



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.
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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.
