Eurovision 2022: The Second Semi - Final Qualifiers; Grand final line up completed

Eurovision 2022: The Second Semi-Final Qualifiers; Grand final line up completed
Thursday, 12 May 2022

  • The Second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place this evening at Pala Olimpico in Turin determining the last ten qualifiers and completing the Grand final line-up.

    After months of national selections and preparations and following a week of rehearsals in Turin the first semi final live show was held tonight selecting the first ten acts that made it through to the final show. 

    The 18 competing acts took the stage and performed their entries  live on air by the audience, with the viewers in the competing countries and those of France and Italy been able to cast their vote to determine the rest 50% of the results. 

    While last evening's jury votes counted as the 50% of the score, the rest 50% was deteremined tonight by the public vote during the semi final 2 live show, which was host be the trio  Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Mika.

    HOSTS

     

    The competing performances

    Here are this evening's performances in the running order they appeared on stage: 

     

    1.Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel

    2.Israel: Michael Ben David - I'M

     

    3.Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

     

     

    4.Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade to black

     

     

    5.Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock me in

     

     

    6.Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I am

     

     

    7.San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper

     

     

    8.Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not the same

     

    9.Cyprus: Andromache - Ela

     

     

    10.Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich

     

     

    11.North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles

     

     

    12.Estonia: Stefan - Hope

     

     

    13.Romania: WRS - Llamame

     

     

    14.Poland: Ochman - River

     

    15.Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe

     

    16.Belgium: Jeremie Makiese - Miss you

     

    17.Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold me closer

     

    18.Czech Republic: We are Domi - Lights offs 

     

     

    Interval Acts

    While the voting lines were open the audience had the chance to enjoy on stage the presenters Laura Pausini and Mika performing on stage the song 'Fragile' (Sting) and 'People have the power' (Patti Smith) and Italian Eurovision 2015 acts,  the operatic trio, Il Volo performing a more rock version of 'Grande Amore' in English! 

     

    Laura Pausini & Mika

     

    Il Volo

     

    The 10 Qualifiers

    The 10 countries that made it to the final and will be advancing to Saturday's Grand final are: 

    QualifiersSF2

     

    In cases you missed out and want to watch or rewatch the whole show you can always tune in the official Eurovision Youtube Channel and enjoy the excitement of the 2nd semi final: 

     

     

    News Source/Images: Eurovision.tv

     

     

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.