Eurofestival 1

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 Winning song

The Eurofestival 1 was the first edition of the Eurofestival. The contest was held in the Palace of Youths and Sports in Pristina, Kosovo. It was the first time Kosovo hosted the show, as it was the founding country of the Eurofestival. The contest was fully organised by the host broadcaster Radio Televizioni i Kosovës (RTK), while the European Broadcasting Organisation (EBO) observed the show. The contest consisted of one show held on TBA January 2022.

The Eurofestival was launched to give smaller nations who are or who are not members of the EBO a chance to participate in a show like the Eurovision Song Festival, like Andorra, Luxembourg and Malta. As a pre-condition to join the show, the participating nations must broadcast the Eurovision Song Festival 16 live.

RTK stated their wish that in the future a space in regular editions of the Eurovision Song Festival can be reserved for the winning entry of the Eurofestival. Furthermore, RTK stated that they would like to see the winner of the show being invited to perform at the following edition pf the Eurovision Song Festival.

## Location

The first edition of the Eurofestival was held in the Palace of Youths and Sports in Pristina, Kosovo. As RTK was the broadcaster who invented the concept, the first edition was held in Kosovo. According to RTK, the plan is that the winning country organises the next edition, although this may be a challenge looking at the small size of the participating countries.

### Selection of the host city

Shortly after the Eurofestival was launched, RTK confirmed that Kosovo would organise the first edition of the contest. On January 3 2022 the host status of Pristina was confirmed. RTK did not launch an official bidding process, as only the venue in Pristina meets the necessary conditions for hosting the contest.

## Format

### Presenters

The contest was presented by Albanian singers Anxhela Peristeri and Elvana Gjata. Elvana Gjata has participated twice for Albania in the Eurovision Song Festival, finishing eighth and fifteenth. Anxhela Peristeri has hosted Festivali i Kengës, a famous Albanian music competition.

### Postcards

The postcards form short introduction videos to each of the individual participants, while also showcasing beautiful spots of the host nation. Each postcard is approximately 30 seconds long. The postcards for the first edition of the Eurofestival were filmed between November and December. The postcards featured mostly aerial shots of interesting tourist hotspots of the country. The artists performed a small dance routine on the location of their postcard. The following locations were used for each participating country:

  Malta | Marble Caves

## Participating countries

On 3 January 2022, RTK announced that a total of 4 countries would take part in the contest, with  Andorra,  Kosovo,  Luxembourg and  Malta all debuting.

### Final

The final took place on 7 January at 21:00 (CEST). Four countries participated in the final, while besides these four, ten invited guest countries were allowed to vote as well.

## Other countries

* Malta - PBS confirmed that Malta would join this edition as an experiment and to see whether a return to the Eurovision Song Festival could be successful.
* Tunisia - Tunisian broadcaster Télévision Tunisienne 1 confirmed that it would closely follow this edition of the contest, looking into a potential debut.