The Eurovision Song Contest's official semi-final draw will soon be under way.
The ceremony takes place at St George's Hall which is where the world will discover which nations will battle it out in the semi-final rounds. Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu preside over the allocation draw.
Eurovision will take place in Liverpool this year, wth the final being held on May 13, 2023. The UK, Italy, France, Spain and Germany automatically secure a spot in the final because of how much they pay to enter. Prior to this, the remaining 31 acts will sing in two semi-finals, with 10 countries from each show qualifying.
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The Allocation Draw will determine whether countries participate in the first semi-final, held on Tuesday, May 9, or the second semi-final, which takes place on Thursday, May 11. Also randomly allocated is whether a country will perform in the first or second half of the semi-final they’ve drawn.
Eurovision bosses say countries will be drawn from different pots to help reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increase suspense in the semi-finals.
We'll have the full line-up for each semi-final as soon as they're announced, below.
Eurovision 2023 semi-final allocation draw results
Semi-final 1
First half
- Serbia
- Latvia
- Ireland
- Norway
- Portugal
- Croatia
- Malta
Second half
- Sweden
- Moldova
- Switzerland
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Finland
- Azerbaijan
- Czech Republic
Semi-final 2
First half
- Armenia
- Cyprus
- Romania
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Iceland
- Greece
- Estonia
Second half
- Albania
- Australia
- Austria
- Lithuania
- San Marino
- Slovenia
- Georgia
- Poland
When do the big five vote?
Semi-final 1
- Germany
- France
- Italy
Semi-final 2
- Ukraine
- Spain
- United Kingdom
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