The final of Eurovision 2022 kicks off. Laura Pausini opens on the Turin stage with a medley of her successes, Loneliness including. And then it’s up to the parade – complete with flags – of the 25 countries competing, i.e. the 20 that qualified during the two semifinals, plus the five Big Five that had direct access to the final, namely Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Great expectations for ours Mahmood and Blanco who will sing theirs Chills.
Meanwhile also President Zelensky got his message across to Ukraine. «Soon in the Eurovision final, the continent and the whole world will listen to the words of our language. And I believe that, in the end, this word will be “Victory”! Europe, vote for the Kalush Orchestra “the Ukrainian president announced via Telegram, inviting everyone to support the candidates from Kiev who are among the favorites tonight.
The Italian intelligence, on the other hand, has reported a “possible imminent attack” by pro-Russian hackers against Eurovision: the aim would be to sabotage the counting of the votes so as to prevent the eventual victory of the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra. We’ll see.
This is the order of performance of the 25 countries: Czech Republic, Romania, Portugal, Finland, Switzerland, France, Norway, Armenia, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Ukraine, Germany, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Moldova, Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom, Poland, Serbia, Estonia.
Source: Vanity Fair
