76
12 Cyprus CyBC Andromache "Ela" (Έλα) 63
13 Israel IPBC (Kan) Michael Ben David "I.M" 61
14 San Marino SMRTV Achille Lauro "Stripper" 50
15 Ireland RTÉ Brooke "That's Rich" 47
16 Malta PBS Emma Muscat "I Am What I Am" 47
17 Montenegro RTCG Vladana "Breathe" 33
18 Georgia GPB Circus Mircus "Lock Me In" 22

Finals[]

Country in gold is the winning entry, the country in silver is the host country, and the countries in lime are the "Big 5" countries which are rewarded with automatic spots in the finals.

Rank Country EBU member station Artist(s) Song Points
1 Ukraine UA:PBC Kalush Orchestra "Stefania" (Стефанія) 631
2 United Kingdom BBC Sam Ryder "Space Man" 466
3 Spain RTVE Chanel "SloMo" 459
4 Sweden SVT Cornelia Jakobs "Hold Me Closer" 438
5 Serbia RTS Konstrakta "In corpore sano" 312
6 Italy RAI Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi" 268
7 Moldova TRM Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers "Trenulețul" 253
8 Greece ERT Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord "Die Together" 215
9 Portugal RTP Maro "Saudade, saudade" 207
10 Norway NRK Subwoolfer "Give That Wolf a Banana" 182
11 Netherlands AVROTROS S10 "De diepte" 171
12 Poland TVP Ochman "River" 151
13 Estonia ERR Stefan "Hope" 141
14 Lithuania LRT Monika Liu "Sentimentai" 128
15 Australia SBS Sheldon Riley "Not the Same" 125
16 Azerbaijan İTV Nadir Rustamli "Fade to Black" 106
17 Switzerland SRG SSR Marius Bear "Boys Do Cry" 78
18 Romania TVR Wrs "Llámame" 65
19 Belgium RTBF Jérémie Makiese "Miss You" 64
20 Armenia ARMTV Rosa Linn "Snap" 61
21 Finland Yle The Rasmus "Jezebel" 38
22 Czech Republic ČT We Are Domi "Lights Off" 38
23 Iceland RÚV Systur "Með hækkandi sól" 20
24 France France Télévisions Alvan and Ahez "Fulenn" 17
25 Germany ARD/NDR Malik Harris "Rockstars" 6

Awards[]

Marcel Bezençon Awards[]

  • Artistic Award - "In corpore sano" by Konstrakta (Serbia)
  • Composers Award - "Hold Me Closer" by Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden)
  • Press Award - "Space Man" by Sam Ryder (United Kingdom)

OGAE Poll[]

Rank Country Artist(s) Song Result
1 Sweden Cornelia Jakobs "Hold Me Closer" 393
2 Italy Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi" 387
3 Spain Chanel "SloMo" 294
4 Netherlands S10 "De diepte" 218
5 United Kingdom Sam Ryder "Space Man" 204

You're a Vision Award[]

Rank Country Artist(s) Song
1 Australia Sheldon Riley "Not the Same"
2 Spain Chanel "SloMo"
3 Norway Subwoolfer "Give That Wolf a Banana"
4 San Marino Achille Lauro "Stripper"

Eurovision Awards[]

Country in gold is the category winner.

Category Country Artist(s) Song
Most Innovative Staging Serbia Konstrakta "In corpore sano"
Armenia Rosa Linn "Snap"
Czech Republic We Are Domi "Lights Off"
Finland The Rasmus "Jezebel"
Best Vocals Poland Ochman "River"
Azerbaijan Nadir Rustamli "Fade to Black"
Greece Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord "Die Together
Sweden Cornelia Jakobs "Hold Me Closer"
Most Iconic Prop San Marino Achille Lauro (Mechanical bull) "Stripper"
Georgia Circus Mircus (Miniature circus) "Lock Me In"
Slovenia LPS (Disco ball) "Disko"
United Kingdom Sam Ryder (Space cage) "Space Man"
Best Non-Qualifier Albania Ronela Hajati "Sekret"
Croatia Mia Dimšić "Guilty Pleasure"
Cyprus Andromache "Ela"
North Macedonia Andrea "Circles"
Best Lyrics Serbia Konstrakta "In corpore sano"
Italy Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi"
Portugal Maro "Saudade, saudade"
Ukraine Kalush Orchestra "Stefania"
Best Look Norway Subwoolfer "Give That Wolf a Banana"
Australia Sheldon Riley "Not the Same"
Lithuania Monika Liu "Sentimentai"
Ukraine Kalush Orchestra "Stefania"
Best Hair Lithuania Monika Liu "Sentimentai"
Romania Wrs "Llámame"
Spain Chanel "SloMo"
United Kingdom Sam Ryder "Space Man"
Best Official Video United Kingdom Sam Ryder "Space Man"
Austria LUM!X feat. Pia Maria "Halo"
Moldova Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers "Trenulețul"
Netherlands S10 "De diepte"
Best Choreography Spain Chanel "SloMo"
Israel Michael Ben David "I.M"
Norway Subwoolfer "Give That Wolf a Banana"
Serbia Konstrakta "In corpore sano"
Best Moment Ukraine Televote results
United Kingdom Sam Ryder consoles Marius Bear
Switzerland
Italy Alessandro Cattelan's green screen moment
Laura Pausini sings "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"

Broadcast[]

Participating countries[]

Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Shows Spokesperson(s)
Albania RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu all shows Andri Xhahu
Armenia Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Garik Papoyan, Hrachuhi Utmazyan all shows Garik Papoyan
Australia SBS Joel Creasey, Myf Warhurst all shows Courtney Act
Austria ORF 1 Andi Knoll all shows Philipp Hansa
FM4 Kurdwin Ayub, Florian Alexander, Hannes Duscher, Roland Gratzer finals
Azerbaijan İTV Murad Arif all shows Martin Österdahl
Belgium (Dutch) Eén Peter Van de Veire all shows David Jeanmotte
Belgium (French) La Une, VivaCité Jean-Louis Lahaye, Maureen Louys all shows
Bulgaria BNT 1, BNT 4 Elena Rosberg, Petko Kralev all shows Janan Dural
Croatia HRT 1 Duško Ćurlić all shows Ivan Dorian Molnar
HR 2 Zlatko Turkalj
Cyprus RIK 1, RIK HD, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou, Alexandros Taramountas all shows Loukas Hamatsos
Czech Republic ČT2 Jan Maxián all shows Taťána Kuchařová
Denmark DR1 Henrik Milling, Nicolai Molbech all shows Tina Müller
Estonia (Estonian) ETV Marko Reikop all shows Tanel Padar
Estonia (Russian) ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov, Julia Kalenda all shows
Finland (Finnish) Yle TV1, Yle Areena Mikko Silvennoinen all shows Aksel
Yle Radio Suomi Sanna Pirkkalainen, Toni Laaksonen
Finland (Swedish) Yle TV1, Yle Areena, Yle X3M Eva Frantz, Johan Lindroos all shows
Finland (Russian) Yle TV1, Yle Areena Levan Tvaltvadze all shows
Finland (Inari Sami) Yle TV1, Yle Areena Heli Huovinen all shows
Finland (Northern Sami) Yle TV1, Yle Areena Aslak Paltto all shows
France (French) Culturebox Laurence Boccolini semi-finals Élodie Gossuin
France 2 Stéphane Bern, Laurence Boccolini finals
France (Breton) France 3 Bretagne Goulwena an Henaff, Yann-Herle, Thelo Mell, Mael Gwenneg finals
Georgia 1TV Nika Lobiladze all shows Martin Österdahl
Germany One Peter Urban all shows Barbara Schöneberger
Das Erste, Deutsche Welle finals
Radioeins Amelie Ernst, Max Spallek
Greece ERT1 Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis all shows Stefania
Second Programme, Voice of Greece Dimitris Meidanis
Iceland RÚV, RÚV 2 Gísli Marteinn Baldursson all shows Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir
Rás 2 finals
Ireland RTÉ2 Marty Whelan semi-finals Linda Martin
RTÉ One finals
RTÉ Radio 1 Neil Doherty, Zbyszek Zalinski second semi-finals and finals
Israel Kan 11, Kan Tarbut Asaf Liberman, Akiva Novick all shows Daniel Styopin
Italy Rai 1, Rai 4K, Rai Italia Gabriele Corsi, Cristiano Malgioglio, Carolina Di Domenico all shows Carolina Di Domenico
Rai Radio 2 Ema Stokholma, Gino Castaldo, Saverio Raimondo
RaiPlay The Jackal
Latvia LTV1 Tom Grēviņš, Lauris Reiniks all shows Samanta Tīna
Lithuania LRT televizija, LRT Radijas Ramūnas Zilnys all shows Vaidotas Valiukevičius
Malta TVM No commentary all shows Aidan
Moldova Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Ion Jalbă, Daniela Crudu all shows Elena Băncilă
Montenegro TVCG 1, TVCG SAT Dražen Bauković, Tijana Mišković all shows Andrijana Vešović
Netherlands NPO 1, BVN Cornald Maas, Jan Smit all shows Jeangu Macrooy
NPO Radio 2 Frank van 't Hof, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte finals
North Macedonia MRT 1, MRT 2 Eli Tanaskovska all shows Jana Burčeska
Norway NRK1 Marte Stokstad all shows Tix
NRK P1 Jon Marius Hyttebakk, Marit Sofie Strand finals
Poland TVP1, TVP Polonia Aleksander Sikora, Marek Sierocki all shows Ida Nowakowska
Portugal RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Nuno Galopim all shows Pedro Tatanka
Romania TVR 1, TVRi Bogdan Stănescu first semi-finals Martin Österdahl
Bogdan Stănescu, Kyrie Mendél finals
San Marino San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino Lia Fiorio, Gigi Restivo all shows Labiuse
Serbia RTS1, RTS Planeta, RTS Svet Silvana Grujić first semi-finals Dragana Kosjerina
Duška Vučinić second semi-finals and finals
Slovenia TV SLO 2 Andrej Hofer semi-finals Lorella Flego
TV SLO 1 finals
Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor first semi-finals and finals
Spain La 1, TVE Internacional Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela all shows Nieves Álvarez
Radio Nacional Imanol Durán, Sara Calvo, David Asensio finals
Sweden SVT1 Edward af Sillén semi-finals Dotter
Edward af Sillén, Linnea Henriksson finals
SVT24 Annika Lundin all shows
Sveriges Radio P4 Carolina Norén
Switzerland (German) SRF zwei Sven Epiney semi-finals Julie Berthollet
SRF info second semi-finals
SRF 1 finals
Switzerland (French) RTS 2 Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner semi-finals
RTS 1 Jean-Marc Richard, Gjon's Tears finals
Switzerland (Italian) RSI La 2 Clarissa Tami, Francesca Margiotta first semi-finals
Clarissa Tami, Boris Piffaretti second semi-finals
RSI La 1 Clarissa Tami, Francesca Margiotta, Boris Piffaretti finals
Ukraine UA:Kultura Timur Miroshnychenko all shows Kateryna Pavlenko
UA:Radio Promin semi-finals
Anna Zakletska, Dmytro Zakharchenko finals
United Kingdom BBC Three Scott Mills, Rylan Clark semi-finals AJ Odudu
BBC One Graham Norton finals
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce

Non-participating countries[]

Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Shows
French Polynesia Polynésie la 1ère Laurence Boccolini, Stéphane Bern finals
Kosovo RTK Unknown all shows
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon la 1ère Laurence Boccolini, Stéphane Bern finals
United States Peacock Johnny Weir all shows
WJFD-FM Ewan Spence, Alesia Michelle finals

Broadcast notes[]

  • Azerbaijan - Narmin Salmanova was supposed to announce the jury points from the country, but due to alleged technical difficulties, Österdahl, who served as the contest's executive supervisor, announced them instead.
  • Georgia - Helen Kalandadze was supposed to announce the jury points from the country, but due to alleged technical difficulties, Österdahl, who served as the contest's executive supervisor, announced them instead.
  • Portugal - The second semi-final was broadcast on a 1.5-hour delay, starting at 21:30 WEST.
  • Romania - Eda Marcus was supposed to announce the jury points from the country, but due to alleged technical difficulties, Österdahl, who served as the contest's executive supervisor, announced them instead.
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon - The final was broadcast on a delay, airing on May 15 at 22:55 PMST.
  • Ukraine - The semi-finals were broadcast on UA:Radio Promin with TV commentary by Miroshnychenko while radio presenters Oleksandra Franko and Yevhen Pavliukovskyi provided studio discussions during TV commercial breaks.