A special draw was held today at Copenhagen’s City Hall in order to distribute a total of 28 countries into one of the two 2014 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, scheduled to be held on 6 and 8 May in Copenhagen.

During the draw it was also determined in which half of the semi-final the alloted countries are to perform. A total 0f 37 countries will participate at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. 31 countries will compete in the semi-finals, whilst the BIG 5 and the host country Denmark are automatically qualified to compete in the grand final.

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Semi-final 1 (6 May)				Semi-final 2 (8 May)
1st part		2nd part		1st part		2nd part
[Sweden]	Sweden	[Belgium]	Belgium	[Norway]	Norway	[FYR Macedonia]	FYR Macedonia
[Albania]	Albania	[Hungary]	Hungary	[Israel]	Israel	[Finland]	Finland
[Iceland]	Iceland	[Moldova]	Moldova	[Georgia]	Georgia	[Ireland]	Ireland
[Russia]	Russia	[Montenegro]	Montenegro	[Austria]	Austria	[Romania]	Romania
[Latvia]	Latvia	[San Marino]	San Marino	[Lithuania]	Lithuania	[Slovenia]	Slovenia
[Azerbaijan]	Azerbaijan	[Portugal]	Portugal	[Poland]	Poland	[Belarus]	Belarus
[Armenia]	Armenia	[Ukraine]	Ukraine	[Malta]	Malta	[Greece]	Greece
[Estonia]	Estonia	[The Netherlands]	The Netherlands			[Switzerland]	Switzerland

Final (10 May)

• Denmark – (vote and broadcast semi-final 1)
• Spain – (vote and broadcast semi-final 1)
• France – (vote and broadcast semi-final 1)
• United Kingdom – (vote and broadcast semi-final 2 )
• Italy – (vote and broadcast semi-final 2)
• Germany – (vote and broadcast semi-final 2)

The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will will be held on 6,8,10 May at the B&W Hallerne in Copenhangen. Stay tuned to escoday.com for the latest information on the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.