Eurovision 2026 semi-final draw details and pots revealed

The all-important pot details of next week's Eurovision semi-final draw have been revealed.

The draw will take place next Monday, 12 January at 19:00 CET in Vienna's city hall, Wiener Rathaus.

This means an early start for Australians, with that converting to 05:00 AEDT on the morning of Tuesday 13 January.

The draw will see nations pulled out randomly 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 (e.g., all the Balkan or all the Nordic countries can't all be placed together).

The 2026 Eurovision semi-final pot allocations are:

Pot 1: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland

Pot 2: Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Pot 3: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Poland, Ukraine

Pot 4: Belgium, Czechia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Portugal, Romania

Pot 5: Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, San Marino

The big four nations (UK, France, Germany and Italy) plus hosts Austria will also be placed into semi-finals to perform (but not compete) and also vote.

Australia has been placed with our Nordic friends, with Estonia taking the place of Iceland who is boycotting the Contest.

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