
The all-important Eurovision 2025 semi-final allocation draw took place today in Basel.
The draw was done by pulling out nations at random from pre-decided pots of six or seven nations.
These pots are based on previous voting patterns to avoid nations having too many "friends" in one semi-final (eg all the Balkan or all the Nordic countries can't all be placed together).
The big five plus hosts Switzerland were also allocated a semi-final to vote in.
In addition, each nation competing was drawn into either the first half or second half of a semi-final.
Here are the results:

Semi-final 1
First half
Sweden
Ukraine
Slovenia
Iceland
Estonia
Poland
Portugal
Second half
The Netherlands
Azerbaijan
Albania
San Marino
Belgium
Cyprus
Croatia
Norway
These countries will vote in this semi-final:
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Semi-final 2
First half
Austria
Lithuania
Armenia
Montenegro
Greece
Ireland
Australia
Latvia
Second half
Czechia
Israel
Malta
Finland
Denmark
Luxembourg
Georgia
Serbia
These countries will vote in this semi-final:
Germany
France
United Kingdom
The top 10 from each semi-final will qualify for the Grand Final.
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