Country Contest 22

The Country Contest 22 will be the twenty-second edition of the Country Contest. It is scheduled to take place sometime in 2019. The CCU is expected to kick out any non-CCU countries outside of the 21st edition's Top 6 to make it a CCU-exclusive contest again, as in previous editions.
== Location ==
Although RTÉ hosting the contest in Ireland was first in doubt, the CCU later confirmed that a plan had been made with both RTÉ and TG4 co-hosting the contest together, alongside European and Irish sponsorship.
=== Bidding ===
Dublin was considered the main leading host city bid.
== Presenters ==
== Format ==
=== Jury changes ===
Due to controversy regarding the previous edition results, the CCU announced on 2 June 2019 that rather than 5 juries per country, that a total of 10 would be serving from each country. This change would mean that this edition would have a total of 420 jury members, compared to last edition's number of 205. The CCU reafirmed their commitment to make the contest "a fair place to promote beautiful cities, across the CCU area."
== Participating countries ==
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== Semi-final 1 ==
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	94 	 	141
2 	 	86 	 	97
3 	 	80 	 	89
4 	 	79 	 	82
5 	 	79 	 	77
6 	 	76 	 	72
7 	 	71 	 	69
8 	 	67 	 	67
9 	 	67 	 	63
10 	 	66 	 	63
11 	 	66 	 	62
12 	 	63 	 	58
13 	 	60 	 	56
14 	 	58 	 	56
15 	 	57 	 	50
16 	 	57 	 	49
17 	 	51 	 	34
18 	 	44 	 	32
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	2 	169
02 	 	17 	91
03 	 	9 	134
04 	 	8 	135
05 	 	6 	138
06 	 	10 	133
07 	 	5 	143
08 	 	11 	132
09 	 	13 	129
10 	 	3 	168
11 	 	15 	113
12 	 	12 	129
13 	 	14 	117
14 	 	16 	113
15 	 	18 	90
16 	 	1 	204
17 	 	7 	137
18 	 	4 	163
== Semi-final 2 ==
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	84 	 	97
2 	 	84 	 	85
3 	 	77 	 	82
4 	 	76 	 	80
5 	 	72 	 	79
6 	 	72 	 	72
7 	 	69 	 	68
8 	 	68 	 	66
9 	 	67 	 	65
10 	 	66 	 	63
11 	 	66 	 	63
12 	 	65 	 	62
13 	 	63 	 	61
14 	 	62 	 	58
15 	 	61 	 	57
16 	 	58 	 	56
17 	 	55 	 	56
18 	 	52 	 	45
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	17 	122
02 	 	6 	140
03 	 	16 	126
04 	 	5 	140
05 	 	18 	121
06 	 	13 	130
07 	 	15 	128
08 	 	7 	136
09 	 	8 	134
10 	 	2 	155
11 	 	9 	133
12 	 	10 	132
13 	 	11 	132
14 	 	1 	156
15 	 	3 	145
16 	 	12 	132
17 	 	14 	128
18 	 	4 	142
== Final ==
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	132 	 	162
2 	 	127 	 	142
3 	 	120 	 	135
4 	 	117 	 	122
5 	 	115 	 	120
6 	 	110 	 	112
7 	 	110 	 	112
8 	 	105 	 	110
9 	 	102 	 	107
10 	 	102 	 	100
11 	 	100 	 	100
12 	 	100 	 	97
13 	 	97 	 	95
14 	 	95 	 	95
15 	 	92 	 	92
16 	 	92 	 	92
17 	 	90 	 	90
18 	 	87 	 	85
19 	 	82 	 	80
20 	 	82 	 	72
21 	 	80 	 	72
22 	 	80 	 	70
23 	 	80 	 	70
24 	 	77 	 	60
25 	 	77 	 	55
26 	 	50 	 	42
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	14 	184
02 	 	21 	155
03 	 	23 	150
04 	 	2 	262
05 	 	5 	237
06 	 	4 	240
07 	 	17 	180
08 	 	1 	274
09 	 	26 	135
10 	 	9 	207
11 	 	8 	210
12 	 	20 	167
13 	 	3 	262
14 	 	12 	185
15 	 	19 	174
16 	 	18 	177
17 	 	11 	187
18 	 	7 	214
19 	 	25 	140
20 	 	13 	184
21 	 	6 	217
22 	 	22 	150
23 	 	24 	144
24 	 	16 	182
25 	 	15 	184
26 	 	10 	189
== Incidents ==
== Other countries ==
Eligibility for potential participation in the Country Contest requires a national broadcaster with active CCU membership, or a special invitation from the CCU as was the case with , , and at the contest in the past. , which placed in the top 6 in the previous edition is likely to be re-invited to defend their position, as was done before.
=== Active CCU members ===
* – RTVA announced on 2 June 2019 that with the announcement of the new jury system, they had received funds from some sponsors, allowing a return in the 23rd edition. A return would not be possible, however, in the current edition.
* – C1R and R1 stated that a return "could be possible in the long term" with the jury announcement, but stated that 'the current edition would need to be observed first, before anything is certain.'