Broadcasters from forty countries participated in the contest, withArmenia andMontenegro returning after their absence from the previous edition.Russia had originally planned to participate, but was excluded due toits invasion of Ukraine.
The winner wasUkraine with the song "Stefania", performed byKalush Orchestra and written by the group's members Ihor Didenchuk,Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk, along withIvan Klymenko. TheUnited Kingdom finished in second place for a record-extending sixteenth time, also achieving its best result since1998.Spain,Sweden andSerbia rounded out the top five, with Spain achieving its best result since1995. Ukraine won the televote with 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 withhip-hop elements to win the contest.[1]
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 per cent in the 15–24 year old age range was also reported.[2] A total of 18 million viewers watched the contest online onYouTube andTikTok.[3]
The venue returned to its full capacity for the contest, after the previous edition inRotterdam saw a limited audience of 3,500 people as a precaution against theCOVID-19 pandemic.[6] However, the audience was required towear masks at all times inside the venue, unlike in Rotterdam where mask-wearing was not enforced whenever the audience was seated.[7][8][9] Nearly all COVID-19 prevention measures for the contest were dropped by 11 May 2022, with testing only required whenever symptoms were exhibited.[10]
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 atParco del Valentino and open from 7 to 14 May 2022.[11][12] 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.[13][14] The "Turquoise Carpet" and Opening Ceremony events, where the contestants and their delegations were presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at thePalace of Venaria on 8 May 2022.[15][16]
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)
Host broadcaster RAI launched the bidding process on 7 July 2021.[27][28] In the first phase of this process, any interested cities were to present their bid throughcertified 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.[29]
On 9 July 2021, the city of Turin officially announced its bid.[30] On the same day, the city of Pesaro did the same, proposing theVitrifrigo Arena as a possible venue to host the event.[31] They were followed by Bologna andJesolo on 12 July,[32][33] and Rimini andBertinoro (jointly withForlì andCesena) on 13 July.[34][35] 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.[36] 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.[37]
The choice among them was meant to be announced by the end of August;[38][39] however, this did not materialise, and in mid-SeptemberStefano Coletta [it], director ofRai 1, stated that the selection was behind time to ensure "transparency and precision".[40] On 8 October 2021, the EBU and RAI announced Turin as the host city, with thePalaOlimpico as the chosen venue for the contest.[4][41]
Key: † Host venue ‡ Shortlisted Presented the bid book
Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster withactive EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via theEurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. Associate memberAustralia did not need an invitation for the 2022 contest, as it had previously been granted permission to participate at least until 2023.[72]
On 20 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 withArmenia andMontenegro, both of which had last taken part in2019 (Armenia was also set to compete in the cancelled2020 edition).[73] On 25 February 2022, the EBU announced thatRussia was excluded from the contest due toits invasion of Ukraine, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 40.[74]
Active EBU member broadcasters inAndorra,[83]Bosnia and Herzegovina,[84]Luxembourg,Monaco andSlovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.Turkish national broadcasterTRT had been in talks with the EBU about a potential return to the contest in 2022,[85] but the country ultimately did not appear on the final list of participants.[73]
Belarus was excluded from participation in the 2022 contest on 1 July 2021, when the EBU Executive Board agreed to expel its national broadcasterBTRC as a result of its use as apropaganda tool,[86] losing the rights to broadcast and participate in any Eurovision event until 1 July 2024.[87] Conversely,Russia initially appeared on the list of participants; however, followingits invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent protests from other participating countries, the EBU decided to exclude the country from the contest;[74] Russian member broadcasters, includingVGTRK andChannel One, immediately responded by announcing their withdrawal from the union,[88][89][90] which was finalised on 26 May 2022 and resulted in Russia indefinitely losing broadcasting and participation rights for future Eurovision events.[91][92]
Liechtensteiner broadcaster1 FL TV, despite previous attempts to become an EBU member, halted its plans after director Peter Kölbel's unexpected death, and did not resume them due to the lack of sufficient funds and of government support.[93]
TheItalian 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 ofPiedmont contributed around €10 million in total.[100][101] The preliminary total budget for the shows was €16.3 million.[102] The full costs was not officially published, but is estimated to be at approximately €22 million.[103]
The theme art and slogan for the contest, "The Sound of Beauty", was unveiled on 21 January 2022.[104] Designed by Rome-based studio Flopicco, the artwork was built around the symmetrical structure and patterns ofcymatics to convey the visual properties of sound, which also reflectsItalian garden design, while the typography, Arsenica, was inspired by early-20th century Italianposter art; the colours were drawn from those of theItalian flag.[105]
The stage design for the 2022 contest was revealed on 18 February 2022.[106] Designed by Rome-based stage designerFrancesca Montinaro [it] 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 agreen room modelled after an Italian garden.[107][108] Montinaro had previous experience in stage design, having done so for theSanremo Music Festival in2013 and2019.[109] This marked the first time since2016 that German stage designerFlorian Wieder did not design the Eurovision stage.[110][111]
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, each postcard for 2022 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 throughchroma keying, guided by adrone named "Leo".[112][113][114][115][116] The following locations were used for each participating country:[117][118]
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.[126][127] 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.[128][129][130][131] 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.[132]
With all participating artists having performed live in Turin, the majority of the 'live-on-tape' performances were released on the contest's officialYouTube channel over a period of ten days, from 14 to 23 June 2022.[133]Australia,Azerbaijan,Cyprus, theCzech Republic,Georgia,Italy,Moldova, theNetherlands,Norway,Sweden, and theUnited Kingdom opted not to release their performances, whileUkraine was exempted from the obligation to record its own, andArmenia andAustria removed theirs after release for unknown reasons.[134][135] DespiteMontenegro not releasing its performance to the contest's official channel, it was nonetheless made available on the channel of the country's representativeVladana.[136]
The 2022 contest was the first edition to not feature any competing song with lyrics in French.[137]
Palazzo Madama, host venue for the allocation draw of the 2022 contestResults of the semi-final allocation draw
Participating countries in the first semi-final[c]
Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
Participating countries in the second semi-final
Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final
The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 25 January 2022 at 12:00 CET, atPalazzo Madama.[138][139] 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" countriesFrance,Germany,Italy,Spain and theUnited Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted byCarolina Di Domenico and Mario Acampa, with Acampa replacing Gabriele Corsi who tested positive for COVID-19.[140] It included the passing of the host city insignia fromAhmed Aboutaleb, then-mayor of previous host cityRotterdam, toStefano Lo Russo, the mayor of Turin.
The first semi-final took place on 10 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST).[4] Seventeen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 29 March 2022.[141] 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 Croatia, Albania, Denmark, Latvia, Austria, Bulgaria, and Slovenia. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plusFrance andItaly.[142]Russia was originally allocated to participate in the second half of this semi-final, but was excluded from the contest due toits invasion of Ukraine.[74]
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,[143][144] while the interval featured a medley of "Horizon in Your Eyes", "Satisfaction" and "Golden Nights [it]" performed byDardust,Benny Benassi andSophie and the Giants with conductor Sylvia Catasta,[145][146] a brief homage toRaffaella Carrà by the contest presenters,[147] andDiodato performing "Fai rumore".[148] The French and Italian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.
Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022[149]
Il Volo performed as an interval act in the second semi-final.
The second semi-final took place on 12 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST).[4] Eighteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 29 March 2022.[141] 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 North Macedonia, Cyprus, Israel, San Marino, Ireland, Malta, Montenegro, and Georgia. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plusGermany,Spain and theUnited Kingdom.[142]
This semi-final was opened by "The Italian Way", an act built around Italian improvisation performed by co-presenterAlessandro Cattelan,[150] while the interval featured a medley of "Fragile" and "People Have the Power" performed by co-presentersLaura Pausini andMika,[151] andIl Volo performing a new version of "Grande amore".[d][154] The British, German, and Spanish artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.
Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022[155]
The final took place on 14 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST).[4] 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.[156] 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.[157]
The ten qualifiers from the first semi-final were determined by televoting and/or SMS-voting (50%) and five-member juries (50%).[166] All seventeen countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside France and Italy.[141] The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.
Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the first semi-final. In the jury vote, Greece, the Netherlands, and Ukraine each received the maximum score of 12 points from four countries, while Albania, Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland were each awarded one set of 12 points. In the public vote, Ukraine received the maximum score of 12 points from twelve countries, with Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, and Portugal each receiving one set of 12 points.[149]
The ten qualifiers from the second semi-final were determined by televoting and/or SMS-voting (50%) and five-member juries (50%).[166] All eighteen countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.[141] The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.
Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the second semi-final. In the jury vote, Sweden received the maximum score of 12 points from sixteen countries, while Australia, Azerbaijan, North Macedonia, San Marino, and Serbia were each awarded one set of 12 points. In the public vote, Serbia received the maximum score of 12 points from eight countries, with Poland and Sweden receiving three sets of 12 points. Finland were awarded two sets of 12 points, and Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland, Montenegro, and Romania were each awarded one set of 12 points.[155]
The results of the final were determined by televoting and jury voting in all forty participating countries.[166] The announcement of the jury points was conducted by each country individually, with the country's spokesperson announcing their jury's favourite entry that received 12 points, with the remaining points shown on screen. Following the completion of the jury points announcement, the public points were announced as an aggregate by the contest hosts in ascending order starting from the country which received the fewest points from the jury.
Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the final. In the jury vote, Spain and the United Kingdom each received the maximum score of 12 points from eight countries, with Greece receiving six sets of 12 points. Sweden and Ukraine received the maximum score from five countries, while Azerbaijan received three sets of 12 points. Italy and Serbia were awarded two sets of 12 points each, and the Netherlands was awarded one set of 12 points.
In the public vote, Ukraine received the maximum score of 12 points from a record-breaking twenty-eight countries.[170] Serbia received the maximum score from five countries, Moldova were awarded two sets of 12 points, and Estonia, Greece, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom were each awarded one set of 12 points.[157]
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing an insight about the show and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. Similarly, some non-participating broadcasters may still want to air the contest.
The European Broadcasting Union provided international live streams of both semi-finals and the final through their officialYouTube channel with no commentary, and through their officialTikTok channel with an additional backstage feed.[171] The YouTube live streams weregeo-blocked to viewers in the Czech Republic, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. After the live broadcasts, all three shows were made available for every country listed above except the United States.[172]
For the first time in the contest's history, RAI trialled the broadcasts of the event in4K UHD.[173][174] The contest was aired onRai 4K [it] as an upscaled version of the HD feed, as RAI had yet to be fully equipped for broadcast of native 4K content.[175]
Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Following thecontroversy surrounding the Ukrainian national final in 2019, which led to the country withdrawing from the contest that year, a new rule was introduced starting from 2020 which bans artists who have performed inRussia since 2014 or have enteredCrimea "in violation of the legislation of Ukraine" from entering.[307] The2022 Ukrainian national final was won byAlina Pash with the song "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".[308] On 14 February 2022, two days after the national final, activist and video bloggerSerhii Sternenko alleged that Pash had entered Crimea from Russian territory in 2015, and counterfeited her travel documentation with her team in order to take part in the competition.[309] The Ukrainian broadcasterUA:PBC subsequently stated that it would request theUkrainian State Border Guard Service to verify if the documentation is forged, and that Pash would not be the Ukrainian representative "until the verification and clarification of the facts is completed".[310] After it was discovered that a representative of Pash's team had handed in falsified documentation to UA:PBC,[311][312][313] on 16 February, Pash announced her withdrawal as the Ukrainian representative in the contest.[314][315] Runner-up of the national final,Kalush Orchestra with the song "Stefania", were given an offer to represent Ukraine in Pash's place on 17 February.[316][317][318][319] On 22 February, UA:PBC confirmed that Kalush Orchestra had accepted the offer.[320]
In the wake of theRussian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022, UA:PBC appealed to suspend Russian EBU member broadcastersVGTRK andChannel One from the union, and to exclude Russia from competing in the contest. The appeal alleged that since the beginning of theRussian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, VGTRK and Channel One have been a mouthpiece for the Russian government and a key tool of political propaganda financed from the Russian state budget. The EBU initially stated that Russia as well as Ukraine would still be allowed to participate in the contest, citing the non-political nature of the event.[321][322][323]
Several broadcasters expressed their concern at the decision and issued statements calling for the removal of Russia from the contest. In addition to Ukraine's UA:PBC, nine other countries' broadcasters requested the EBU to change the decision: Denmark'sDR, Estonia'sERR, Finland'sYle, Iceland'sRÚV, Lithuania'sLRT, the Netherlands'AVROTROS, Norway'sNRK, Poland'sTVP and Sweden'sSVT.[324] Yle also stated that they would withdraw their participation if Russia were not excluded from the contest.[325] This was followed by a similar announcement from ERR.[326] Latvian representativesCiti Zēni also urged the EBU to reconsider Russian participation.[327] On 25 February 2022, the EBU announced that Russia would not compete at the contest, stating that "in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year's Contest would bring the competition into disrepute."[74] The following day, all EBU members from Russia, including VGTRK and Channel One, announced their withdrawal from the union, according to a statement released by Russian state media.[88] Russia had not publicly announced an artist or song before being excluded.
Following the start of the invasion, UA:PBC and Kalush Orchestra had yet to formally comment on whether their participation in the contest would continue.[328][329] On 14 March 2022, Claudio Fasulo and Simona Martorelli, executive producers of the 2022 contest, confirmed that Ukraine would still be competing; this was later reaffirmed by UA:PBC on 19 March via a post on its social media pages.[330][331][332] They added that work would commence on the Ukrainian 'live-on-tape' backup performance, which was planned to be recorded inLviv and used in the event that the delegation cannot travel to Turin,[333][334] however, the delegation was later exempted from the requirement to do so.[335] On 2 April, UA:PBC confirmed that Kalush Orchestra and the rest of the delegation was given permission to travel to Turin for the contest, adding that the group would also take part in promotional events across Europe to raise donations for war relief efforts.[336][337][338]
On 11 May 2022, pro-Russia hacker groupKillnet carried out an attack on numerous Italian institutional websites, including those of theMinistry of Defense, theSenate, theNational Health Institute and theAutomobile Club d'Italia.[339][340] The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest was later revealed to be among those that were targeted, in addition to the platform on which the contest's voting system is based. Additional attacks were reported to have taken place during the first semi-final and the final.[341][342] The attacks were ultimately unsuccessful, and there were no disruptions to either the website or the voting platform.[343][344]
During the broadcast of the final, after Kalush Orchestra had finished their performance, the group's frontmanOleh Psiuk shouted onstage: "I ask all of you, please help Ukraine,Mariupol. HelpAzovstal, right now!"[345] The contest's rules precludes promoting political statements and messages, and several commentators noted that Psiuk's statement could be in breach of the rules.[346] However, the EBU deemed the statement to be "humanitarian rather than political in nature”.[347] The German and Icelandic representatives,Malik Harris andSystur respectively, also showed support for Ukraine onstage after finishing their performances.[348]
The 'kinetic sun' component of the stage in its static form.
During the first day of rehearsals in Turin on 30 April 2022, Italian newspapersLa Repubblica andLa Stampa reported technical difficulties with the 'kinetic sun' component of the stage, with its arches not being able to move as freely as expected. The papers also reported that the malfunction could not be completely fixed in time for the live shows.[349][350] Several delegations, among them those from Belgium,[351] Denmark,[352] Estonia,[353] Finland[354] and Lithuania,[355] were forced to revise their staging plans, having been informed of the malfunction a few days prior.La Stampa later reported the following day that a compromise was reached, in which the arches would stay static for the competing entries' performances, while for the opening and interval acts, the arches would be permitted to move dynamically.[356] This was later confirmed by the EBU in a statement issued to Danish broadcaster DR on 2 May.[352]
During the "Turquoise Carpet" event on 8 May 2022, the Macedonian representativeAndrea was seen lightly tossing theMacedonian flag on the ground before posing for the press. The Macedonian broadcasterMRT later published a statement condemning her action, describing it as "desecration of a national symbol, which is punishable by Macedonian law". In the same statement, the broadcaster stated that it was considering withdrawing Andrea from the contest, and that people in the delegation that are deemed responsible for the incident would be sanctioned.[357][358] Andrea herself issued an apology later that day.[359] MRT later stated on 11 May that it would take all disciplinary measures after the delegation returned from Turin, while also raising the possibility that it would not return for the2023 contest, because of the negative publicity caused by the incident.[360] MRT eventually confirmed its non-participation in the 2023 contest, citing financial difficulties, instead.[361]
In a statement released during the broadcast of the final, the EBU revealed that during the jury show of the second semi-final on 11 May 2022, six national juries, namely those ofAzerbaijan,Georgia,Montenegro,Poland,Romania andSan Marino, were found to have had irregular voting patterns. As a result, these six countries were given substitute aggregated jury results for the second semi-final and the final based on countries with similar voting patterns, as determined by the pots that the countries were put into for the semi-final allocation draw in January.[362][363] The Flemish broadcasterVRT later reported that the juries of the countries involved had made agreements to vote for each other.[364]
During the announcement of the jury votes in the final, Azerbaijan, Romania and Georgia had their votes announced byMartin Österdahl, the contest's executive supervisor.[365] This was stated to have been due to technical difficulties in establishing connection with those countries' designated spokespersons. The spokespersons who would have announced them were Narmin Salmanova, Eda Marcus andHelen Kalandadze respectively.[164] A press release from the Romanian broadcasterTVR on 20 May revealed that the reason for Österdahl's intervention on behalf of the Romanian spokesperson was due to TVR's refusal to accept the aggregate scores calculated by the EBU.[366]
The day after the final, TVR accused the EBU of "changing the rules" and requested further clarification of the incident. In their original decision, the Romanian jury awarded 12 points to Moldova.[367][368] The Georgian broadcasterGPB and the Azerbaijani broadcasterİTV also requested a more detailed statement on the jury vote issues, disclosing that their juries' 12 points were originally awarded to Ukraine.[369][370][371] The Montenegrin broadcasterRTCG and the Polish broadcasterTVP also requested more clarification on the issue.[372][373] In addition, TVR and İTV claimed that no technical difficulties had occurred during the jury voting segment of the final.[374][375]
On 19 May 2022, the EBU released the full breakdown of the nullified jury votes from the second semi-final.[376] RTCG, TVR and the Sammarinese broadcasterSMRTV denied any wrongdoing on their part, with the former two claiming that other irregular voting patterns existed but were not detected.[377][366][378] TVR also threatened to withdraw from the contest for 2023 and future editions, while also planning to take legal action against the EBU in response.[379] However, it was reported by Romanian news outletImpact.ro on 29 July that TVR had dropped all of its objections,[380] and on 26 August, TVR confirmed its participation in the2023 contest.[381] Montenegro did not participate in 2023 due to financial constraints, while the remaining four countries involved continued to compete.
Following the 2022 contest, three entries entered theBillboard Global 200 chart dated 28 May 2022: Ukraine's winning entry "Stefania" at number 85, the United Kingdom's "Space Man" at number 93, and Spain's "SloMo" at number 151. On theBillboard Global Excl. US chart also dated 28 May 2022, the three aforementioned entries entered at numbers 39, 37 and 79, respectively, followed by Italy's "Brividi" at number 194. "Brividi" had previously peaked at number seven on the Global Excl. US chart and at number 15 on the Global 200 chart following its win at theSanremo Music Festival 2022, which also doubled as the Italian national final.[382][383]
By the end of June 2022, Armenia's entry "Snap" had begun to gain traction on video sharing serviceTikTok, and subsequently gained viral success on the platform; it had featured in almost 360,000 clips on the service by July of that year.[384] As a result, the song experienced a surge in streams and downloads, and went on to chart in multiple countries.[385] It topped the charts in the Flanders region of Belgium, reached the top ten in ten countries, and charted in a further 23 countries, including peaking at number 21 on theUK Singles Chart and at number 67 on the USBillboard Hot 100.[386] The latter achievement also made "Snap" the second Eurovision song of the 21st century to enter theBillboard Hot 100, after the2019 winning entry "Arcade".[387]
In addition to the main winner's trophy, theMarcel Bezençon Awards and theYou're a Vision Award were contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. TheOGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.
TheMarcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representativeChrister Björkman, and winner of the 1984 contestRichard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[388] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award.[389] The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 14 May.[390]
OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2022 poll was Sweden's "Hold Me Closer" performed byCornelia Jakobs; the top five results are shown below.[391][392][393]
2022 saw the first edition of theYou're a Vision Award (aword play of "Eurovision"), ran by the fansiteSongfestival.be. Following the cancellation of theBarbara Dex Award due to its associated negative connotations, the You're a Vision Award was established with the aim to "celebrate the creativity and diversity that embody the Eurovision spirit", with the winner being the one with the most notable outfit. Australia'sSheldon Riley won the award, with Spain'sChanel, Norway'sSubwoolfer, and San Marino'sAchille Lauro completing the top four.[394]
Eurovision Song Contest: Turin 2022 is the officialcompilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released byUniversal Music Group digitally on 8 April 2022, in CD format on 22 April 2022, and in cassette and vinyl formats on 6 May 2022.[395][396][397][398] The album features all 40 entries including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final.
^On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortiumARD[76]
^Kocharov's identity was not publicly known at the time of the contest.
^abRussia, which had originally been allocated into semi-final 1, was excluded from the contest in February 2022.
^Gianluca Ginoble appeared remotely due to testing positive for COVID-19, while Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone performed on stage.[152][153]
^abcdDespite finishing with the same number of points as the Czech Republic, Finland finished in twenty-first place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
^Narmin Salmanova was supposed to announce the jury points from Azerbaijan, but due to alleged technical difficulties, the contest's executive supervisorMartin Österdahl announced them instead.
^Eda Marcus was supposed to announce the jury points from Romania, but due to alleged technical difficulties, the contest's executive supervisorMartin Österdahl announced them instead.
^Helen Kalandadze was supposed to announce the jury points from Georgia, but due to alleged technical difficulties, the contest's executive supervisorMartin Österdahl announced them instead.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as Latvia, Denmark finished in thirteenth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as Serbia, Sweden finished in first place in the televoting due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as Serbia, Finland finished in eighth place in the jury vote due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as Malta, Ireland finished in fifteenth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as North Macedonia, Malta finished in fifteenth place in the televoting due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as Italy, Greece finished in sixth place in the jury vote due to receiving a greater individual score from one country, as both countries received points from the same number of national juries.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as Finland, Romania finished in twenty-first place in the jury vote due to receiving a greater individual score from one country, as both countries received points from the same number of national juries.
^abDespite finishing with the same number of points as the Czech Republic, Belgium finished in twenty-first place in the televoting due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
^The second semi-final was broadcast on a 1.5-hour delay, starting at 21:30WEST.
^The semi-finals on Radio Promin featured TV commentary by Miroshnychenko while radio presenters Oleksandra Franko and Yevhen Pavliukovskyi provided studio discussions during TV commercial breaks.[299]
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^"Klubi-info: Mikä ihmeen OGAE?" [The club info: What on Earth is OGAE?].Euroviisuklubi (in Finnish). OGAE Finland. 5 June 2012. Archived fromthe original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved17 June 2012.
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