European Music Festival 2022

The European Music Festival 2022 was the seventh edition of the annual European Music Festival, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 16 October 2022, at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden. It was the second time Sweden had hosted the contest.

Twenty-six countries participated in the contest, with Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine making they return appearance in the contest. Though Ireland and North Macedonia making they debut appearance in the contest.

Finlnad's Bess with the song "Ram pam pam" was the winner of the contest. This was Finland's first victory in the contest. Spain and Italy finished in second and third place. Sweden and Ukraine completed the top five, with the former finishing fourth and fifth. Romania finished last.

Bidding phase and host city selection
After Sweden's victory in 2021 contest in Tirana, the Swedish Head of Delegation Karin Gunnarsson stated that Sveriges Television (SVT) is keen to host the 2022 contest. On 10 December 2021, it was confirmed by the EBU that Sweden would host the 2022 contest. The contest is set to take place in Sweden in 2022.

On 28 December 2021, Malmö was announced as the host city of the contest and that the broadcaster will host the contest at the 15,500 capacity Malmö Arena. Also on the same date EBU and host broadcaster SVT announced that the contest will be held on 16 October 2022

Hosts
On 14 June 2022, it was announced that Christer Björkman, Petra Mede and Oscar Zia would host the contest

Voting
The results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. The online voting is taking place during the live show and starts after the last performance and is open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for one country three Times from one phone number. The other half of the points was determined by a national jury from every participating country. These points are then announced live during the programme by a spokesperson representing the participating country. The spokespersons give out the points from each of the participating country.

Backing vocals
On 4 February 2022, the EBU announced that pre-recorded backing vocals will be allowed also for this years competition. The use of recorded backing vocals will be entirely optional. Each delegation can choose to use backing singers, whether on or off stage. A combination of live and recorded backing vocals will also be allowed. All lead vocals performing the melody of the song, including an eventual use of a so-called lead dub, shall still be live on or off stage in the arena

Running order
The draw for the running order of the contest was held on 10 October in Malmö after the Opening Ceremony, with Ukraine drawn to open the contest and France drawn to close.

Participating countries
On 12 February 2022, the EBU released the official list of participants with 26 competing countries.