125 people have voted across 32 categories, and we are now proud to present the final winners of the TES National Final Awards 2022!
We have already announced the first winners from Albania to Iceland, and the second set of winners from Ireland to Portugal – check them out!
The awards are an opportunity to show some love and appreciation for the songs that we may have lost on our journey through National Final season, but that will remain forever in our hearts, minds and playlists.
All songs that competed in, but did not win their selection were eligible for the categories for each individual show. There are a couple of categories where we honour the winning songs as part of the National Final season, but we’ll be back with our Eurovision Awards later in the summer where we will celebrate these songs even more!
Thank you to everyone who voted! Now it’s time to announce the winners of our final categories in the TES National Final Awards 2022!
🇷🇴 Best In Show: Selecția Națională
Do Svidaniya by Aris achieved 22.6% of the vote!
She’s not your Russian doll, but she is your winner!
2nd place:
3rd place: Dora Gaitanovici – Ana (13.1%)
🇸🇲 Best In Show: Una Voce Per San Marino
Image Source: San Marino RTV
More Than You by Burak Yeter & Alessandro Coli AND Heartless Game by Cristina Ramos both achieved 13.5% of the vote!
Eurovision: You Can’t Decide
2nd place: Aaron Sibley – Pressure (12.5%)
3rd place: Fabry & Labiuse ft. Miodio – Blu, Mary Claire – Tiramisù AND Matteo Faustini – L’ultima parola (9.5%)
🇷🇸 Best In Show: Pesma za Evroviziju
Image Source: Screenshot/RTS
Zorja by Zorja Pajić achieved 39.6% of the vote!
This was a close one…
2nd place: Sara Jo – Muškarčina (38.5%)
3rd place: Angellina – Origami (3.3%)
🇸🇮 Best In Show: EMA
Image Source: RTV Slovenija / Adrian Pregelj
All In by LUMA achieved 64% of the vote!
They may be running in place all of the time, but they ran away with this vote!
2nd place: Batista Cadillac – Mim pravil (7%)
3rd place: BQL – Maj AND July Jones – Girls Can Do Anything (4%)
🇪🇸 Best In Show: Benidorm Festival
Image Source: RTVE
Terra by Tanxugueiras achieved 46.2% of the vote!
No hay fronteiras to their score.
2nd place: Rayden – Calle de la llorería (17.6%)
3rd place: Blanca Paloma – Secreto del agua (11.8%)
🇸🇪 Best In Show: Melodifestivalen
Image Source: SVT/Annika Berglund
I Can’t Get Enough by Cazzi Opeia achieved 20.9% of the vote!
We sure can’t either, Cazzi.
2nd place: Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills (18.2%)
3rd place: Medina – In I Dimman (10.9%)
🇺🇦 Best In Show: Vidbir
Image Source: Aussievision.net
Stefania by Kalush Orchestra achieved 57.8% of the vote!
And you get to see them on the Eurovision stage!
2nd place: Roxolana – Girlszzzz (26.5%)
3rd place: Wellboy – Nozzy Bozzy (7.8%)
And our other awards…
Best Non-Winning National Final Entry
Image Source: RTVE
Your favourite (non-winning) song from the 2022 National Final season is Terra by Tanxugueiras!
They achieved 12.2% of the vote in this write-in category.
2nd place: Ciao Ciao by La Rappresentante di Lista (10.2%)
3rd place: Voyager – Dreamer AND Kalush Orchestra – Stefania (5.1%)
Best National Final Winner
Image Source: SVT/Annika Berglund
Your favourite winning National Final song was Sweden’s pick, Hold Me Closer by Cornelia Jakobs!
She achieved 26% of the vote in this category.
2nd place: Alvan & Ahez – Fulenn AND Mahmood e Blanco – Brividi (10.6%)
3rd place: Monika Liu – Sentimentai AND Maro – saudade, saudade (6.5%)
Most Surprising National Final Winner
Image Source: Nemanja Nikolić
Your most surprising win of this year’s National Final season was Serbia’s choice, In Corpore Sano by Konstrakta!
She achieved 26.9% of the vote in this category.
2nd place: LPS – Disko (22.7%)
3rd place: Sigga, Beta og Elín – Með hækkandi sól (12.6%)
Best National Final
Image Source: Milla Määttä/Nelli Kenttä/Yle
Your favourite National Final was Finland’s UMK!
They achieved 20.5% of the vote in this category.
2nd place: Festival di Sanremo (15.4%)
3rd place: Benidorm Festival (14.5%)
Meme or Moment of the Season
Your meme or moment of this year’s National Final season was the undoubtedly legendary release of Intro by Misscatylove.
They achieved 17.9% of the votes in this write-in category.
2nd place: Emily Roberts forgetting the lyrics to her song “Soap” in Germany 12 points. This didn’t stop her from being your second place from the non-winning songs in this particular show! (11.5%)
3rd place: All of the delightful antics of Latvian entrants Citi Zēni, but with particular shout out to their use of the 🐱 emoji during their Supernova performance. (7.7%)
And that’s all for now, folks!
Thank you to everyone who voted in the National Final Awards this year! They will return next April after the 2023 season has wrapped up, but we’ll also have the TES Eurovision Awards over the summer to celebrate the acts we’ll enjoy on stage in Turin!
Are you happy with who won? What were your favourite moments of the Eurovision 2022 National Final season? Let us know in the comments below! Don’t forget to follow ‘THAT Eurovision Site’ over at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Photo Source: SVT/Annika Berglund
