Eurovision 2022: The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards

Eurovision 2022: The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards
Saturday, 14 May 2022

  • Like every year since 2002, just before the final Eurovision winner is determined the Marcel Bezençon Awards ceremony took place giving out three special awards. 

    The Marcel Bezençon Awards , which owe their title from the founder of the Eurovision Song Contest, were introduced by Christer Björkman (Sweden 1992 and current Swedish Head of Delegation) and Richard Herrey (member of the Swedish ESC 1984 winning group  The Herreys) and are given out to three acts just before the final show determines the winner of the contest.

     

    Namely the three awards given out were :

     

    Press Award

    The Press Award, which is determined by the voted of the accredited media members, was awarded to Sam Ryder from the United Kingdom for SPACE MAN, marking the first time a Bezençon Award is attributed to  a UK act.

     

    Artistic Award

    The Artistic Award, which is for to the best artistic performance and is attributed by the commentators from each participating broadcaster, was given to Serbia’s Konstrakta with In Corpore Sano.

     

    Composer Award

    The Composer Award, which goes to a song’s team of composers and is determined by the votes of all of the participating composers at this year’s Contest, went this year to Cornelia Jakobs, David Zandén, and Isa Molin for the song Hold Me Closer.

     

    News Source: Eurovision.tv

    Photo: EBU / ANDRES PUTTING

     

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.