Another day another dollar! With the stage being constructed at super speed we're have yet another day with some more news! This time we are here with the draw order for both semi finals.
Colombian born actress Sofia Vergara, hosted the draw order show that was aired online earlier today. As well as this, Sofia will be joining Liam and Mila in a minor hosting role for the semis and final from the greenroom - doing all that cringey akward interviews with the singers.
So how did the draw take place? Well we had 4 bowls. The first was the wildcard with every state in. Two would be drawn and win the wildcard of being able to choose their own running order position in Semi 1 & Semi 2. Washington was the first drawn and chose to close Semi 1, New Mexico drew next and was then also chose to close Semi 2. The other 3 bowls would decide the random draw for the rest. The first bowl contained the rest of the states, and then the other 2 contained a number for their running order position. The first state drawn would be assigned to semi 1, and then 2nd drawn would go to semi 2 - and then alternate back and forth between both semis. The first drawn was Arizona who then pulled a 3 from the semi 1 bowl, so will perform 3rd in semi 1 and then Hawaii was drawn 2nd which then pulled a 6 from the semi 2 bowl and will then perform 6th in semi 2 - and so on. Below is the final running order draw ahead of the semi final rehearsals due to start before the live shows.