Ahead of tomorrow’s Eurovision 2025 semi-final allocation draw, the EBU revealed the allocation pots that will determine the lineup.
Semi-Final Allocation Pots
The semi-final allocation draw will take place on Tuesday 28th January at 12:30 CET, live on the Eurovision YouTube channel. The countries in each pot are as follows:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Belgium ๐ง๐ช | Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ | Albania ๐ฆ๐ฑ | Cyprus ๐จ๐พ | Australia ๐ฆ๐บ |
| Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ | Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ | Austria ๐ฆ๐น | Greece ๐ฌ๐ท | Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
| Estonia ๐ช๐ช | Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช | Croatia ๐ญ๐ท | Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช | Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ |
| Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป | Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ | Montenegro ๐ฒ๐ช | Malta ๐ฒ๐น | Iceland ๐ฎ๐ธ |
| Lithuania ๐ฑ๐น | Poland ๐ต๐ฑ | Serbia ๐ท๐ธ | Portugal ๐ต๐น | Norway ๐ณ๐ด |
| Luxembourg ๐ฑ๐บ | Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ | Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ | San Marino ๐ธ๐ฒ | Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
| The Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ |
All About Eurovision 2025
Switzerland will be hosting the 69th edition of the competition following Nemoโs historic win at Eurovision 2024 in Malmรถ. SRG SSR named Reto Peritz, and Moritz Stadler as the Executive Producers a few weeks after Nemo’s victory. The other roles in the key team were revealed in July 2024.
Basel, Bern & Biel/Bienne, Geneva, and Zurich submitted bids to host next yearโs competition. The final two cities shortlisted were Basel and Geneva. After the shortlist, the EBU revealed that Basel will host Eurovision 2025, at St. Jakobshalle with the shows taking place on May 13, 15 and 17.
The visual identity for this yearโs contest is โUnity Shapes Loveโ. Art Director Artur Deyneuve developed the concept. The design took inspiration from the Swiss tradition of direct democracy, with the message conveyed visually through the iconic Eurovision heart symbol.
Meanwhile, the tickets for Eurovision 2025 will be sold on ticketcorner.ch. The pre-registration process for the tickets ran until January 10. The tickets will be available to purchase from January 29, 2025. One day after the Semi-Final allocation draw.
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News Source: EBU
Photo Source: SRG SSR
