Posted January 29, 20187 yr http://www.popelera.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/eurovision-lisboa.jpg In a couple of hours, we'll know which countries are in which semi finals for this year's contest. 19 countries will go into Semi Final 1 and 18 to Semi Final 2. The Big 5 and Portugal will also be assigned semi finals which they must broadcast and vote in. All the semi finalists have been placed into pre-determined pots to try and eliminate so called 'neighbour voting' and to ensure a fairer playing field. Pot 1: Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland Pot 2: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden Pot 3: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania Pot 5: Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Israel, Malta, San Marino Pot 6: Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland You can watch the ceremony live on at 1pm CET today (noon in the UK). And to save shameless self promo, here's an fab article looking back on the history of the allocation draw. https://www.escxtra.com/2018/01/28/eleven-y...urovision-pots/
January 29, 20187 yr Author Big 5 + Host Semi Final Voting Semi 1: Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom Semi 2: France, Germany, Italy Semi 1 First Half Albania Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Iceland Israel Lithuania Second Half Armenia Austria Croatia Cyprus Finland Greece Ireland Macedonia Switzerland Semi 2 First Half Australia Denmark Moldova Norway Romania Russia San Marino Serbia The Netherlands Second Half Georgia Latvia Hungary Malta Montenegro Poland Slovenia Sweden Ukraine
January 29, 20187 yr Thank you for the promo! *.* Statistically semi 2 is much stronger, but I feel like lots of the promising national final entries/internal selections are all in semi 1! Interesting indeed.
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