Eurovision Song Contest

## Results

### Voting system

Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first from a professional jury, the second from viewers.

### Winning song

 Bulgaria
VICTORIA - "You Can Touch My Boobies"

**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

Chloe FerryAnalyse TalaveraDoja CatNetta 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.

  Qualifiers

## 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.

  Qualifiers

## 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".

  Winner

## 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Although Wales and Malta finished with the same amount of points, Wales is considered higher than Malta due to receiving more points from the televoters
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Although Romania and Italy finished with the same amount of points, Romania is considered higher than Italy due to receiving more points from the televoters
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Although Austria and England finished with the same amount of points, England is considered higher than Austria due to receiving more points from the televoters
4. ↑ Although Austria and Montenegro finished with the same amount of points, Austria is considered higher than Montenegro due to receiving more points from the televoters
5. ↑ Switzerland and Georgia had the same amount of points in the jury voting, but since Switzerland received jury points from a greater number of countries (13) compared to Georgia (12), Switzerland is deemed to have finished higher in the jury voting.
6. ↑ Austria and Finland had the same amount of points in the televoting, but since Austria received more jury points (87) compared to Finland (54), Austria is deemed to have finished higher in the televoting.