The wait is now over! L'Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, led by Mika, Alessandro cattelan e Laura Pausini, officially kicks off. The three evenings of the European singing festival, as is well known, will be held at PalaOlimpico il 10, 12 e 14st May and will be broadcast in prime time on RAI 1. To anticipate the start of the competition were the inauguration of theEurovision Village al Valentino Park and the opening ceremony at Directed by Venaria (respectively on 7 and 8 May). The three conductors, officially presented during the last edition of Festival of Sanremo, will have a difficult task to carry out: to be excellent hosts and, above all, to make people forget the latest confusing edition ofEurovision in Italy, conducted by Toto Cutugno e Gigliola Chirps in a 1991. Cattelan, Pausini and Mika, very comfortable on stage and with excellent knowledge of the English language (and not only), cannot fail the challenge.

Eurovision 2022 in Turin: first semifinal on 10 May

The first of the 40 nations competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin is theAlbania with Ronela Hayati and his "secretion". The You quote Zeni (Latvia) with their "Eat your salad"And Monica Liu, For the Lithuania, competing with "I felt". It will then be Switzerland's turn Marius Bear with her "Boys do cry"And of LPS (Slovenia) with "disco". To follow it will be the turn of the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra (favorite for the win) with "Stefania", The Bulgaria of Intelligent Music Project with "Intention"And toNetherlands di S10 (Stien den Hollander) with "De diepte".

La band Zdob yes Zdub and the brothers Advahov they will then represent the Moldova with "train". The Portuguese Maro will perform with his "Saudade", While the Croatian My Dimsic will sing "Guilty pleasure". For the Denmark the band will compete Denial with "/ Show", While for theAustria the musician LUM! X with "Halo". The Icelandic trio will close the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin Systur with "Með hækkandi sól”, The Greek Amanda Georgia of Tenfjord with "Die together”, The Norwegian duo Subwoofer with "Give that wolf a banana”And the Armenian Rosa Linn with Snap. Super guests such as diodate, which will re-propose its "Make noise"After the" disappointment "ofEurovision 2020 canceled. Other guests will also be the DJ Beny Benassi and the manufacturer Darsust, which they will propose, together with the Sophie and the Giants, the medley of Italian dance hits entitled "The Dance of Beauty".

Eurovision Song Contest 2022: second semifinal on 12 May

The second semifinal will open i The Rasmus (Finland) with "Jezebel”, Followed by Michael BenDavid (Israel) and its "IN THE". The Serb Contracts will compete with his "In corpore sano", while Nadir Rustamli (Azerbaijan) will sing "fade to black". The band Circus Mircus (Georgia) will perform on the Turin stage with "Lock me in", While the Maltese Emma Muscat, will sing his "I am what I am". Representing San Marino then there will be the very Italian Achille Lauro with "Stripper", While for theAustralia it will be Sidney Sheldon Riley with "Not the same". The Cypriot singer will follow Andromache with "Ela”, The Irish Brooke with "That's rich”And the Macedonian Andrea with "Circles".

'SEstonia will take the stage Stefan with "Hope", While for the Romania the artist WRS extension with the Spanish "Call me". Ohman will then represent the Poland with "Rivers", singer Vladana il Montenegro with "Breathe"And Jérémie Makiese il Belgium with "TE Echo de menos". They will close the second evening there Sweden di Cornelia Jacobs with "Hold me closer" and the Czech Republic with the trio We Are Domi and their "Lights off". The most anticipated guests of the second evening are undoubtedly The Flight, who have already participated in the singing festival in 2015 with "Great love".

The five finalists of May 14th

On the evening of May 14, the nations already qualified for the final will perform, as founding countries of Eurovision. They will leave Mahmood and Blanco for the 'Italy with "Chills", then Alvan and Ahez is preferably used for French with "Fulenn”, They will follow Malik Harris is preferably used for Germany with "Rockstar”, Chanel for the Spain with justmo and, finally, sam ryder for the UK with "space man". The 20 finalists of the two evenings. Among the guests of the final will take the stage Gigliola Chirps, winner ofEurovision in 1964, and the undisputed heroes of the latest edition, namely i Moonlight. The Roman band, among the most followed in the world, will present their new single "Supermodel”Right on the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin.

Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin: a festival that breathes again

THEEurovision of Turin comes after two really difficult years, between the pandemic and the war in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. The 2020 edition, which should have been held in Netherlands was canceled due to the Covid. On that occasion theEBU decided to create an alternative show called "Europe Shine a Light". Diodato, winner of the Sanremo Festival with "Make noise”, He performed in a suggestive l'Arena di Verona, empty, with the colors of the European Union. In 2021, the Eurovision Song Contest was held regularly in Rotterdam, albeit with very strict rules, again because of the pandemic. As is known, i Moonlight they won with their "Shut up and good". Now, after the severe phase of the pandemic, the 2022 edition will take place with an eye to the war in Ukraine (which also led to theexclusion of Russia from this European singing festival).

According to the bookmaker the big favorite for the win is the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra. If you put aside the purely musical component, the first place of Ukraine could also have a symbolic value. War permitting, this would in fact lead to the organization of the next edition of Eurovision a Kiev. Among the favorites there are however also Mahmood and Blanco, that with "Chills"Have immediately conquered the great audience, Italian and more. If the Italian duo were to reach the top step of the podium, it would be the second victory in a row for Italy and the fourth in the history of Eurovision, after Gigliola Chirps (1964) Toto Cutugno (1990) and Moonlight (2021). It doesn't happen, but if it happens ...

Featured photo: © Eurovision Song Contest (official Facebook page).

Eurovision Song Contest 2022: today the official start in Turin last edit: 2022-05-10T09:00:00+02:00 da Antonello Ciccarello

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