Allocation Draw
Today under a splendid ambience Vienna became officially the Host City of Eurovision Song Contest, thereafter Allocation Draw took place and the hosts, Kati Bellowitsch and Andi Knoll announced the draw of the First and Second Semi-Finals.
The results of the draw are:
First Semi-Final
First Half
Greece
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Estonia
The Netherlands
Moldova
Finland
Belgium
Armenia
Second Half
Serbia
Denmark
Belarus
Romania
Russia
Albania
Georgia
Hungary
Second Semi Final
First Half
Norway
Ireland
Czech Republic
Lithuania
San Marino
Malta
Portugal
Montenegro
Second Half
Switzerland
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Latvia
Poland
Iceland
Israel
Cyprus
Sweden
But the show didn’t stop there; it was time for the qualified countries, Big 5 and Austria. See above the results of the draw for the voting of the 6 countries:
In the First Semi-Final on the 19th of May, 16 countries will participate while the Second Semi-Final has 17 countries and will be held on the 21st of May. The Big Five along with the hosting country, Austria, will compete on the 23rd of May in the Grand Final.
