EUROVISION 2022 – Three weeks after the 66th Eurovision Grand Final here is a recap of what we missed from the statistics of the biggest music of the world

• Zdob și Zdub represented Moldova at Eurovision 2005, finishing 6th. They also represented Moldova at Eurovision 2011, finishing 12th, and at Eurovision 2022, finishing 7th. Zdob și Zdub is the only artist to have qualified from a semifinal three times. Moreover, Zdob și Zdub and Frații Advahov showed the highest result in the country in the televoting in history with the second place
• For the first time in the history of the contest, all top-3 songs start with the same letter. This year, the songs “Stefania”, “SPACE MAN” and “SloMo” entered the top-3
• Konstrakta participated in Eurovision 2022 at the age of 43. She became the oldest solo artist to hit the top-5 this century. Thus, she broke the stereotype that only young performers are successful at the contest. Konstrakta finished fifth in the final, the country’s best result since 2012. In addition, fifth place is Serbia’s third-best result after winning in 2007 and third in 2012. Konstrakta also broke Serbia’s record for the most absolute points received in a final, which previously was 268 and was set in 2007
• Ukraine received points from absolutely all participating countries, thus breaking the absolute Eurovision record for the televoting. The country also received 91.5% of all possible votes in the televote. In general, Ukraine scored 65.7% of all points. The victory of the Kalush Orchestra with the song “Stefania” is the third victory of Ukraine, after the victories in 2004 of Ruslana with the song “Wild Dances” and 2016 of Jamala with the song “1944”. Moreover, “Stefania” is the first victory in the history of a completely Ukrainian-language song.
• Of Germany’s last seven entries, the country has only once ranked higher than 25th. In 2018, Michael Schulte with the song “You Let Me Walk Alone” became an exception, taking 4th place. And in 2015, 2016 and 2022, Germany finished last in the final.
• France has shown its worst result in Eurovision since 2015. Alvan & Ahez finished this year in 24th place in the final, which was the country’s worst performance since the period 2012-2015 when France couldn’t get beyond 20th place
• Armenia showed its best result in the contest since 2018. After two failures to qualify for the final, the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 and a non-participation in 2021, Rosa Linn could make it to the final and take 20th place. Although this marked Armenia’s worst result in a Eurovision final since the country’s debut in 2006
• After its first non-qualification in 2018, Romania also failed to qualify for the final in 2019 and 2021. This year WRS went to the final, placing 9th in the semifinal with 118 points
• Nadir Rustamli could reach the final only thanks to the jury, which put the artist in sixth place in the semifinal with 96 points. Televoting gave him no points in the semi-final. In the final, Azerbaijan received only 3 points from Georgian TV viewers and 103 points from the jury. As a result, Azerbaijan took 16th place in the contest this year
• Songs from Kalush Orchestra, Sam Ryder and Chanel have all made an appearance in this week’s Billboard Global 200. The winning song “Stefania” debuts on the list at No.85. Further down the list, Sam Ryder’s “SPACE MAN” has hit No.93. Down at No.151, there is Chanel’s “SloMo”. Moreover, Sam Ryder also achieved UK chart success. Last week “SPACE MAN” hit No.2 on the Official UK Singles Chart
• Poland finished in position 12 with 151 points – the country’s best placing since Michał Szpak’s 8th place, achieved in 2016. Poland also managed to reach its best result in the semifinals in the history of the country in the contest, having achieved 6th place with 198 points. Poland had also previously scored 6th in the semifinal in 2016, but having received fewer points
• Amanda Tenfjord placed eighth in the final of Eurovision 2022. It’s Greece’s best result since 2013, when Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis placed sixth in the final. Moreover, Amanda Tenfjord brought the country the second top-10 in a row. In 2021, Stefania placed tenth in the final
• Mahmood and Blanco brought Italy the best result as a host nation since 2016. In 2016 Frans, who represented Sweden, finished fifth
• Cornelia Jakobs finished fourth, the country’s best result since 2015. Sweden ranked 5th in 2016, 2017 and 2019, as well as 7th in 2018 and 14th in 2021. So far, the country’s best result in history remains six victories, the last of which was in 2015. Moreover, this year Sweden set a record as the only country that managed to take first place in the semifinals 4 times.
• Spain with Chanel achieved its best result since 1995. Moreover, Spain received at least one point from every country except for Italy. For the first time in its participation history, Spain received the most sets of twelve points from the national juries, tied with the United Kingdom with eight sets of maximum points
• United Kingdom has broken several of its records this year. The country moved out of the top-20 for the first time since 2018, and also ranked in the top-15 for the first time since 2017. Moreover, the UK is in the top-10 and top-5 for the first time since 2009; for the first time since 2002 entered the top-3 and for the first time since 1998 took 2nd place

UKRAINE’S VICTORY

• Ukraine won the contest with massive public vote support: they have achieved 439 points in the public vote (out of 468 available points). Therefore, they ended in the first place with the public vote.
• Ukraine has received the maximum points (12 points) from 28 different countries. The lowest ranking came from Serbia, that gave them points.
• Other 10 countries gave Ukraine 8 or 10 points: Albania, Armenia, Croatia, Greece, Malta, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
• Ukraine ended in the 4th place with the jury, just like Italy last year!
• “Stefania” is the first hip-hop song to win Eurovision.
• This is the 3rd time Ukraine has won the contest, following Ruslana (2004) and Jamala (2016).
• It is the 2nd time that the 12th song in the running order wins the contest (the last time was The Netherlands in 2019)

The counties that got hurt the most by the public vote were:

• Australia: 9th place with the jury (123 points) and 24th place with the public (2 points) – a difference of 15 places
• Azerbaijan: 10th place with the jury (103 points) and 23rd place with the public (3 points) – a difference of 13 places.
• Switzerland: 12th place with the jury (78 points) and 25th place with the public (0 points) – a difference of 13 places.
• Portugal: 5th place with the jury (171 points) and 15th place with the public (36 points) – a difference of 10 places.
• Belgium: 13th place, with the jury (59 points) and 22nd place with the public (5 points) – a difference of 9 places.

The counties that got hurt the most by the jury vote were:

• Moldova: 2nd place with the public (239 points) and 20th place with the jury (14 points) – a difference of 18 places.
• Norway: 7th place with the public (146 points) and 17th place with the jury (36 points) – a difference of 10 places.
• Romania: 13th place with the public (53 points) and 21st place with the jury (12 points) – a difference of 8 places.
• Lithuania: 11th place with the public (128 points) and 18th place with the jury (35 points) – a difference of 7 places.
• Serbia: 4th place with the public (225 points) and 11th place with the jury (87 points) – a difference of 7 points.

THE 12 POINTS

• Both Spain and the United Kingdom grabbed 8 sets of 12 points from the national jury.
  Greece has received 6 sets of 12 points from the national jury.
• Both Sweden and Ukraine grabbed 5 sets of 12 points from the national jury.
• Azerbaijan grabbed 3 sets of 12 points from the national jury.
• Both Italy and Serbia grabbed 2 sets of 12 points from the national jury.
• The Netherlands received 12 points from 1 country only: Italy.
• Ukraine grabbed 28 sets of 12 points from the public vote.
• Serbia grabbed 5 sets of 12 points from the public vote.
• Moldova grabbed 2 sets of 12 points from the public vote.
• Estonia, Spain, Greece, Poland, and the United Kingdom received one set of 12 points from the public vote.

MAKING HISTORY

• Similar to last year, we have plenty of native language songs in the top 10: Ukraine, Spain (partly), Serbia, Italy, and Moldova.
• This is the best result for the United Kingdom since their second place in 1998!
• This is the best result for Spain since 2nd place in 1995!
• Spain has received public points from all countries except Italy.
• This is the best result for Greece since 2013!
• The United Kingdom has made an impressive step forward: from last place (with 0 points) in 2021 to second place in 2022.
• Serbia has entered the top 5 for the first time since 2012!
• Germany finished in the bottom 2 for the 6th time since 2015.
• 8 countries have failed to receive more than 10 points from the public vote: Iceland(10), France (8), Germany (6), Czech Republic (5), Belgium (5), Azerbaijan (3), Australia (2), Switzerland (0).
• 3 countries have failed to receive more than 10 points from the national jury: Iceland(10), France (9), Germany (0),
• For the first time since 2016, the host country didn’t end up in the bottom 6 of the table. This time it’s Italy, ending in 6th place.
• This is the 2nd time Portugal has managed to enter the top 10 in the modern era (the other time was in 2017 when they won).
• Belgium restored its place last year. Once again, the country is 19th in the final.
  The jury panel of the following countries hasn’t given any points to Ukraine: Austria,
• Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Serbia, Spain and Sweden.
• Serbia was the only ex-Yoguslavian country to qualify for the final!
• The Netherlands and Australia ended up in 2nd place in their semi-finals but failed to reach the top 10 in the final. I suppose that their challenging running order in the final prevented them from ending in the top 10.The
• Czech Republic ended up in 4th place in the semi-final but ended in 22nd place in the final.
• Due to disorders in jury voting, the EBU used a statistical aggregation of votes instead of jury votes for the following countries: San Marino, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Poland, and Montenegro.

FIRST SEMI-FINAL VOTING

• 9 of the 10 jury qualifiers eventually made it to the final: The Netherlands, Greece, Ukraine, Portugal, Lithuania, Switzerland, Norway, Armenia, and Iceland.
• 9 of the 10 televote qualifiers eventually made it to the final: The Netherlands, Greece, Ukraine, Portugal, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Armenia, and Iceland.
• Therefore, the jury and public agreed on 8 mutual qualifiers: The Netherlands, Greece, Ukraine, Portugal, Lithuania, Norway, Armenia, and Iceland.
• The jury preferred Croatia over Moldova. Meanwhile, the public preferred Albania over Switzerland.
• Ukraine won the televote, while Greece won the jury vote.
• Ukraine received 12 sets of 12 points in the public vote. The lowest ranking came from Albania: 8 points.
• All countries have given points to Greece in the jury votes.
• All countries have given points to The Netherlands in the jury votes.
• All countries (except Albania) have given points to Moldova in the public votes.
• Latvia makes its 5th non-qualification in a row.
• After qualifying for the final 4 years in a row, Bulgaria missed the final this year.
• Once again, as in 2021, Croatia ends its journey in 11th place in the semi-final.
• Croatia performed in the 11th position and ended in the 11th place.
• Armenia made a decent comeback to the contest, qualifying for the first time since 2017 (the last time it was in the final).
• Norway has an impressive record of 5 finals in a row!
• Switzerland and Iceland qualified for the final for the 3rd time in a row.
• After 3 years of qualifying in a row, Albania missed the final.
• Austria continues its non-qualifying record for the 3rd time in a row.
• Moldova was a huge favourite by the public (2nd place) and ended up in 13th place with the jury
• Switzerland was a favourite by the jury (5th place) and ended up in 16th place with the public
• 5 of the qualifiers (not consider Portugal which is mainly performed in English) were native language songs: Ukraine, The Netherlands, Moldova, Lithuania and Iceland.
• The last 4 songs in running order (songs 14-17) have all made it to the final.
  Croatia was the only country to vote for Slovenia in the public vote.

SECOND SEMI-FINAL VOTING

• Sweden is the winner of the semi-final after ending in first place on the jury vote and public vote.
• However, the first place in the public vote is mutual for Serbia and Sweden (174 points).
• The last time Sweden won a semi-final was in 2015.
• Sweden has picked 16 sets of 12 points in the jury vote. Meanwhile, the country has picked 3 sets of 12 points in the public vote.
• All countries have given points to Sweden in jury votes and public votes.
• The lowest public vote for Sweden came from Serbia and the United Kingdom. Both gave Sweden 5 points.
• The lowest jury vote for Sweden came from Spain, which gave Sweden 6 points.
• All countries have given points to Australia in the jury votes.
• Almost all countries (except Azerbaijan) have given points to Serbia in the public votes.
• 9 of the 10 jury qualifiers eventually made it to the final: Sweden, Serbia, Australia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Poland, and Finland.
• 9 of the 10 jury qualifiers eventually made it to the final: Sweden, Serbia, Australia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Poland, and Finland.
• The public preferred Cyprus over Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, the jury preferred North Macedonia over Romania.
• This is the first time ever that both Czech Republic and Romania qualify for the final in the same year!
• Even though North Macedonia was last in betting odds, it has almost qualified for the final (as the country ends in 11th place in the semi-final 2).
• North Macedonia performed in the 11th position and ended in the 11th place.
• Georgia has continued its non-qualifying row. The last time Georgia qualified for the final was in 2016.
• Ireland hasn’t qualified for the final for the 3rd time in a row. Luckily, this time the country isn’t in last place in the semi-final.
• Israel and Cyprus have participated in the grand final each year since 2015. However, this year both were eliminated in the semi-final.
• Azerbaijan qualified for the final thanks to jury support, as the country failed to achieve a single point in the public vote! However, Azerbaijan qualified in 10th place in this semi-final.
• This is the 11th contest in a row that Sweden qualified for the final.
• After missing the final on 3 occasions in a row (2018, 2019, 2021), Romania is back in the final!
• After missing the final on 3 occasions in a row (2018, 2019, 2021), Poland is back in the final!
• Montenegro maintains a history of non-qualifying. The last time the country qualified was in 2015.
• Due to disorders in jury voting, the EBU used a statistical aggregation of votes instead of jury votes for the following countries: San Marino, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Poland, and Montenegro.

FAMILIAR NAMES IN THE JURIES

• 🇦🇱 Kamela Islamaj – Participated in the national selection several times
• 🇦🇲 Srbuk – Represented Armenia at Eurovision 2019.
• 🇦🇺 Montaigne – Represented Armenia at Eurovision 2021.
• 🇭🇷 Mia Elizabeta Negovetić – Participated in the national selection in the years 2020, 2021, and 2022.
• 🇨🇿 Annabelle – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2022.
• 🇪🇪 Karl Killing – Participated in the national selection “Eesti Laul” in 2018+2021. He has also written songs for other artists in “Eesti Laul” during the years.
• 🇪🇪 Maian Anna Kärmas – One of the most famous singer-songwriters in Estonia. She wrote the lyrics for the Estonian song for Eurovision 1999 (6th place) and was one of the composers of the Estonian song for Eurovision 2001 (the winner of Eurovision 2001).
• 🇪🇪 Sven Lõhmus – One of the most famous composers and songwriters in Estonia. He wrote songs for Laura Poldvara and Elina Nachayeva that were part of the line-up in “Eesti Laul”.
• 🇩🇪 MICHELLE – Represented Germany at Eurovision 2001.
• 🇮🇸 Kristján Gíslason – Was one half of the duo Two Tricky that represented Iceland at Eurovision 2001.
• 🇮🇪 Niamh Kavanagh – The Winner of Eurovision 1993.
• 🇮🇱 Diana Golbi – The runner-up of “Hakochav Haba La’Eurovision 2017“.
• 🇮🇱 Liron Lev – Participated in “X-Factor 2022” (Israeli national selection).
• 🇱🇻 Kaspars Ansons – Latvian producer and composer. Some of his songs competed in the Latvian selection “Supernova“.
• 🇱🇹 Vaidas Baumila – Represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2015 as part of a duo.
• 🇲🇹 Claudia Faniello – Represented Malta at Eurovision 2017.
• 🇲🇩 Cristina Scarlat – Represented Moldova at Eurovision 2014.
• 🇲🇰 Yon Idy – Competed in the national selection of Eurovision 2022.
• 🇳🇴 Royane – Competed in the national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2021“.
• 🇳🇴 JOWST – Represented Norway at Eurovision 2017, as part of a duo.
• 🇳🇴 Mari Bølla – Competed in the national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2022“.
• 🇳🇴 Trine Rein – Competed in the national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2006“.
• 🇵🇹 Rita Guerra – Represented Portugal at Eurovision 2003.
• 🇵🇹 Cláudia Pascoal – Represented Portugal at Eurovision 2018.
• 🇵🇹 Joana Espadinha – Competed in the national selection in 2018.
• 🇷🇸 Jelena Tomašević – Represented Serbia at Eurovision 2008.
• 🇪🇸 Blanca Paloma – Competed in the national selection for Eurovision 2022.
• 🇸🇪 Tusse – Represented Sweden at Eurovision 2021.

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