This Saturday, May 14, 2022, Turin (Italy) hosted the grand finale of 66th Eurovision Song Contest. 25 countries followed one another on the huge stage set up in the heart of the Pala Olimpico. The event, marred by many unforeseen events during rehearsals both during the first semi-final and during the second, finally crowned l’Ukraine.
Victory attended by the group Kalush Orchestra
After four hours of show, Ukraine lifted the trophy thanks to the 631 points collected. The country, in a very good position according to the bookmakers, was represented by the Kalush Orchestra group with the song “Stefania”.
With 439 points from the public and 12 from the professional jury, Ukraine broke a record and it was impossible to catch up with them in the standings. This is the third victory of this country at Eurovision after 2004 and 2016.
Élodie Gossuin, presenter of the junior competition organized in Paris in December 2021, revealed the verdict of the French professional jury. The latter awarded 12 points to the United Kingdom, 10 points to Ukraine, 8 points to Poland, 7 points to Armenia, 6 points to Belgium, 5 points to Spain, 4 points to the Netherlands , 3 points to Greece, 2 points to the Czech Republic and 1 point to Portugal.
44 years without a victory for France
Last year, Barbara Pravi was very close to dethroning Marie Myriam, the latest French winner to date. The Breton quartet Alvan & Ahez was not so lucky. The performers of “Fulenn”, who appeared on stage at 9:37 p.m., finished in 24th place. Just before the start of the competition, they were in 18th place in the ranking of chances of victory according to specialized betting sites.
France garnered 9 points from the professional juries. Armenia gave 7 points to the hexagon, Azerbaijan and Georgia added one point each. At the end of the count, France was 24th out of 25 in the professional ranking. The public then added 8 points, i.e. 17 points accumulated on the final table for Alvan & Ahez.
In 2023, the Eurovision Song Contest will not take place in Ukraine due to the conflict but alternative solutions have already been studied.
The final classification of Eurovision 2022
01. Ukraine : the group Kalush Orchestra with “Stefania” (631 points)
02. United Kingdom: singer Sam Ryder with “Space Man” (466 points)
03. Spain: singer Chanel with “SloMo” (459 points)
04. Sweden: singer Cornelia Jakobs with “Hold Me Closer” (438 points)
05. Serbia: singer Konstrakta with “In corpore sano” (312 points)
06. Italy: the duo Mahmood and Blanco with “Brividi” (268 points)
07. Moldova: the group Zdob and Zdub and the duo of musicians Frații Advahov with «Trenulețul» (253 points)
08. Greece: singer Amanda Tenfjord with “Die Together” (215 points)
09. Portugal : singer MARO with “Saudade, saudade” (207 points)
10. Norway: the Subwoofer group with “Give That Wolf a Banana” (182 points)
11. Netherlands: singer S10 with “De diepte” (171 points)
12. Poland: singer Ochman with “River” (151 points)
13. Estonia: singer Stefan with “Hope” (141 points)
14. Lithuania: singer Monika Liu with “Sentimentai” (128 points)
15. Australia: singer Sheldon Riley with “Not the Same” (125 points)
16. Azerbaijan: singer Nadir Rüstəmli with “Fade to Black” (106 points)
17. Suisse : singer Marius Bear with “Boys Do Cry” (78 points)
18. Romania: the WRS singer with “Llámame” (65 points)
19. Belgium: singer Jérémie Makiese with “Miss You” (64 points)
20. Armenia: singer Rosa Linn with “SNAP” (61 points)
21. Finland: The Rasmus group with “Jezebel” (38 points)
22. Czech Republic: the group We Are Domi with “Lights Off” (38 points)
23. Iceland: le trio féminin Sister with «With the rising sun» (20 points)
24. France : the Alvan & Ahez group with “Fulenn” (17 points)
25. Germany: singer Malik Harris with “Rockstars” (6 points)
The vote of the professional juries
The points awarded by the French jury
The final ranking in pictures
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