All about Eurovision Song Contest Turin, in one place – Semi-Final 2 (2022)

This was Semi-Final 2 of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday

The second semi-final was probably the semi-final of surprises in every way on the evening of 12 May – check out our recap update for all the individual performances as well as the guest productions; watch and relive it with us!

Yes, the surprises. To start with, right from the start, “we opened with a fun scene from Allessandro Catelan, who experienced (again) the international atmosphere and blew the lid off the Big Brains who make the big decisions backstage. When he hears the drums, he spreads his arms. Not a recent addition to Chanel’s dance troupe, but he gets into the ‘spirit of the occasion’… That’s the Italian way, that’s the Italian way…

Then, of course, the second semi-final was all about the songs, but the Eurovision Song Contest is nothing without guest performances. “While the votes were coming in, Laura Pausini and Mika sang together for the first time. Laura had changed her dress into some ethereal white chiffon as if she were the angel who would vanquish Ochman’s ghosts. They sing Sting’s classic “Fragile” and then change tempo to Patti Smith’s “People Have The Power”. It’s an uplifting moment and their voices work so well together…”

But there was also an encore performance in this programme that everyone was looking forward to the Il Volo trio, of course. “Time to meet two tenors and a baritone, but not in the usual Italian operatic tradition. Il Volo brings a little opera to the PalaOlimpico stage – they are huge on social media and known worldwide. Piero and Ignazio are on stage, and Gianluca has joined from afar because Covid is what makes ILL VOLO. Sigh. Tough crowd. Anyway, they’re singing ‘Grande Amore’ and PalaOlimpico is bringing them under the roof.” (Yes, and with that, the Eurovision official site has managed to make the worst pun of the season…) But now for the processing…

Watch again the footage from the Semi-Final 2 of the Eurovision 2022!

Running Order	Participating country	Performer	Competition Presentation (live broadcasts)	Grand Final position (based on the draw at the press conference)
01.	Finland	The Rasmus	Jezebel	1st half
02.	Israel	Michael Ben-David	I.M	–
03.	Serbia	Konstrakta	In corpore sano	2nd half
04.	Azerbaijan	Nadir Rustamli	Fade To Black	2nd half
05.	Georgia	Circus Mircus	Lock Me In	–
06.	Malta	Emma Muscat	I Am What I Am	–
07.	San Marino	Achille Lauro	Stripper	–
08.	Australia	Sheldon Riley	Not the Same	2nd half
09.	Cyprus	Andromache	Ela	–
10.	Ireland	Brooke	That’s Rich	–
11.	North Macedonia	Andrea	Circles	–
12.	Estonia	Stefan	Hope	2nd half
13.	Romania	WRS	Llámame	1st half
14.	Poland	Ochman	River	2nd half
15.	Montenegro	Vladana	Breathe	–
16.	Belgium	Jérémie Makiese	Miss You	2nd half
17.	Sweden	Cornelia Jakobs	Hold Me Closer	2nd half
18.	Czech Republic	We Are Domi	Lights Off	1st half

In the table, we have highlighted the qualifiers for the Semi-Final 2 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Illustration: Detail of the Italian garden in the Green Room at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Torino’s Delegation rehearsal – Photo by Nathan Reinds (EBU)
Source: Eurovision.tv / OurVision International