More news regarding the allocation draw which is due February 25.

Allocation draw for the semifinals will be held next week on January 25. At this event, all the countries that compete in the semifinals are randomly allocated in the two semifinals. Moreover, the pre-qualified nations (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) are drawn in which semifinal will their audience be eligible to vote.

Today, EBU announced which countries are in each pot. The countries are entered in pots, this year will be six pots. Each pot has countries that in the past contest has exchanged the most points. For example, all the Scandinavian countries are in the same pot, the same comes for the former Yugoslavic nations and of course Cyprus and Greece!

Pot 1

• Albania 🇦🇱
• Croatia 🇭🇷
• Montenegro 🇲🇪
• North Macedonia 🇲🇰
• Serbia 🇷🇸
• Slovenia 🇸🇮

Pot 2

• Denmark 🇩🇰
• Australia 🇦🇺
• Finland 🇫🇮
• Iceland 🇮🇸
• Norway 🇳🇴
• Sweden 🇸🇪

Pot 3

• Armenia 🇦🇲
• Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
• Georgia 🇬🇪
• Israel 🇮🇱
• Russia 🇷🇺
• Ukraine 🇺🇦

Pot 4

• Cyprus 🇨🇾
• Greece 🇬🇷
• Malta 🇲🇹
• Bulgaria 🇧🇬
• Portugal 🇵🇹
• San Marino 🇸🇲

Pot 5

• Estonia 🇪🇪
• Lithuania 🇱🇹
• Latvia 🇱🇻
• Moldova 🇲🇩
• Poland 🇵🇱
• Romania 🇷🇴

Pot 6

• Austria 🇦🇹
• Belgium 🇧🇪
• Switzerland 🇨🇭
• Czech Republic 🇨🇿
• Ireland 🇮🇪
• The Netherlands 🇳🇱

The allocation draw will be held on January 25 at 12:00 CET.

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