17 cities competing to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

The race to host the Eurovision Song Contest has officially started.  17 cities submitted their candidacies to host the song festival in 2022.  The candidate cities submitted the official documentation to get the honor of hosting next year’s competition.  For next year we will have a large number of potential candidates representing the various regions of Italy.

Candidate host cities

The following cities aspire to welcome the Eurovision Song Contest next year:

• Acireale (Catania)
• Alessandria
• Bertinoro di Romagna (Forlì – Cesena)
• Bologna
• Florence
• Genoa
• Jesolo (Venice)
• Matera
• Milan
• Palazzolo Acreide (Syracuse)
• Pesaro
• Rimini
• Rome
• Sanremo (Imperia)
• Turin
• Trieste
• Viterbo

What comes next?

On July 14, 2021 the cities will receive the BID Book from broadcaster RAI and the EBU.  The candidates must submit their bid books and proposals up after August 4th, 2021.  After deliberation RAI and the EBU will decide which city will host next Eurovision Song Contest.  We will know the name of the next host city by late August.

Are you excited about the bidding process?  Which city should host the Eurovision Song Contest 2022?

Source: RAI