contest no. 66
Eurovision 2022: Turin
The 66th Eurovision Song Contest was held on Saturday, 14 May 2022 at Palasport Olimpico in Turin, Italy. 40 countries took part. Ukraine won with “Stefania (Стефанія)” by Kalush Orchestra, on 631 points.
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- Final
- Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Semi-finals
- Tuesday, 10 May 2022 and Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Venue
- Palasport Olimpico, Turin, Italy
- Host broadcaster
- Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
- Presenters
- Alessandro Cattelan, Laura Pausini, Mika
- Directors
- Cristian Biondani, Duccio Forzano
- For the EBU
- Martin Österdahl
- Slogan
- The Sound of Beauty
- Entries
- 40 countries
- Returning
- Armenia, Montenegro
- Absent
- Russia
- Voting
- Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
The story
Russia is excluded, and Ukraine wins with the biggest public vote ever
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Eleven weeks later Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest, with more votes from the public than any song had ever received.
Russia is excluded
Ukraine’s broadcaster asked at once for Russia to be removed from the contest and its broadcasters suspended from the EBU.
The EBU’s first answer was no. The contest was a non-political event, it said, and both countries could take part.
That position lasted about a day. Nine other broadcasters, most of them Nordic and Baltic, asked the EBU to think again, and Finland and Estonia said they would withdraw if Russia stayed. On 25 February the EBU announced that Russia would not compete: including it, the statement said, would bring the contest into disrepute.
The next day Russia’s broadcasters announced that they were leaving the EBU. Russia had not yet named a singer or a song.
Ukraine’s two winners
Ukraine had already changed its entry once, before the war began.
Its national final on 12 February was won by Alina Pash. Under a Ukrainian rule brought in after the row of 2019, nobody could represent the country who had entered Crimea illegally since 2014. Two days after the final an activist alleged that Pash had done exactly that in 2015, and that the papers she had submitted to show otherwise were forged.
The broadcaster asked the border service to check. It emerged that a member of her team had handed in falsified documents, and on 16 February she withdrew.
The place went to the runners-up, Kalush Orchestra, and a song called “Stefania”. On 14 March the organisers confirmed that Ukraine would still be coming.
Turin
Italy staged the contest in Turin, with forty countries taking part. Armenia and Montenegro returned.
The stage had a centrepiece that did not work. Italian newspapers reported on the first day of rehearsals that the “kinetic sun”, a set of moving arches, could not turn as freely as intended and would not be fixed in time.
A pro-Russian hacker group attacked Italian government websites during contest week, and the contest’s own site and voting platform were among the targets. The attacks failed.
Six juries
During the final the EBU put out a statement. In the second semi-final, six national juries — those of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino — had shown irregular voting patterns. Their votes had been thrown out and replaced, in the semi-final and the final, with results calculated from countries that usually voted in a similar way.
Belgian television later reported that the six had agreed to vote for one another.
Several of the broadcasters objected loudly. Romania, whose own jury would have given its twelve points to Moldova, accused the EBU of changing the rules and threatened to pull out of the contest.
The result
Kalush Orchestra finished their song and their frontman shouted an appeal from the stage: help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help the defenders of Azovstal. Political statements are against the rules. The EBU ruled that this one was humanitarian, not political.
The juries put the United Kingdom first, and Ukraine fourth.
The public vote was something else. Ukraine received 439 of the points awarded by viewers, the highest total in the history of the contest, and won with 631 points overall.
“Stefania” was the first winner sung entirely in Ukrainian.
The United Kingdom’s Sam Ryder was second with “Space Man”, Britain’s sixteenth runner-up finish. Spain was third and Sweden fourth. Germany came last.
Sources: Wikipedia, “Eurovision Song Contest 2022”, and the EBU statements and press reports it cites.
The shows, night by night
What opened each show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2022
First semi-final
17 songs, 10 went through to the final
- opened by
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- Sherol Dos Santos “The Sound of Beauty”
- in the interval
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- Dardust, Benny Benassi and Sophie and the Giants “Horizon in Your Eyes”, “Satisfaction” and “Golden Nights”
- Diodato “Fai rumore”, the Italian song chosen for the cancelled 2020 contest
Every song and who went through ↓ Every vote, country by country →
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Thursday, 12 May 2022
Second semi-final
18 songs, 10 went through to the final
- opened by
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- Alessandro Cattelan the co-host’s number “The Italian Way”
- in the interval
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- Laura Pausini and Mika “Fragile” and “People Have the Power”
- Il Volo “Grande amore”
Every song and who went through ↓ Every vote, country by country →
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Saturday, 14 May 2022
Final
25 songs
- opened by
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- Rockin’ 1000 “Give Peace a Chance”
- Laura Pausini a medley of five of the co-host’s own songs
- in the interval
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- Måneskin last year’s winners, with “Supermodel” and “If I Can Dream”
- Gigliola Cinquetti the 1964 winner, “Non ho l’età”
- Mika a medley of four songs
The final
| Place | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Sang | Semi-final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Kalush Orchestra winner! | “Stefania (Стефанія)” Ukrainian · Ihor Didenchuk, Vitalii Duzhyk, Ivan Klymenko, Tymofii Muzychuk, Oleh Psiuk | 631 | 12 | SF1 · 1st 337 pts |
| 2 | United Kingdom | Sam Ryder | “Space Man” English · Sam Ryder, Amy Wadge, Max Wolfgang | 466 | 22 | Straight to the final |
| 3 | Spain | Chanel | “SloMo” Spanish, English · Keith Harris, Ibere Fortes, Leroy Sánchez, Maggie Szabo, Arjen Thonen | 459 | 10 | Straight to the final |
| 4 | Sweden | Cornelia Jakobs | “Hold Me Closer” English · Cornelia Jakobsdotter, Isa Molin, David Zandén | 438 | 20 | SF2 · 1st 396 pts |
| 5 | Serbia | Konstrakta | “In corpore sano” Serbian, Latin · Milovan Bošković, Ana Đurić | 312 | 24 | SF2 · 3rd 237 pts |
| 6 | Italy | Mahmood and Blanco | “Brividi” Italian · Riccardo Fabbriconi, Alessandro Mahmoud, Michele "Michelangelo" Zocca | 268 | 9 | Straight to the final |
| 7 | Moldova | Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers | “Trenulețul” Romanian, English · Vasile Advahov, Vitalie Advahov, Andrei Cebotari, Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov, Sveatoslav Staruș | 253 | 19 | SF1 · 8th 154 pts |
| 8 | Greece | Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord | “Die Together” English · Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord, Bjørn Helge Gammelsæter | 215 | 17 | SF1 · 3rd 211 pts |
| 9 | Portugal | Maro | “Saudade, saudade” English, Portuguese · John Blanda, Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca | 207 | 3 | SF1 · 4th 208 pts |
| 10 | Norway | Subwoolfer | “Give That Wolf a Banana” English · Ben Adams, Gaute Ormåsen | 182 | 7 | SF1 · 6th 177 pts |
| 11 | Netherlands | S10 | “De diepte” Dutch · Stien den Hollander, Arno Krabman | 171 | 11 | SF1 · 2nd 221 pts |
| 12 | Poland | Ochman | “River” English · Ashley Hicklin, Krystian Ochman, Mikołaj Trybulec, Adam Wiśniewski | 151 | 23 | SF2 · 6th 198 pts |
| 13 | Estonia | Stefan | “Hope” English · Stefan Airapetjan, Karl-Ander Reismann | 141 | 25 | SF2 · 5th 209 pts |
| 14 | Lithuania | Monika Liu | “Sentimentai” Lithuanian · Monika Luibinaitė | 128 | 14 | SF1 · 7th 159 pts |
| 15 | Australia | Sheldon Riley | “Not the Same” English · Cam Nacson, Sheldon Riley Hernandez | 125 | 21 | SF2 · 2nd 243 pts |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | Nadir Rustamli | “Fade to Black” English · Sebastian Schub, Thomas Stengaard, Andreas Stone, Anderz Wrethov | 106 | 15 | SF2 · 10th 96 pts |
| 17 | Switzerland | Marius Bear | “Boys Do Cry” English · Marius Hügli, Martin Gallop | 78 | 5 | SF1 · 9th 118 pts |
| 18 | Romania | Wrs | “Llámame” English, Spanish · Costel Dominteanu, Cezar Gună, Alexandru Turcu, Andrei Ursu | 65 | 2 | SF2 · 9th 118 pts |
| 19 | Belgium | Jérémie Makiese | “Miss You” English · Silvio Lisbonne, Jérémie Makiese, Mike BGRZ, Manon Romiti | 64 | 16 | SF2 · 8th 151 pts |
| 20 | Armenia | Rosa Linn | “Snap” English · Allie Crystal, Jeremy Dusolet, Courtney Harrell, Tamar Mardirossian Kaprelian, Larzz Principato, Rosa Linn | 61 | 8 | SF1 · 5th 187 pts |
| 21 | Finland | The Rasmus | “Jezebel” English · Desmond Child, Lauri Ylönen | 38 | 4 | SF2 · 7th 162 pts |
| 22 | Czech Republic | We Are Domi | “Lights Off” English · Einar Eriksen Kvaløy, Dominika Hašková, Casper Hatlestad, Abigail Frances Jones, Benjamin Rekstad | 38 | 1 | SF2 · 4th 227 pts |
| 23 | Iceland | Systur | “Með hækkandi sól” Icelandic · Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir | 20 | 18 | SF1 · 10th 103 pts |
| 24 | France | Alvan and Ahez | “Fulenn” Breton · Marine Lavigne, Alexis Morvan Rosius | 17 | 6 | Straight to the final |
| 25 | Germany | Malik Harris | “Rockstars” English · Malik Harris, Robin Karow, Marianne Kobylka | 6 | 13 | Straight to the final |
The semi-finals
Every song in each semi-final, in finishing order. 15 songs didn’t reach the final.
First semi-final Tuesday, 10 May 2022 · 17 songs, 10 went through
| Place | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Sang | Then |
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| 1 | Ukraine | Kalush Orchestra | “Stefania (Стефанія)” Ukrainian · Ihor Didenchuk, Vitalii Duzhyk, Ivan Klymenko, Tymofii Muzychuk, Oleh Psiuk | 337 | 6 | Through: 1st in the final |
| 2 | Netherlands | S10 | “De diepte” Dutch · Stien den Hollander, Arno Krabman | 221 | 8 | Through: 11th in the final |
| 3 | Greece | Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord | “Die Together” English · Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord, Bjørn Helge Gammelsæter | 211 | 15 | Through: 8th in the final |
| 4 | Portugal | Maro | “Saudade, saudade” English, Portuguese · John Blanda, Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca | 208 | 10 | Through: 9th in the final |
| 5 | Armenia | Rosa Linn | “Snap” English · Allie Crystal, Jeremy Dusolet, Courtney Harrell, Tamar Mardirossian Kaprelian, Larzz Principato, Rosa Linn | 187 | 17 | Through: 20th in the final |
| 6 | Norway | Subwoolfer | “Give That Wolf a Banana” English · Ben Adams, Gaute Ormåsen | 177 | 16 | Through: 10th in the final |
| 7 | Lithuania | Monika Liu | “Sentimentai” Lithuanian · Monika Luibinaitė | 159 | 3 | Through: 14th in the final |
| 8 | Moldova | Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers | “Trenulețul” Romanian, English · Vasile Advahov, Vitalie Advahov, Andrei Cebotari, Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov, Sveatoslav Staruș | 154 | 9 | Through: 7th in the final |
| 9 | Switzerland | Marius Bear | “Boys Do Cry” English · Marius Hügli, Martin Gallop | 118 | 4 | Through: 17th in the final |
| 10 | Iceland | Systur | “Með hækkandi sól” Icelandic · Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir | 103 | 14 | Through: 23rd in the final |
| 11 | Croatia | Mia Dimšić | “Guilty Pleasure” English, Croatian · Damir Bačić, Mia Dimšić, Vjekoslav Dimter | 75 | 11 | Out |
| 12 | Albania | Ronela Hajati | “Sekret” Albanian, English · Ronela Hajati | 58 | 1 | Out |
| 13 | Denmark | Reddi | “The Show” English · Julia Fabrin, Remee Jackman, Ihan Haydar, Lars Pedersen, Siggy Savery | 55 | 12 | Out |
| 14 | Latvia | Citi Zēni | “Eat Your Salad” English · Jānis "JJ Lush" Jačmenkins, Roberts Memmēns, Jānis Pētersons, Dagnis Roziņš | 55 | 2 | Out |
| 15 | Austria | Lumix Pia Maria | “Halo” English · Rasmus Flyckt, Luca Michlmayr, Anders Nilsen, Gabry Ponte, Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons | 42 | 13 | Out |
| 16 | Bulgaria | Intelligent Music Project | “Intention” English · MD, Milen Vrabevski | 29 | 7 | Out |
| 17 | Slovenia | LPS | “Disko” Slovene · Gašper Hlupič, Mark Semeja, Zala Velenšek, Filip Vidušin, Žiga Žvižej | 15 | 5 | Out |
Second semi-final Thursday, 12 May 2022 · 18 songs, 10 went through
| Place | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Sang | Then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | Cornelia Jakobs | “Hold Me Closer” English · Cornelia Jakobsdotter, Isa Molin, David Zandén | 396 | 17 | Through: 4th in the final |
| 2 | Australia | Sheldon Riley | “Not the Same” English · Cam Nacson, Sheldon Riley Hernandez | 243 | 8 | Through: 15th in the final |
| 3 | Serbia | Konstrakta | “In corpore sano” Serbian, Latin · Milovan Bošković, Ana Đurić | 237 | 3 | Through: 5th in the final |
| 4 | Czech Republic | We Are Domi | “Lights Off” English · Einar Eriksen Kvaløy, Dominika Hašková, Casper Hatlestad, Abigail Frances Jones, Benjamin Rekstad | 227 | 18 | Through: 22nd in the final |
| 5 | Estonia | Stefan | “Hope” English · Stefan Airapetjan, Karl-Ander Reismann | 209 | 12 | Through: 13th in the final |
| 6 | Poland | Ochman | “River” English · Ashley Hicklin, Krystian Ochman, Mikołaj Trybulec, Adam Wiśniewski | 198 | 14 | Through: 12th in the final |
| 7 | Finland | The Rasmus | “Jezebel” English · Desmond Child, Lauri Ylönen | 162 | 1 | Through: 21st in the final |
| 8 | Belgium | Jérémie Makiese | “Miss You” English · Silvio Lisbonne, Jérémie Makiese, Mike BGRZ, Manon Romiti | 151 | 16 | Through: 19th in the final |
| 9 | Romania | Wrs | “Llámame” English, Spanish · Costel Dominteanu, Cezar Gună, Alexandru Turcu, Andrei Ursu | 118 | 13 | Through: 18th in the final |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | Nadir Rustamli | “Fade to Black” English · Sebastian Schub, Thomas Stengaard, Andreas Stone, Anderz Wrethov | 96 | 4 | Through: 16th in the final |
| 11 | North Macedonia | Andrea | “Circles” English · Andrea Koevska, Aleksandar Masevski | 76 | 11 | Out |
| 12 | Cyprus | Andromache | “Ela (Έλα)” English, Greek · Arash Labaf, Yll Limani, Fatjon Miftaraj, Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Alex Papaconstantinou, George Papadopoulos, Filloreta Raçi Fifi, Viktor Svensson, Robert Uhlmann | 63 | 9 | Out |
| 13 | Israel | Michael Ben David | “I.M” English · Chen Aharoni, Lidor Saadia, Asi Tal | 61 | 2 | Out |
| 14 | San Marino | Achille Lauro | “Stripper” Italian, English · Gregorio "Greg" Calculli, Matteo "Gow Tribe" Ciceroni, Mattia "Banf" Cutolo, Federico De Marinis, Lauro De Marinis, Daniele Dezi, Marco "Lancs" Lanciotti, Simon Pietro Manzari, Daniele Mungai, Davide Petrella, Francesco Viscovo | 50 | 7 | Out |
| 15 | Ireland | Brooke | “That's Rich” English · Brooke Scullion, Izzy Warner, Karl Zine | 47 | 10 | Out |
| 16 | Malta | Emma Muscat | “I Am What I Am” English · Julie Aagaard, Dino Medanhodžić, Emma Muscat, Stine Kinck | 47 | 6 | Out |
| 17 | Montenegro | Vladana | “Breathe” English, Italian · Darko Dimitrov, Vladana Vučinić | 33 | 15 | Out |
| 18 | Georgia | Circus Mircus | “Lock Me In” English · Circus Mircus | 22 | 5 | Out |
Who showed it, and who talked over it
The channels that carried the contest in 42 countries, with the commentator where our source names one.
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Albania
- RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
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Armenia
- Armenia 1 Garik Papoyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
- Public Radio Garik Papoyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
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Australia
- SBS Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey
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Austria
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 (final) Kurdwin Ayub, Florian Alexander, Hannes Duscher and Roland Gratzer
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Azerbaijan
- İTV Murad Arif
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Belgium
- La Une, VivaCité Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys
- één Peter Van de Veire
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Bulgaria
- BNT 1, BNT 4 Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev
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Croatia
- HRT 1 Duško Ćurlić
- HR 2 Zlatko Turkalj
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Cyprus
- RIK 1, RIK HD, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
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Czech Republic
- ČT2 Jan Maxián
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Denmark
- DR1 Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech
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Estonia
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
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Finland
- Yle TV1, Yle Areena Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen, Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, Russian: Levan Tvaltvadze, Inari Sami: Heli Huovinen, Northern Sami: Aslak Paltto
- Yle Radio Suomi Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen
- Yle X3M Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
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France
- Culturebox (semi-finals) Laurence Boccolini
- France 2 (final) Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini
- Polynésie La Première (final) Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon La Première (final) Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini
- France 3 Bretagne (final) Goulwena an Henaff, Yann-Herle, Thelo Mell and Mael Gwenneg
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Georgia
- 1TV Nika Lobiladze
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Germany
- One Peter Urban
- Das Erste (final) Peter Urban
- Deutsche Welle (final) Peter Urban
- Radio Eins (final) Amelie Ernst and Max Spallek
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Greece
- ERT1 Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis
- Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece Dimitris Meidanis
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Iceland
- RÚV, RÚV 2 Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
- Rás 2 (final) Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
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Ireland
- RTÉ2 (semi-finals) Marty Whelan
- RTÉ One (final) Marty Whelan
- RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final 2 and final) Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski
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Israel
- Kan 11, Kan Tarbut Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
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Italy
- Rai 1, Rai 4K, Rai Italia Gabriele Corsi, Cristiano Malgioglio and Carolina Di Domenico
- Rai Radio 2 Ema Stokholma, Gino Castaldo and Saverio Raimondo
- RaiPlay The Jackal
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Latvia
- LTV1 Toms Grēviņš and Lauris Reiniks
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Lithuania
- LRT televizija, LRT Radijas Ramūnas Zilnys
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Malta
- TVM
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Moldova
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu
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Montenegro
- TVCG 1, TVCG SAT Dražen Bauković
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Netherlands
- NPO 1, BVN Cornald Maas and Jan Smit
- NPO Radio 2 (final) Frank van 't Hof and Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte
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North Macedonia
- MRT 1, MRT 2 Eli Tanaskovska
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Norway
- NRK1 Marte Stokstad
- NRK P1 (final) Jon Marius Hyttebakk and Marit Sofie Strand
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Poland
- TVP1, TVP Polonia Aleksander Sikora and Marek Sierocki
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Portugal
- RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Nuno Galopim
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Romania
- TVR 1, TVRi (semi-final 1) Bogdan Stănescu
- TVR 1, TVRi (semi-final 2 and final) Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
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San Marino
- San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo
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Serbia
- RTS 1, RTS Planeta, RTS Svet (semi-final 1) Silvana Grujić
- RTS 1, RTS Planeta, RTS Svet (semi-final 2 and final) Duška Vučinić
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Slovenia
- TV SLO 2 (semi-finals) Andrej Hofer
- TV SLO 1 (final) Andrej Hofer
- Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor (semi-final 1 and final) Maruša Kerec
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Spain
- La 1, TVE Internacional Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- Radio Nacional (final) Imanol Durán, Sara Calvo and David Asensio
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Sweden
- SVT1 (semi-finals) Edward af Sillén
- SVT1 (final) Edward af Sillén and Linnea Henriksson
- SVT24 Audio description: Annika Lundin
- SR P4 Carolina Norén
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Switzerland
- SRF zwei (semi-finals) Sven Epiney
- SRF info (semi-final 2) Sven Epiney
- SRF 1 (final) Sven Epiney
- RTS 2 (semi-finals) Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
- RTS 1 (final) Jean-Marc Richard and Gjon's Tears
- RSI La 2 (semi-final 1) Clarissa Tami and Francesca Margiotta
- RSI La 2 (semi-final 2) Clarissa Tami and Boris Piffaretti
- RSI La 1 (final) Clarissa Tami, Francesca Margiotta and Boris Piffaretti
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Ukraine
- UA:Kultura Timur Miroshnychenko
- UA:Radio Promin (semi-finals) Timur Miroshnychenko
- UA:Radio Promin (final) Anna Zakletska and Dmytro Zakharchenko
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United Kingdom
- BBC Three (semi-finals) Scott Mills and Rylan Clark
- BBC One (final) Graham Norton
- BBC Radio 2 (final) Ken Bruce
Also shown in
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Kosovo
- RTK
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United States
- Peacock Johnny Weir
- WJFD-FM (final) Ewan Spence and Alesia Michelle
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