![]() It was the third time that Italy had hosted the contest, having previously done so for the 19 contests, held in Naples and Rome respectively. 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. Palace of Venaria, location of the Opening Ceremony ![]() A total of 18 million viewers watched the contest online on YouTube and TikTok. An increase of three percent in the 15–24 year old age range was also reported. 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. Italy finished in sixth place, thereby achieving the best result for a host country since 2016. This was also a record-extending sixteenth time that the United Kingdom finished in second place. The United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden and Serbia rounded out the top five, with the United Kingdom and Spain achieving their best results since 19 respectively, and Serbia achieving its best result since 2012. ![]() 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. ![]() 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. Russia had originally planned to participate, but was excluded due to its invasion of Ukraine. The three live shows were presented by Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan, Italian singer Laura Pausini and Lebanese-born British singer Mika.įorty countries participated in the contest, with Armenia and Montenegro returning after their absence from the previous edition. 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. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the 2021 contest with the song " Zitti e buoni" by Måneskin. ![]() The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2022Įach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first from a professional jury, the second from viewers. ![]()
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