The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest has taken place from Palazzo Madama in Turin. Furthermore, the ceremony saw the Host City Insignia pass from previous host city Rotterdam (2020/21) to this year’s Italian host city, Turin.
The Semi-Final Allocation Draw determines whether countries participate in the First Semi-Final (Tuesday 10 May) or the Second Semi-Final (Thursday 12 May). In addition, each country was randomly allocated to determine whether they perform in the first or second half of the Semi-Final they drew.
The pots
The 36 countries will then be divided into 5 or 6 โpotsโ. In fact, countries are put in the same pot if they have voted for each other in the past. For example, the Nordic countries have all been in a single pot for many years now. In addition, some other bloc pots include countries from the Baltics, Soviets and Southeastern Europe. Eurovision Song Contest organisers have used this method because it appears to minimise bloc voting. You can learn more about the pots, as well as in depth analysis over the last 14 years, on our feature here.
Semi-Final Allocation Draw
The Big 5 voting allocation
Firstly, hosts Italy and the remaining 4 of the ‘Big 5’ countries do not compete in the semi-finals. So here they are allocated which semi-final they will vote on.
| Semi Final 1 | Semi Final 2 |
|---|---|
| ๐ซ๐ท France | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom |
| ๐ฎ๐น Italy | ๐ช๐ธ Spain |
| ๐ฉ๐ช Germany |
Semi-Final 1
| First Half | Second Half |
|---|---|
| ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | ๐ณ๐ด Norway |
| ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | ๐ท๐บ Russia |
| ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | ๐ต๐น Portugal |
| ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark |
| ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia |
| ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova | ๐ฆ๐น Austria |
| ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | ๐ญ๐ท Croatia |
| ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland |
| ๐ณ๐ฑ The Netherlands | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece |
Semi-Final 2
| First Half | Second Half |
|---|---|
| ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro |
| ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia | ๐ท๐ด Romania |
| ๐จ๐พ Cyprus | ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic |
| ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland |
| ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland | ๐ง๐ช Belgium |
| ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan | ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia |
| ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden |
| ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | ๐ช๐ช Estonia |
| ๐ฒ๐น Malta | ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland |
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