Gapolania in the Euclovision Song Contest 2022

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Euclovision Song Contest 2022
Country Gapolania
National selection
Selection processFestival della Canzone 2022
Selection date(s)13 February 2022
Selected entrantClaudia Sener
Selected song""Opere di Dio""
Gapolania in the Euclovision Song Contest
2022

Gapolania will participate in the Euclovision Song Contest in Piraea], following its debut in the 2021 edition in Lavelle, Gaullica. The Gapolanese entry for the 2022 contest will be decided through the national selection known as Festival della Canzone, an annual competition format organized by the national broadcaster, Radiotelevisione Gapolania (RTG), consisting of two pre-final nights on 11 and 12 February and a final on 13 March. The show will take place in Anfiteatro di Marcelo Erbèna in Nassea.

Background

Prior to the 2022 contest, Gapolania had streamed the contest since 2013. Invitations for the Asterian members to participate in the contest were issued by the Euclean Broadcasting Union in the mid-2010s and the Gapolanese broadcaster decided to debut during the 2021 edition. Festival della Canzone, a format to determine a representative of the nation in the contest, is a popular music competition that was first organized in 1982, following the events of the Asterian Spring. It was created as an opportunity for established and new artists to revive the Gapolanese music scene and traditions. It was won by Alina Sefardù, with her song "Mai", sung in both Vespasian and Chanuche language, making the latter one appear in the contest for the first time. Sefardù finished 16th, receiving a total of 69 points.

On 10 November 2021 the broadcaster confirmed the country would take part in the next edition of the contest and would use the same format to determine its representative.

Before Euclovision

Logo of the 2022 edition.

Festival della Canzone 2022 will be the 41st edition of the annual music festival launched first in 1982. Its role as a pillar of the Gapolanese music traditions has brought a relatively large following in both older and younger audiences. The event usually takes places during one weekend (1 - 3 evenings) - despite that, the 2021 edition spanned 3 weeks, with each event happening on Sundays. The competition's format is also a subject of change, with many variations introduced over 40 years to accommodate different needs and expectations.

On 1 December 2021 it was announced that the 41st festival will return to its pre-2021 time frame. Competing acts will perform on 11, 12 and 13 February, with each performance contributing towards the final result. The contest's supervisor, Giovanni Caltera, stated the festival will feature 20 established acts that would be further joined by 4 newcoming acts picked through Selezione Juniore (Juniors' Selection), a small scale format preceding the original show established as a platform for young artists that have recently debuted on the music scene. For the first in the event's history, participants could enter a song in any language, previously restricted only to a language used nationally or regionally in Gapolania.

Competing entries

The application period for both the final show and the junior's selection opened on 8 December 2021 and lasted until 1 January for young artists and 8 January 2022 for the established acts. The entry might not be performed by a Gapolanese citizen but in that case at least half of the song creators must come from the country. 171 entries were registered for the junior's selection while 306 entries came from the established artists. They were then shortlisted by a jury panel consisting of academy experts, conductors and press members.

Newcomer selection

Out of all entries that applied for Selezione Juniore, the juries shortlisted them to 12, which then later performed live during the show on 8 January in the building of RTG broadcaster in Zeta. 4 acts advanced to the proper contest, a choice made solely by the present jury members.

Artist Song Composer(s) Result
Anita Curci "Onde" Anita Curci, Bernardo Curci Eliminated
Apuelio "Solo Tu" Leon Cavastro Eliminated
Giacinta "Metà" Giacinta Nese, Paolo Alighero Advanced
Giacobbe Renno "Il Mondo Smette di Girare" Giacobbe Renno, Silvestre Fullaci Eliminated
LEO "Karma" Anna Balernù Eliminated
Marco Barbieri "Mots Doux" Natalia Armanet Eliminated
Maziz "Aereo di Carta" Sidonio Celenza, Pacomio Tempesta Advanced
Noelle feat. Davide Setaro "Sopra la Tua Testa" Noelle, Maria Obernù Eliminated
OligarCHI "Dimenticato" Mauricio Venneri, Maida Renzi, Carlo Pizzini Eliminated
Prisca Manetta "La Voix" Prisca Manetta, Claudio Aroni Eliminated
RUNDÀ "Effimero" RUNDÀ Advanced
Yoscàr "Ciclo dell'Acqua" Andrea Palmeri, Oscàr Binanga Advanced

Established artist selection

RTG received 306 submissions from established artists, performer that have released at least one commercial album. Part of these submissions came from official invitations sent by the broadcaster. They were later reduced to a total of twenty.

Artist Song Composer(s)
Ancora Sobri "Grazie per Niente" Giuseppina Arcuri, Malcom Arcuri
Alex Eugenio "Cuore Abbandonato" Alex Eugenio, Jerry Fervaux
Claudia Sener "Opere di Dio" Gianni Fazio, Saturnino Marcello, Claudia Sener
Club 16 "Inotega" Adelàsia Bartì
Elena Giarrusso "Mauvaises Amitiés" Elena Giarrusso, Estève Faulin, Mauricio Venneri
Elisabetta "Rondini" Dario Mele, Dante Rosiello
EMPIA. "Perso il Nord" Graziella Banduì, Lasso di Servio
Felipa Lassù "Colibrì" Amato Loggia, Luì Naqwa
Gendarmeria Gialla "Canta Che Ti Passa" Leone Russo, Christian Trevisan
Giorgia Altera "Solo Amici" Giorgia Altera, Natanael Altera, LINCO
Isabella d'Amour "Glouton" Marquite Blanchar, Louis Favager, Renart Renaud, Valérian Royer
Kundè "Chanurbano" Nahuel Ranquì
Lara di Sonceri "Castello di Cristallo" Samuele Allesi, Iban Pirlo
Naluen "Punto Morbido" Ottaviano Buccio, Gregor Dvarovskiy, Celestina Molca
Nanti feat. Gino Petrillo "Verin" DJ Nanti, Extroferez
Salvatore Marotta "Canta" Salvatore Marotta
Silvàn "No" Silvàn Bastri, Dario Mele
Trovatori "La Banche" Eugenia Allesi, Patrizio Allesi
Uccelo e Lupo "Ballerini" Iseppa Candì, Michele Forneta
Vitale "Settebello" Maurizio Vitale

Event

Festival della Canzone 2022 took place over 3 evenings, witch every participant performing during each night. On the first night all artists performed their entries accompanied by live orchestra, on the second - together with a known musicians or singers, while on the final night they performed the studio versions of their songs. On each night, a different set of judges rated the performances from the best to the worst, revealed at the end of a current night. Average positions from the combined rankings were then calculated and three highest ranked artists advanced to the golden final, where the winner was determined solely by the TV audience via SMS and landline.

Final night
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
Orchestra members Conductors Academy musicians Radio journalists International press Songwriters Televote On-line voting On-site audience Avg. rank
01 Lara di Sonceri "Castello di Cristallo" 12 16 8 4 17 8 15 11 23 12.67 13th
02 Ancora Sobri "Grazie per Niente" 5 11 22 5 12 14 5 19 10 11.44 12th
03 Trovatori "La Banche" 20 23 17 21 21 19 19 23 19 20.22 21st
04 Naluen "Punto Morbido" 11 3 13 12 15 15 21 12 14 12.89 15th
05 EMPIA. "Perso il Nord" 18 5 9 3 4 13 12 18 15 10.78 11th
06 Vitale "Settebello" 6 10 2 9 8 3 16 4 6 7.11 7th
07 Alex Eugenio "Cuore Abbandonato" 4 15 16 2 11 4 2 6 1 6.78 5th
08 Isabella d'Amour "Glouton" 24 22 23 11 16 24 22 22 22 20.67 22nd
09 RUNDÀ "Effimero" 19 20 19 19 23 17 23 20 16 19.56 20th
10 Club 16 "Inotega" 17 9 21 18 22 16 8 17 11 15.44 17th
11 Gendarmeria Gialla "Canta Che Ti Passa" 16 21 15 20 14 23 6 5 5 13.89 16th
12 Elisabetta "Rondini" 2 6 1 6 7 7 4 10 8 5.67 3rd
13 Silvàn "No" 10 17 12 13 10 10 3 7 4 9.56 8th
14 Nanti feat. Gino Petrillo "Verin" 9 12 6 14 1 1 11 1 7 6.89 6th
15 Yoscàr "Ciclo dell'Acqua" 15 19 11 22 18 21 20 16 17 17.67 19th
16 Uccelo e Lupo "Ballerini" 22 24 18 24 19 22 18 24 21 21.33 23rd
17 Giorgia Altera "Solo Amici" 8 2 7 7 5 12 1 8 3 5.89 4th
18 Salvatore Marotta "Canta" 1 1 4 8 2 2 9 13 9 5.44 2nd
19 Claudia Sener "Opere di Dio" 3 4 5 10 3 5 7 2 2 4.56 1st
20 Felipa Lassù "Colibrì" 13 7 14 16 13 11 13 15 12 12.67 14th
21 Kundè "Chanurbano" 21 14 20 17 24 18 10 14 18 17.33 18th
22 Elena Giarrusso "Mauvaises Amitiés" 14 8 10 1 9 6 17 3 13 10.11 9th
23 Maziz "Aereo di Carta" 23 18 24 23 20 20 24 21 24 21.89 24th
24 Giacinta "Metà" 7 13 3 15 6 9 14 9 20 10.67 10th
Superfinal
Artist Song Votes (%)
Elisabetta "Rondini" 41.21
Salvatore Marotta "Canta" 13.84
Claudia Sener "Opere di Dio" 44.95

At Euclovision

Voting

Points awarded to Gapolania

Points awarded by Gapolania