Eurovision 2022: The Preliminary Rehearsal Schedule has been released!

The Preliminary Rehearsal Schedule for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest has been released. As we have mentioned in a previous article, rehearsals will commence on April 30 at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

The first rehearsal of the Greek delegation will take place on Sunday, May 1 at 13.40 CET, with the press conference following at 15.40 CET of the same day. Amanda’s second rehearsal will take place on Wednesday 4 May at 16.50 CET, with the press conference taking place at 18.00 CET.

The first rehearsal of the Cypriot delegation will take place on Monday, May 2 at 16.40 CET, with the press conference taking place at 18.40 CET of the same day. The second rehearsal of Andromache is scheduled for Friday, May 6 at 10.25 CET, with the interview at 11.35 CET.

You can see the full rehearsal schedule below (All times CET):

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Spain: Watch all the live performances of the artists at the PrePartyES 2022!

Last night the final Eurovision Party took place successfully at the La Riviera in Madrid. More than 32 eurostars attended the PrePartyES 2022!.

The host of the event was Ruth Lorenzo!

Below you can watch their performances:
What do you think of the Eurovision Party in Madrid?
Which performance is your favourite? Feel free to tell us in the comments below!
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Eurovision 2022: At TikTok exclusively the snippets from the first rehearsals!

The EBU announced that TikTok has become an official entertainment partner, while at the same time revealing something very important for all the fans of the contest. The snippets of the first rehearsals will be shown exclusively from the official Eurovision account on TikTok!

For the first time this year, the press center will open for accredited journalists (both on site and online) on Wednesday, May 4th. The first rehearsals will not be available to journalists and the only excerpts that will be made public will be through TikTok.

In addition, through TikTok there will be a daily video with all the highlights of the day, while the semifinals and the finals will be broadcast live, but with a different version, than in the TV broadcast.

For more backstages, videos, but also exclusive material, all you have to do is follow the Eurovision account on TikTok.

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Eurovision 2022 Poll: Results of Second Semi-final released!

We had more than 2,300 different votes for our Poll and the results of the Second Semi-final have already been announced. 50% of the results was determined by the votes of our readers and the remaining 50% by the authors of Eurovisionfun.

The ten countries that got the ticket to the final (in random order) are:

  • Belgium
  • Finland
  • Australia
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Serbia
  • Czech Republic
  • Azerbaijan
  • Estonia
  • Cyprus

The countries that didn’t qualify and their scores are the following:

11. Montenegro 135

12. Malta 119

13. Romania 118

14. San Marino 100

15. Ireland 62

16. Israel 61

17. North Macedonia 53

18. Georgia 38

You can see the announcement of the results in detail in the video of Douze Points that follows:

Stay tuned, as tomorrow follows the Grand Final recap and the opening of the voting in order to decide our own winner of Eurovision 2022!

Eurovision 2022: Watch the results of our poll for the two Semi-finals!

Like every Eurovision website, we also have our poll for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. In collaboration with Douze Points on YouTube, it’s time for the results!

More than 2,300 separate votes were submitted for the two semi-finals and now it is time to announce the 20 countries that will advance to the Grand Final. For about two weeks you voted for your favorite top 10 in each semi-final. The public vote corresponds to 50% of the result, while the remaining 50% is determined by the authors of Eurovisionfun.

On Tuesday, April 5th at 21.00 CET, you will be able to watch through the following video the ten countries that qualify from the first semi-final.

On Thursday, April 7th, at the same time (21:00 CET), you will be able to watch the results of the second semi-final through the following video

Immediately after the results, the voting for the Grand Final will begin, so that together the readers and the editors of Eurovisionfun, we can release our winning song, for Eurovision 2022!

 

Eurovision 2022: What does the running order for the Second Semi-Final reveal? (Statistics)

We are only a few days away from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Turin. Soon the rehearsals of this year’s 40 entries will begin, giving us a taste of what we will see on stage during the three big nights of Eurovision, but also clarifying the fate of possible favourites.

In our previous article, we analyzed which countries have the best chance of taking part in the final, in accordance with their position in the running order of the First Semi-Final.

Now, we are going to analyze the Second Semi-Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

In the following article, we will analyse which countries have the best chance of making it to the Grand Final, depending on the position in which they were placed to compete and specifically the history of each country, since the system of semi-finals in 2008, that competed in that position. Finally, we will also look at how the countries that competed in those positions ranked in the semi-finals.

Eighteen countries will compete on Thursday, May 12  for the last ten tickets to the Grand Final on May 14.

1. Finland

The second semi-final will start with The Rasmus and the song “Jezebel“. A strong opening for the semi-final.

Performing first in the semi-final, is greatly favorable, while only four countries have not qualified from the first place. (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019)

That means, nine of the thirteen countries that performed first, qualified for the Final. Specifically, in 2008 (8th), 2009 (13th, it was the wildcard of the juries), 2011 (5th), 2012 (2nd), 2014 (9th), 2015 (7th), 2016 (8th), 2018 (2nd) and 2021 (9th).

2. Israel

In second, ominous, place Michael Ben David will perform his song “I.M.

However, second place in this semi-final, is almost in the same level with that of the first semi-final.

In this place, seven countries haven’t managed to qualify for the final, while six have qualified, in 2008 (12th it was the wildcard of the juries), 2010 (6th), 2011 (7th), 2012 (9th), 2016 (6th) and 2017 (7th).

3. Serbia

Konstrakta will perform “In Corpore Sano“, in third place.

Third place is one of the worst in this semi-final. Only four countries have qualified, in 2008(7th), 2010(8th), 2014(6th), 2018(9th ).

4. Azerbaijan

Nadir Rustamli with the song “Fade to Black”, will perform fourth.

Statistically, fourth place is a great place, as eight songs from the thirteen, qualified for the final, in 2008(1st), 2010(5th), 2012(7th), 2013(1st), 2015(9th), 2016(7t) 2019(4th) and 2021 (6th).

5. Georgia

Circus Mircus will perform “Lock Me In”, in fifth place.

Statistically speaking, is one of the worst places in the second semi-final. Omly four countries have managed to qualify in 2013(9th), 2014(8th), 2017(6th), 2018(5th).

6. Malta

Emma Muscat is the representative of Malta with the song “I Am What I Am”.

It is statistically one of the best positions, only five countries have not qualified from sixth place, in 210, 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2021.

That is, eight out of 12 countries that performed sixth qualified for the final in 2008(9th), 2009(1st), 2011(6th), 2013(4th), 2014(1st), 2015(4th), 2016(10th), 2017(4th).

7. San Marino

San Marino’s Achille Lauro will perform “Stripper” in seventh place.

Statistically, seventh place is a moderate place, as only seven countries have qualified in 2010(2nd), 2011(10th), 2012(8th), 2017(2nd)2018(3rd), 2019(10th) and 2021(7th).

8. Australia

Sheldon Riley with “Not the Same” is the representative of Australia.

Based on statistics, it is a great place to perform. Eight countries have qualified in 2010(7th), 2011(1st), 2013(6th), 2014(3rd), 2017(10th), 2018(7th) and 2019(3rd) and 2021(2nd).

9. Cyprus

Cyprus is represented by Andromache and the song “Ela”.

Based on statistics, it is a moderate place, only six countries have qualified from ninth place 2009(8th), 2013(2nd)2015(3rd), 2016(4th), 2018(4th) and 2021(8th).

10. Ireland

Brooke will perform the song “That’s Rich” for Ireland.

Statistically, it is not that good of a place, only five countries have qualified from ninth place, in 2008(6th), 2010(4th), 2014(5th), 2015(2nd)2016(1st).

11. North Macedonia

Andrea will represent North Macedonia with the song “Circles”.

Based on statistics, it is a moderate place, only seven countries have qualified from 11th place in 2008(4th), 2012(1st), 2013(7th), 2015(10th), 2017(8th), 2019(8th) and 2021(10th).

12. Estonia

Stefan will sing “Hope” for Estonia.

Based on statistics, it is a moderate place, only seven countries have qualified from 12th place in 2009(2nd), 2010(9th), 2013(8th), 2014(4th), 2016(5th), 2017(5th) and 2021(4th).

13. Romania

WRS with the song “Llámame”, is going to perform in the best possible position in this semi-final.

Based on statistics, it is a great place. Only three countries have not qualified in 201, 2016 and 2017.

Ten countries have qualified to the final in 2008(3rd), 2009(4th), 2011(3rd), 2012(5th), 2013(3rd), 2014(7th), 2015(1st), 2018(10th), 2019(6th) and 2021(3rd).

14. Poland

Ochman is going to sing “River” for Poland.

Statistically, it is greatly favored as 14th place counts inly three non-qualifications in 2013, 2015, 2018.

From this place, ten countries have been in the final in 2008(5th). 2009(9th), 2010(10th), 2011(4th), 2012(4th), 2014(10th), 2016(2nd), 2017(9th), 2019(9th) and 2021(5th)

15. Montenegro

Vladana represents the country with the song “Breathe”

Performing 15th counts five non-qualifications in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2021.

From this place, eight countries have been in the final in 2009(9th), 2011(9th), 2013(10th), 2014(2nd)2015(2nd)2017(1st), 2018(2nd), 2019(7th).

16. Belgium

Belgium’s representative is Jérémie Makiese with the song “Miss You”.

Based on statistics, performing sixteenth is a great place, as seven countries qualified, in 2009(7th), 2010(3rd), 2012(10th), 2015(5th), 2016(9th), 2019(1st) and 2021(1st),  and five have not.

17. Sweden

Cornelia Jakobs will perform “Hold Me Closer”.

Based on statistics, it is a great place to perform. Five countries have not qualified in 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017 and in 2021, while seven have been in the final

The places that the countries got by performing seventeenth in the semi-final are: 2009(6th), 2010(1st)*, 2012(6th), 2013(5th)*, 2015(8th)*, 2018(8th), 2019(2nd).

*Seventeenth place was the last in those years.

18. Czech Republic

The semi-final will be over with the performance of We Are Domi and the song “Lights Off”.

Statistically it is the best place in the second semi-final. Only North Macedonia have not qualified in 2008, having placed 10th but not getting the wildcard of the juries.

The places that the countries got by performing eighteenth in the semi-final are: 2009(3rd), 2011(2nd), 2012(3rd), 2016(3rd), 2017(3rd), 2018(6th) and 2019 (5th).

Conclusion

If we had to divide the countries in three groups (Favored, 50-50, not favored), statistically, those will be

Favored:

  1. Czech Republic 6/7
  2. Poland 10/13
  3. Romania 10/13
  4. Finland 9/13
  5. Azerbaijan 8/13
  6. Australia 8/13
  7. Malta 8/13
  8. Montenegro 8/13

50-50:

  1. San Marino 7/13
  2. Belgium 7/12
  3. North Macedonia 7/13
  4. Estonia 7/13
  5. Sweden 7/12
  6. Cyprus 6/13
  7. Israel 6/13

Not Favored

  1. Ireland 5/13
  2. Georgia 4/13
  3. Serbia 4/13

Below is a video made by one of our editors featuring the ranking of the countries of the Second Semi-Final based on the average number of placings received by each entry, separately for each order of appearance:

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Eurovision 2022: The running order of the semifinals has been revealed!

With a month and a half left for the first semifinal of Eurovision 2022 on May 10, the EBU today announced the order of appearance of the songs in the semifinals.

The running order was determined by the EBU in collaboration with the Italian organizers, taking into account where each country was drawn to appear (first or second half), but also in such a way that the show is more interesting.

So, through the official Eurovision channel on YouTube, the official running order of the songs in the semifinals of this year’s contest was announced a few minutes ago.

Running Order

First Semifinal – May 10

  1. Albania
  2. Latvia
  3. Lithuania
  4. Switzerland
  5. Slovenia
  6. Ukraine
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Netherlands
  9. Moldova
  10. Portugal
  11. Croatia
  12. Denmark
  13. Austria
  14. Iceland
  15. Greece
  16. Norway
  17. Armenia

Second Semifinal – May 12

  1. Finland
  2. Israel
  3. Serbia
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Georgia
  6. Malta
  7. San Marino
  8. Australia
  9. Cyprus
  10. Ireland
  11. North Macedonia
  12. Estonia
  13. Romania
  14. Poland
  15. Montenegro
  16. Belgium
  17. Sweden
  18. Czech Republic

The analyzes of the fans and not only for a few minutes have been on fire, since the theories based on the prehistory of the countries in the contest, are a first picture of how passable is the qualification to the final or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions about who will advance to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Turin early…

Turin will host the 66th Eurovision Song Contest from May 10th to 14th at the Pala Alpitour. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers is “The Sound of Beauty”.

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Eurovision 2022: The running order of the Semi-Finals will be announced today!

The moment that many fans are waiting for is finally here. The announcement of the running order of the two semi-finals of Eurovision 2022 will be made today.

The running order is determined by the EBU in cooperation with the Italian organizers, taking into account in which half each country was allocated (first or second), but also to perform in a way that the show will be more interesting.

The running order of the two semi-finals, on May 10 and 12 accordingly, will be announced today, through the official YouTube channel of Eurovision.

The announcement of the second First-Final will be made on 13:45:

The announcement of the second Semi-Final will be made on 13:55:

What will the ideal running order for you? Write us in the comments below!

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Estonia: ”We won’t participate if Russia is allowed to participate”

The last hours are difficult for this year’s Eurovision, due to the pressures of  Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, but also Finland, that in fact threatens to withdraw from the competition. Estonia is also taking the side of Ukraine, pressuring EBU to recall Russia’s participation at this year’s contest.

Specifically, like Finland, the Estonian National Broadcasting Corporation reports that it will decide whether or not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest depending on whether Russia participates in it or not. According to Erik Roose, Chairman of the Board of ERR (Estonian Public Broadcasting), ERR has contacted EBU on this issue and states that depending on the further organization of the song contest, a relevant decision will be made to participate or not.

”Obviously, it is inconceivable that Estonia will participate in this year’s Eurovision in which Russia also participates. Our colleagues from the other Baltic countries will obviously share this view. We will continue to contact the EBU as the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest”

Erik Roose

 

Estonia is going to compete on the second half of the second semifinal with STEFAN and his song Hope. You can listen to the song here:

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Estonia: Full results of Eesti Laul 2022!

The Estonian public broadcaster, ERR published the full results of the semi-finals and the final of Eesti Laul 2022.

Eesti Laul’s favourite artist was Stefan, whose song “Hope” received the most votes in both rounds of the final, the second semi-final and the quarter-final!

The audience had a say in all of the first 4 quarter finals, with an average of 8,000 votes for each show. Boamadu received the most votes in the first quarter-final of Eesti Laul, Andrei Zevakini along with Grete Paia received the most votes in the second quarter-final, Stefan proved to be the public favourite in the third quarter-final and Black Velvet in the fourth quarter-final. The jury favourites were Jaagup Tuisk (1st quarter-final), Kaia-Liisa Kesler (2nd quarter-final), Merilin Mälk (3rd quarter-final) and Ott Lepland (4th quarter-final) respectively.

In the first semi-final, Elysa collected the most votes from the audience (5206 votes), while in second place were Andrei Zevakin and Grete Paia (2521 votes) and in third place was Elina Netsayeva (2414 votes). The top three of the jury included Stig Rästa, Kaia-Liisa Kesler and Ott Lepland.

The results of the first semi-final were:

  1. Elysa – “Fire” – (1st in public), 5th in the jury = 18 points
  2. Andrei Zevakin, Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab” – (2nd in public), 6th in the jury = 15 points
  3. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar” – (8th in public), 1st in the jury = 15 points
  4. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses” – (5th in public), 3rd in the jury = 14 points
  5. Kaia-Liisa Kesler – “Vaikus” – (7th in public), 2nd in the jury = 14 points
  6. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” – (3rd in public), 8th in the jury = 11 points
  7. Merilin Mälk – “Little Girl” – (9th in public), 4th in the jury = 9 points
  8. Helen – “Vaata minu poole” (4th in public), 10th in the jury = 8 points
  9. Triin Niitoja, Frants Tikerpuu – “Laululind” – (6th in public), 9th in the jury = 7 points
  10. Alabama Watchdog – “Move On” – (10th in public), 7th in the jury = 5 points

The second round vote, which crowned Elina Nechayeva, was as follows:

  1. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” – 2,091 votes
  2. Merilin Mälk – “Little Girl” – 1,772 votes
  3. Kaia-Liisa Kesler – “Vaikus” – 1,212 votes
  4. Alabama Watchdog – “Move On” – 395 votes
  5. Helen – “Vaata minu poole” – 375 votes
  6. Triin Niitoja and Frants Tikerpuu – “Laululind” – 360 votes

In the second semi-final, this year’s winner won the public’s sympathy where Stefan received 4,752 votes. He was followed by Anna Sahlene (2583 votes) and Black Velvet (2261 votes). Stefan, Anna Sahlene and Jaagup Tuisk made up the top three of the jury for the second semi-final.

The results of the second semi-final were: 

Stefan – “Hope” – (1st in public), 1st in jury = 24 points
Anna Sahlene – “Champion” – (2nd in public), 2nd in jury = 20 points
Black Velvet – “Sandra” – (3rd in the public), 5th in the jury = 14 points
Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid” – (6th in public), 3rd in the jury = 13 points
Minimal Wind, Elisabeth – “What to Make of This” – (4th in the public), 6th in the jury = 12 points
Maian – “Meeletu” – (8th in the public), 4th in the jury = 10 points
Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks” (5th in public), 8th in jury = 9 points
Púr Múdd and Shira – “Golden Shores” – (9th in the public), 7th in the jury = 6 points
Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall” (7th in public), 10th in the jury = 5 points
Jyrise – “Plaksuta” – (10th in public), 9th in the jury = 3 points

The second round voting crowned Minimal Wind and Elisabeth Tiffany as the last qualifiers, the results were as follows:

  1. Minimal Wind feat. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What to Make of This” – 1,357 votes
  2. Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall” – 1,245 votes
  3. Maian – “Meeletu” – 1,153 votes
  4. Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks” – 887 votes
  5. Púr Múdd and Shira – “Golden Shores” – 839 votes
  6. Jyrise – “Plaksuta” – 585 votes

In the first round of the final a total of 69,514 votes were casted and in the super final 57,472 votes were casted. In the first round of the final, Stefan (19,641 votes) was followed by Elysa (14,747 votes), Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany (7699 votes), Black Velvet (7463 votes) and Anna Sahlene (5668 votes) in terms of the number of votes. The top three of the international jury included Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany, Stefan and Anna Sahlene.

The results of the first part of the final were as follows:

  1. Stefan – “Hope” – (1st in the public), 2nd in the jury = 22 points
  2. Minimal Wind, Elisabeth – “What to Make of This” – (3rd in the public), 1st in the jury = 20 points
  3. Elysa – “Fire” – (2nd in public), 4th in the jury = 17 points
  4. Anna Sahlene – “Champion” – (5th in the public), 3rd in the jury = 14 points
  5. Black Velvet – “Sandra” – (4th in public), 6th in the jury = 12 points
  6. Andrei Zevakin, Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab” – (7th in the public), 6th in the jury = 9 points
  7. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses” – (8th in the public), 5th in the jury = 9 points
  8. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” – (7th in the public), 10th in the jury = 5 points
  9. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar” – (9th in the public), 8th in the jury = 5 points
  10. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid” – (10th in the public), 9th in the jury = 3 points

In the Eesti Laul super final, Stefan collected 35,681 votes for “Hope“. Minimal Wind with Elisabeth Tiffany received 17.587 votes while Elysa received only 3.929 votes.

Estonia will therefore be represented by the Estonian-Armenian Stefan Airapetjan and “Hope” which was his 4th attempt at Eesti Laul! You can see his winning performance here:

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