Allocation draw: these are the semifinals

From the Madama Palace in Turin, the allocation draw took place this afternoon. The draw was hosted by Carolina Di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. During the ceremony, mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb (Rotterdam) handed over the key of the Eurovision City to his Turinese colleague Stefano Lo Russo.

The semifinals will be as follows:

1st semifinal, 1st half:

• Albania
• Latvia
• Switzerland
• Slovenia
• Bulgaria
• Moldova
• Ukraine
• Lithuania
• The Netherlands

1st semifinal, 2nd half:

• Norway
• Russia
• Portugal
• Denmark
• Armenia
• Austria
• Croatia
• Iceland
• Greece

The countries that will not attend a semifinal but will vote in the 1st one are: France and Italy.

2nd semifinal, 1st half:

• Australia
• Georgia
• Cyprus
• Serbia
• Finland
• Azerbaijan
• San Marino
• Israel
• Malta

2nd semifinal, 2nd half:

• Montenegro
• Romania
• Czech Republic
• Poland
• Belgium
• North Macedonia
• Sweden
• Estonia
• Ireland

The countries that will not attend a semifinal but will vote in the 2nd one are: United Kingdom, Spain and Germany.