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The 2022 contest took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the 2021 edition with the song "Zitti e buoni", performed by Måneskin.It was the third time that Italy had hosted the contest, having previously done so for the 1965 and 1991 contests, held in Naples and Rome respectively.
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
The EBU has held several events to mark selected anniversaries in the contest's history: Songs of Europe, held in 1981 to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, had live performances and video recordings of all Eurovision Song Contest winners up to 1981; [400] [401] Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was organised in 2005 ...
Prior to the 2022 contest, Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Italy forty-six times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. [1] Since then, it has won the contest on three occasions: in 1964 with the song "Non ho l'età" performed by Gigliola Cinquetti, in 1990 with ...
Israel's Eden Golan has become one of the favourites among bookmakers to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest after she made it through the semi-finals on Thursday despite boos during her ...
Ukraine has twice won the Eurovision Song Contest, first in 2004 with Ruslana’s “Wild Dances,” and again in 2016 with Jamala’s “1944.” Russia has only one win under its belt with Dima ...
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place at PalaOlimpico in Turin, Italy, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 10 and 12 May, and the final on 14 May 2022. As the United Kingdom is a member of the " Big Five ", their entry directly qualified for the final, along with France, Germany, Spain, and Italy (also the host country in 2022). [ 34 ]
It’s hard to predict victors in a contest whose past winners have ranged from ABBA to Finnish cartoon metal band Lordi, but bookmakers say Swedish diva Loreen, who won Eurovision in 2012, is ...