Eurovision 2022: See the results of the third day of Press Poll!

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As we informed you in our article, Press Poll 2022 has begun. After all countries have had their three technical rehearsals, it is now time for the accredited to vote for the countries that will advance to the two semifinals, as well as the country that believes she will be the winner of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

Below are the results of the semifinals and finals of today’s 11/5 at 21:00:
First Semifinal

Second Semifinal

Grand Final

In the vote for the winner, UK leads, Greece is second, and Spain is third! Greece is ranked first among the accredited journalists here in Turin.

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Source: Ogae International

Eurovision 2022: Check in which half the ten finalists of the first semi-final were drawn!

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The first semi-final has just finished, with the first ten finalists being Armenia, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway Portugal, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Through the press conference that is currently taking place these ten countries will choose the half in which they will appear in the Grand Final on Saturday.

This is the half each qualifier drew:

  1. Switzerland – 1st half
  2. Armenia – 1st half
  3. Iceland – 2nd half
  4. Lithuania – 2nd half
  5. Portugal – 1st half
  6. Norway – 1st half
  7. Greece – 2nd half
  8. Ukraine – 1st half
  9. Moldova – 2nd half
  10. The Netherlands – 1st half

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Eurovision 2022: The 10 finalists of the 1st Semifinal!

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The 1st Semifinal  of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest was held with success live from the Pala Olimpico in Turin, Italy.

The 10 countries who qualified to Saturday’s Grand Final are:

  1. Switzerland: Marius Bear – “Boys Do Cry”
  2. Armenia: Rosa Linn – “Snap”
  3. Iceland: Systur – “Með hækkandi sól”
  4. Lithuania: Monika Liu – “Sentimentai”
  5. Portugal: Maro – “Saudade, saudade”
  6. Norway: Subwoolfer – “Give That Wolf a Banana”
  7. Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – “Die Together”
  8. Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra – “Stefania”
  9. Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers – “Trenulețul”
  10. The Netherlands: S10 – “De Diepte”

 

The 66th Eurovision Song Contest began with a video about the ingenuity and creativity of Italians. Then The Sound of Beauty, the official song of this year’s event was presented live on the stage of PalaOlimpico which was complemented by the instrumental version of last year’s winning song Zitti e Buoni.

In total, 17 countries claimed the 10 tickets leading to the Final. Those were:

  1. Albania: Ronela Hajati – “Sekret”
  2. Latvia: Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
  3. Lithuania: Monika Liu – “Sentimentai”
  4. Switzerland: Marius Bear – “Boys Do Cry”
  5. Slovenia: LPS – “Disko”
  6. Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra – “Stefania”
  7. Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project – “Intention”
  8. The Netherlands: S10 – “De Diepte”
  9. Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers – “Trenulețul”
  10. Portugal: Maro – “Saudade, saudade”
  11. Croatia: Mia Dimšić – “Guilty Pleasure”
  12. Denmark: Reddi – “The Show”
  13. Austria: LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – “Halo”
  14. Iceland: Systur – “Með hækkandi sól”
  15. Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – “Die Together”
  16. Norway: Subwoolfer – “Give That Wolf a Banana”
  17. Armenia: Rosa Linn – “Snap”

At the end of the competitive part, the interval acts took place. Benny Benassi gave a unique mash up of his biggest hits receiving a big round of applause. It is worth noting that finally Diodato will get his chance to sing the 2020 Italian entry “Fai Rumore”, in his home country, two years after he was selected as the Italian representative for the 65th cancelled Eurovision Song Contest.

Then two of the so-called Big 5 were on stage in Turin where we saw an snippet from their participation. We’re talking for Alvan & Ahez from France and “Fulenn” while Mahmood & Blanco from Italy performed “Brividi“.

Shortly afterwards, the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Martin Osterdahl, spoke, followed by the announcement of the ten countries we have already mentioned and will compete in the Grand Final on May 14th.

Iceland: Systur faced technical difficulties during the Jury Rehearsal!

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The Icelandic band Systur has revealed that they faced  technical problems during yesterday’s Jury Semi Final One.

Systur described that a failure occured in the sound system which was “upsetting” to them as they did not have such problems during previous rehearsals.

The failure was apparently not detected by the juries but brought Systur out of balance as they were unable to hear each other on stage during their performance. However, they feel that the rehearsal went “incredibly well despite the failure”.

Systur will compete tonigh on the first semi-final  for a ticket for the Final, with the song “Með hækkandi sól”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2FYALU4N94

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Eurovision 2022: Jury Show of the First Semi-Final!

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One day before the actual shows the so-called Jury Show happens which isn’t visible to the usual audience (only to those who received press accreditation and to the experts). The Jury Show of the First Semi-Final took place today. Professional jurors have already ranked all 17 acts of today’s show.

Albania

Very sensual and sexual performance with a good camerawork. Ronela is very charismatic and it looked like a worthy opener. The choreography was fierce. Overall, it was a great performance. Let’s see whether juries liked it or not.

Latvia

Amazing and very energetic performance from Citi Zeni. The camerawork is on point and vocally it was perfect. Is it a song that would be appreciated by juries? No clue.

Lithuania

Elegant, minimalistic but impactful performance from Monika Liu. Stunned by this.

Switzerland

Visually – gorgeous, vocally – I wouldn’t really say.

Slovenia

It was fun, although the soloist got lost in the light! Vocally excellent, nothing else to add.

Ukraine

Timofiy improved a LOT. Energetic, impactful and mesmerising performance from Kalush Orchestra. One of the bests, for sure.

A break before Bulgaria

Bulgaria

This staging is exactly what a rock song needs. One of the best vocals.

Netherlands

Very minimalistic and simple staging. S10 was nervous, hopefully she’ll be better for the actual show.

Moldova

It’s indeed fun. Personally enjoyed this one a lot. The audience did it too.

Portugal

Very emotional and atmospheric. The staging is perfection.

Croatia

Such a cute performance from Mia! Amazing camerawork and excellent vocals. Croatian was added to the song (she sung the last chorus in Croatian completely).

Denmark

Great performance, nothing else to say.

There’s a break after Denmark. We see some from Sunday’s Turquoise Carpet.

Austria

Vocally not really great, but it has a very effective staging!

Iceland

Atmospheric performance and a very easy song to listen to. Impressive!

Greece

Massive winner vibes there…

Norway

Such an astounding performance from the wolves from Norway! Enjoyed it a lot.

Armenia

Flawless vocals and fascinating staging.

We see the recap of all 17 songs once all artists finished performing.

Dardust is on the stage playing a drum. Sophie and the giants are on the stage. Tons of pyro as we see Daniel Benassi at the back of the stage at a DJ booth.

A tribute to Raffaella Carra. Laura talks about her and then Fiesta is played!

Afterwards the second recap is on!

Diodato performs his ESC 2020 song – Fai Rumore. In the dark, he sits and plays at his piano and sings. A choir softly sings along in the chorus. Diodato starts off behind the stage and is on the front side with lots of people dancing around him on stage in smoke. Perfection.

Alessandro chats with the JESC 2021 winner – with Maléna. We see a small clip of her JESC victory and of her song. Promo clip for Yerevan is shown as well right after the clip.

Mika has a conversation with Alvan & Ahez and Mahmood&Blanco. 

France

In the beginning it was very shaky, but then everything went very well. Energetic, impressive and outstanding performance from France! WOW!

Italy

Vocally they’ve improved a lot since the second rehearsal. They don’t engage with camera which makes it at some point better. Brilliant performance!

The announcement of the qualifiers right after Italy’s performance!

The qualifiers of the Jury Show were:

  • Latvia
  • Portugal
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Greece
  • Armenia
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Netherlands

P.S these are not the real results.

The actual show will be broadcasted tomorrow.

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Eurovision 2022: The Dress Rehearsal of the First Semi Final! (Live)

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Today is the first day of the Eurovision week! We can already hear the “Sound of Music” echoing from Pala Olimpico in Turin and it’s just a few days before we finally know who is actually going to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

The dress rehearsal of the Eurovision 2022 First Semi Final has just started. EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live at both the on-site press centre in Turin and at the online press centre and we will be covering this rehearsal, commenting on all the performances and describing in detail what is happening during the show.

You will be able to to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are right at the heart of the contest! This article gets updated in nearly real-time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest details about this dress rehearsal for the First Semi Final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow May 10th, at 21:00 CEST when the actual semi-final show takes place.

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Eurovision 2022: EurovisionFun on the Turquoise Carpet! (Videos)

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The opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, the Turquoise Carpet, took place yesterday in the spectacular Reggia di Venria. Artists and their team, from the 40 competing countries were presented and talked with the press and their fans. EurovisionFun was there and spoke with the contestants of this year’s contest.

You can have a look at at the interview of each artist, in the videos below:

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Iceland: Sweden with Cornelia Jakobs Wins Alla leið 2022!

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The Icelandic Eurovision preview show Alla leið, with overall victory going to Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden.

The Icelandic Eurovision preview show came to its conclusion last night with four jurors reviewing the songs from the Big Five competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The winner of last nights show was Mahmood & Blanco from Italy, while Germany finished last.

The results of show five were as follows:

  • United Kingdom – Sam Ryder – Space Man – 10, 12, 12, 7 – 41 points
  • France – Alven & Ahez – Fulenn – 7, 6, 6, 10 – 29 points
  • Italy – Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi – 12, 12, 8, 12 – 44 points
  • Spain – Chanel – Slo Mo – 8, 10, 10, 8 – 36 points
  • Germany – Malik Harris – Rockstars – 4, 3, 5, 5, – 17 points

After five shows, the overall results are as follows:

  • Sweden – Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer – 12, 12, 12, 12 – 48 points
  • Netherlands – S10 – De diepte – 10+12+8+12 – 42 points
  • Norway – Subwoolfer – Give That Wolf a Banana – 10, 10, 12, 10 – 42 points
  • Ukraine – Kalush Orchestra – Stefania – 10+10+10+10 – 40 points
  • Portugal – MARO – saudade, saudade – 8, 10, 10, 7 – 35 points
  • Iceland – Systur – Með hækkandi sól – 7, 8, 8, 10 – 35 points
  • Australia – Sheldon Riley – Not The Same – 10, 8, 8, 8 – 34 points
  • Belgium – Jérémie Makiese – Miss You – 7, 12, 2, 12 – 33 points
  • Poland – Ochman – River – 10, 6, 10, 6 – 32 points
  • Greece – Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – Die Together – 7, 7, 10, 7 – 31 points
  • Switzerland – Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry – 8+10+6+6 – 30 points
  • Serbia – Konstrakta – In corpore sano – 8, 10, 5, 6, – 29 points
  • Czech Republic – We Are Domi – Lights Off – 8, 7, 6, 8 – 29 points
  • Lithuania – Monika Liu – Sentimentai – 10+7+7+4 – 28 points
  • Israel – Michael Ben David – I.M – 7, 6, 7, 8, – 28 points
  • Moldova – Zdob și Zdub and Frații Advahov – Trenulețul – 7+6+7+7 – 27 points
  • Estonia – Stefan – Hope – 8, 5, 12, 1 – 26 points
  • Finland – The Rasmus – Jezebel – 5, 6, 5, 10 – 26 points
  • Albania – Ronela Hajati – Sekret – 8+6+4+8 – 26 points
  • Cyprus – Andromache – Ela – 7, 7, 7, 5 – 26 points
  • Armenia – Rosa Linn – Snap – 7, 8, 4, 6 – 25 points
  • Romania – WRS – Llámame – 6, 5, 8, 6 – 25 points
  • Austria – LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – Halo – 7, 7, 6, 4 – 24 points
  • Malta – Emma Muscat – I Am What I Am – 6, 7, 6, 5 – 24 points
  • Azerbaijan – Nadir Rustamli – Fade to Black – 4, 6, 5, 7 – 22 points
  • Montenegro – Vladana – Breathe – 4, 10, 1, 6 – 21 points
  • Denmark – Reddi – The Show – 5, 8, 5, 3 – 21 points
  • Georgia – Circus Mircus – Lock Me In – 1, 3, 12, 3 – 19 points
  • North Macedonia – Andrea – Circles – 3, 8, 3, 5 – 19 points
  • San Marino – Achille Lauro – Stripper – 4, 1, 6, 7 – 18 points
  • Croatia – Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure – 4, 4, 4, 5 – 17 points
  • Ireland – Brooke – That’s Rich – 4, 3, 8, 3 – 16 points
  • Slovenia – LPS – Disko – 1+4+2+3 – 10 points
  • Bulgaria – Intelligent Music Project – Intention – 1+3+3+3 – 10 points
  • Latvia – Citi Zēni – Eat Your Salad – 4+1+1+2 – 8 points

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Eurovision 2022: Iceland’s Second Rehearsal!

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We’re starting the day with the Icelandic trio – Systur and they’re ready for their second rehearsal! They’re performing 14th on May 10 during the First Semi-Final! Systur’s song Með Hækkandi Sól means ‘with the rising sun’, so it’s literally the morning after a night of Austrian techno. Some more super-stylish retro outfits – the sixties and seventies are VERY big in the costume department this year. This performance has some beautiful harmonies, and the glittery graphics make it feel quite magical. 100% would attend this Icelandic family gathering. This is what we found out after the first rehearsal!

About Iceland’s Second Rehearsal

The performance is similar to what we saw during the Iceland National Selection – Songvakeppnin. It starts from a very gorgeous angle showing the water and then showing the Iceland trio. Looks very polished and beautiful. Unlike Songvakeppnin performance it’s more shiny, as NF performance was mysterious. They managed to create a magical atmosphere and the camera angles are on point. Smoke was missing, in my personal opinion. The camera angles are on point though!

Below you can watch an exclusive preview clip of Iceland’s rehearsal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2FYALU4N94&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

EBU / ANDRES PUTTING

EBU / ANDRES PUTTING

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Eurovision 2022: Iceland’s first rehearsal!

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Next up on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is Iceland. Systur with the song“Með Hækkandi Sól”  are ready for his first rehearsal on the stage of PalaOlimpico in Turin!

Everything about Systur:

Sigga, Beta and Elín are a band of sisters who have been singing together for as long as they can remember.

The girls previously assembled a group named after their beloved grandmother, Sísí Ey; scoring a huge hit in Iceland with the song, Ain’t Got Nobody.

Their father, Eythor, was a member of the legendary jazz-funk band, Mezzoforte, who scored a UK number 17 hit in 1983 with the song Garden Party. Their mother, Ellen, is also a singer, and their brother (also named Eythor) will join them on stage playing drums.

The three siblings believe strongly in the healing power of music and spend much of their time supporting those who are marginalised in society. In recent years, they have focused their activism on trans children’s rights, and are deeply involved with the local community

The Rehearsal

Systur’s song Með Hækkandi Sól means ‘with the rising sun’, so it’s literally the morning after a night of Austrian techno. Some more super-stylish retro outfits – the sixties and seventies are VERY big in the costume department this year.

This performance has some beautiful harmonies, and the glittery graphics make it feel quite magical. 100% would attend this Icelandic family gathering.

The second rehearsal of Iceland will take place on Thursday 5/5 so we will have a better picture of what we will see from Systur on the stage of the competition.

EBU / NATHAN REINDS

EBU / NATHAN REINDS

Below you can watch a small clip from Iceland’s first rehearsal from Tik Tok:

@eurovision The sisters from @Systur bring some beautiful Icelandic folk to #Eurovision 🌸 🇮🇸 #Eurovision2022 #eurovisiontiktok ♬ original sound – Eurovision

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