For those interested in an unusual New Year’s promise, we think we’ve found the perfect challenge: can you commit to seeing all the international selection programs until the last day to apply in March?

As of today (Saturday, January 1), we currently appreciate that it exists at least 55 programs available to watch for free online, broadcast in about 126 hours, thanks to Europe’s best public service company. We keep a diary of the shows, dates and streaming links here and will add more shows when countries publicly confirm their Eurovision plans (for example Ukraine and France).

Up for the challenge?

Here is everything you need to look at over the next 10 weekends …

January 2022

We are expected to find out about the deed Israel will send to Turin via X Factor; they use the now known format to choose their artist and will then work with that winner to find the perfect song for Eurovision.

Spain strikes a new path to Eurovision with the introduction of Benidorm Fest – a series of shows in the iconic coastal city, inspired by the old Benidorm’s International Song Festival. Interest in the new festival has exceeded Spanish expectations and therefore the number of participants has increased from 12 to 14.

The Late Late Show: Eurovision Special is tentatively scheduled for January in Ireland, who will decide who succeeds Lesley Roy in representing the Emerald Isles.

Slovenia is also expected to find a representative through EMA 2022 – a national selection show that has a sister series EMA FRES which specifically aims to give unsigned acts under the age of 30 a chance at success. EMA FRES ends in January with EMA 2022 continues into February.

Lithuanias Pabandom iš Naujo and Norways Melodi Grand Prix also start.

JANUARY (TBC DATE)

• SLOVENIA: EMA Freš (Show 1)

• SLOVENIA: EMA Freš (Show 2)

• 🇮🇪 IRELAND: The Late Late Show: Eurovision Special ⭐️

• ISRAEL: The X factor (Final) ⭐️

SATURDAY 8 JANUARY

SATURDAY 15 JANUARY

SATURDAY 22 JANUARY

WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY

THURSDAY 27 JANUARY

SATURDAY 29 JANUARY

• 🇪🇸 SPAIN: Benidorm Fest (Grand Final) ⭐️

• 🇳🇴 NORWAY: Melodi Grand Prix (Show 3)

• 🇱🇹 LITHUANIA (20:00 CET): Pabandom iš Naujo (Semifinal 1)

⭐️ = Act / song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be chosen during this show

February 2022

First out in February: 6 nights Sanremo Italian Song Festival, thanks Italy! Yes, the father of all music competitions, Sanremo, takes place on consecutive nights between Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 February. These programs are full of so much talent and Italian sense of … unpredictability, they are known to be exceeded late into the night.

Make sure you have coffee on tap if you want to be the first to find out who Italy is sending to defend Måneskin’s Eurovision title. The winner does not always go to Eurovision automatically, but they have the first rejection.

Also in the evening for the Sanremo final Swedish juggernaut then Melodifestivalen begins. They will try to secure a seventh Eurovision victory, as the hunt begins in Malmö with a show that will definitely end at a much more respectable time than its Italian counterpart.

The semifinals in Estoniais established Eesti Laul drive alongside Sanremo, which culminated a week later in a grand finale on the evening of Saturday, February 12; which is the same date as Latvias Supernova show … both Estonia and Latvia, after winning Eurovision 2001 and 2002 respectively, they will hope to find news masters about 20 years later.

Both 19 and 26 February will be “Super Saturdays” for the Eurovision fandom …

Saturday 19 February will return The singing competition – the Icelandic selection show that has given a number of fantastic results thanks to Hatari and Daði Freyr. Alongside this, we can expect to find out who Norway will send to Italy, thanks Melodi Grand Prix grand final, before Croatias Dora ’22 comes to a conclusion at the same time.

A Voice Per San Marino will also conclude and determine what action the microstate will send on the way to Turin.

Malta will also select its Eurovision contestant in February through the “Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022” (a name that will surely delight SEO enthusiasts), after using “X Factor Malta” to select Michela and Destiny 2019 and 2020 respectively .

Saturday the 26th of February is another big one as it is quite possible to throw yourself into the 24 hour Eurovision this day. Fans in Europe will be able to watch Eurovision – Australia Decides over brunch from 10:00 CET and end at 06:00 CET (!) when Finlands UMK After Party finally wound up. In between is the national final action from Sweden and Iceland.

And if this sounds like a lot – we’m pretty sure there are even more announcements about February shows.

FEBRUARY (TBC DATE)

• 🇸🇮 SLOVENIA: EMA 2022 (Semifinal 1)

• 🇸🇮 SLOVENIA: EMA 2022 (Semifinal 2)

• 🇸🇮 SLOVENIA: EMA 2022 (Final) ⭐️

• 🇲🇹 MALTA: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 (Semifinal)

• 🇲🇹 MALTA: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 (Final) ⭐️

TUESDAY 1 – SATURDAY 5 FEBRUARY

THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY

SATURDAY 5 FEBRUARY

• 🇪🇪 ESTONIA: Eesti Laul (Semifinal 2)

• ER SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen (Semifinal 1: Malmö)

• 🇳🇴 NORWAY: Melodi Grand Prix (Show 4)

• 🇱🇹 LITHUANIA (20:00 CET): Pabandom iš Naujo (Semifinal 2)

• 🇱🇻 LATVIA: Supernova (Semifinal)

SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY

• 🇪🇪 ESTONIA: Eesti Laul (Final) ⭐️

• ER SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen (Semifinal 2: Göteberg)

• 🇳🇴 NORWAY: Melodi Grand Prix (Show 5)

• 🇱🇹 LITHUANIA (20:00 CET): Pabandom iš Naujo (Grand Final) ⭐️

• 🇷🇴 ROMANIA: National Selection (Semifinal)

• 🇱🇻 LATVIA: Supernova (Final) ⭐️

SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY

• RO CROATIA: Dora ’22 ⭐️

• ER SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen (Semifinal 3: Linköping)

• 🇳🇴 NORWAY: Melodi Grand Prix (Program 6: Grand Final) ⭐️

• ISLAND: The singing competition (Semifinal 1)

• 🇸🇲 SAN MARINO: A Voice For San Marino (Grand Final) ⭐️

SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY

• ST AUSTRALIA: Eurovision – Australia decides ⭐️

• ER SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen (Semifinal 4: Lidköping)

• ISLAND: The singing competition (Semifinal 2)

• 🇫🇮 FINLAND: UMK22 (and After Party) ⭐️

⭐️ = Act / song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be chosen during this show

March 2022

Things do not drop when we reach spring. The first major finals will take place on Saturday 5 March Danish Melody Grand Prix determine Danish entry; National Selection Sort out Romanias participants; and The singing competition provide us with one Icelandic input to build on The amount of data success in Rotterdam.

Moldovas O Melodie Pentru Europa is tentatively enrolled for this date as well, but just to keep us on our toes, they reserve the right to notify a participant at any time.

The following weekend fans are blessed with two of the most beautiful grand finals during the national final season: Swedens Melodifestivalen in Stockholm and Portugals 2022 Song Festival live from Lisbon.

It is in March that a large number of participants are determined by an internal selection panel. There is also a chance that selection programs have not been revealed yet – for example, fans only found out Russiathe broadcast program just two days before it aired in March 2021, with the final winner Manizha who will have a very successful Eurovision Song Contest.

SATURDAY 5 MARCH

• 🇩🇰 DENMARK: Danish Melody Grand Prix ⭐️

• 🇵🇹 PORTUGAL: 2022 Song Festival (Semifinal 1)

• 🇲🇩 MOLDAVA: O Melodie Pentru Europa [TBC] ⭐️

• ER SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen (Semifinal 5: Örnsköldsvik)

• ISLAND: The singing competition (Grand Final) ⭐️

• 🇷🇴 ROMANIA: National Selection (Grand Final) ⭐️

MONDAY 7 MARCH

SATURDAY 12 MARCH

⭐️ = Act / song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be chosen during this show

Shortly after this date, the heads of delegation of the Eurovision Song Contest will meet in Turin – this is the deadline for broadcasters to submit their entries.

And, of course, the most important dates of all:

• Is Tuesday 10 May, 21:00 CEST: Eurovision Song Contest, first semifinal

• 🇮🇹 Thursday 12 May, 21:00 CEST: Eurovision Song Contest, second semifinal

• 🇮🇹 Saturday 14 May, 21:00 CEST: Eurovision Song Contest, Grand Final 🏆

So, are you ready for the challenge? Let us know via the official Eurovision Song Contest Twitter, Instagram, Tick ​​thanks and Facebook channels.