ESC 2024: We have our semi-finals set!

Every year, there are so many moments during the season that unites fans, but tonight marked a very important moment in the season. Tonight, the allocation draw was held and with that, we now know where all the 37 countries will be voting and/or competing, let’s dive in!

The draw 2024

The draw started with the allocation of the 6 pre-qualified countries, that being Sweden as the host country, and the BIG 5(France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom). The role of these 6 countries in the semi-final, is for them to be placed into either one of the semi-finals, where people from these countries can vote in that semi-final, they are placed into.

Below you’ll see all the details from the draw:

🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇩🇪 Germany & 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom were drawn to vote in the first semi-final, which will feature the following countries:

Semi-final 1

• First-half
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇵🇱 Poland
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
• Second-half
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova

🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy & 🇪🇸 Spain were drawn to vote in the second semi-final, which will feature the following countries:

Semi-final 2

• First-half
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
• Second-half
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium

Before the draw properly started, it was explained by Martin Österdahl, that the Israeli broadcaster (KAN) had requested to be placed into the second semi-final, due to the first semi-final taking place over an Israeli memorial day, hence Israel was automatically placed into the second semi-final.

This also meant, that it automatically granted that the first semi-final will consist of 15 countries, while the second semi-final will consist of 16 countries. Of course, the top 10 from both semi-finals, will still advance to the final. The semi-finals will be purely decided by televote, but a back-up jury will be used, in case it’s needed. Meanwhile, the result of the final, will still be decided by both juries and televote.

If you missed the allocation draw, you can re-watch once again right below.

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