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Dec 30, 2022 • 104 tweets • 35 min read

Welcome to our fifth annual Top 100 Moments of the Eurovision Season! In this thread we'll look back at 100 moments of the 2022 Eurovision and National Final Season. Let's get started!

100. When we all became obsessed with the secret behind Meghan Markle's healthy hair.

99. Swooning over moustaches. Whether it was Oscar Zia's dirty little Melfest Mo or Rayden's suave look at Benidorm, they certainly captured the attention of many!

98. Andromache's Clam.

97. When we found out Marius Bear was half-Australian and he sent this expletive message to Aussie fans…

96. When Israel threatened not to go to Turin....

But in the end... they did! 🤷‍♂️

95. When Oda stole the hammer of Thor and told us all about it....

12 times.

94. The robot invasion of both Junior Eurovision and the main contest. The takeover is coming 🤖

93. When Andrew Lambrou put on a gun show at Australia Decides and then sang in Spanish. Why not!

92. The announcement of the further expansion of the Contest. Eurovision Song Contest Canada and Latin America are coming to some very deserving fans!

91. When Haffi Haff put on this chaos of Gia/Volcano at Söngvakeppnin. He finished last in his semi.

90. Whatever this was from Circus Mircus... It certainly got the fandom guessing!

89. When Unmute, a group of deaf artists, made the superfinal of the Polish national final with a song performed entirely in sign language. Incredible way to raise awareness!

88. This pose from Sara Jo.

87. When Sam Ryder had a serious scooter accident at the Madrid pre-party!

86. When Montaigne finally got to perform 'Technicolour' live in front of Eurovision fans at Australia Decides, as part of a dual performance and mash-up with the legends KEiiNO!

85. Eurovision infiltrated pop culture through Emily in Paris, Drag Race and most iconically through 'Ciao Ciao' on White Lotus. It was the soundtrack to Jennifer Coolidge partying it up with a suspicious white powder.

84. The performance of 'Rich Itch' in Latvia's Supernova. The lead singer only made a brief appearance with most of the song performed by a drag artist to a bizarre relationship story.... Enjoy!

83. When Trollfest danced like a pink flamingo in Norway

82. When Aris say goodbye to her chances with a Russian themed song in Romania's Selecţia Naţională. Was still a banger!

81. Eurovision superfans Voyager brought rock to Australia Decides and won the public vote, almost booking a place in Turin.

80. He can tik, he can tok. He can wear grey waistcoats and dad dance. He is... Viktor Apostolovski and his entry only lost on tiebreak in North Macedonia. We were *this* close to Superman being a Eurovision song.

79. When E-an-na brought dinosaur realness to their Selecţia Naţional performance. The juries were not amused.

78. The unbridled joy Pia Maria showed when finishing her Eurovision performance in Turin. And can we just say 'Halo' was, and still is, a BANGER.

77. When Luma, a slightly more dark and evil version of zalagasper, won many fans over in Slovenia's EMA

76. The many iconic faces of Justina during her duet with Kastro Zizo at Albania's FiK 60.

75. 20 years after finishing 3rd at Eurovision in Tallin for Estonia, Swedish star Sahlene made a return at Eesti Laul with 'Champion' finishing 4th in the final

74. This little dance from the Advahov Brothers for Moldova.

73. When Jaguar Jonze and Montaigne recreated this Australia Decides 2020 moment at Australia Decides 2022!

72. The moment Francesca Michielin was the conductor for Emma at Sanremo!

71. And then when Emma and Francesca combined to put on an epic cover of Britney's '...Baby One More Time'

70. UMK proved again to be one of the highest quality national finals with top entries from Bess, Cyan Kicks, Isaac Sene, Olivera, Younghearted and the winners The Ramsus. Keep it up Finland!

69. The stuffed animals of Ireland's Eurosong.

68. When Aidan served Maltese cowboy realness at MESC

67. Montenegro returned to Eurovision and Vladana penned a beautiful ode to her mother who sadly died from Covid.

66. When Aussie fans found themselves stranded for days on the Gold Coast after Australia Decides following heavy flooding in the region. It spawned #ImAEurofanGetMeOutOfHere among the fan community!

65. MARO's beautiful staging and performance in Turin where she took Portugal to their first Top 10 since 2017

64. The constant guessing of the fandom on who was behind the masks of Subwoolfer including this Tix-sized red herring in Turin!

63. S10 brought Dutch language back to Eurovision for the first time since 2010. She finished in 11th place. And she enjoyed a wine or two while she was in Turin! Win win win!

62. The unfortunate North Macedonian flag incident

61. France came from nowhere to claim their second Junior Eurovision titles in three years.

60. Is it you, is it me? #americansongcontest

59. When Stefan gave us, and Eurovision health and safety experts, all a fright by jumping over the the water feature.

58. When Rosa Linn's wall got stuck and wouldn't rip for the reveal moment.

57. The beautiful moment Laura Pausini sang 'Nel blu, dipinto di blu' a cappella during the Eurovision Grand Final and the whole crowd joined in 😍

56. "It's a no, I'm not agree, at all!" ~ When Yseult passionately defended Cyprien Zeni in the French national final.

55. The chaos of the Bulgarian Eurovision Twitter account.

54. When last placed Tananai said "ci vediamo all'eurovisione" (See you at Eurovision!) on the final night of Sanremo with a Eurovision heart on his nose. 😂

53. A sad moment but a chance to honour a legend. Eurovision artist Olivia Newton-John sadly died this year. The Aussie, who competed for the UK, finished 4th in 1974. Vale Olivia.

52. When Klara Hammarström smacked the 💩 out of her superhero rival during her Melfest performance

51. When we were obsessed with Benidorm Fest host Alaska!

That's the first 50 moments of the year. The Top 50 will be revealed in the morning (Australian time), this evening (European time)!

50. When Cornelia and Konstrakta helped carry Sheldon’s outfit into the semi-final press conference

49. The epic light show We Are Domi brought to the Eurovision stage

48. After she missed out on selection at Czech Republic's ESCZ, Elis Mraz gave Una voce per San Marino a try. We stan a double dipping Queen.

47. "We've lost connection with....."The drama of the Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino jury irregularities 😬

46. The creepy AF "IT" inspired opening from The Rasmus.

45. The chaotic energy from the Daughters of Reykjavik

44. When Alvan received a lot of attention for his looks and had to remind many keen Eurofans he was straight.

43. When Emily Roberts forgot the words to Soap at the German national final and became an instant icon.

42. The huge success of Sam Ryder post Eurovision. A no.1 album, a no.2 single, performing at the Platinum Jubilee and many more. Eurovision a career killer? I don't think.

41. The voting chaos and drama following Benidorm Fest. Chanel won, although Tanxugueiras received 77% of the public vote. RTVE had to release a statement, artists were hounded but in the end it all didn't seem to matter come May in Turin 😛

40. The black sun of death.

39. Fiorello's entrance and short (but perfect) appearance at Sanremo.

38. When Emma Muscat ditched her MESC winning song for this instead

37. When Michael Ben David couldn't stop stealing people's microphones

36. "Russia goodbye!" When the EBU booted Russia out of the comp.

35. "Hola, mi bebé-bé, Hola, mi bebé-bé, Llámame, llámame,Llámame, llámame"
When WRS brought us the biggest earworm of Eurovision 2022!

34. The "I have a soap" pre-party performance of Konstrakta

33. Everything about Una voce per San Marino. The hundreds who auditioned. The six pre-shows. The acoustics. The production quality. And then for Achille Lauro to parachute in at the last minute and take the crown. Hot and mess spring to mind.

32. When the UK stepped in to host for Ukraine in 2023 and in an epic battle between cities, Liverpool was announced hosts over Glasgow

31. When Cornelia became an *actual* robbed Queen in London.

30. The inaugural American Song Contest! It gave us great hosts in Snoop and Kelly, a win for Alexa (who broke the trophy) and the iconic track 'New Boot Goofin'. Though we're not entirely sure Michael Bolton knew what was going on.

29. When Sheldon met his idol Conchita 😍

28. Every second of Rigoberta's 'Ay Mama' at Benidorm Fest. An incredible, and at times quite bonkers, performance. Thanks for the mammaries!

27. When everyone saw the staging for 'River' for the first time 😬 Nevertheless Ochman gave Poland their best result since 2016.

27 bonus: The fans got to work creating "Polish" versions of staging songs and can we just say, this one of Brooke's is actually amazing.

26. When Alina Pash won Vidbir with this incredible performance but later withdrew regarding issues around travel to Crimea. If she went, she would have likely been a Eurovision champion.

25. When Jaguar Jonze set herself on fire at Australia Decides

24. Alessandro's green screen segment in this rather revealing outfit in front of hundreds of millions of people. King.

23. When Citi Zēni's stage dive in London didn't go quite to plan

22. When Cornelia took Sweden back to the Top 5 at Eurovision with their best public vote since Måns won in 2015.

21. Everything about Systur. An unexpected Söngvakeppnin win. An unexpected qualification. And all while using their platform to be absolute heroes for trans rights.

20. Lolita Zero's epic costume and performance of 'Not Your Mother' in Lithuania.

19. Ronela's understated fashion.

18. When Ukrainian artists travelled the world performing and advocating for their country after the Russian invasion. This was exemplified by Jamala's emotional performance at the German national final just days after fleeing Ukraine.

17. Blanco's Brividi entrance

16. When Sam consoled Marius Bear after he received 0 points from the public vote

15. When Amadeus picked up Måneskin in a golf cart to take them to the Sanremo stage

14. Pussygate. Citi Zēni were banned from saying the word in their performance but the questions was, would the audience shout it out? We got the answer....

13. When Brooke lost her passport in Spain and the border police had to watch her national final performance to verify who she was.

12. Elina's fall at Eesti Laul

11. "I will remember this for the rest of my life!" 😭Following the less than favourable response from the public after Benidorm Fest, Chanel got her redemption moment with an adoring (and heavily Spanish) crowd at Eurovision.

10. Sheldon took Australia back to the Grand Final with this epic performance, vocal and outfit in Turin. He also took out the inaugural You’re A Vision Award for the stunning look. Well done from some very proud Aussies! 👏

9. When Moldova finished 2nd in the televote behind only Ukraine. Zdob și Zdub finished 7th in their third Eurovision and proved that Moldova really is the country that punches above their weight at Eurovision!

8. The world domination of Snap after Eurovision. Rosa charted globally, performed in America and now has the second most streamed Eurovision song of all time. For an entry that finished 20th at the Contest, it shows you don't need to win to have success.

7. EVERYTHING about Monika Liu. The hair. The outfit. The grace. The Lithuanian language. Everything.

6. When Achille Lauro decided to keep everything from the staging brainstorming session and put it into one performance. Pyro. Smoke. Same-sex kissing. More pyro. Cages. Cowboy hat. Feather boa. And most importantly the MECHANICAL BULL.

5. Diodato's incredible interval performance of Fai rumore. I'm not crying, you're crying! 😭

4. Chanel's epic dancebreak, fan reveal and first Top 3 for Spain since the 90s! This will go down in Eurovision history.

3. The return of the UK. From two last places in a row, a double nil points in 2021, to runner-up at Eurovision was an epic achievement. And all thanks to the long haired legend Sam Ryder.

2. "Biti zdrava, biti zdrava. Biti zdrava, biti-biti-biti-biti zdrava." 👏👏👏

Konstrakta took a song about the Serbian health system with compelling but odd staging to a Top 5 finish at Eurovision. An epic achievement and cult status achieved.

1. An incredible performance. Smashed the staging. A record televote that will never be repeated. Europe and Australia showing solidarity. A story that was bigger than Eurovision itself. A victory for Ukraine in so many ways.