Then Eurovision 2022 – the date, place and time will be broadcast

66th Music Festival

New year, new folk festival. This spring, it’s Eurovision 2022 – in this article we gather everything we know about the beloved music competition.

Eurovision Song Contest It has been held since 1956 and over the years has become a truly unique folk festival that unites countries all over the world. Despite its name, the competition is not only European countries, but also Australia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Israel.

The large community that Eurovision involves has also sparked interest in the United States. We saw two years ago, for example Will Ferrell And the Rachel McAdams Netflix comedy front Eurovision Song Contest: The Epic Story of Fire We were recently able to report that the US will launch its own Eurovision programme, which is expected to air later this year.

Russia was boycotted from this year’s competition

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was decided not to allow them to compete in Eurovision 2022. Sheila Pinko, The CEO of SR, who is also a member of the EBU Board of Directors, has Explain the decision to her own channel.

The organization behind it appreciated this [situationen i Ukraina] They asked themselves if this was consistent with the values ​​that the EBU wants to preserve and that is the reason for making this decision today, she says.

The host country of Eurovision 2022

After winning last year with the group moon lightSong oily e bonny, It’s time for Italy to host this year’s Eurovision. Over the years, Italy has held the festival twice, first in Naples in 1965 and then in Rome in 1991. This will be the third time and now the city of Turin for the music competition, which is located in northwestern Italy and has a population of 1.7 million.

Then Eurovision 2022 will be held

This year, the competition will be held from May 10 to May 14 according to the following schedule:

• May 10 – Semi-finals 1
• May 12 – Semi-finals 2
• May 14 – Final

During this period, 40 different participants will gather, 25 of whom will go to the Grand Festival. France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain and Germany are already ready for the final places.

Sweden group at Eurovision

Sweden will compete in the second semi-final Cornelia Jacobs Song hold me close. So, the date of it is May 12, as it shares the second half with:

• Belgium
• Estonia
• Ireland
• the black Mountain
• North Macedonia
• Poland
• Romania
• Czech Republic

We’ll keep you updated on Eurovision 2022 as soon as we know more.

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