Patagonia at the Amerivision Song Festival 2022

Patagonia participated in the Amerivision Song Festival 2022 in Cincinnati, United States, with "How I Missed You" performed by Elizabeth Philips. The Federal Radio Service organized the 61st edition of the Patagonian National Music Festival to select the Patagonian entry for the 2022 Amerivision Song Festival.

The PNMF was originally won by Russian-Patagonian rapper Vladimir "Shoot Down" Ivanov with his song "Yeah Yuh". Following controversy regarding a voting error and some inappropriate comments made by Ivanov, his status as a legitimate participant of the PNMF was challenged, which resulted in his participation being ceased by the broadcaster as well as his withdrawal and the subsequent selection of Elizabeth Philips as the representative.

Elizabeth became the 65th winner of the Amerivision Song Festival and the first Patagonian entry in eight years to win the contest, having been awarded 239 points from the juries and winning the televote with 310 points, scoring 549 points overall.

At Amerivision
Due to being a member of the Big Five (the other members being Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil), they automatically qualified for the final, and were scheduled to perform 13th in the running order between the United States and Guiana.

Stage direction
The setup involved Elizabeth performing alone in a blue knitted sweater, a blue skirt and ballet socks. The LED visuals were achieved by putting ink into water using syringes, and were displayed throughout the performance. During the performance, Elizabeth knelt towards a statue which was replaced by a performer on a pedestal towards the bridge, meant to simulate the statue returning to its human form. Four backing vocalists appeared towards the end of the song. The stage director for the Patagonian entry was Brent Thomas, whereas the four backing vocalists that joined Elizabeth were Iael Brener, Tim Jeffery, Maureen Edwards and Aaron "DJ Doge" MacDonnell. The performer was Elizabeth's boyfriend, Rick Britton.