BASEL 2025
Eurovision 2025: Who's in which Semi-final?
See the result of the Semi-final draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The draw determined what countries will perform in each of the two Semi-finals
SEMI-FINAL 1
13 May 2025
VOTE IN SEMI-FINAL 1:
SEMI-FINAL 2
15 May 2025
VOTE IN SEMI-FINAL 2:
The running order of the Semi-finals will be decided later by the producer or Eurovision 2025, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), and approved by the EBU.
The allocation draw took place on 28 January 2025 in Basel, and was hosted by Jennifer Bosshard and Jan van Ditzhuijzen.
Facts about the Semi-final draw
- 37 countries are participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
- Six of the countries are pre-qualified for the Grand Final (Big-5 and Switzerland).
- The 31 countries were distributed into five allocation draw pots based on the voting pattern between them to avoid too much neighbor voting.
- After a country was drawn, a second draw determined whether that country will participate in the first or second part of the Semi-final.
- The six countries pre-qualified for the Grand Final (Big-5 and Switzerland) were also drawn to decide which Semi-final these countries will vote in.
- The final running order will be decided later by producer Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) and approved by the EBU.
Allocation Draw Pots
To ensure fair voting and competition, the 31 semi-finalists were distributed into five Draw Pots, based on the voting pattern to avoid too much neighbour voting:
- Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Poland, Ukraine
- Albania, Austria, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
- Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, San Marino
- Australia, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
How was the draw made?
The draw was divided into two parts:
1) Which pre-qualified countries vote in which Semi-final?
- The first part determined which of the six pre-qualified countries (Winner: Switzerland. Big-5: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and UK) will vote in which of the two Semi-finals.
2) Who's in which Semi-final?
- The second part determined which of the two Semi-finals (and in which half) each country will compete in.
- The first five countries for Semi-final 1 were drawn: From each of the five allocation draw pots, a country was drawn, and after each country, a second draw determined if the country will perform in the first half or in the second half of Semi-final 1.
- The first five countries for Semi-final 2 were then drawn (same recipe as the five for Semi-final 1).
- This continued until each of the 31 countries had been allocated to one of the two Semi-finals.
