OMSC 22

Online Music Song Contest 22, often referred to as OMSC 22, was the twenty-second edition of Online Music Song Contest, held in Vancouver, after Canada won the previous edition of the contest.

The Pre-Qualification Round of OMSC 22 occured on the 2ⁿᵈ January 2022, the Semi-Finals on the 9ᵗʰ January 2022 while the Final occured on the 16ᵗʰ January 2022. Fifty countries participated in the twenty-second contest, under the slogan “Feel The Cold!”.

Participants
Forty-five countries participated in the twenty-second edition of the contest: fifteen European countries (Åland Islands, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), fifteen Asian countries (Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates), ten American countries (Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Greenland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States of America), six Oceanian countries (American Samoa, Australia, French Polynesia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand) and four African countries (Canary Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda).

In this edition Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Latvia, New Caledonia and the United Arab Emirates participated for the first time.

Returning Artists
This edition featured three* representatives who had performed previously as lead vocalists for a country in the contest.

Yseult MØ Luísa Sonza

Withdrawing Countries
These countries confirmed their non-participation in the twenty-second edition of the contest: