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!

 

Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs performs symphonic version of “Hold Me Closer”!

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Sweden’s representative for Eurovision 2022 Cornelia Jakobs performed a symphonic version of “Hold Me Closer”.

Last night during the  Hela Sverige Skramlar för Ukraina , a Swedish charity event for Ukraine, Cornelia presented a symphonic version of her participation in Eurovision 2022.

Cornelia will also perform “Hold Me Closer” tonight at the London Eurovision Party and next week at the Eurovision In Concert in Amsterdam.

Who is Cornelia Jakobs?

Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson, also known as Cornelia Jakobs, was born on 9th March 1992 in Stockholm, Sweden. The singer made her music debut in 2008 when she auditioned for Swedish Idol. Her career took off a few years later when she joined Love Generation. The girl group took part in Melodifestivalen 2011 and 2012, with their 2011 entry “Dance Alone” making the Swedish charts. Cornelia has written and composed numerous songs, including Efraim Leo’s Melodifestivalen 2021 song “Best of Me”.

Sweden will compete in 17th place in the second semifinal in May.

Source: eurovoix

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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:

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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”.

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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.

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Sweden: Detailed results of Melodifestivalen 2022 released!

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The SVT (Swedish public television) released the detailed results of Melodifestivalen 2022. As you will see below, the age categories did not affect the results, which were in line with the absolute number of votes except for the semi-final of the second chance, where two songs would not have qualified for the final if this system was not implemented.

There are two things worth mentioning. The first one is that Anders Bagge had about half a million more votes than the winner Cornelia Jakobs. The second is that Anna Bergendahl and Cazzi Opeia, despite collecting fewer votes in the semifinal of the second chance than Alvaro Estrella and Lisa Miskovsky respectively, got the ticket for the final as based on the age categories they got higher amount of points. Anna Bergendahl even had almost 200,000 votes less than Alvaro Estrella and despite of that was the one who had more points in the age categories.

Despite her second place in the public voting, Cornelia Jakobs will represent Sweden at Eurovision 2022, with the song Hold Me Closer. Sweden participates in the second semifinal and will appear in the second half.

https://youtu.be/wWDThAfryW4

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Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs is the winner of Melodifestivalen 2022 and will represent the country this year in Turin!

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Ninety minutes ago, the show of the Final of Melodifestivalen 2022, started off on SVT and SVT Play and we now know that Cornelia Jacobs will represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, with the song “Hold Me Closer“!

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Sweden: Who is the favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2022, according to today’s betting odds?

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Melodifestivalen 2022 Final show will begin in a few moments, with the new competition and voting format in place and will be aired tonight at 20:00 CET on SVT and SVT Play. Twelve contestants will have to perform their song and compete in order to claim their ticket to Turin, to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

Tonight’s contestants

  • Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills“
  • Theoz – “Som du vill”
  • Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power“
  • John Lundvik – “Änglavakt“
  • Tone Sekelius – “My Way”
  • Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe“
  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love“
  • Faith Kakembo – “Freedom“
  • Liamoo – “Bluffin“
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer“
  • Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
  • Medina – “In i dimman“

The odds

The betting odds depend on many factors and as these factors are subject to changes anytime, the odds can still fluctuate, even last minute. Currently, according to the betting odds, Cornelia Jakobs is in the lead, with a winning chance of 55%, Anders Bagge and Klara Hammarström follow.

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Let’s see what is going to happen, when we will get the chance to watch the actual Final show live, on SVT and SVT Play and of course at EurovisionFun you will get the chance to be informed about the results, as soon as they are announced at Friends Arena!

Which artist is your favourite for the win, that will secure their ticket to Turin to represent Sweden this Saturday?

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Sweden: Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022 takes place tonight!

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Melodifestivalen 2022: act sixth! Grand Final today for the selection process of Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022. As is known, five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company until today, when we will have the official selection of Sweden’s representative in Eurovision 2022.

Finalists

Twelve artists are competing in tonight’s grand final of the Swedish national team, with the winner representing the Scandinavian country in May in Turin. The finalists of the grand final are:

  1. Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
  2. Theoz – Som du vill
  3. Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
  4. John Lundvik – Änglavakt
  5. Tone Sekelius – My Way
  6. Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
  7. Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
  8. Faith Kakembo – Freedom
  9. LIAMOO – Bluffin
  10. Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
  11. Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
  12. MEDINA - In i dimman 

Voting

The results of Melodifestivalen 2022 at the final show, get determined 50-50 by the televotes and the votes of the eight countries that will comprise the international jury.

These eight countries of the international jury this year will be:

  • The Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Spain
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy

Starting from last year, the viewers vote in age groups. At the final show there is no longer the possibility to vote by SMS, as the Melodifestivalen production team commented the SMS votes were minimal. One either can vote by phone or with the use of the Melodifestivalen app.

Before being able to vote, one must register their age. The viewers are allocated into the following seven age groups:

  • 3-9 years old, Green group
  • 10-15 years old, Turquoise group
  • 16-29 years old, Blue group
  • 30-44 years old, Purple group
  • 45-59 years old, Pink group
  • 60-74 years old, Red group
  • 75 years old and above, Orange group

There are eight categories in all, one is the televoting and the rest are the seven age-groups. Each category gives 58 points in total at the finals, distributed to the acts accordingly. Also the change of the number of countries in the international jury, from eleven to eight was implemented so that the number of countries match the number of voting categories of the public. At the end of the voting process, the juries will decide 50% of the votes and the public vote will provide the remaining 50% of the points.

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s final, like all other shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Sweden. The venue for the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen is the Friends Arena, which has hosted the finals of the Melodifestivalen from 2013 to 2020.

The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

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