Waffle Song Contest 2

Edition 2 of the Waffle Song Contest took place in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. This followed San Marino's win in Edition 1. The city was selected in a vote instead of Serravalle and Domagnano. This Edition introduced Semi Finals with them taking place on the 16th and 17th of June 2022. This Edition also introduced the Second Chance round which took place on the 18th of June. the Grand Final took place on the 26th of June 2022.

33 Countries competed in Edition 2, 13 more than last Edition. There were 18 Debuting Nations:  Andorra, Armenia,  Belgium,  Canada,  Faroe Islands,  France,  Georgia,  Greece,  Iceland,  Ireland,  Italy,  Latvia,  Moldova,  Monaco,  The Netherlands,  Romania,  Scotland and  Spain. There were no Returning Countries and there were only 5 Withdrawing Countries. This was the first Edition to have Semi Finals and the first to have a Second Chance round.

This Edition introduced Televoting and is currently the only Edition to have used Televoting. The winning song was from The Netherlands who were represented by Dotan with his song "Numb". They won with a 20 Point margin over Austria who were represented by Pia Maria with her song "I Know U Know". France finished last in the Grand Final while Iceland and  Canada came last in the Semis.

Semi Final 1
16 countries competed in Semi Final 1, and those countries all voted in this semi final.

These countries advanced to the grand final.

These countries advanced to the Second Chance round.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in the first semi.

Semi Final 2
16 countries competed in Semi Final 2, and those countries all voted in this semi final.

These countries advanced to the grand final.

These countries advanced to the Second Chance round.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in the second semi.

Second Chance
The two Semi Finalists who finished 11th in each Semi faced off in a duel, Jurors could vote for one or the other and the winner advanced to the final.

These countries advanced to the grand final.

Grand Final
A total of 22 countries partook in the Grand Final and all 33 competing nations could vote