Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest was a song contest. It took place in Tirana, Albania, in the Pallati i Kongreseve arena. It consisted of two semi finals on 19 and 20 May, and a grand final on 21 May. The three live shows were hosted by Chloe Ferry, Analyse Talavera, Doja Cat and Netta Barzilai.
Forty countries competed at the contest. The participating countries were originally planned to be the participants of Eurovision 2022, however were changed to remove Israel, Azerbaijan, Serbia and the UK, and replace them with Wales, Scotland, England and Kosovo.
The winner was VICTORIA with "You Can Touch My Boobies", representing Bulgaria. It received 297 points in the final, getting 137 from the juries and 160 from the televoters.
==Location==
After Albania's broadcaster RTSH was announced as hosting the contest, a location in Albania needed to be decided for where to host. They decided on the Pallati i Kongreseve (Palace of Congresses) arena in Tirana, the location of Festivali i Këngës and Kënga Magjike.
Several other venues were discussed prior to the announcement, such as the Sheshi Italia arena.
== Production==
The event was produced by Albanian broadcaster RTSH.
===Selection===
Each artist and their song was selected internally and announced by their countries broadcaster leading up to the event.
===Presenters===
Chloehost.png|Chloe Ferry
Analysehost.png|Analyse Talavera
Dojacathost.png|Doja Cat
Nettahost.png|Netta Barzilai
Reality TV stars Chloe Ferry and Analyse Talavera and rapper Doja Cat were the original presenters of the contest. Before the final, it was announced that Doja Cat had been injured and was unable to remain host for the final live show. As a result, she was replaced with Netta Barzilai.
==Format==
The contest followed the same format of Eurovision 2022. This was that each country, minus the "Big 5" (Albania, Australia, France, Poland, Scotland) would compete in one of the two semi finals. The top 10 ranked countries of the semi finals, plus the "Big 5", would compete in the Grand Final.
===Semi Final allocation draw===
The draw to determine which half of which semi final countries would compete in took place on 18 May 2022. During this draw, it was also decided which semi final each of the "Big 5" members would vote in. Unlike Eurovision, there were no pots, and instead each country was free to be picked at any point.
==Results==
Forty countries competed in the contest. Seventeen competed in the first semi final, and eighteen in the second semi final, with the "Big 5" automatically qualifying.
The results for each semi remained secret until after the final, however the 10 qualifiers were revealed at the end of each show.
== Semi-final 1==
The first semi-final took place on 19 May 2022. Seventeen countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus France, Poland and Scotland voted in this semi-final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Language(s) 	Place 	Points
01 	 	MARINA 	"Over You" 	English 	9Although Wales and Malta finished with the same amount of points, Wales is considered higher than Malta due to receiving more points from the televoters 	132
02 	 	Emy Alupei 	"Butterflies" 	English 	13Although Romania and Italy finished with the same amount of points, Romania is considered higher than Italy due to receiving more points from the televoters 	105
03 	 	Pia Maria 	"Set Fire to the Rain"	English 	5 	177
04 	 	Sweet Taboo 	"On se retrouvera" 	French 	14 	105
05 	 	Amanda Tenfjord	"Emotion" 	English 	12 	112
06 	 	Maryanne Oketch	"Karma" 	Albanian 	7 	114
07 	 	Gabbie Hanna 	"Akasaka Sad" 	English, Japanese	3 	180
08 	 	Sophia Ivanko 	"My Mind is All Yours"	English 	15 	101
09 	 	MARO 	"Die Together" 	English 	6 	170
10 	 	Pretinha 	"Requiem" 	French, English 	17 	45
11 	 	Sarah Beth 	"Sober" 	English 	11 	125
12 	 	Abi-Maria Gomes	"Beautiful Mess" 	English 	10 	132
13 	 	Jemmye Carroll 	"I.C.Y.M.I." 	English 	16 	87
14 	 	Srbuk 	"some of you" 	English 	8 	136
15 	 	Kayleigh Morris	"Get Into It (Yuh)" 	English 	4Although Austria and England finished with the same amount of points, England is considered higher than Austria due to receiving more points from the televoters	177
16 	 	Klaire 	"Venus Fly Trap" 	English 	2 	183
17 	 	Marie Roda 	"Hearts Will Bleed" 	English 	1 	209
==Semi-final 2==
The second semi-final took place on 20 May 2022. Eighteen countries competed in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Albania and Australia voted in this semi final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Language(s)	Place	Points
01 	 	KaYra 	"Take You To Hell" 	English 	13 	96
02 	 	Amber Borzotra 	"Oh No!" 	English 	1 	214
03 	 	Jake 	"Glued" 	English 	17 	55
04 	 	Dua Lipa 	"imagine" 	English 	6 	165
05 	 	Bettina Buchanan 	"lowkey" 	English 	16 	63
06 	 	Tori Deal 	"Vacation Bible School" 	English 	9 	126
07 	 	Royanne 	"Beautiful Disaster" 	English 	14 	93
08 	 	Ava Max & Bebe Rexha 	"Tag, You're It" 	English 	18 	47
09 	 	Stella Smyth 	"duszki" 	Polish 	15 	87
10 	 	AleXa 	"Backstabber" 	English 	3 	193
11 	 	ITZY 	"High" 	English 	5 	171
12 	 	VICTORIA 	"You Can Touch My Boobies"	English 	4 	191
13 	 	Mörges 	"Purge the Poison" 	English 	2 	194
14 	 	Trisha Paytas 	"Notebook" 	English 	11 	113
15 	 	Kelly Clarkson & Snoop Dogg	"Haunted" 	English 	7 	150
16 	 	Hannah Baker 	"Rumors" 	English 	8 	145
17 	 	Brooke 	"A Thousand Years" 	English 	10 	114
18 	 	Melani 	"Downtown" 	English 	12 	103
==Final==
The final took place on 21 May 2022. Twenty-five countries participated, consisting of the top 10 from each semi final, and the "Big 5". All forty participating countries were eligable to vote. The winner was Bulgaria, with VICTORIA's "You Can Touch My Boobies".
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Language(s) 	Place 	Points
01 	 	Mark 	"Beg for You" 	English 	24 	91
02 	 	Gabbie Hanna 	"Akasaka Sad" 	English, Japanese	9 	201
03 	 	Brooke 	"A Thousand Years" 	English 	23 	94
04 	 	Srbuk 	"some of you" 	English 	8 	204
05 	 	Klaire 	"Venus Fly Trap" 	English 	2 	287
06 	 	Gator 	"Superhero" 	Polish, English 	10 	196
07 	 	VICTORIA 	"You Can Touch My Boobies"	English 	1 	297
08 	 	Karla B 	"Cry" 	English 	18 	150
09 	 	MARO 	"Die Together" 	English 	11 	194
10 	 	Pia Maria 	"Set Fire to the Rain" 	English 	6Although Austria and Montenegro finished with the same amount of points, Austria is considered higher than Montenegro due to receiving more points from the televoters	255
11 	 	Kyoko B 	"The Road" 	English 	22 	122
12 	 	Sean 	"Solar Power" 	English 	25 	78
13 	 	MARINA 	"Over You" 	English 	15 	165
14 	 	ITZY 	"High" 	English 	3 	278
15 	 	Kayleigh Morris 	"Get Into It (Yuh)" 	English 	12 	188
16 	 	AleXa 	"Backstabber" 	English 	17 	160
17 	 	Mörges 	"Purge the Poison" 	English 	13 	185
18 	 	Abi-Maria Gomes 	"Beautiful Mess" 	English 	21 	141
19 	 	Amber Borzotra 	"Oh No!" 	English 	4 	260
20 	 	Dua Lipa 	"imagine" 	English 	19 	147
21 	 	Tori Deal 	"Vacation Bible School" 	English 	7 	255
22 	 	Maryanne Oketch 	"Karma" 	Albanian 	20 	144
23 	 	Marie Roda 	"Hearts Will Bleed" 	English 	5 	256
24 	 	Kelly Clarkson & Snoop Dogg	"Haunted" 	English 	14 	168
25 	 	Hannah Baker 	"Rumors" 	English 	16 	164
==Scoreboard==
===Semi Final 1===
===Semi-final 2===
===Final===
==Other countries==
* Azerbaijan – Due to RTSH wanting to only include countries that wouldn't cause controversy, Azerbaijan was removed from the list of participants.
* Northern Ireland – After the UK was split into England, Scotland and Wales, discussions about Northern Irish participation were made. However, this never resulted to anything. Northern Irish artists are allowed to represent Ireland.
* Russia – Due to RTSH wanting to only include countries that wouldn't cause controversy, Russia was removed from the list of participants.
* Serbia – Due to RTSH wanting to only include countries that wouldn't cause controversy, Serbia was removed from the list of participants. Of the 3 disqualified countries, this was the only one that was met with disagreement. This is because a Serbian artist had already expressed intent of participating for Serbia, however was unable to due to the disqualification.
* United Kingdom – Originally announced as a participant, the United Kingdom was removed and split into England, Scotland and Wales.
==Notes==