Eurovision 2022: 11 cities remain in the host city bidding race

Eurovision 2022: 11 cities remain in the host city bidding race
Friday, 06 August 2021

  • A total of 11 cities remain in the Eurovision 2022 host city bidding race out of the initial number of 17 that had applied to host the next contest. 

    The Italian national broadcaster, RAI, had announced that 17 cities had submitted an application to run in the Eurovision 2022 host city process. On July 14, RAI had passed to the candidate cities the book which will enclosed all the terms and requirements for hosting the next competitionThe interested cities had up to August 4 to send in their bid books in order to support their ambition to host the next Eurovision Song Contest. 

    With the deadline expired RAI's committee held yeasterday a meeting kicking off the evaluation of the submitted books. However, not all citied sent eventually their books with 11 out of 17 moving on in the process and six of them losing the train of hosting the next competiton. Namely the citie that remain in the race and are having their bidding books reviewed by RAI are: 

    • Acireale (CT)
    • Alexandria
    • Bologna
    • Genoa
    • Milan
    • Palazzolo Acreide (SR)
    • Pesaro
    • Rimini
    • Rome
    • Sanremo (IM)
    • Turin

    Thus definitely out of the game are the following  six cities that had initially put forward their candidacy but didn't send in their repsective books, failing apparently to meet RAI and EBU's requirements for hosting the event. The six cities out of the race are: 

    • Bertinoro di Romagna (FC)
    • Florence
    • Jesolo (VE)
    • Matera
    • Trieste 
    • Viterbo

     

    With the Italian broadaster reviewing these days carefully all parameters and the candidate cities' bidding books the EBU and RAI are expected to reach a final decision by the end of the month.

     

    EBU's requirements of hosting Eurovision 

    In order for a city to host the Eurovision SOng Contest in 2022 it must meet a specific number of  requirements. Namely the host city must have: 

    • An international airport no more than 90 minutes from the city.

    • Over 2,000 hotel rooms in the area close to the event.

    • An infrastructure (stadium/venue/centre) capable of hosting a large-scale live broadcast with the minimum requirements listed below.

     

    In addtion the infrastructure should:

    • Be indoors with air-conditioning and have a well defined perimeter;

    • Have an audience capacity in the main hall of around 8,000 – 10,000 during the event (which corresponds to 70% of maximum capacity of that venue for regular concerts, taking into consideration the specific stage and production needs of the Eurovision Song Contest);

    • Have a main hall with the capacity to house the set and all other requirements needed to produce a high level broadcast production (this includes good specifications of load capacity in the roof, clearance to low beams, easy load in access, etc);

    • Have ample space within easy access of the main hall to support additional production needs, such as: a press centre, delegation spaces, dressing rooms, artist facilities, staff facilities, hospitality, audience facilities, etc;

    • Be available exclusively for 6 weeks before the event, 2 weeks during the show (which will take place in May) and a week after the end of the event for dismantling.

     

    In the past years when the contest was a hosted in Italy, it took place in Naples, in 1965, after the victory of Gigliola Cinquetti and in Rome in 1991, after the victory of Toto Cutugno.

     

    News Source: Eurofestivalnews.com