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The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest will be held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy and will consist of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and the final on 14 May 2022. This will be the third time that Italy has hosted the contest (having previously hosted the 1965 edition in Naples and the 1991 edition in Rome).

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – San Marino

Dear Achille Lauro, I watched you in Sanremo in 2019 singing Rolls Royce and I confess that I dismissed both you and the song. I...
Achille Lauro

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 33 – San Marino

Achille Lauro – Stripper Most years, Eurovision features songs 'influenced' by the previous winning entry. Doesn't seem to matter that rarely have soundalikes won successive...
Achille Lauro

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 33 – San Marino

Achille Lauro – Stripper OK then, let's get it out of the way before we start shall we? I make no apology for posting that. Achille...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 32 – Romania

WRS is pronounced Urs, which should give me every opportunity to shoehorn in a quip about my love for bears. WRS himself is quite...
WRS

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 32 – Romania

Llámame – WRS Imagine if you will a photocopy of a photocopy of Luca Hari's surprisingly triumphant Eurovision performance and you have WRS. Add in...
WRS

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 32 – Romania

Llamame – WRS So, I was THIS many seconds old when I translated the title from Spanish into English and got this: and my Eurovision lives...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – Portugal

While it’s delightful to be able to follow all the national finals nowadays (and I’ll be returning to those after the Contest for the...
Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 31 – Portugal

Saudade Saudade – MARO Saudade Saudade may be the dreariest song ever unleashed onto an unsuspecting public, and yet I keep reading how it's truly...

Your local listings guide to our Eurovision Coverage for 2022.

As you may have seen and heard all over the internet (If you had been bothered to look!) - there has been quite a...
Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 31 – Portugal

Saudade Saudade – MARO When our chums at Eurovision Ireland reviewed this in their fantastic “Review In 2” section of YouTube several weeks ago, there...