Eurovision Song Contest 2022

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)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/turin-2022
Participants
Number of entries	40
Number of finalists	25
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Armenia  Montenegro
Non-returning countries	Russia
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-finals     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 ten songs.
Winning song	Ukraine "Stefania"
2021 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2023

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-French singer Mika.

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

The winner was Ukraine with the song "Stefania", performed by Kalush Orchestra and written by the group's members Ihor Didenchuk, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk, along with Ivan Klymenko. The United Kingdom finished in second place for a record-extending sixteenth time, also achieving its best result since 1998. Spain, Sweden and Serbia rounded out the top five, with Spain achieving its best result since 1995. 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 with hip-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 on YouTube and TikTok.^[3]