Allocation Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?

 

 

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Copenhagen, Denmark - Moments ago, the Host City Insignia ceremony and the Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place at the City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark. Check out which countries will participate in each Semi-Final next May.

For the seventh year in a row the day started with the Host City Insignia ceremony. It is the ceremony where the mayor of the previous host city - Malmö - Mr. Kent Andersson hands over the symbolic Host City keys to the mayor of the city that will do that in 2014, Copenhagen, Mr. Frank Jensen. Starting from that moment, it's officially Copenhagen's turn to take over the hosting responsibilities.

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Then the hosts of the allocation draw, Tine Gøtsche and Ulla Essendrop, announced it was time for the most exciting moment as all countries were drawn into the Semi-Finals as well as in either the first or the second part of the shows. The first Semi-Final has 16 participants and the second one 15 contestants.
You can watch the draw again here on our ESC TV Player!
See the results below!

First Semi-Final

First half

• Sweden
• Albania
• Iceland
• Russia
• Latvia
• Azerbaijan
• Armenia
• Estonia

Second half

• Belgium
• Hungary
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• San Marino
• Portugal
• Ukraine
• The Netherlands

Second Semi-Final

First half

• Norway
• Israel
• Georgia
• Austria
• Lithuania
• Poland
• Malta

Second half

• F.Y.R.Macedonia
• Finland
• Ireland
• Romania
• Slovenia
• Belarus
• Greece
• Switzerland

Norway and Sweden were already drawn into Semi-Finals to assure a fair allocation of tickets in the Nordic region. Israel will take part in the second Semi-Final due to the first Semi-Final falling on their Independence day.
It was also drawn which Semi-Final the already qualified countries, the so-called Big 5 - Germany, Spain, France, the UK, Italy - and the Host Country of Denmark will broadcast and vote in.
First Semi-Final

• Spain
• France
• Denmark

Second Semi-Final

• Germany
• Italy
• United Kingdom

The German broadcaster ARD requested to air and vote in the 2nd Semi-Final which was approved by the reference group. The whole process was overseen by the EBU Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand, the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest Executive Producer Pernille Gaardbo and Thomas Niedermeyer from Digame, the official voting partner.
The final running order of the shows will be decided by the producers of the show again this year and approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor and the Reference Group.
This year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 6th, 8th and 10th of May in the Danish city of Copenhagen. 37 countries are set to take part in the 59th edition of Europe's favourite TV show.