Eurovision 2022: Five cities continue in the ESC 2022 host city race

Eurovision 2022: Five cities continue in the ESC 2022 host city race
Tuesday, 24 August 2021

  • A total of 5 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. 

    After the first evaluation of the submitted books six cities were eliminated with 11 cities continuing in the race. After further evaluation local media report that five cities are still in the running for hosting the next Eurovision Song Contest. 

    Namely, accroding to Corriera di Romagna and Resto del Carlino Milan, Turin, Bologna, Rimini and Pesaro are the five locations remaining in the host city race. The Italian media outlets have reported that reprsentatived of the Italian national broadcaster and the EBU have visited the city of Rimini to inspect the candidate locations to host the next competition. Further on RAI and EBU officials will pay a visit to the rest of the candidate cities in order to have a close look to the respective venues and locations that ambition to host the contest in 2022. 

     

    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: Corriera di Romagna/ Resto del Carlino/ Eurovisionin