Alternative Eurovision Song Contest 22

## Participation map

The **Alternative** **Eurovision Song Contest 22** is set to be the 22nd edition of the Alternative Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will be held in  Norway, following the country's victory at edition 21 with the song "Violey" by Moyka. It will be the first time that the Norway hosts the contest, and the second time when nordic country hosts the show. The three live shows will be hosted by Alexandra Rotan, Fred Buljo and Tom Hugo in Norway Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Fifty one countries in participated in Edition 22.  Morocco decided to winthdraw from PQR, and  Monaco and  San Marino from semi finals.  Qatar made their debut after invitation as a guest country.

## Venue: Norway Exhibition and Convention Centre

Norway's largest exhibition and congress centre is an international arena for exhibitions, congresses and events, and as a meeting place for local activities. Norway Trade Fairs is located by the train station in Lillestrøm, between Oslo Central Station and Oslo Airport. Easy access whether you are coming by train, car or bus. Norway Trade Fairs hosts over 30 events annually, and has almost 40,000 square metres of meeting space. Their largest hall is 10,687 square metres and can take up to 12,000 persons in theatre seating.

## Presenters

The Norwegian broadcaster decided that 'Keiino' should be the host of the edition. The group is very popular at the time, and I would bring lots of audience and intrest.

**Alexandra Rotan** - is a Norwegian singer. Rotan began her career as a child singer, becoming a superfinalist in Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010 with the song "Det vi vil". She later joined the group Keiino in 2018, and represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Spirit in the Sky", placing sixth. She had previously competed in Melodi Grand Prix 2018 in a duet with Stella Mwangi, placing third.

**Fred-René Øvergård Buljo** better known as simply Fred Buljo, is a Sámi rapper from Norway. He is a member of the Sámi rap group Duolva Duottar, established in 2007. In 2008 the group made a breakthrough when they participated in Norske Talenter and reached the final. He is best known as the joiker of Norwegian supergroup KEiiNO.

**Tom Hugo Hermansen** better known as simply Tom Hugo, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. He is currently living in Oslo.

## Participating Countries

**Avadox** who is representing  Slovenia this edition, already represented this country in third and eleventh edition.  Portugal sends old artist once again too. **Fernando Daniel** who is representing  Portugal with **Agir**, already perfromed alone in edition 01 and 2, non qualifying in edition 1 and getting third place in edition 2. **Samris** also returns to competition. They are representing  Icelandd for the second time, after 14th place in semi final in edition 9. **Radiology**, who represented  Croatia in edition 14, with **Wickd**, this time returns to competition with **Ftks** & **Thomas Daniel**. **Anso**, who represented  Albania in edition 18 and got 12th place in grand final, is represenintg  Kosovo this edition.

## Other Countries

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### Active ABU Members

* Morocco - SNRT decided to withdraw from the edition, but didn't give any specific reasons. The come back in edition 23 is possible.
* Monaco - TMC decided to withdraw from the edition, due to the financial cuts their broadcaster had experienced. The financial cuts sparked outrage within the delegation, causing the Head of Delegation to withdraw from the country. The Head of Delegation later went on to withdraw from the contest due to personal reasons.
* San Marino - SMRTV at the beginning confirmed the country's participation in the competition and announced the national selections. However, due to financial problems and the sudden resignation of the current head of delegation, San Marino decided to cancel the selections and withdraw from the competition. A return in edition 23 is possible, but under the supervision of a new head of delegation.

# Alternative Eurovision Second Chance Song Contest

## Participants

### Debuting countries

 Albania Belgium

 Czech Republic

 Greece

 Israel

 Luxembourg

 Peru

 Poland

 Qatar

 Spain

 United Kingdom

## Vote

### Voting system

Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs

### Winner

 United KingdomPaige Cavell - "Predators & Monsters"

The **Alternative** **Eurovision Second Chance Song Contest 22** is set to be the 1st edition of the Alternative Eurovision Second Chance Song Contest. The contest will be held in  Spain, following the country's biggest national final in past. It will be the third time that Spain hosts the contest, and the first time when such spin off takes place. The one live show will be hosted by Miki Nunez in Luz de Gas, in Barcelona.

The aim of the competition is to give artists who failed to win national selections a second chance and to give them a chance to feel the atmosphere of the main contest.

## Venue: Luz de Gas

This lovingly renovated old music hall, garnished with chandeliers and classical friezes, is a mainstay on the live music scene and is one classy joint. In between visits from international artists and benefit concerts for local causes, you'll find nightly residencies: blues on Mondays, Dixieland jazz on Tuesdays, disco on Wednesdays, pop-rock on Thursdays, soul on Fridays and vintage and Spanish rock on weekends.

## Presenter: Miki Nunez

**Miguel** "**Miki**" **Núñez Pozo** (born in Terrassa, 6 January 1996), sometimes known by the mononym **Miki**, is a Spanish singer who represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, with the song "La venda".

In 2018, he took part in series ten of the reality television talent competition *Operación Triunfo*, where he finished in 6th place.

## External Links

* Contest Channel Link
* Edition Youtube Playlist
* Edition Spotify Playlist