(UPD)Today: Running Order Announced

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Today the running order for the two semi finals in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will be drawn. The draw for each countries allocated semi final took place back on the 17th of January 2011, which determined which semi final each country would participate in, including which semi final each big 5 country would vote in.

Today at 13:00 (CET), the draw for the running order of the two semi finals as well as the positions in which the Big 5 countries will perform in the final will be decided. The show will be broadcast live to the wrld through ESCTV, on eurovision.tv.

This is how the semi finals have been divided in time for this afternoon's draw:

  • First Half (spots 1-10)
    Albania
    Finland
    Armenia
    Switzerland
    Norway
    Georgia
    Turkey
    Serbia
    Russia
    Poland
  • Second Half (spots 11-19)
    Croatia
    Azerbaijan
    Lithuania
    Hungary
    Malta
    San Marino
    Iceland
    Greece
    Portugal
  • Voting Rights:
    United Kingdom
    Spain
  • First Half (spots 1-9)
    The Netherlands
    Bosnia & Herzegovina
    Ukraine
    Cyprus
    Austria
    Sweden
    Moldova
    Belgium
    Slovakia
  • Second Half (spots 10-19)
    Israel
    FYR Macedonia
    Denmark
    Belarus
    Bulgaria
    Latvia
    Estonia
    Romania
    Slovenia
    Ireland
  • Voting Rights
    Italy
    Germany
    France

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for more information on the running order for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.

UPD: WATCH LIVE HERE

Running Order: Semifinal 1

Running order Semifinal 2

Running Order Final