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Eurovision 2025 Semi-Finals Allocation Draw Has Been Determined

Doron Lahav

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.

Semi-Final 1

First Half (Songs 1-7)

Second Half (Songs 8-15)

Semi-Final 2

First Half (Songs 1-8)

Second Half (Songs 9-16)

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

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