The draw of Semi-Final 1
In each half of one respective Semi-Final, one country received a wildcard to choose its starting position. The remaining positions were drawn afterwards.The draw for the first Semi-Final:
- Poland (wildcard)
- Norway
- Albania
- Armenia
- Turkey
- Serbia
- Russia
- Switzerland
- Georgia
- Finland
- Malta
- San Marino
- Croatia
- Iceland
- Hungary
- Portugal
- Lithuania
- Azerbaijan
- Greece (wildcard)
The draw of Semi-Final 2
The draw for the second Semi-Final brought the following result:- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Austria
- The Netherlands
- Belgium
- Slovakia (wildcard)
- Ukraine
- Moldova
- Sweden
- Cyprus
- Bulgaria
- FYR Macedonia
- Israel
- Slovenia
- Romania
- Estonia
- Belarus
- Latvia (wildcard)
- Denmark
- Ireland
The automatic Finalists
For the Grand Final, the starting positions of the Big 5 countries (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and The United Kingdom) were also drawn, with one of them, again, getting a wildcard to freely choose their starting position:11. France
12. Italy
14. United Kingdom
16. Germany
22. Spain (wildcard)
Source eurovision.tv
What can I comment here? Happy for Hungary. Greece was really lucky (thanks to the wildcard). So-so draw for Israel and happy for Spain!!
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