Today, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw for Eurovision 2024, took place in Malmö. We found out which Semi-Final, in which 31 of the participating countries will be competing, as well as finding out which Semi-Final the Big Five & Sweden will be airing and voting in. You can watch the allocation draw below:
The allocations for this year’s Semi-Finals are as follows:
Semi-Final 1
Participants
Due to the uneven split in countries that have to go through the semi-finals, the EBU agreed that fifteen countries will take part in the first semi-final.
| First Half | Second Half |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 🇲🇩 Moldova |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| XXXX | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
Big-Five Countries & Host Country Voting
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Semi-Final 2
Participants
| First Half | Second Half |
| 🇦🇱 Albania | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 🇬🇪 Georgia |
| 🇨🇿 Czechia | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇱🇻 Latvia |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇸🇲 San Marino |
Big-Five Countries Voting
| 🇫🇷 France | 🇮🇹 Italy | 🇪🇸 Spain |
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
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