EUROVISION 2016: SEMI FINALS ALLOCATION DRAW

Fotis Konstantopoulos (Greece)

COUNTRY	SHOW PART	COUNTRY	SHOW PART
Croatia	First Half	Latvia	First Half
Finland	First Half	Belarus	First Half
Moldova	First Half	Ireland	First Half
Armenia	First Half	Switzerland	First Half
Greece	First Half	FYR Macedonia	First Half
Hungary	First Half	Australia	First Half
Russia	First Half	Lithuania	First Half
The Netherlands	First Half	Poland	First Half
San Marino	Second Half	Serbia	First Half
Austria	Second Half	Ukraine	Second Half
Iceland	Second Half	Norway	Second Half
Montenegro	Second Half	Slovenia	Second Half
Czech Republic	Second Half	Romania	Second Half
Estonia	Second Half	Georgia	Second Half
Malta	Second Half	Denmark	Second Half
Cyprus	Second Half	Bulgaria	Second Half
Azerbaijan	Second Half	Albania	Second Half
		Belgium	Second Half
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE		ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
Sweden*		Germany*
Spain		United Kingdom
France		Italy

ALLOCATION DRAW HOSTS

SVT hosts Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir will host the allocation draw. Pascalidou, who was born in Romania, was the Greek commentator to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, when Greece won the contest with Helena Paparizou’s My Number One. She hosted one of the Swedish national selection semi-finals in the same year. Radomir, who was born in Serbia, gave the Swedish points in 2004 and 2006, and wrote the English lyrics for Serbia’s 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winning song Molitva.

ALLOCATION DRAW PROCEDURE

The first part of the draw will determine which of the six pre-qualified countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and host country Sweden) will have to broadcast and vote in which Semi-Final. The first Semi-Final will have 18 participants and the second will have 19. Another draw will then decide in which half of the respective Semi-Finals each country will perform. The exact running order will be determined by the producers of the show at a later date. From each Semi-Final, ten countries will proceed to the Grand Final on 14th May, joining the six pre-qualified countries. In total, 26 countries will be represented in the Grand Final.

ISRAEL AND GERMANY

At the request of German broadcaster ARD, and following approval from the Reference Group, the governing body of the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany will broadcast and vote in the second Semi-Final on 12th May. Israel will compete in the second Semi-Final since the first Semi-Final clashes with the country’s memorial day.

ALLOCATION DRAW POTS

POT 1: Albania, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
POT 2: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia
POT 3: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine
POT 4: Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Australia, The Netherlands, Bulgaria
POT 5: Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ireland, Malta, Poland, San Marino
POT 6: Austria, Hungary, Israel (already in 2nd semifinal), Moldova, Romania, Switzerland