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2022

The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest will be held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy and will consist of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and the final on 14 May 2022. This will be the third time that Italy has hosted the contest (having previously hosted the 1965 edition in Naples and the 1991 edition in Rome).

Cornelia Jakobs tops the board at 2022 Melodifestivalen

Cornelia Jakobs will perform 'Hold me closer' in the the second semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held on 12 May. After...
The Rasmus

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 13 – Finland

The Rasmus – Jezebel I'm sure they exist, but you never hear anyone say "I tell you who my favourite band are. The Rasmus", do...
Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 25 – Moldova

Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov - Trenuleţul  In years to come, the 'Trenuleţul' video will be played in Dignitas waiting rooms to help customers...

Intelligence service strike threatens Israeli place at Eurovision

Israeli broadcaster KAN this morning announced through its Twitter account that a security service strike could mean they withdraw from the 2022 Eurovision Song...

San Marino: Calculated subversion from Achille Lauro

Most years, there's (at least) one song that divides fandom. And (at least) one song that divides fandom from the rest of the world....

Germany: Rock a little

The final act on stage this morning was Germany. Malik Harris gave us 'Rock Stars'. It's a nice enough song, but lacks the energy...

Just where did Laura Pausini go?

Eurovision 2022 host Laura Pausini was advised by medical staff to take a twenty minute break just as last night's show heated up and...

Albanian Press Conference – Orville Lives!

The first press conference, starting late of course, was the Albanian artist Ronela and the edited highlights are below: Ronela tells everyone she wrote the...

And the last before lunch – Azerbaijan

Following the spirit of “Allora” as has become customary already, the press conferences are running late, so a late sandwich for me then! Nadir Rustamli...

The Netherlands, *now* I understand it

Perhaps I needed to see S10 sing this live because at the start of this whole thing I really, REALLY didn't understand the hype...