Eurovision 2024 Semi-Finals Allocation Draw Has Been Determined

Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi hosted the Host City Insignia Exchange.
As part of the ceremony, the semi-final allocation draw was determined.
Liverpool gave 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

You can watch the full ceremony here:

Format

The EBU has built 5 pots of the 31 countries that participate in the semi-finals.
The pots were 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.

The pots for Eurovision 2024 are:

Pot 1

1. Albania
2. Austria
3. Croatia
4. Slovenia
5. Serbia
6. Switzerland

Pot 2

1. Australia
2. Denmark
3. Estonia
4. Finland
5. Iceland
6. Norway

Pot 3

1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Georgia
4. Israel
5. Latvia
6. Lithuania
7. Ukraine

Pot 4

1. Greece
2. Cyprus
3. Ireland
4. Malta
5. San Marino
6. Portugal

Pot 5

1. Belgium
2. Czech Republic
3. The Netherlands
4. Moldova
5. Luxembourg
6. Poland

First of all, the allocation draw was related to the big 5 and the host country.

1. Sweden (Eurovision 2024 host country)
2. United Kingdom
3. France
4. Italy
5. Germany
6. Spain

Big 5 Countries and Sweden

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.

• 🇪🇸 Spain – Will vote in semi-final 2
• 🇸🇪 Sweden – Will vote in semi-final 1
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom – Will vote in semi-final 1
• 🇮🇹 Italy – Will vote in semi-final 2
• 🇫🇷 France – Will vote in semi-final 2
• 🇩🇪 Germany – Will vote in semi-final 1

Semi-Final 1

First Half (Songs 1-7)

• 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• 🇨🇾 Cyprus
• 🇵🇱 Poland
• 🇷🇸 Serbia
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania
• 🇭🇷 Croatia
• 🇮🇪 Ireland

Second Half (Songs 8-15)

• 🇸🇮 Slovenia
• 🇮🇸 Iceland
• 🇫🇮 Finland
• 🇵🇹 Portugal
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• 🇦🇺 Australia
• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
• 🇲🇩 Moldova

Semi-Final 2

First Half (Songs 1-8)

• 🇦🇹 Austria
• 🇲🇹 Malta
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland
• 🇬🇷 Greece
• 🇨🇿 Czechia
• 🇦🇱 Albania
• 🇩🇰 Denmark
• 🇦🇲 Armenia
  

Second Half (Songs 9-16)

• 🇮🇱 Israel (was pre-allocated in the 2nd semi-final, due to Memorial Day)
• 🇪🇪 Estonia
• 🇬🇪 Georgia
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands
• 🇳🇴 Norway
• 🇱🇻 Latvia
• 🇸🇲 San Marino
• 🇧🇪 Belgium

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

Don’t forget to visit our Eurovision 2024 homepage