Waffle Song Contest 1

The first edition of the Waffle Song Contest took place in Larnaca, Cyprus. The Grand Final took place on June the 4th, 2022.

A total of 20 countries competed in this Edition. This is the only Edition not to have Semi Finals and to only use a Grand Final. This format was changed in Edition 2 where Semi Finals were added.

The winning song this time came from San Marino who were represented by Måneskin and their song "SUPERMODEL". They scored 123 Points which was 30 more than the runner up which was Czech Republic who were represented by Lake Malawi and We Are Domi with their song "High-Speed Kissing. The voting was 100% Jury Voting for this Edition. This made San Marino the first ever winners of the contest.  Malta finished in last place making them the first country to finish Last Place in the contest.

Returning Artists
As it was the First Edition, no artists returned to the contest.

Grand Final
''20 countries competed in the Grand Final, and those countries all voted. The Top 5 countries all qualified to the first All Stars Edition''