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

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
The Sound of Beauty
Dates
Semi-final 1	10 May 2022
Semi-final 2	12 May 2022
Final	14 May 2022
Host
Venue	PalaOlimpico Turin, Italy
Presenter(s)	Alessandro Cattelan Laura Pausini Mika
Directed by	Cristian Biondani Duccio Forzano
Executive supervisor	Martin Österdahl
Executive producer	Claudio Fasulo Simona Martorelli
Host broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Opening act	Semi-final 1: Performance showcasing Italian ingenuity and creativity "The Sound of Beauty" performed by Sherol Dos Santos Semi-final 2: "The Italian Way", ode to Italian improvisation performed by Alessandro Cattelan Final: “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
Interval act	Semi-final 1: "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 Semi-final 2: "Fragile" and "People Have the Power" performed by Laura Pausini and Mika "Grande amore" performed by Il Volo Final: "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
Website	eurovision.tv/event/turin-2022
Participants
Number of entries	40
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Armenia  Montenegro
Non-returning countries	Russia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2022
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.
Nul points in final	None[lower-alpha 1]
Winning song	Ukraine "Stefania"
2021 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2023

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. Ukraine's 439 points received from the televote in the final are the most televoting points received in the contest's history to date, making "Stefania" the first song sung entirely in Ukrainian and the first song with hip-hop elements to win the contest.[1] 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. This 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.[2] A total of 18 million viewers watched the contest online on YouTube and TikTok.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6] 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.[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 at Parco 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 the Palace of Venaria on 8 May 2022.[15][16]

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,[17][18][19] 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.[20] The mayors of Rome, Rimini and Florence soon after also expressed interest in hosting the contest[21][22][23] and were joined by Sanremo, Verona and Bari.[23][24][25] Marco Di Maio [it], 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.[26]

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 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.[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 the Vitrifrigo Arena as a possible venue to host the event.[31] They were followed by Bologna and Jesolo on 12 July,[32][33] and Rimini and Bertinoro (jointly with Forlì and Cesena) 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 happen, and in mid-September Stefano Coletta [it], director of Rai 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 the PalaOlimpico as the chosen venue for the contest.[4][41]

Key:  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted   Presented the bid book

City	Venue	Notes		Ref.
Acireale	PalaTupparello	—		[42]
Alessandria	Cittadella	Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the area; would have needed renovation works.		[43]
Bertinoro	PalaGalassi	Candidacy supported by Forlì, Cesena and the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.		[35][44]
Bologna	Fiera di Bologna ‡	Candidacy supported by the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.		[44][45][46][47]
	Unipol Arena
Florence	Nelson Mandela Forum	Candidacy supported by the Regional Council of Tuscany.		[48][49]
Genoa	Palasport di Genova	Is undergoing renovation works.		[50]
Jesolo	Palazzo del Turismo [it]	Did not meet the EBU requirements of size.		[33][51]
	Piave Vecchia Lighthouse [it] area	Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the area.
Matera	Cava del Sole	Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the area.		[38][52]
Milan	Mediolanum Forum	Did not meet the EBU requirements of size.	Candidacy supported by the regional government of Lombardy.	[53][54][55]
	Palazzo delle Scintille [it] ‡	Would have needed adjustment works.
Palazzolo Acreide	Ad hoc arena to be built	Would have needed the cooperation of other municipalities in Syracuse.		[56][57]
Pesaro	Vitrifrigo Arena ‡	—		[58][59][60]
Rimini	Rimini Fiera [it] ‡	Candidacy supported by the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.		[44][61]
Rome	PalaLottomatica	—		[21][62][63]
	Fiera di Roma [it]	Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity.
Sanremo	Mercato dei Fiori	—		[64][65]
Trieste	PalaTrieste	Did not meet the EBU requirements of size.		[38][66]
	Stadio Nereo Rocco	Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium.
Turin	PalaOlimpico †	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.		[67][68][69]
Viterbo	Fiera di Viterbo	Did not meet the EBU requirements of size; would have needed renovation works.		[70][71]

Production

The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was produced by the Italian public broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). Claudio Fasulo [it] and Simona Martorelli served as executive producers,[72] Cristian Biondani [it] and Duccio Forzano [it] served as directors of the three live shows,[73][74] Claudio Santucci served as head of show,[75] and Emanuele Cristofoli served as artistic director for the opening and interval acts.[76][77] Background music for the shows was composed by Maurizio Filardo [it].[78]

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.[79][80] The preliminary total budget for the shows was €16.3 million.[81]

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 was inspired by early-20th century Italian poster art; the colours were drawn from those of the Italian flag.[82][83]

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.[84][85][86]

The "Turquoise Carpet" and Opening Ceremony events were hosted by Gabriele Corsi [it], Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa [it] and Laura Carusino [it].[87][88] Acampa, Carusino and Di Domenico also moderated the contest's press conferences.[89][90]

Stage design

The stage design for the 2022 contest was revealed on 18 February 2022.[91] Designed by Rome-based stage designer Francesca 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 a green room modelled after an Italian garden.[92][93] Montinaro had previous experience in stage design, having done so for the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and 2019.[94] This marked the first time since 2016 that German stage designer Florian Wieder [de] did not design the Eurovision stage.[95][96]

Opening and interval acts

On 30 April 2022, the EBU released information about the opening and interval acts.[97]

The first 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,[98][99] while the interval featured a medley of "Horizon in Your Eyes", "Satisfaction" and "Golden Nights [it]" performed by Dardust, Benny Benassi and Sophie and the Giants with conductor Sylvia Catasta,[100][101] a brief homage to Raffaella Carrà performed by the contest presenters,[102] and Diodato performing "Fai rumore".[103]

The second semi-final was opened by "The Italian Way", an act built around Italian improvisation performed by co-presenter Alessandro Cattelan,[104] while the interval featured a medley of "Fragile" and "People Have the Power" performed by co-presenters Laura Pausini and Mika,[105] and Il Volo performing a new version of "Grande amore".[lower-alpha 2][108]

The final was opened by the traditional flag parade, introducing all twenty-five finalists, accompanied 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 [it]".[109] The interval acts included Måneskin performing their new single "Supermodel" and “If I Can Dream”,[110][109] Gigliola Cinquetti performing her winning song "Non ho l'età",[111] and co-presenter Mika performing a medley of "Love Today", "Grace Kelly", his new single "Yo Yo" and "Happy Ending".[112] Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti also appeared in a pre-recorded message from the International Space Station.[113]

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.[114][115] 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.[116][117][118][119] 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.[120]

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.[121] Australia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom opted not to release their performances, while Ukraine was exempted from the obligation to record theirs, and Armenia and Austria removed theirs after release for unknown reasons.[122] Despite Montenegro not releasing their performance to the contest's official channel, it was nonetheless made available on the channel of the country's representative Vladana.[123]

The 2022 contest was the first edition to not feature any competing song with lyrics in French.[124]

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.[125][126] 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 France, Germany, Italy, Spain 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.[127] 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[lower-alpha 3]  Ukraine	Bulgaria  Cyprus  Greece  Malta  Portugal  San Marino	Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Poland  Romania	Austria  Belgium  Czech Republic  Ireland  Netherlands  Switzerland

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.[128][129] 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.[130][131][132] The following locations were used for each participating country:[133][134]

Participating countries

The EBU initially announced on 20 October 2021 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).[72] On 25 February 2022, the EBU announced that Russia was excluded from the contest due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 40.[135]

Returning artists

The contest featured five representatives who also previously performed as lead artists for the same country. Nika Kocharov, the lead singer of Circus Mircus, had previously represented Georgia in 2016 alongside Young Georgian Lolitaz;[136][lower-alpha 4] Stoyan Yankoulov [bg], a member of Intelligent Music Project, had represented Bulgaria in 2007 and 2013 alongside Elitsa Todorova;[137] Zdob și Zdub had represented Moldova in 2005 and 2011;[138] Mahmood had represented Italy in 2019;[139] and Ihor Didenchuk, a member of Kalush Orchestra, had previously represented Ukraine in 2021 as a member of Go_A.[140] 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.[141]

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 10 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST).[4] Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries plus France and Italy voted in this semi-final.[142] Russia was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the first semi-final, but was excluded from the contest due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[135] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[143]

R/O[144]	Country[72]	Artist[145]	Song[145]	Language	Points	Place[146]
1	Albania	Ronela Hajati	"Sekret"	Albanian, English[lower-alpha 5]	58	12
2	Latvia	Citi Zēni	"Eat Your Salad"	English	55	14
3	Lithuania	Monika Liu	"Sentimentai"	Lithuanian	159	7
4	Switzerland	Marius Bear	"Boys Do Cry"	English	118	9
5	Slovenia	LPS	"Disko"	Slovene	15	17
6	Ukraine	Kalush Orchestra	"Stefania" (Стефанія)	Ukrainian	337	1
7	Bulgaria	Intelligent Music Project	"Intention"	English	29	16
8	Netherlands	S10	"De diepte"	Dutch	221	2
9	Moldova	Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers	"Trenulețul"	Romanian, English	154	8
10	Portugal	Maro	"Saudade, saudade"	English, Portuguese	208	4
11	Croatia	Mia Dimšić	"Guilty Pleasure"	English, Croatian	75	11
12	Denmark	Reddi	"The Show"	English	55	13
13	Austria	Lumix feat. Pia Maria	"Halo"	English	42	15
14	Iceland	Systur	"Með hækkandi sól"	Icelandic	103	10
15	Greece	Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord	"Die Together"	English	211	3
16	Norway	Subwoolfer	"Give That Wolf a Banana"	English	177	6
17	Armenia	Rosa Linn	"Snap"	English	187	5

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 12 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST).[4] Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[142] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[147]

R/O[144]	Country[72]	Artist[148]	Song[148]	Language	Points	Place[149]
1	Finland	The Rasmus	"Jezebel"	English	162	7
2	Israel	Michael Ben David	"I.M"	English	61	13
3	Serbia	Konstrakta	"In corpore sano"	Serbian, Latin	237	3
4	Azerbaijan	Nadir Rustamli	"Fade to Black"	English	96	10
5	Georgia	Circus Mircus	"Lock Me In"	English	22	18
6	Malta	Emma Muscat	"I Am What I Am"	English	47	16
7	San Marino	Achille Lauro	"Stripper"	Italian, English	50	14
8	Australia	Sheldon Riley	"Not the Same"	English	243	2
9	Cyprus	Andromache	"Ela" (Έλα)	English, Greek	63	12
10	Ireland	Brooke	"That's Rich"	English	47	15
11	North Macedonia	Andrea	"Circles"	English	76	11
12	Estonia	Stefan	"Hope"	English	209	5
13	Romania	WRS	"Llámame"	English, Spanish	118	9
14	Poland	Ochman	"River"	English	198	6
15	Montenegro	Vladana	"Breathe"	English, Italian	33	17
16	Belgium	Jérémie Makiese	"Miss You"	English	151	8
17	Sweden	Cornelia Jakobs	"Hold Me Closer"	English	396	1
18	Czech Republic	We Are Domi	"Lights Off"	English	227	4

Final

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.

R/O[150]	Country[72]	Artist[151]	Song[151]	Language	Points[151]	Place[151]
1	Czech Republic	We Are Domi	"Lights Off"	English	38	22[lower-alpha 6]
2	Romania	WRS	"Llámame"	English, Spanish	65	18
3	Portugal	Maro	"Saudade, saudade"	English, Portuguese	207	9
4	Finland	The Rasmus	"Jezebel"	English	38	21[lower-alpha 6]
5	Switzerland	Marius Bear	"Boys Do Cry"	English	78	17
6	France	Alvan and Ahez	"Fulenn"	Breton	17	24
7	Norway	Subwoolfer	"Give That Wolf a Banana"	English	182	10
8	Armenia	Rosa Linn	"Snap"	English	61	20
9	Italy	Mahmood and Blanco	"Brividi"	Italian	268	6
10	Spain	Chanel	"SloMo"	Spanish, English	459	3
11	Netherlands	S10	"De diepte"	Dutch	171	11
12	Ukraine	Kalush Orchestra	"Stefania" (Стефанія)	Ukrainian	631	1
13	Germany	Malik Harris	"Rockstars"	English	6	25
14	Lithuania	Monika Liu	"Sentimentai"	Lithuanian	128	14
15	Azerbaijan	Nadir Rustamli	"Fade to Black"	English	106	16
16	Belgium	Jérémie Makiese	"Miss You"	English	64	19
17	Greece	Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord	"Die Together"	English	215	8
18	Iceland	Systur	"Með hækkandi sól"	Icelandic	20	23
19	Moldova	Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers	"Trenulețul"	Romanian, English	253	7
20	Sweden	Cornelia Jakobs	"Hold Me Closer"	English	438	4
21	Australia	Sheldon Riley	"Not the Same"	English	125	15
22	United Kingdom	Sam Ryder	"Space Man"	English	466	2
23	Poland	Ochman	"River"	English	151	12
24	Serbia	Konstrakta	"In corpore sano"	Serbian, Latin	312	5
25	Estonia	Stefan	"Hope"	English	141	13

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	Netherlands	221	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	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[lower-alpha 7]	Moldova	19	Denmark	20
14	Latvia	55[lower-alpha 7]	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	Televoting score	Jury vote
					Albania	Latvia	Lithuania	Switzerland	Slovenia	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Netherlands	Moldova	Portugal	Croatia	Denmark	Austria	Iceland	Greece	Norway	Armenia	France	Italy
Contestants	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
	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
					Albania	Latvia	Lithuania	Switzerland	Slovenia	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Netherlands	Moldova	Portugal	Croatia	Denmark	Austria	Iceland	Greece	Norway	Armenia	France	Italy
Contestants	Albania	58	12	46				8	6		1				2		2		12		2	5	8
	Latvia	55	39	16			10			5		1
	Lithuania	159	56	103	1	10		3	5	12	5	5	6	6	6	8	4	5	5	8	7	6	1
	Switzerland	118	107	11			3					2				1	3	1			1
	Slovenia	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
	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	Netherlands	Armenia,  Denmark,  Switzerland,  Ukraine
	Ukraine	Albania,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Moldova
	Greece	France,  Italy,  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,  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[lower-alpha 8]
2	Australia	243	Australia	169	Serbia	174[lower-alpha 8]
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[lower-alpha 9]	Australia	74
9	Romania	118	Serbia	63[lower-alpha 9]	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[lower-alpha 10]	Georgia	13	Malta	20[lower-alpha 11]
16	Malta	47[lower-alpha 10]	Ireland	12	North Macedonia	20[lower-alpha 11]
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
					Finland	Israel	Serbia	Azerbaijan	Georgia	Malta	San Marino	Australia	Cyprus	Ireland	North Macedonia	Estonia	Romania	Poland	Montenegro	Belgium	Sweden	Czech Republic	Germany	Spain	United Kingdom
Contestants	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
					Finland	Israel	Serbia	Azerbaijan	Georgia	Malta	San Marino	Australia	Cyprus	Ireland	North Macedonia	Estonia	Romania	Poland	Montenegro	Belgium	Sweden	Czech Republic	Germany	Spain	United Kingdom
Contestants	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[lower-alpha 12]	Sweden	180
7	Moldova	253	Italy	158[lower-alpha 12]	Norway	146
8	Greece	215	Netherlands	129	Italy	110
9	Portugal	207	Australia	123	Poland	105
10	Norway	182	Azerbaijan	103	Estonia	98
11	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	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[lower-alpha 6]	Romania	12[lower-alpha 13]	Belgium	5[lower-alpha 14]
22	Czech Republic	38[lower-alpha 6]	Finland	12[lower-alpha 13]	Czech Republic	5[lower-alpha 14]
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		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote
					Netherlands	San Marino	North Macedonia	Malta	Ukraine	Albania	Estonia	Azerbaijan	Portugal	Germany	Belgium	Norway	Israel	Poland	Greece	Moldova	Bulgaria	Serbia	Iceland	Cyprus	Latvia	Spain	Switzerland	Denmark	France	Armenia	Montenegro	Romania	Ireland	Slovenia	Georgia	Croatia	Lithuania	Austria	Finland	United Kingdom	Sweden	Australia	Czech Republic	Italy
Contestants	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
	Italy	268	158	110		3	7	7		12	10	10			8		8	4	1		1		6	1		10	2			10	10	4	6	12	10	4	4	3	2			3
	Spain	459	231	228	5	12	12	12		5		5	12	8	10	7	3	1	5	3	8	4	3	6			8	4	5	12	8	1	12	1	5	6	5	2		10	12	12	7
	Netherlands	171	129	42					8	6	1	4	7	4		5	1	3	4				4		4		10	10	4	4	3	3		7	4	2	6	8	5					12
	Ukraine	631	192	439		2				7		6	8	10	6	3	7	12		12			10	7	12		3	5	10	6	6	12	3	8	6	8	12					7	4
	Germany	6	0	6
	Lithuania	128	35	93							2		5			2						2	1		1			3			2			10		7
	Azerbaijan	106	103	3		7	4	2	5	3	3			6	3				12	1	3	12		10		12					1								3	7	7	2
	Belgium	64	59	5	6		3			2							4			4	6	8		2		5			6												1	5		7
	Greece	215	158	57	12	10		1	7		6	3	4			12		2			12			12	7	2	12	12	3	2		2		4	3	3		4	6	4			3	10
	Iceland	20	10	10									6															1					1				2
	Moldova	253	14	239	2														6											1														5
	Sweden	438	258	180	1	5	6	10	4	8	12	8		7	7	8	12	10		8		5	12	5	10	7	7	7		5	7	10	10		8	5	3	7	12	12		10	10
	Australia	125	123	2	7	6	5	6	3		8			5	1		5	6	8	6				8	2	8	4					6	2						8	6	10		1	2
	United Kingdom	466	283	183	4	8	8	8	12	10	4	12	10	12	12	6	10	8		10	10	1	7	3	8	3	6	6	12		5	8	8	2	12		10	12	10		8		12	6
	Poland	151	46	105		4	2	4				2					6		10										8						2					8
	Serbia	312	87	225			10						3		4									4		6					12		5	6		12	1		7	1	4	8		4
	Estonia	141	43	98				5												5		10								3										5	6	1	8

Detailed televoting results of the final

Voting procedure used:   100% televoting   100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote
					Netherlands	San Marino	North Macedonia	Malta	Ukraine	Albania	Estonia	Azerbaijan	Portugal	Germany	Belgium	Norway	Israel	Poland	Greece	Moldova	Bulgaria	Serbia	Iceland	Cyprus	Latvia	Spain	Switzerland	Denmark	France	Armenia	Montenegro	Romania	Ireland	Slovenia	Georgia	Croatia	Lithuania	Austria	Finland	United Kingdom	Sweden	Australia	Czech Republic	Italy
Contestants	Czech Republic	38	33	5			5
	Romania	65	12	53		1		3											2	10	4	5		4		10			1				2							3				8
	Portugal	207	171	36											1			1								4	7		6	4	5						7							1
	Finland	38	12	26				1	4	2	8														1										2						7		1
	Switzerland	78	78	0
	France	17	9	8															1	2		2										1				1			1
	Norway	182	36	146	5	2	2	4	2		4	7	2	1			4	4	6	6	1	8	10		5	3		8			2	2	4	3		5	2	5	6	6	10	10	3	4
	Armenia	61	40	21																	5			1					5						10
	Italy	268	158	110		5	6	10		8		5	3	3	4		3		7		2	4		5		5	8		3		6	4		6		6	3	3				1
	Spain	459	231	228	7	10	10	7	1	7	1	10	10	2	6	1	8	6	12	8	8	10	3	8	4		6	1	7	8	8	8	5	4	6	7	6	1	3	5	2	6	6
	Netherlands	171	129	42					3	6	3		4	4	10		2						5											1			1				1			2
	Ukraine	631	192	439	12	12	8	8		10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	10	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
	Germany	6	0	6							2																2											2
	Lithuania	128	35	93			1		10		7		1			10		2		4		3	2	2	10			7		2			8	2	5	3			2	7	3	2
	Azerbaijan	106	103	3																															3
	Belgium	64	59	5	4															1
	Greece	215	158	57		7				12		3				7					6			10						3				8	1
	Iceland	20	10	10					8																			2
	Moldova	253	14	239	10	4	7		6	1	6		8	10	8	4	6	7	3		7	12	6		7	7	4	5	10	5	7	12	7	7	8	8	5	7	5	8		4	8	10
	Sweden	438	258	180	2	3	4	5			10	4	7	5	5	8	5	10	4	5		1	8		6	6	3	10		7	1	6	3	5		4	10	6	8	4		5	5	5
	Australia	125	123	2								2
	United Kingdom	466	283	183	8	6		12	7	4	5	8	6	6	3	6	10	3	5	3	3		7	6	3	8	5	6	2	1		3	6		4		4	8	4		6	7	2	6
	Poland	151	46	105	6			2	12			1		8	7	5	1						4	3		1	1	4	4		4		10					4		10	5	3	7	3
	Serbia	312	87	225	3	8	12	6		3		6	5	7	2	3	7	5	8		10		1	7	2	2	12		8	6	12	7	1	12	7	12		10	7	1	8	8	10	7
	Estonia	141	43	98	1		3		5	5						2		8		7		6			8			3		12	3	5				2	8		10	2	4		4

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	Spain	Armenia,  Australia,  Ireland,  Malta,  North Macedonia,  Portugal,  San Marino,  Sweden
	United Kingdom	Austria,  Azerbaijan,  Belgium,  Czech Republic,  France,  Georgia,  Germany,  Ukraine
6	Greece	Bulgaria,  Cyprus,  Denmark,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Switzerland
5	Sweden	Estonia,  Finland,  Iceland,  Israel,  United Kingdom
	Ukraine	Latvia,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Poland,  Romania
3	Azerbaijan	Greece,  Serbia,  Spain
2	Italy	Albania,  Slovenia
	Serbia	Croatia,  Montenegro
1	Netherlands	Italy

12 points awarded by televoting

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
28	Ukraine	Australia,  Austria,  Azerbaijan,  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Cyprus,  Czech Republic,  Denmark,  Estonia,  Finland,  France,  Georgia,  Germany,  Iceland,  Ireland,  Israel,  Italy,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Poland,  Portugal,  San Marino,  Spain,  Sweden,  United Kingdom
5	Serbia	Croatia,  Montenegro,  North Macedonia,  Slovenia,  Switzerland
2	Moldova	Romania,  Serbia
1	Estonia	Armenia
	Greece	Albania
	Poland	Ukraine
	Spain	Greece
	United Kingdom	Malta

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[152][153][154]

Other countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. Associate member Australia did not need an invitation for the 2022 contest, as it had previously been granted permission to participate at least until 2023.[155]

Active EBU members

•  Andorra – On 1 August 2020, during an interview on Eurovision fansite Wiwibloggs' podcast, the 2009 Andorran representative Susanne Georgi revealed that she had held a meeting with Prime Minister of Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora, during which they called for the country to make a return in 2022, having not returned for the previous year's contest due to the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra.[156] However, on 19 June 2021, the Andorran broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) stated that the principality would not return in 2022.[157] Andorra last took part in 2009.
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina – In June 2021, Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) stated that it was unlikely that the country would return to the contest in the upcoming years, unless sufficient funding to do so is secured.[158] On 12 October 2021, BHRT confirmed that Bosnia and Herzegovina would not return in 2022.[159] Bosnia and Herzegovina last took part in 2016.
•  Turkey – In June 2021, it was confirmed by both the EBU and İbrahim Eren, the director general of Turkish national broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), that they were in talks about the country potentially returning to the contest in 2022.[160] However, Turkey did not appear on the final list of participants released by the EBU.[72] Turkey last took part in 2012.

Non-EBU members

•  Belarus – On 28 May 2021, the EBU Executive Board agreed to suspend the membership of Belarusian broadcaster BTRC as a result of its use by the Belarusian government as a propaganda tool. The broadcaster was given two weeks to respond before the suspension came into effect, but did not do so publicly.[161] BTRC was expelled from the EBU on 1 July for a period of three years, therefore losing the rights to broadcast and participate in any Eurovision event until 1 July 2024;[162] the broadcaster subsequently released a statement affirming that they would not be supporting Belarus' participation in upcoming years, including 2022.[163][164] Belarus last took part in 2019, having intended to compete in the cancelled 2020 contest and having been disqualified from the 2021 contest.
•  Liechtenstein – Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV did not debut in the 2022 contest due to the high costs of participation. The broadcaster had attempted to become an EBU member in the past but halted its plans when its director, Peter Kölbel, unexpectedly died. It would also need the backing of the Liechtenstein government to be able to carry the cost of becoming an EBU member and paying the participation fee for the contest.[165]
•  Russia – Despite initially appearing on the list of participants, on 25 February 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and increasing protests from other participating countries, the EBU announced that Russia was excluded from the 2022 contest.[135] The following day, all EBU members from Russia, including VGTRK and Channel One, announced their withdrawal from the union; however, the EBU itself had yet to receive a confirmation.[166][167] On 1 March, a further statement from the EBU announced that it had suspended its Russian members from its governance structures.[168] On 26 May, the EBU made effective the suspension of its Russian members, causing Russia to indefinitely lose broadcasting and participation rights for future Eurovision events.[169][170]

Broadcasts

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 official YouTube channel with no commentary, and through their official TikTok channel with an additional backstage feed.[171] The YouTube live streams were geo-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 in 4K UHD.[173][174] The contest was aired on Rai 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

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Albania	All shows	RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana	Andri Xhahu	[176][177]
Armenia	All shows	Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia	Garik Papoyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan [hy]	[178][179]
Australia	All shows	SBS	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey	[180][181]
Austria	All shows	ORF 1	Andi Knoll	[182][183][184]
	Final	FM4	Kurdwin Ayub, Florian Alexander, Hannes Duscher and Roland Gratzer	[185]
Azerbaijan	All shows	İTV	Murad Arif	[186][187]
Belgium	All shows	één	Dutch: Peter Van de Veire	[188]
	All shows	La Une, VivaCité	French: Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr] and Maureen Louys	[189][190][191]
Bulgaria	All shows	BNT 1, BNT 4	Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev	[192]
Croatia	All shows	HRT 1	Duško Ćurlić	[193][194]
		HR 2	Zlatko Turkalj [hr]
Cyprus	All shows	RIK 1, RIK HD, RIK Sat	Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas	[195]
Czech Republic	All shows	ČT2	Jan Maxián [cs]	[196][197][198][199]
Denmark	All shows	DR1	Henrik Milling [da] and Nicolai Molbech	[200][201]
Estonia	All shows	ETV	Estonian: Marko Reikop	[202]
		ETV+	Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda	[203][204]
Finland	All shows	Yle TV1, Yle Areena [fi]	Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen Swedish: Eva Frantz [fi] and Johan Lindroos Russian: Levan Tvaltvadze Inari Sami: Heli Huovinen Northern Sami: Aslak Paltto [fi]	[205]
		Yle Radio Suomi	Finnish: Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen [fi]	[206][207][208]
		Yle X3M	Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
France	Semi-finals	Culturebox	French: Laurence Boccolini	[209][210]
	Final	France 2	French: Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini
		France 3 Bretagne	Breton: Goulwena an Henaff [fr], Yann-Herle, Thelo Mell and Mael Gwenneg	[211][212]
Georgia	All shows	1TV	Nika Lobiladze	[213][214][215]
Germany	All shows	One	Peter Urban	[216][217][218][219]
	Final	Das Erste, Deutsche Welle
Greece	All shows	ERT1	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	[220]
		Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece	Dimitris Meidanis	[221]
Iceland	All shows	RÚV, RÚV 2	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson	[222][223]
	Final	Rás 2
Ireland	Semi-finals	RTÉ2	Marty Whelan	[224][225][226]
	Final	RTÉ One
	SF2	RTÉ Radio 1	Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski	[227][228]
	Final
Israel	All shows	Kan 11, Kan Tarbut [he]	Asaf Liberman [he] and Akiva Novick [he]	[229]
Italy	All shows	Rai 1, Rai 4K [it], Rai Italia	Gabriele Corsi [it], Cristiano Malgioglio and Carolina Di Domenico	[230][231][173][232]
		Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma [it], Gino Castaldo [it] and Saverio Raimondo [it]	[233][234]
		RaiPlay	The Jackal [it]	[235]
Latvia	All shows	LTV1	Toms Grēviņš [lv] and Lauris Reiniks	[236][237]
Lithuania	All shows	LRT televizija, LRT Radijas	Ramūnas Zilnys	[238][239]
Malta	All shows	TVM	No commentary	[240]
Moldova	All shows	Moldova 1, Radio Moldova	Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu	[241]
Montenegro	All shows	TVCG 1, TVCG SAT	Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković	[242]
Netherlands	All shows	NPO 1, BVN	Cornald Maas and Jan Smit	[243][244][245]
	Final	NPO Radio 2	Frank van 't Hof [nl] and Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte
North Macedonia	All shows	MRT 1, MRT 2	Eli Tanaskovska	[246][247]
Norway	All shows	NRK1	Marte Stokstad [no]	[248][249][250][251]
	Final	NRK P1	Jon Marius Hyttebakk and Marit Sofie Strand
Poland	All shows	TVP1, TVP Polonia	Aleksander Sikora [pl] and Marek Sierocki [pl]	[252]
Portugal	All shows[lower-alpha 18]	RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África	Nuno Galopim	[253][254][255][256]
Romania	SF1	TVR 1, TVRi	Bogdan Stănescu	[257][258][259][260]
	SF2/Final		Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
San Marino	All shows	San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo	[261][262][263]
Serbia	SF1	RTS 1, RTS Planeta, RTS Svet	Silvana Grujić	[264][265][266][267]
	SF2/Final		Duška Vučinić
Slovenia	Semi-finals	TV SLO 2	Andrej Hofer [sl]	[268][269]
	Final	TV SLO 1
	SF1/Final	Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor [sl]
Spain	All shows	La 1, TVE Internacional	Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela	[270][271][272][273]
	Final	Radio Nacional	Imanol Durán, Sara Calvo and David Asensio	[274][275]
Sweden	Semi-finals	SVT1	Edward af Sillén	[276][277][278]
	Final		Edward af Sillén and Linnea Henriksson
	All shows	SR P4	Carolina Norén	[279]
	All shows	SVT 24	Annika Lundin	[280]
Switzerland	Semi-finals	SRF zwei	German: Sven Epiney	[281][282][283][284][285]
	SF2	SRF info
	Final	SRF 1
	Semi-finals	RTS 2	French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	[286][287][288]
	Final	RTS 1	French: Jean-Marc Richard and Gjon's Tears
	SF1	RSI La 2	Italian: Clarissa Tami [it] and Francesca Margiotta	[289][290][291]
	SF2		Italian: Clarissa Tami and Boris Piffaretti
	Final	RSI La 1	Italian: Clarissa Tami, Francesca Margiotta and Boris Piffaretti
Ukraine	All shows	UA:Kultura	Timur Miroshnychenko	[292][293][294][295][296]
	Semi-finals[lower-alpha 19]	UA:Radio Promin [uk]
	Final		Anna Zakletska and Dmytro Zakharchenko
United Kingdom	Semi-finals	BBC Three	Scott Mills and Rylan Clark	[297]
	Final	BBC One	Graham Norton
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country/Territory	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Kosovo	All shows	RTK	Unknown	[298]
United States	All shows	Peacock	Johnny Weir	[299][300][301]
	Final	WJFD-FM	Ewan Spence and Alesia Michelle	[302]

Viewing figures

According to the EBU, in total 161 million people watched at least a minute of the television broadcasts, and 18 million people watched the online broadcasts.[2][3]

Estimated viewership by country (in millions)

Country	Semi-final 1		Semi-final 2		Final		Ref(s)
	Viewership	Average viewership	Viewership	Average viewership	Viewership	Average viewership
Australia					0.17 (live) 0.2 (delay)		[303][304]
Austria		0.42	0.23		0.5		[303][305][306]
Belgium	0.58 (één)		0.71 (één)		1.07 (één)		[303][307]
	0.11 (La Une)		0.28 (La Une)		0.35 (La Une)
Cyprus						0.08	[303][308]
Czech Republic					0.14		[303][309]
Denmark	0.48				0.53		[303][310]
Estonia			0.2		0.23		[303][311]
Finland	0.9	0.4	1.49	0.75	2.1	1	[303][312]
France						3.18	[303][313]
Germany	0.5		0.67		6.54		[303][314]
Greece		0.64			1.96		[303][315]
Ireland						0.31	[316]
Israel					0.2		[303]
Italy		5.51		5.54	6.6		[303][317]
Lithuania					1	0.8	[303][318]
Netherlands	2.29		1.61		6.8	3.1	[303][319]
Norway	0.62				1.2		[303][320][321]
Poland	1.1		2.63		3.66[lower-alpha 20]		[303]
Portugal	0.78		0.38			1.03	[303][322]
Romania	0.13		0.15		0.37		[303][323]
Serbia			1.8			1.2	[303]
Slovenia		0.14		0.06		0.12	[324]
Spain	1.25		1.49		6.8		[303][325]
Sweden	0.88		1.25		2.9		[303]
United Kingdom	0.55					8.9	[303][326][327]
Total	161 (TV broadcasts)						[2][3]
	18 (online broadcasts)

Incidents

Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian artist replacement

Following the controversy surrounding the Ukrainian national selection in 2019, which led to the country withdrawing from the contest that year, a new rule was introduced starting from 2020 which bars artists who have performed in Russia since 2014 or have entered Crimea "in violation of the legislation of Ukraine" from entering the selection.[328] The 2022 Ukrainian national selection was won by Alina Pash with the song "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".[329] On 14 February 2022, two days after the selection, activist and video blogger Serhii 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 selection.[330] The Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC subsequently stated that they would request the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service to verify if the documentation is forged, and that Pash would not officially be the Ukrainian representative at the contest "until the verification and clarification of the facts is completed".[331] After it was discovered that a representative of Pash's team had handed in falsified documentation to UA:PBC,[332][333][334] on 16 February, Pash announced that she would withdraw her candidacy as the Ukrainian representative at the contest.[335][336] Runner-up of the selection, Kalush Orchestra with the song "Stefania", were given an offer to represent Ukraine in Pash's place on 17 February.[337][338][339][340] On 22 February, UA:PBC confirmed that Kalush Orchestra had accepted the offer.[341]

Exclusion of Russia

In the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February, UA:PBC appealed to suspend Russian EBU member broadcasters VGTRK and Channel One from the union, and to exclude Russia from competing in the contest. The appeal alleged that since the beginning of the Russian 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.[342][343][344]

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's DR, Estonia's ERR, Finland's Yle, Iceland's RÚV, Lithuania's LRT, the Netherlands' AVROTROS, Norway's NRK, Poland's TVP and Sweden's SVT.[345] Yle also stated that they would withdraw their participation if Russia were not excluded from the contest.[346] This was followed by a similar announcement from ERR.[347] Latvian representatives Citi Zēni also urged the EBU to reconsider Russian participation.[348] 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."[135] 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.[166] Russia had not publicly announced an artist or song before being excluded.

Ukrainian preparations

Following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UA:PBC and Kalush Orchestra had yet to formally comment on whether their participation in the contest would continue.[349][350] 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.[351][352][353] They added that work would commence on the Ukrainian 'live-on-tape' backup performance, which was planned to be recorded in Lviv and used in the event that the delegation cannot travel to Turin,[354][355] however, the delegation was later exempted from the requirement to do so.[356] 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.[357][358][359]

Attempted cyber attacks

On 11 May 2022, pro-Russia hacker group Killnet carried out an attack on numerous Italian institutional websites, including those of the Ministry of Defense, the Senate, the National Health Institute and the Automobile Club d'Italia.[360][361] 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.[362][363] The attacks were ultimately unsuccessful, and there were no disruptions to either the website or the voting platform.[364][365]

On-stage statements

During the broadcast of the final, after Kalush Orchestra had finished their performance, the group's frontman Oleh Psiuk shouted onstage: "I ask all of you, please help Ukraine, Mariupol. Help Azovstal, right now!"[366] 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.[367] However, the EBU deemed the statement to be "humanitarian rather than political in nature”.[368] The German and Icelandic representatives, Malik Harris and Systur respectively, also showed support for Ukraine onstage after finishing their performances.[369]

Rehearsal stage malfunction

During the first day of rehearsals in Turin on 30 April 2022, Italian newspapers La Repubblica and La 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.[370][371] Several delegations, among them those from Belgium,[372] Denmark,[373] Estonia,[374] Finland[375] and Lithuania,[376] 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.[377] This was later confirmed by the EBU in a statement issued to Danish broadcaster DR on 2 May.[373]

Macedonian flag incident

During the "Turquoise Carpet" event on 8 May 2022, the Macedonian representative Andrea was seen lightly tossing the Macedonian flag on the ground before posing for the press. The Macedonian broadcaster MRT 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.[378][379] Andrea herself issued an apology later that day.[380] MRT later stated on 11 May that it would take all disciplinary measures after the delegation returns from Turin, while also raising the possibility that it would not return for the 2023 contest, because of the negative publicity caused by the incident.[381] MRT eventually confirmed its non-participation in the 2023 contest, citing financial difficulties.[382]

Jury vote irregularities

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 of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San 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.[383][384] The Flemish broadcaster VRT later reported that the juries of the countries involved had made agreements to vote for each other.[385]

During the announcement of the jury votes in the final, Azerbaijan, Romania and Georgia had their votes announced by Martin Österdahl, the contest's executive supervisor.[386] 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 and Helen Kalandadze respectively.[153] A press release from the Romanian broadcaster TVR 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.[387]

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.[388][389] The Georgian broadcaster GPB and the Azerbaijani broadcaster İTV also requested a more detailed statement on the jury vote issues, disclosing that their juries' 12 points were originally awarded to Ukraine.[390][391][392] The Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG and the Polish broadcaster TVP also requested more clarification on the issue.[393][394] In addition, TVR and İTV claimed that no technical difficulties had occurred during the jury voting segment of the final.[395][396]

On 19 May 2022, the EBU released the full breakdown of the nullified jury votes from the second semi-final.[397] RTCG, TVR and the Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV denied any wrongdoing on their part, with the former two claiming that other irregular voting patterns existed but were not detected.[398][387][399] 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.[400] However, it was reported by Romanian news outlet Impact.ro on 29 July that TVR had dropped all of its objections,[401] and on 26 August, TVR confirmed its participation in the 2023 contest.[402]

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the You're A Vision Award were contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and winner of the 1984 contest Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[403] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award.[404] The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 14 May.[405]

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award	Serbia	"In corpore sano"	Konstrakta	Ana Đurić Milovan Bošković
Press Award	United Kingdom	"Space Man"	Sam Ryder	Sam Ryder Amy Wadge Max Wolfgang
Composers Award	Sweden	"Hold Me Closer"	Cornelia Jakobs	Cornelia Jakobsdotter Isa Molin David Zandén

OGAE

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 by Cornelia Jakobs; the top five results are shown below.[406][407][408]

Country	Performer(s)	Song	OGAE result
Sweden	Cornelia Jakobs	"Hold Me Closer"	393
Italy	Mahmood and Blanco	"Brividi"	387
Spain	Chanel	"SloMo"	294
Netherlands	S10	"De diepte"	218
United Kingdom	Sam Ryder	"Space Man"	204

You're A Vision Award

2022 saw the first edition of the You're A Vision Award (a word play of "Eurovision"), ran by the fansite Songfestival.be. Following the cancellation of the Barbara 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's Sheldon Riley won the award, with Spain's Chanel, Norway's Subwoolfer, and San Marino's Achille Lauro completing the top four.[409]

Place	Country	Performer(s)
1	Australia	Sheldon Riley
2	Spain	Chanel
3	Norway	Subwoolfer
4	San Marino	Achille Lauro

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Turin 2022 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Group digitally on 8 April 2022, in CD format on 22 April 2022, and in cassette and vinyl formats on 6 May 2022.[410][411][412][413] The album features all 40 entries including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final.

Charts

Chart performance for Eurovision Song Contest: Turin 2022

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[414]	11
Austrian Compilation Albums (Ö3 Austria)[415]	1
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[416]	1
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)[417]	1
Irish Compilation Albums (IRMA)[418]	4
Italian Albums (FIMI)[419]	47
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[420]	93
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[421]	47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[422]	1
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[423]	1

See also

• American Song Contest
• Eurovision Young Musicians 2022
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Notes

References

External links

• Official website

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