The traditional allocation draw took place in Basel today. As usual the countries are drawn into first or second semi-final and their first of second half, and the Big5 and the host country are also drawn to vote in one of them. The event is also the official hand over from Malmö to Basel as host city.
The purpose of it all is not only to make neighboring and diaspora voting more difficult and less significant but also help the delegations to prepare for their trip to Basel in many ways as they will know when to arrive and how long they will stay and when the rehearsals are. As every single day costs money and usually performing in the first half of first semi-final versus second half of second semi-final makea a difference of 3-4 days. Or night.
As usual there were five pots:
Pot 1: Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Latvia, Netherlands
Pot 2: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Poland, Ukraine
Pot 3: Albania, Austria, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
Pot 4: Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, San Marino
Pot 5: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
And the result is:
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| Finland 2nd semi-final 2nd half. Ich komme! Switzerland, Italy and Spain vote in the first semi-final Germany, France and UK vote in the second semi-final |
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