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

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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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Spain: Watch all the live performances of the artists at the Barcelona Eurovision Party 2022!

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Last night the first Eurovision Party took place successfully at the Sala Apolo in Barcelona. More than 18 eurostars attended the Barcelona Eurovision Party 2022. It was the first Eurovision event on Spanish soil, not forgetting that in a few days the PrePartyES will also take place in Madrid.

The hosts of the event were Sharone and Giuseppe di Bella!

Below you can watch their performances:

What do you think of the Eurovision Party in Barcelona?
Which performance is your favourite? Feel free to tell us in the comments below!
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Don’t forget to Vote in our poll! For the First Semi-final you vote HERE and for the Second Semi-final you vote HERE.

 

The shooting of Live On Tapes has started in Sofia!

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A big production has been set up in Sofia, as for the next few days the shooting of live on tapes of eight countries will take place there! We have already seen through social media that some artists are in Sofia, with the rest arriving soon, while creative directors Marvin Dietmann, Dan Shipton and Sacha Jean Baptiste are also in the Bulgarian capital for directing and supervising the shooting of the countries that they are in charge of.

Eight delegations, in order to reduce costs, will travel in the upcoming days in Sofia for the shooting of live on tape videos of their participations. We remind you that the live on tape video is the backup live performance of the entries and is required by all delegations. This video will be used by the event only if any of the delegations fails to reach Turin in May.

The eight countries that will shoot the live on tape video in Sofia in the upcoming days are the following:

  • Greece
  • Cyprus
  • United Kingdom
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Malta
  • Bulgaria
  • Armenia

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Malta: The change of song was requested right after MESC 2022!

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A few weeks ago, 22-year-old Emma Muscat and the song “Out of Sight” won MESC 2022, the Maltese competition for the nomination of this year’s representative of the island.

However, although Emma received the highest ratings from both viewers and the jury, Maltese TV chose to change the winning song.

Following the selection, “Out Of Sight” received a somewhat lukewarm response from fans, and as a result Malta looked for a new song for Emma, ​​who is one of Malta’s biggest pop stars.

Maltese television has chosen to seek help from Denmark, according to the Danish site dr.dk.

Anders Fredslund Hansen, who runs the music company “The Arrangement”, said:

The day after MESC, I received a text message from their Eurovision manager asking for my help. They had found a winner, but were looking for a new song that could surpass “Out of Sight”.

Anders also participated in 2013, when Denmark with Emmelie de Forest won the competition. At the request of Maltese television, Anders Fredslund sent to the organizers a few songs.

Anders’s statements even confirm another exclusive Eurovisionfun’ news about the change of the Maltese participation and when it was decided.

Eventually, two were selected and recorded as a demo. The choice was the known “I Am What I Am”, which is written by two Danish musicians Stine Kinck and Julie Aagaard.

Stine Kinck has previously participated in the Danish Grand Prix as a soloist, while Julie Aagaard, who also publishes music under the name Kill J, this year had both songs in the finals of Denmark and Sweden.

For Anders,

The song is incredibly catchy and then it has an uplifting message, something that traditionally goes well at Eurovision.

“I Am What I Am” was even submitted to this year’s Melodifestivalen, but was not selected.

We remind you that Malta will participate in the 2nd Semifinal. Listen to “I Am What I Am”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-fks-Pj-8

What’s your opinion about this year’s participation of Malta? Tell us in the comments!

Stay tuned in EurovisionFun for all the Maltese updates in the competition!

Malta: Listen to “I am what I am”, Emma Muscat’s song for Eurovision 2022!

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The song that will represent Malta in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin was published a few hours ago.

Emma Muscat will perform the song “I am what I am” which was written by Dino Medanhodzic, Julie Aagaard, Stine Kinck as well as Emma Muscat.

Listen to “I am what I am” below:

Who is Emma Muscat?

Emma Louise Marie Muscat (born 27 November 1999) is a Maltese singer and model working in Italy. Born in Malta to a wealthy family, Emma approached music from a young age. After her compulsory education, she decided to enroll at the University of Performing Arts. As a teenager she showed her skills in singing, dancing and in the use of musical instruments. She specialised, in particular, with the piano, and also began to compose both the music and the lyrics of her songs.

What do you think of Malta’s participation this year? Will it continue their qualification streak since 2019? Make your prediction in the comments!

Malta: Emma Muscat to sing “I am what I am” in Turin?

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As we exclusively mentioned through our Twitter account, Emma Muscat will compete in Eurovision 2022 with a different song from the one with which she won the national final in Malta.

The internet is on fire with the rumors about Emma Muscat changing song, while yesterday, Emma posted on her personal Instagram account saying that on Saturday, March 12 and on 14:00 p.m. there will be  a surprise!

 

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The so called surprise that Emma Muscat talked about, was the announcement of her new single “I am what I am” that will be released on March 14. However in her post, Emma doesn’t specify whether she will represent Malta with this song or not, in Eurovision 20022.

Emma Muscat won Malta’s national final, MESC, that took place in February 19 with the song “Out of Sight“:

We remind you that Malta will compete in the first half of the second semi-final in May 12!

Do you think that this will be Emma Muscat’s new song?

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Maltese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy!

Malta: Emma Muscat with a new song in Turin!

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Eurovisionfun continues to shed light on the unsolved mysteries of this year’s competition. As we exclusively mentioned through our Twitter account, Emma Muscat will compete in Eurovision 2022 with a different song from the one with which she won the national final in Malta.

On March 2, having the relevant information, we made the following tweet:

Emma Muscat in one of her fan’s question on Instagram we would say that she somehow confirmed the replacement of Out Of Sight, with another song that we will listen to it very soon.

 

According to the rules of the Maltese national final MESC, the winner can change the song with which he or she will eventually represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Exactly the same happened in 2016 with Ira Losco.

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Malta: Emma Muscat is the winner of MESC 2022!

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The MESC 2022 just took place with Emma Muscat and “Out of Sight” to be the next representative of Malta who will join Eurovision 2022!

After three very important days, the 17 finalists competed in the Final with Emma to be the winner of the night!

The Finalists were:

The twenty two years old songwriter and model Emma Muscat left a strong impression and won with 92 points. Her song, with pop instrumental and an emotional performance was written by Antonio Caputo, Emma Muscat, Gabriel Rossi, Lorenzo Santarelli and Marco Salvaderi.

Presenters of MESC 2022 were Stephanie Spiteri and Quiton Scerri.

Just a quick reminder that Malta will compete in the Second Semifinal, on May 12.

Of course, we cannot forget Malta’s participation in Eurovision 2021 with Destiny’s “Je me casse” that collected 255 points and came 7th in the competition.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Malta’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Malta: MESC 2022 final tonight!

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The artist who will represent Malta in May in Turin, is chosen tonight. Two days after the semifinal of MESC 2022, the grand final of the Maltese national selection will take place today.

Seventeen songs will compete in tonight’s MESC 2022 final, with 16 of them known as of last night. Nevertheless, one of the six songs that were left out of the final will receive a wildcard from TVM in order to participate in tonight’s show. The announcement will be made within the day.

Artists

The artists who will take part in the grand final of MESC are:

Presenters of MESC 2022 are Stephanie Spiteri and Quiton Scerri.

The MESC 2022 final starts at 21:00 CET and will last two and a half hours. You can watch it on the TVM frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all developments regarding Malta’s participation in Eurovision 2022.

Eurovision 2022: Here are the results of the allocation draw!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in Palazzo Madama in Turin. Find out below in which of the 2 Semi-Finals your country will perform and vote in. The annual event was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa.

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw and Host City Insignia Exchange are key milestones on the path to the Eurovision Song Contest each year.

During the ceremony, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, passed on the Host City Insignia to Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin. The insignia key chain, weighing over 30 kilograms with the new addition of Rotterdam’s insignia, was handed over to Turin. The Italian city is now officially the Host City of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Draw Procedure

The 36 countries competing in the semifinals were divided into six pots, based on the points they have exchanged in recent years. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances and bloc voting that appear every year in the voting.

Allocation Pots

Big 5

With the host Italy, directly in the final, along with the rest of the Big 5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semifinal that the direct finalists will vote.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom

Their performance in the dress rehearsal will be shown in the semifinals where the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal visibility of the countries that are directly in the final and the countries that compete in the semifinals. Essentially, viewers watch each entry twice during the shows.

Allocation Draw

The draw of the countries for the two semifinals had two parts. In the first part, the 36 countries that participate in the semifinals, were drawn in which of the two will compete. 18 countries will compete in both the first and the second semifinal.

In the second part each country found out if it will appear in the first or in the second half of the semifinal that will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the producers of the show at a later time.

First Semi-Final (10 May):

1st Half

  • Albania
  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Moldova
  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands

2nd Half

  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Portugal
  • Denmark
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Iceland
  • Greece

Second Semi-Final (12 May):

1st Half

  • Australia
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus
  • Serbia
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • San Marino
  • Israel
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Montenegro
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Belgium
  • North Macedonia
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
  • Ireland

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”.

You can see the draw again through the following link: