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2022

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).

Moldova – I’ve had to have it explained to me

So, dear reader, I am a man of *ahem*advancing years, and when presented with this on my monitor screen, I messaged some of the...

Israel: Nice performance, shame about the song

Eurovision is seen by some (in particular the UK popular press) as a bit of camp nonsense. It's an image organisers embrace on one...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 3 – Australia

Sheldon Riley - Not the same This song, for me, poses a question that I never thought I would ever ask in the history of...
Doves

What the internet thinks about Eurovision – Day thirteen

It's been well over twenty-four hours since Queen Ronela fell at the final fence and was told there wouldn't be a seat at the...
Jury show live blog for Eurovision 2022

LIVE BLOG: Second semi final – Jury Show

We were online, reporting from Turin's PalaOlimpico where it was time for the jury show for the second semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song...
Ebu buildings

EBU posts statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine

Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a number of news reports suggested the European Broadcasting Union should consider suspending membership of Russian broadcasters,...

A massive Semi Final – Who has qualified for the big...

The final competition of the second big Saturday was the massive Romanian Semi Final.  Twenty, count em, TWENTY songs all took the the stage...

Ukrainian Eurovision act may be forced to pull out of Contest

An unfortunate (and as yet unresolved) side effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine could see Kalush Orchestra unable to travel to Turin to...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 35 – Slovenia

Oh LPS, you little trendy hipster scamps you! This Slovenian band met at school and seem barely old enough to be out of it,...

Jérémie Makiese releases Belgian Eurovision song

Jérémie Makiese will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with 'Miss you'. The singer from Uccle won The Voice Belgique 2021...