Australia draws second semi final for Eurovision

Australia has drawn the first half of the second semi final in Eurovision.

In our semi final are big guns Russia, Ukraine and Sweden which will be tough competition. In fact there have only been five countries who have a 100% record of qualifying and four of them are in our semi final (Australia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine - Azerbaijan is the other in semi one).

However our two strongest voting partners Sweden and Denmark alongside our four and fifth best mates Norway and Poland will be in our semi final.

Additionally we have the semi final with 18 competitors compared to semi final one which has 19. Among the big five nations - Germany, France and Italy will be voting in the semi final.

Semi final allocations and past voting patterns with Australia below

Percentage of total possible points available given to Australia in Eurovision Grand Finals: (those in bolded text are in our semi final - scroll down)

1. Sweden - 71.43

2. Denmark - 69.05

3. Iceland - 61.9

4. Norway - 60.71

5. Poland - 55.56

6. Israel - 54.76

7. Belgium - 54.63

8. Bosnia & Herzegovina - 54.17

9. United Kingdom - 52.78

10. Switzerland - 51.19

11. Hungary - 50

12. Albania - 49.07

13. Netherlands - 48.33

14. Croatia - 47.93

15. Germany - 47.62

16. Lithuania - 45.24

17. Finland - 45.24

18. Austria - 45

19. Bulgaria - 44.44

20. Latvia - 43.52

21. Estonia - 43.33

22. Ukraine - 41.67

23. Spain - 41.67

24. Belarus - 41.67

25. Slovenia - 40.74

26. Cyprus - 38.1

27. Malta - 35

28. Serbia - 34.52

29. Moldova - 34.52

30. FYR Macedonia - 32.14

31. Ireland - 29.76

32. Russia - 27.78

33. Czech Republic - 27.38

34. Italy - 25.93

35. Georgia - 25

36. San Marino - 21.67

37. Azerbaijan - 21.43

38. Greece - 20.24

39. Portugal - 18.33

40. Romania - 16.67

41. France - 16.67

42. Armenia - 11.9

43. Montenegro - 9.52