Eurovision 2025 Semi-Finals Allocation Draw Has Been Determined

Live from Basel, we had the opportunity to watch the Eurovision 2025 semi-final allocation draw.
Jennifer Bosshard and Jan van Ditzhuijzen led the ceremony

You can 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 2025 are:

Pot 1

1. Belgium
2. Czechia
3. Estonia
4. Latvia
5. Lithuania
6. Luxembourg
7. The Netherlands

Pot 2

1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Georgia
4. Israel
5. Poland
6. Ukraine

Pot 3

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

Pot 4

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

Pot 5

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

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

1. Switzerland (Eurovision 2025 host country)
2. United Kingdom
3. France
4. Italy
5. Germany
6. Spain

Big 5 Countries and Switzerland

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.

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

Semi-Final 1

First Half (Songs 1-7)

• 🇸🇪 Sweden
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• 🇸🇮 Slovenia
• 🇮🇸 Iceland
• 🇪🇪 Estonia
• 🇵🇱 Poland
• 🇵🇹 Portugal

Second Half (Songs 8-15)

• 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
• 🇦🇱 Albania
• 🇸🇲 San Marino
• 🇧🇪 Belgium
• 🇨🇾 Cyprus
• 🇭🇷 Croatia
• 🇳🇴 Norway

Semi-Final 2

First Half (Songs 1-8)

• 🇦🇹 Austria
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania
• 🇦🇲 Armenia
• 🇲🇪 Montenegro
• 🇬🇷 Greece
• 🇮🇪 Ireland
• 🇦🇺 Australia
• 🇱🇻 Latvia

Second Half (Songs 9-16)

• 🇨🇿 Czechia
• 🇮🇱 Israel
• 🇲🇹 Malta
• 🇫🇮 Finland
• 🇩🇰 Denmark
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• 🇬🇪 Georgia
• 🇷🇸 Serbia

Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025