Since the establish of 2 semi-finals in 2008 and due to voting patterns, the EBU and the reference group have decided to allocate countries with voting relations together, in the same pot.
The 31 countries that participate in the semi-finals are allocated into 5pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest’s official televoting partner Digame.
Each pot will include 6-7 countries.
From each pot, half of the countries will be allocated in the first semi-final and the remaining countries will be allocated in the second semi-final.
Just one day before the semi-final allocation draw, the EBU revealed the pots for the semi-final allocation draw:
Pot 1
- Albania
- Austria
- Croatia
- Slovenia
- Serbia
- Switzerland
Pot 2
- Australia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
Pot 3
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Israel
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Ukraine
Pot 4
- Greece
- Cyprus
- Ireland
- Malta
- San Marino
- Portugal
Pot 5
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- The Netherlands
- Moldova
- Luxembourg
- Poland
The 6th pot includes the automatic qualifiers:
- Sweden (Eurovision 2024 host country)
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Germany
- Spain
For the automatic qualifiers, half of them will vote (and broadcast) in the first semi-final, and the other half will vote (and broadcast) in the second semi-final.
Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi will host the ceremony.
The ceremony will also include the Host City Insignia Exchange.
Liverpool will give Malmö the symbol of the host city.
The Mayor of the 2023 Host City, Steve Rotheram, will hand over the official keys to the Eurovision Song Contest, known as the “Insignia“, to the Mayor of Malmö, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh
In which pot is your country assigned to?
Eurovision 2024 will be held in Malmö, Sweden.
The semi-finals will be held on the 7th and 9th of May 2024, and the grand final will be held on the 11th of May 2024
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