Eurovision Song Contest 2022 host city announced

The Eurovision Song Contest host city has been announced for 2022.

Turin has been announced as the host city for Italy’s first Eurovision in 30 years. Turin is to host the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 14, 2022, after being selected from the shortlist of five Italian cities vying to stage the annual competition.

The city, of just under 850,000 people, is located in the extreme northwest of Italy and closely borders the neighbouring countries of France and Switzerland. The Pala Alpitour is an indoor arena with an end-stage concert capacity of over 13,000 fans, making it one of Italy’s most-booked venues for large-scale concerts.

In order to be selected as the host city, RAI set out the following criteria for the host city to meet:

• An international airport within 90 minutes from the city

• More than 2,000 hotel rooms close to the arena

• An audience capacity in the arena of at least 8,000 to 10,000

• The arena must have air conditioning, requirements for broadcast production and space for a press centre, delegation spaces, artists and staff facilities, dressing rooms, audience and hospitality facilities.

• Exclusively available for six weeks before the event, two weeks during the show in May and a week after the event

Italy earned the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 after rock group Måneskin won the 2021 competition in Rotterdam with their song ‘Zitti e buoni’. Last-minute public votes bought them to victory, they were already one of the favourites to win this year’s competition.

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