A special draw was held today at Vienna’s Rathaus (City Hall) in order to distribute a total of 33 countries into one of the two 2015 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, scheduled to be held on 19 and 21 May in Vienna.

During the draw it was also determined in which half of the semi-final the alloted countries are to perform. A total 0f 39 countries will participate at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. 33 countries will compete in the semi-finals, whilst the BIG 5 and the host country Austria are automatically qualified to compete in the grand final.

Another draw was held to determine which semi-final the BIG 5 countries and Austria would air and vote in. Germany was pre-alloted to air and vote in semi-final 2 after a special request from its national broadcaster ARD.

 

Semi-final 1 (19 May)

1st half

[table]
#,,Country
,[Greece],Greece,
,[FYR Macedonia],FYR Macedonia,
,[Estonia],Estonia,
,[The Netherlands],The Netherlands,
,[Moldova], Moldova,
,[Albania],Albania,
,[Finland],Finland,
,[Belgium],Belgium,
,[Armenia],Armenia,
[/table]

2nd half

[table]
#,,Country
,[Serbia],Serbia,
,[Denmark],Denmark,
,[Belarus],Belarus,
,[Romania],Romania,
,[Russia],Russia,
,[Georgia],Georgia,
,[Hungary], Hungary,
[/table]

Semi-final 2 (21 May)

1st half

[table]
#,,Country
,[Norway],Norway,
,[Ireland],Ireland,
,[Czech Republic],Czech Republic,
,[Lithuania],Lithuania,
,[San Marino],San Marino,
,[Malta],Malta,
,[Portugal],Portugal,
,[Montenegro],Montenegro,
[/table]

2nd half

[table]
#,,Country
,[Switzerland],Switzerland,
,[Azerbaijan],Azerbaijan,
,[Slovenia],Slovenia,
,[Latvia],Latvia,
,[Poland],Poland,
,[Iceland],Iceland,
,[Israel], Israel,
,[Cyprus],Cyprus,
,[Sweden],Sweden,
[/table]

 

Final (23 May)

[table]
#,Country,Votes on
[Austria],Austria,Semi-final 1
[Spain],Spain,Semi-final 1
[France],France,Semi-final 1
[United Kingdom],United Kingdom,Semi-final 2
[Italy],Italy,Semi-final 2
[Germany],Germany,Semi-final 2
[/table]

The 2015 Eurovision Song Contest will will be held on 19, 21 and 23 May at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna.

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