Euclovision Song Contest 2022

Euclovision Song Contest 2022
Dates
Semi-final 1	19 April 2022
Semi-final 2	21 April 2022
Final	23 April 2022
Host
Venue	AlkBOX Alikianos, Piraea
Presenter(s)	Hristos Mattakos Natalia Pulou Andreas Pardakos Iris Kaneloglou
Directed by	Christoforos Mundatos Erotas Anastelis Andreas Tassiadis
Executive supervisor	Johannes Lorman
Host broadcaster	Piraean Radio and Television (PRT)
Participants
Number of entries	40
Debuting countries	Île d'Émeraude Maucha Tiwura
Returning countries	Sainte-Chloé
Non-returning countries	East Miersa (as Miersa) Kirenia South Kabu Vedmed
Vote
Voting system	Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Template:Country data Estmere "Sweet Talker"

The Euclovision Song Contest 2022 was the 64th edition of the Euclovision Song Contest. It took place in Alikianos, Piraea, following the country's victory at the 2021 contest with the song "Paradeisos" (Παράδεισος) by Stella Fotiou. The contest was organised by host broadcaster Piraean Radio and Television (PRT) in conjunction with the Euclean Broadcasters Group (EBG), and was held at the AlkBOX. Two semi-finals on 19 and 21 April preceded the final on 23 April 2022.

The contest was won by Estmere, with the song "Sweet Talker" performed by Nico Lumineux. It was the fourth time that Estmere won the contest. Borland, Gaullica, Hennehouwe, and Vinalia made up the rest of the top five. It marked the third year in a row that Estmere and Gaullica had been in the top five, and the second year in a row that Hennehouwe had been.

This was the first time that Piraea hosted the contest in its 63-year history.

Format

Entries

Details of the rules for entries were revealed in September 2021, following roughly the same format as previous years. Live performances cannot exceed 3 minutes and 30 seconds long, and delegations are limited to a maximum of eight people on stage at one time. Delegations also have the option of using a limited amount of pre-recorded backing vocals in addition to the main vocal and any live backing vocals.

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 12 January 2022. The thirty-four semi-finalists were divided into five pots, based on geography and historical voting patterns. 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 in which of the semi-finals each of the "Super Cinq" countries - Estmere, Etruria, Gaullica, Soravia and Werania - and host country Piraea vote in. The allocation draw ceremony also included the handing over of host city insignia from Lavelle to Alikianos.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Amathia Bistravia Chistovodia Ravnia Tengaria Vinalia West Miersa	Alsland Azmara Borland Caldia Hennehouwe Kesselbourg Scovern	Cassier Eldmark Geatland Imagua and the Assimas Nuvania Satavia	Belmonte Bonaventure Gapolania Île d'Émeraude Montecara Paretia Sainte-Chloé	Dezevau Emessa Garambura Juznavia Maucha Tiwura Tsabara

Drawn to vote in
Semi-final 1	Semi-final 2
Template:Country data Estmere Piraea Werania	Etruria Gaullica Soravia

Participating countries

On 24 November 2021, the EBG announced that 40 countries would participate in the 2022 contest.

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 19 April 2022 at 20:00 (EET). Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Estmere, Piraea and Werania voted in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Tsabara	Éloïse Abadi	"Cœur"	Gaullican, Rahelian
02	Amathia	Florenta Lupu	"Maria"	Amathian
03	Alsland	Myn resolúsje	"Yt dyn Salade"	Dellish
04	Belmonte	Sara Pascoal	"Par Supposé"	Luzelese
05	Cassier	Madame Ce Soir	"Andade je t'aime"	Gaullican
06	Montecara	Dona	"Silence partout"	Montecaran, Gaullican
07	Bistravia	VANTY	"Pavuk" (Павук)	Bistravian
08	Nuvania	Kiana Nariman	"Call Me"	Estmerish
09	Ravnia	#2V	"Gorkiye slova" (Горькие слова)	Ilmenian
10	Chistovodia	Mihail Theodorescu	"Ty dlya mene vse" (Ти для мене все)	Soravian
11	Satavia	Van Parow	"Praat nie"	Asteriaans, Estmerish
12	Garambura	Olivia Le Sueur	"Viser et tuer"	Gaullican
13	Bonaventure	Giusyy	"Il ragazzo di nessuno"	Vespasian
14	Scovern	Bianca Hedegaard	"Misundelse"	Mescon
15	Île d'Émeraude	ZeeZee	"Remontez le moral, élevez la voix"	Gaullican
16	Hennehouwe	KENES	"Alles wat je doet"	Hennish
17	Juznavia	Elmedin	"Helikopter" (هيليكوپتير)	Krvatski

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 21 April 2022 at 20:00 (EET). Seventeen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Etruria, Gaullica and Soravia voted in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Sainte-Chloé	Rémi Zemi	"Mes amies"	Gaullican
02	West Miersa	Vox Populi	"Ja wciąż cię kocham"	Miersan
03	Borland	Anna Bÿler	"Þet is nët fÿr"	Borish
04	Emessa	Matt Tee	"Ejja!"	Emessan, Vespasian
05	Imagua and the Assimas	Antonne	"No Stressy"	Estmerish, Imaguan Creole
06	Kesselbourg	Amelie Delannoy	"Savon"	Gaullican
07	Geatland	Ragnar Englund	"Hela universum"	Geatish
08	Dezevau	Seawater	"Primadonna"	Vespasian
09	Vinalia	Monetochka	"Padat v gryaz” (Падать в грязь)	Soravian
10	Tiwura	Kalimba	"Ihunanya"	Estmerish, Mwo
11	Tengaria	RMP	"Opasna zona" (Опасна зона)	Tengarian
12	Gapolania	Claudia Sener	"Opere di Dio"	Vespasian
13	Maucha	Alikay	"Imani"	Watuajua, Weranian
14	Eldmark	Kopojkar	"Dans I Våra Ögon	Geatish
15	Azmara	Alena Birk	"Fulyk-Jelaaden"	Azmaran
16	Caldia	L U L A	"A Mesa"	Luzelese, Ghaillish
17	Paretia	Ay Silvia	"Escúchame Mamá"	Esmeiran

Final

The final took place on 23 April 2022 at 20:00 (EET). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, comprising of the "Super Cinq" countries (Estmere, Etruria, Gaullica, Soravia and Werania), the host country Piraea, and the ten best-ranked countries from each of the two semi-finals. All forty participating countries voted in the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Template:Country data Estmere	Nico Lumineux	"Sweet Talker"	Estmerish	1	105
02	Vinalia	Monetochka	"Padat v gryaz” (Падать в грязь)	Soravian	5	84
03	Garambura	Olivia Le Sueur	"Viser et tuer"	Gaullican	12	59
04	Borland	Anna Bÿler	"Þet is nët fÿr"	Borish	2	103
05	Nuvania	Kiana Nariman	"Call Me"	Estmerish	20	40
06	Etruria	Gianna	"C'era una volta"	Vespasian	6	79
07	Tiwura	Kalimba	"Ihunanya"	Estmerish, Mwo	23	32
08	Hennehouwe	KENES	"Alles wat je doet"	Hennish	4	84
09	Piraea	Selena Makriadi Cobos	"Que Tú Me Quieras"	Esmeiran	18	42
10	Caldia	L U L A	"A Mesa"	Luzelese, Ghaillish	16	43
11	Dezevau	Seawater	"Primadonna"	Vespasian	9	77
12	Gaullica	Georges Dior	"Solitude"	Gaullican	3	99
13	Paretia	Ay Silvia	"Escúchame Mamá"	Esmeiran	8	77
14	Eldmark	Kopojkar	"Dans I Våra Ögon	Geatish	10	73
15	Île d'Émeraude	ZeeZee	"Remontez le moral, élevez la voix"	Gaullican	26	7
16	Soravia	Veran Fenenko	"Samistopol do Solyariy" (Самістополь до Солярії)	Soravian	21	33
17	Gapolania	Claudia Sener	"Opere di Dio"	Vespasian	15	50
18	Chistovodia	Mihail Theodorescu	"Ty dlya mene vse" (Ти для мене все)	Soravian	11	63
19	Azmara	Alena Birk	"Fulyk-Jelaaden"	Azmaran	7	78
20	Imagua and the Assimas	Antonne	"No Stressy"	Estmerish, Imaguan Creole	22	33
21	Belmonte	Sara Pascoal	"Par Supposé"	Luzelese	17	43
22	Scovern	Bianca Hedegaard	"Misundelse"	Mescon	13	58
23	Werania	Maria Schweitzer	"Gemeinsam zum Horizont"	Weranian	25	23
24	Tsabara	Éloïse Abadi	"Cœur"	Gaullican, Rahelian	24	29
25	Bistravia	VANTY	"Pavuk" (Павук)	Bistravian	19	41
26	Alsland	Myn resolúsje	"Yt dyn Salade"	Dellish	14	55

Other countries

In order to paricipate in the Euclovision Song Contest, a country must have a national broadcaster with active EBG membership; or in special circumstances, associate EBG membership. The EBG issued an invitation to all active EBG member broadcasters to participate in the 2022 contest.

Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons

Broadcasters and commentators

Participating broadcasters are required to broadcast the final live, in addition to the semi-final in which they are participating or voting, with most broadcasters opting to broadcast all three live shows. Due to time zone differences, many participating non-Euclean countries may rebroadcast the shows on timeshift during their primetime hours in addition to broadcasting the shows live. Most broadcasters will also use on-site or remote commentators, who will narrate over the live show in real time in their respective language(s). Some non-participating countries may also broadcast the contest.

The following is a list of broadcasters that have confirmed in whole or in part their broadcasting plans and their commentators.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
Alsland	All shows	ANS	Dellish: Haiko Dekker and Symke Wagenaar
	All shows	ANS	Kirenian: Anete Kuusk and Kalev Laht
	All shows	ANS	Swathish: Ṛoþbryht Stȧner and Myhtild Vitulġe
	All shows	ANS	Weranian: Steffen Redlich and Manuela Schönherr
Bistravia	All shows	B.TV	Bistravian: Jan Halás and Martin Svojecký
Caldia	All shows	TRN	Ghaillish: Clodagh Glas and Daithi Ó Sé
Template:Country data Estmere	All shows	EBS	Estmerish: Annie Wilkinson and Aston Stevens
	All shows	EBS	Swathish: Nihteġ Pẹrrocer and Mo Khan
	All shows	EBS	Flurian: David Palmer and Lis Poingdestre
Etruria	All shows	ARE	Vespasian: Alessandro Giovanni Guariglia and Rosa Lucibello
	All shows	ARE	Novalian: Solariano Karic and Marija Stepanovic
	All shows	ARE	Carinthian: Ivo Kocar and Polona Pretnar
Gapolania	All shows	RTG	Vespasian: Linco Blachì
Hennehouwe	All shows	De Eerste (HNO)	Hennish: Sienna Molenaar and Laurens Rosecrans
	All shows	Nous	Gaullican: Beatrice Pronovost and Saeed Karimi
	All shows	Nous Festival	Estmerish: Reuben Mather
Imagua and the Assimas	All shows	its one (ITS)	Estmerish: Cathy Warren and Ezrah Houston
	All shows	its due (ITS)	Vespasian: Furio Saggese and Silvia Barsi
Piraea	All shows	Piraean Radio and Television	Piraean: Hristos Mattakos, Natalia Pulou, Andreas Pardakos and Iris Kaneloglou
Vinalia	All shows	HTK	Soravian: Vsevolod Matveev, Kobel Kuropdka, Asya Pasternak, and Kseniya Martiukhin
West Miersa	All shows	Telewizja Mierska	Miersan: Juliusz Burdon and Pamela Małachowska

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)

Controversies

West Miersan entry

On 10 January, Telewizja Mierska announced that they would enter Ja wciąż cię kocham for the 2022 Euclovision Song Contest. This entry immediately garnered controversy, as the song, which is about a man trying to get his wife to not leave him, could also be interpreted as West Miersa trying to persuade the breakaway state of Lemovicia to return to West Miersan rule, leading to the Lemovician Representative Office in Piraea demanding that the entry be disqualified from the competition, and if not disqualified, for people to not watch Euclovision.

Tour Apostolou 81 fire

During the night of 31st January and 1st February, a fire consumed the Apostolou 81 building in the centre of Alikianos. The tower of 31 floors and 106 metres resulted completely destroyed by the raging fire and during an initial moment, the idea of a terrorist attack perpetuated by a branch of the Lemovician organisation Aranoak was spread by media, after the country's representative office in Alikianos announced a boycott to the contest edition in the city.

During the morning of the 1st February, the Minister of Interior Alex Puloglou clarified the information and dismissed the theory of a terrorist attack. The Lemovician representative office in Alikianos also issued a statement expressing their sorrows and condemning disinformation.