The EBU and SRG-SSR, the Swiss national broadcaster have released the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest  Semi-finals running order. A total of 31 countries will compete in the Semi-finals scheduled to be held on 13 and 15 May.

The running order for the two semi-finals has been determined by host broadcaster SRG-SSR and approved by the EBU.

Fifteen countries will participate in Semi-final #1 on 13 May, whilst sixteen countries will participate in Semi-final #2 on 15 May. The BIG 5 countries and hosts Switzerland will be also performing live at the Semi-finals.

Semi-final #1

Iceland will have the honour of opening Semi-final 1, whilst Cyprus will be the last country to take the stage:

  1. Iceland
  2. Poland
  3. Slovenia
  4. Estonia
  5. Ukraine
  6. Sweden
  7. Portugal
  8. Norway
  9. Belgium
  10. Azerbaijan
  11. San Marino
  12. Albania
  13. Netherlands
  14. Croatia
  15. Cyprus

Semi-final #2

Australia will have the honour of opening Semi-final 1, whilst Finland will be the last country to take the stage:

  1. Australia
  2. Montenegro
  3. Ireland
  4. Latvia
  5. Armenia
  6. Austria
  7. Greece
  8. Lithuania
  9. Malta
  10. Georgia
  11. Denmark
  12. Czechia
  13. Luxembourg
  14. Israel
  15. Serbia
  16. Finland

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 13, 15 and 17 May at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

The 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be produced by Swiss national broadcaster SRG-SSR in collaboration with the EBU.

Source: eurovision.tv
Photo credit: EBU/ SSR-SRG


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