Ireland will perform in the second half of the second semi-final at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, we can reveal.
Italian organisers revealed we will perform alongside Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Sweden on May 12 – the second half of the second semi-final at the PalaOlimpico Turin in Italy.
The 'Big 5' countries - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom - do not compete in the Semi-Finals, but it was randomly decided which of the two each country will be able to vote on.
The exact running order will be decided by producers at a later date.
This year, six artists are in the running to represent Ireland in the 2022 Eurovision song contest.
Patrick O'Sullivan, Brooke Scullion, Rachel Goode, Brendan Murray, Janet Grogan and Miles Graham will battle it out on a special Late Late Show on February 4 for the coveted gig, with the winner chosen by a combination of national jury, international jury and public vote.
Marinella Soldi, Chairman of Rai, in attendance said: “The Eurovision Song Contest is a singing festival for European young people, which has now gained a global dimension.
“Rai is proud to organise the 2022 edition, which will be a huge media event reaching an audience of 200 million people with a TV show filled with cutting edge technology and reaching young people around the world on social media. It’s also a great opportunity to strengthen the cooperation between European public service media.
“The Eurovision Song Contest is a springboard to stardom, as shown by the international success achieved by Måneskin, winners of the last edition. Thanks to them today we are proud to be the host country of the event.
“I hope Eurovision 2022 will have the same spirit and energy of this great Italian band, that with its passion, determination and the power of its music has conquered the world. We are happy to host the event in Torino, the cradle of Italian television, a city home to major cultural and sport events and ready to welcome people from all over the world.”
Italian organisers also revealed The Sound of Beauty as the theme for this year’s competition.
Turin’s theme is a visual representation of The Sound of Beauty. In order to represent sound and its visual (and beautiful) properties, the design is based on the symmetrical structure and patterns of cymatics – the study of sound wave phenomena.
