It's the show that has viewers all over the world are glued to year after year and this year's Eurovision Song Contest final is now firmly on the horizon as Italy get ready to put on a big spectacle.
This year's Eurovision is happening in Italy after rock group Maneskin triumphed in Rotterdam, with their song Zitti E Buoni, seeing off some tough competition from France's Barbara Pravi and Switzerland's Gjon's Tears, with the result all changing thank to the now crucial tele vote, where viewers votes are added to those cast by each country's jury. Other Eurovision winners from the past 10 years have included Duncan Laurence, who scored a huge worldwide hit with his song Arcade after triumphing in 2019; Netta who took victory for Italy in 2018 and Jamala, who won for Ukraine in 2016 with her, more poignant now than ever track, 1944.
Eurovision 2022 will take place in Turin, with the rehearsals, two semi finals and Saturday May 14's grand final all happening at the Pala Olimpico arena. The majority of countries taking part in this year will need to make it through the semis before their thoughts turn to the final.
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Only six countries have a guaranteed place in the Eurovision final every year, although this year that number has changed to five. Automatic qualifiers are Italy as host nation and the rest of 'the big 5' - France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom, a category Italy normally fall into themselves.
How many countries are in Eurovision 2022?
There were 40 countries taking part this year. There were 17 in Eurovision semi final 1 on May 10, another 18 in Eurovision semi final 2 on May 12 and then the automatic qualifiers.
After the semi finals there are 25 songs in the Eurovision final running order.....
Home nation/Big 5
Italy: Brividi by Mahmood & Blanco
France: Fulenn by Alvan & Ahez
Germany: Rockstars by Malik Harris
Spain: SloMo by Chanel
United Kingdom: Spaceman by Sam Ryder
Eurovision semi final 1 qualifiers
Lithuania: Sentimentai by Monika Liu
Switzerland: Boys Do Cry by Marius Bear
Ukraine: Stefania by Kalush Orchestra
Netherlands: De Diepte by S10
Moldova by Trenuleţul by Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov
Portugal: Saudade, saudade by Maro
Iceland: Með hækkandi sól by Systur
Greece: Die Together by Amanda Tenfjord
Norway: Give That Wolf a Banana by Subwoolfer
Armenia: Snap by Rosa Linn
Eurovision semi final 2 qualifiers
Finland: Jezebel by The Rasmus
Serbia: In Corpore Sano by Konstrakta
Azerbaijan: Fade To Black by Nadir Rustamli
Australia: Not the Same by Sheldon Riley
Estonia: Hope by Stefan
Romania: Llámame by WRS
Poland: River by Ochman
Belgium: Miss You by Jérémie Makiese
Sweden: Hold Me Closer by Cornelia Jakobs
Czech Republic: Lights Off by We Are Domi
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