The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is the upcoming 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is set to take 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 will be held at the PalaOlimpico, and will consist of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2022. The three live shows will be hosted by Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan, singer Laura Pausini and British-Lebanese singer Mika.
This will be the third time that Italy hosts the contest (having previously hosted the 1965 edition in Naples and the 1991 edition in Rome), as well as the first EBU event to be held in the country since the last edition of Jeux sans frontières in 1999.
Forty countries will take part in the contest, with Armenia and Montenegro returning after their absences from the previous edition. Russia had originally planned to participate, but was excluded due to its invasion of Ukraine.
Production
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be produced by the Italian public broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). Claudio Fasulo [it] and Simona Martorelli will serve as executive producers,[3] while Cristian Biondani [it] and Duccio Forzano [it] will serve as directors of the three live shows.[65][66]
The Italian government will allocate 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 will, in total, contribute to around €10 million.[67][68]
Format
Visual design
The theme art and slogan for the contest, „The Sound of Beauty“, was unveiled on 21 January 2022, with further information revealed on 24 January. 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.
Presenters
On 29 January 2022, director of Rai 1 Stefano Coletta [it] confirmed in an interview with Italian news magazine Panorama that the presenters of the 2022 contest would be revealed during the Sanremo Music Festival 2022. Italian news agency Adnkronos and TV magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni reported television presenter Alessandro Cattelan, singers Laura Pausini and Mika as likely names to host. Participating as special guests in the second night of Sanremo 2022 on 2 February, the three were officially confirmed as presenters of the contest. In addition, Carolina Di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi [it] will host the „Turquoise Carpet“ and Opening Ceremony events.
Stage design
RAI and the EBU revealed the stage design for the 2022 contest on 18 February 2022. Designed by Rome-based stage designer Francesca Montinaro [it] and dubbed „The Sun Within“, the stage design is based around the movements and light of a kinetic sun, with the ability to showcase theatrical motion. The design also features a working waterfall and a miniaturized recreation of an Italian garden in the green room.
Montinaro has previous experience in stage design, having done so for the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and 2019. This is the first time since 2016 that the designer has not been German Florian Wieder [de].
Semi-final allocation draw
Palazzo Madama, host venue for the allocation draw of the 2022 contest
The draw to determine the participating countries‘ semi-finals took place on 25 January 2022 at 12:00 CET, at Palazzo Madama. The thirty-six semi-finalists were divided over six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest’s official televoting partner Digame. The purpose of drawing from different pots is 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 – will broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted by Carolina Di Domenico and Mario Acampa, with Acampa replacing Gabriele Corsi who tested positive for COVID-19. It included the passing of the host city insignia from Ahmed Aboutaleb, the mayor of previous host city Rotterdam, to Stefano Lo Russo, the mayor of Turin.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania Croatia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia |  Australia Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden |  Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Israel]  Ukraine |  Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal San Marino |  Estonia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Poland Romania |  Austria Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Netherlands Switzerland |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final will take place on 10 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Seventeen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus France and Italy will vote in this semi-final. Russia was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but was excluded from the contest due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
| Place | Country | Song / Artist | Points | Running |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Netherlands | De Diepte S10 | – | 1st half |
| – | Slovenia | Disko LPS | – | 1st half |
| – | Latvia | Eat Your Salad Citi Zēni | – | 1st half |
| – | Norway | Give That Wolf a Banana Subwoolfer | – | 2nd half |
| – | Croatia | Guilty Pleasure Mia Dimšić | – | 2nd half |
| – | Austria | Halo LUM!X & Pia Maria | – | 2nd half |
| – | Bulgaria | Intention Intelligent Music Project | – | 1st half |
| – | Albania | Sekret Ronela Hajati | – | 1st half |
| – | Lithuania | Sentimentai Monika Liu | – | 1st half |
| – | Ukraine | Stefania Kalush Orchestra | – | 1st half |
| – | Moldova | Trenuleţul Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov | – | 1st half |
| – | Switzerland | – | – | 1st half |
| – | Armenia | – | – | 2nd half |
| – | Denmark | – | – | 2nd half |
| – | Iceland | – | – | 2nd half |
| – | Portugal | – | – | 2nd half |
| – | Greece | – Amanda Tenfjord | – | 2nd half |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final will take place on 12 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Eighteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final.
| Place | Country | Song / Artist | Points | Running |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Australia | Not the Same Sheldon Riley | – | 1st half |
| – | Azerbaijan | – Nadir Rüstəmli | – | 1st half |
| – | Cyprus | – | – | 1st half |
| – | Finland | Jezebel The Rasmus | – | 1st half |
| – | Georgia | – Circus Mircus | – | 1st half |
| – | Israel | I.M Michael Ben David | – | 1st half |
| – | Malta | Out of Sight Emma Muscat | – | 1st half |
| – | San Marino | Stripper Achille Lauro | – | 1st half |
| – | Serbia | – | – | 1st half |
| – | Belgium | – Jérémie Makiese | – | 2nd half |
| – | Czech RepublicCzechia | Lights Off We Are Domi | – | 2nd half |
| – | Estonia | Hope Stefan | – | 2nd half |
| – | Ireland | That’s Rich Brooke Scullion | – | 2nd half |
| – | Montenegro | Breathe Vladana | – | 2nd half |
| – | North MacedoniaN.Macedonia | Circles Andrea | – | 2nd half |
| – | Poland | River Krystian Ochman | – | 2nd half |
| – | Romania | – | – | 2nd half |
| – | Sweden | – | – | 2nd half |
Final
The final will take place on 14 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-five countries will participate in the final, composing of the „Big Five“ (among which is the host country Italy) and ten of the best-ranked entries in each of the two semi-finals. All forty participating countries will vote in the final.
| Place | Country | Song / Artist | Points | Running |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United Kingdom | – | – | – |
| – | Spain | SloMo Chanel | – | – |
| – | Italy | Brividi Mahmood & Blanco | – | – |
| – | Germany | – | – | – |
| – | France | – | – | – |