Pots for Eurovision 2024 Semi-Final allocation revealed

Tomorrow the official hand-over of Eurovision 2024 will take place. During this the semi-final allocation draw for Eurovision 2024 will take place. The pots that each country will be in have now been confirmed by the EBU.

Which pot did everyone get allocated to?

The countries have been allocated into to the following pots:

Pot 1

• Albania 🇦🇱
• Austria 🇦🇹
• Switzerland 🇨🇭
• Croatia 🇭🇷
• Serbia 🇷🇸
• Slovenia 🇸🇮

Pot 2

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

Pot 3

• Armenia 🇦🇲
• Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
• Georgia 🇬🇪
• Israel 🇮🇱
• Latvia 🇱🇻
• Lithuania 🇱🇹
• Ukraine 🇺🇦

Pot 4

• Cyprus 🇨🇾
• Greece 🇬🇷
• Ireland 🇮🇪
• Malta 🇲🇹
• Portugal 🇵🇹
• San Marino 🇸🇲

Pot 5

• Belgium 🇧🇪
• Czechia 🇨🇿
• Luxembourg 🇱🇺
• Moldova 🇲🇩
• The Netherlands 🇳🇱
• Poland 🇵🇱

The Journey to Eurovision 2024

The Nordic country will be hosting the 68th edition of the competition following Loreen’s historic win at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. One month after the 2023 contest taking place SVT revealed the first names of the Core Team that will be working on the competition, with the team completed in September.

In July 2023, after a shortlist of four cities, it was announced that Malmö will hostEurovision 2024, with the city spending up to €2.5 Millionfor the contest, as well as having 600 volunteers working for the show.

As for the upcoming contest, there will be 37 countries participating. Luxembourg will be returning, whilst Romania withdraws. ‘United By Music’ has been announced as the permanent slogan for the contest, with the upcoming contest having ‘The Eurovision Lights’ as the theme art, with the stage, which is undertaken by Florian Wieder and Fredrik Stormby who are behind the concept, was revealed in December.

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News Source: EBU

Photo Credit: SVT