Torino, Italy will host Eurovision 2022

Italy won the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest after Måneskin won the competition held in [Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2021](https://www.eurowhat.com/2021-rotterdam) with the song "ZITTI E BUONI". Torino was selected as the host city following [a multi-city bid process](https://eurovision.tv/story/turin-to-host-eurovision-2022). The event will be held in Pala Alpitour, a multi-purpose arena originally built to host the Ice Hockey events of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Participating Countries

41 countries are scheduled to compete in May 2022. Montenegro and Armenia, which declined to participate in 2021, are intending to return for Eurovision 2022. Belarus, which was disqualified from participating in 2021, has been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and is therefore ineligible to compete. All other participanting countries from Eurovision 2021 are expected to return for 2022.

Participants

🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇹 Austria 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France
🇬🇪 Georgia 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇱 Israel 🇮🇹 Italy
🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom  

Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final

Since the year 2000, France, Germany, Spain, and United Kingdom have been granted an automatic pass to the Grand Final, thanks to their respective broadcasters providing significant financial support for the Contest. When Italy returned to the competition in 2011, they were also granted this status. This group is known as the Big Five.

With Italy as the host country, the Big Five will be the only auto-qualifiers for the Eurovision Grand Final on May 14, 2022. There will be a semi-final allocation held January 25, 2022 to distribute the remaining 36 countries to the two semi-finals to be held on May 10 and May 12. 10 countries from each semi-final will advance, creating a lineup of 25 songs for the Grand Final.

FINALISTS
🇫🇷 France	🇩🇪 Germany	🇮🇹 Italy	🇪🇸 Spain	🇬🇧 United Kingdom