All eyes have been on Italy as thie country hosts this year's Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with the first of two semi finals. And someone with a key role in this year's event is popstar Mika.
Italy won the right to host Eurovision 2022 after rock act Maneskin triumphed in Rotterdam 12 months ago with their track Zitti E Buoni. And now the stage is set at Turin's Pala Olimpico arena for the competition to come to a thrilling end on Saturday night. While the likes of the UK's Sam Ryder, host nation Italy and 'big 5' countries France, Germany and Spain, all had automatic places in Saturday's grand final. the majority of the 40 countries in Eurovision, had to battle it out in the Eurovision semi finals to get there.
Contenders hotly tipped to do well in the Eurovision odds like Norway's Subwoolfer and Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra made it through Eurovision semi final 1, while one of the favourites to win this year, Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs got through Eurovision semi final 2 on Thursday.
