During tonight’s qualifiers’ press conference, the 10 winners of semi final 2 picked which half of Saturday’s final they will be performing in. Shortly after the draw, work began on putting together the best possible running order of the grand final.
A group of representatives from both the Swedish national broadcaster, SVT and the European Broadcasting Union, EBU, have worked hard in the hours after the press conference on presenting a running order that will allow every song it’s best opportunity to shine in Saturday’s final.
Based on whether the artist drew the first or second half of the final, this group has done their best to put together arunning order that will ensure that the viewers all around Europe, and the rest of the world, will get to enjoy a great show on Saturday.
SVT and EBU have just announced the running order for the final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest:
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- The Netherlands
- Azerbaijan
- Hungary
- Italy
- Israel
- Bulgaria
- Sweden
- Germany
- France
- Poland
- Australia
- Cyprus
- Serbia
- Lithuania
- Croatia
- Russia
- Spain
- Latvia
- Ukraine
- Malta
- Georgia
- Austria
- United Kingdom
- Armenia
What do you think? Who gains the most from this running order?
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