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

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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!

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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!

 

Romania: Listen to the final version of “Llamame”!

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Romania has chosen WRS for Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with his song “Llamame“. The singer has accomplished to win Selecţia Naţională 2022, after dozens of tracks, pre-selection auditions and a semi-final.

WRS has now released the final version of “Llamame“, the one that is going to compete in Turin for Romania. The track is part of his EP called Mandala and it has been published on Spotify earlier. You can listen to the song here:

What do you think of “Llamame” and WRS? Is he going to bring Romania back in the finals? We remind you that the coutrny will compete perform 13th in the second semifinal!

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

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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:

The second part of our analysis is over. Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy!

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.

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

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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”.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments related to Eurovision 2022!

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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Eurovision 2022: Seven songs that won the televoting but not the national final!

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The national finals of the Eurovision 2022 have been completed! We now know all the artists and songs that will compete in Turin in May and fight for the win.

Out of the 40 participating countries, 28 selected their representative through  a national final, while only 12 by an internal selection.

In this tribute we will have a look at seven entries that won the televoting in their country’s national final, but the judges had a different opinion, which resulted in them being deprived of the victory.

Australia

The rock band Voyager, with the song Dreamer, was the winner of the Australian televoting. However, the third place awarded to them by the judges was enough to cost them the win.

https://youtu.be/DmoDPxFRyBg

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic has continued its selection through an online national final this year. The Czech public chose as the winners Jordan Haj and Emma Smetana, who are very well known in the country, with the song By Now. However, the last place given to them by the international jury deprived them of the victory.

North Macedonia

After many years, North Macedonia has returned with a national final for its participation. The winner of the TV audience was Viktor Apostolovski with Superman. Although he tied with Andrea on the first place, after the votes were tallied the country’s public television decided to override the jury’s score, in which he was in the third place.

Romania

Romania, who recorded three eliminations in recent years, came back with a national final. A choice that, however, disappointed the fanbase of the country, as the percentage of preference of the TV audience was only 10%, with the remaining 90% belonging to the jury, which, as expected, determined the final result.

The winner of the televoting with a small difference and yet a small percentage was Dora Gaitanovici with the song Ana, who came sixth in the jury.

Spain

The fan favorite Tanxugueiras, with the song Terra, achieved an unbelievable 70.75% in the Spanish public vote. However, the panel of experts ranked them fifth, which resulted in them not only failing to achieve the victory but also creating a lot of drama.

Sweden

Anders Bagge with the song Bigger than the Universe, won the vote of the Swedish TV audience by a large margin. However, the international judges ranked it eighth, and as a result, it ended up losing the win.

Ukraine

Alina Pash with Tini Zabutykh Predkiv was the winner of Vidbir 2022. Although she withdrew from Eurovision due to her way of entering Crimea, she was the runner-up in the TV audience vote.

Winners of the televoting and subsequent representatives of Ukraine in Eurovision 2022, by a wide margin, were the Kalush Orchestra with their song Stefania. In the jury votes they were the runner-up.

These were the seven countries whose result was overturned by the jury, without letting the televoters’ choice be heard and calling into question the objectivity and existence of the juries once again.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding Eurovision 2022!

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Romania: WRS goes to Turin with “Llamame”!

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This year’s final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022, the show through which Romania chooses its representative in the Eurovision contest, has just ended. We know now that WRS will go to Turin, with the song Llamame!

After dozens of tracks, pre-selection auditions and a semi-final, the final took place and the ten finalists battled for a ticket to Turin, Italy.

The presenters of Selecţia Naţională 2022 were Eda Marcus and Aurelian Temișan. The team of presenters was completed by Ilinca Băcilă, representative of Romania at Eurovision 2017, who was with the contestants in the Green Room.

The contestants

The ten artists who participated tonight in the final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022 were:

Andrei Petruş – Take me
Alex Parker & Erik Frank & Bastien – All This Love
Gabriel Basco – One night
VANU – Never give up
Petra – Ireligios
MOISE – Guilty
Cream, Minodora, Diana – Romania mea
Kyrie Mendél – Hurricane
Dora Gaitanovici – Ana
WRS – Llamame

The guests appearances

Seven of this year’s Eurovision competitors performed at the 2022 Romanian national final:

  • Zdob și Zdub ( Moldova)
  • Ronela Hajati (Albania)
  • Vladana  (Montenegro)
  • We Are Domi  (Czech Republic)
  • Andrea – (North Macedonia)
  • Stefan – (Estonia)
  • Intelligent Music Project – (Bulgaria)

The 2016 Ukrainian Eurovision representative, Jamala, also gave an emotional performance of her Eurovision winning entry ‘1944’ during the show.

 

 

Results

The final result was judged solely by the preference of a jury, with the voting of the television audience having a symbolic character. More specifically, the five members of the jury gave their own score having a sum of 290 points. Then, the first of the TV audience received 12 points with the points of the rest being calculated in comparison with this twelve based on the percentage difference from the votes of the audience.

The television audience acted as a sixth member of the jury, which consisted of:

Alexandra Ungureanu
Ozana Barabancea
Randi
Cristian Faur
Adrian Romcescu

The final results were as follow:

Audience

Total results

In top3 was announced in random order:

Kyrie Mendél – Hurricane
Dora Gaitanovici – Ana
WRS – Llamame

Third place: Dora Gaitanovici – Ana

Second place: Kyrie Mendél – Hurricane

Winner: WRS – Llamame

 

So, the big winner of the Selecţia Naţională 2022 wasWRS  and will represent Romania in Eurovision 2022 with the song “Llamame”!

Do you like the Romanian song for Eurovision 2022? Tell us in the comments below!

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Romania: Tonight the final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022!

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Three weeks after the semi-final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022, Romania chooses its representative at Eurovision 2022 tonight.

Ten artists are taking part in tonight’s final of the Romanian national selection, with the big winner representing Romania in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

The contestants

The ten artists participating in tonight’s final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022 are:

  1. Andrei Petruş – Take me
  2. Alex Parker & Erik Frank & Bastien – All This Love
  3. Gabriel Basco – One night
  4. VANU – Never give up
  5. Petra – Ireligios
  6. MOISE – Guilty
  7. Cream, Minodora, Diana – România mea
  8. Kyrie Mendél – Hurricane
  9. Dora Gaitanovici – Ana
  10. WRS – Llamame

The final result will be determined solely by the preference of a jury, with the voting of the television audience having a symbolic character.

The presenters of Selecţia Naţională 2022 will be Eda Marcus and Aurelian Temișan. The team of presenters will be completed by Ilinca Băcilă, representative of Romania at Eurovision 2017, who will be with the contestants in the Green Room.

The final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022 starts at 20:00 CET and will last for three hours. You can watch it on the TVR1 frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Romania: The finalists of the Selecţia Naţională 2022!

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The semifinal of Selecţia Naţională 2022 has just ended! We now know the ten finalists who will claim the Romanian representation in Turin, in the final of the Selecţia Naţională 2022, which will take place on March 5th.

The show

Hosts of Selecţia Naţională 2022 are Anca Mazilu and Bogdan Stănescu. The team of presenters is completed by Ilinca Băcilă, representative of Romania at Eurovision 2017, who was with the contestants in the Green Room.

The 20 artists who were selected to compete in today’s semifinal, performed live the entries and were judged exclusively by the five-member jury, which determined the results.

The order of appearance of the 20 contestants was as follows:

1. Alex Parker feat. Bastien– All This Love
2. Aldo Blaga – Embers
3. PETRA– Ireligios
4. Vizi– Sparrow
5. Vanu– Never give up
6. Mălina – Prisoner
7. WRS– Llamame
8. Andrei Petruș– Take me
9. MØISE– Guilty
10. Gabriel Basco– One night
11. Cream, Minodora, Diana – România mea
12. Oana Tăbultoc– Utopia
13. Kyrie Mendel– Hurricane
14. Dora Gaitanovici– Ana
15. Cezar Ouatu– For everyone
16. Andra Oproiu– Younique
17. E-an-na– Malere
18. Eugenia Nicolae feat. Cazanoi Brothers– Doina
19. Eliza G – The other half of me
20. ARIS– Do Svidaniya

Results

The members of the jury who determined 100% of the results of the semifinal were:

  • Alexandra Ungureanu
  • Ozana Barabancea
  • Randi
  • Cristian Faur
  • Adrian Romcescu

The ten artists who succeeded and qualified for the final on March 5 are:

  1. Alex Parker feat. Bastien
  2. PETRA
  3. Vanu
  4. WRS
  5. Andrei Petruș
  6. MØISE
  7. Gabriel Basco
  8. Cream, Minodora, Diana
  9. Kyrie Mendel
  10. Dora Gaitanovici

The final verdict for the representative of Romania in Eurovision 2022 will be received by the audience and a jury. Romania will participate in the second semifinal, appearing in the second half of the semifinal.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Romanian entry in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest!