Tonight the Eurovision 2022 semi-final allocation draw took place at the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja (Madama Palace) in Turin, Italy.
The draw was hosted by television presenters Carolina di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi and saw 18 nations places in each semi-final.
Australia will be compete in semi-final 2 in the first half of the show.
The complete results of the all important draw are:
Semi-final 1 (Tuesday 10 May in Europe)
First half
Albania
Latvia
Switzerland
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Moldova
Ukraine
Lithuania
Netherlands
Second half
Norway
Russia
Portugal
Denmark
Armenia
Austria
Croatia
Iceland
Greece
Voting in this semi-final from the "Big 5" are: France and Italy
Semi-final 2 (Thursday 12 May in Europe)
First half
Australia
Georgia
Cyprus
Serbia
Finland
Azerbaijan
San Marino
Israel
Malta
Second half
Montenegro
Romania
Czech Republic
Poland
Belgium
North Macedonia
Sweden
Estonia Ireland
Voting in this semi-final from the "Big 5" are: United Kingdom, Spain and Germany
The draw was conducted using six pots based based on historical voting patterns as calculated by Eurovision’s official televoting partner Digame.
Countries are placed in these pots to help reduce the chance of neighbour or "bloc" voting.
We have done a statistical analysis to see whether Australia drew friends or foes in this semi-final here: https://www.aussievision.net/post/eurovision-2022-a-statistical-analysis-of-australia-s-semi-final-draw
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 10, 12 and 14 May in Turin Italy.
Australia will choose our artist and song at 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' on the Gold Coast in February. All details on that contest here.