Rome, 21 March 2022 – The 40 tracks competing at theEurovision 2022 and I decided on the TV appointments to follow the festival. With the announcement in these hours of the song ‘Fade to Black’ by Nadir Rustaemli for Azerbaijan, the picture of 40 songs (for as many countries) that will take part in the most important musical event in Europe, scheduled in Turin from 10 to 14 May with the conduct (in English) of Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan e Mika.
The three, however, will not just present the evening. Mika will duet with Pausini during the interval act of the second semifinalwhile Cattelan will be the protagonist of one sketch at the opening of the second evening. Furthermore, ‘Laura Nazionale’ will open with one of her performances there finalean evening that will also see the performance of Maneskinwinners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
The Eurofestival can be followed on Rai channels. The semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May will air on Raiuno from 21 and will be preceded by a preview of 20 minutes in Italian with Gabriele Corsi e Christian Malgioglio, who will then comment on the show. In addition, one is scheduled for 9, 11 and 13 May strip 5 minutes on Raiuno at 20.40 (immediately after Tg1) dedicated to the kermesse.
In first semifinal on May 10 the following countries will perform.
Albania: Ronela Hajati with the branch ‘Secret;
Lettonia: Citi Zeni con ‘Eat Your Salad’;
Switzerland: artist and song not yet formalized;
Slovenia: LPS (‘Last Pizza Slice’) col brano ‘Disko’;
Bulgaria: ‘Intelligent Music Project’ with the song ‘Intention’;
Moldova: ‘Zdob si Zdub’ with the song ‘Trenuletul’;
Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra with the song ‘Stefania’;
Lithuania: Monika Liu with the song ‘Sentimentai’;
Netherlands: ‘S10’ with the song ‘De diepte’;
Norway: ‘Subwoolfer’ with the song ‘Give That Wolf a Banana’;
Portogallo: March with ‘Saudada, Saudade’;
Denmark: Reddy with the song ‘The Show’;
Armenia: Rosa Linn with the song ‘Snap’;
Austria: ‘Lum! X’ feat. Pia Maria with the song ‘Halo’;
Croatia: Mia Dimsic ‘with the song Guilty Pleasure’;
Iceland: Sigga, Beta & Elín con ‘With the rising sun’;
Grecia: Amanda Tenfjord con ‘Die Together’.
In second semifinal on May 12 the following countries will perform.
Australia: Sheldon Riley con ‘Not the Same’;
Georgia: Circus Mircus con ‘Lock Me In’;
Cyprus: Andromache with ‘Ela’;
Israel: Michael Ben David with the song ‘IM’;
Malta: Emma Muscat with the song ‘Out of Sigh’;
Serbia: Konstrakta with the song ‘In corpore sano’;
Finland: The Rasmus with the song ‘Jezebel’;
Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustaemli con ‘Fade to Black’;
San Marino: Achille Lauro with ‘Stripper’;
Montenegro: Vladana Vucinic with the song ‘Breathe’;
Romania: WRS with the song ‘Llámame’;
Czech Republic: ‘We Are Domi’ with the song ‘Lights off’;
Poland: Krystian Ochman with the song ‘River’;
Belgium: Jérémie Makiese with ‘Miss You’;
North Macedonia: Andrea with the song ‘Circles’;
Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs with ‘Hold Me Closer’;
Estonia: Stefan Airapetjan with the song ‘Hope’;
Ireland: Brooke Scullion with the song ‘That’s Rich’.
Finally, these i ‘Big Five‘(which come into play directly in the finale) with the respective songs:
Italy: Blanco and Mahmood with ‘Broglie’;
Spain: Chanel Terrero with ‘SloMo’;
France: Alvan & Ahez with ‘Fulenn’;
Germany: Malik Harris with ‘Rockstars’;
United Kingdom: Sam Ryder with ‘Space Man’.