The running order has been announced

Delighted for Ireland – same as last year. The UK got a bum draw, Italy is about similar to last year though. Might be harder for Serbia to get through to the final now – but not impossible.

Draw of Semi-Final 1

In each half of every respective Semi-Final, one country received a wildcard to choose its starting position. The remaining positions were drawn afterwards.

The draw for the first Semi-Final:

1. Montenegro
2. Iceland
3. Greece
4. Latvia
5. Albania
6. Romania
7. Switzerland
8. Belgium
9. Finland (wildcard)
10. Israel
11. San Marino
12. Cyprus
13. Denmark
14. Russia
15. Hungary
16. Austria
17. Moldova
18. Ireland (wildcard)

Draw of Semi-Final 2

The draw for the second Semi-Final brought the following result:

1. Serbia
2. FYR Macedonia
3. The Netherlands
4. Malta
5. Belarus
6. Portugal
7. Ukraine (wildcard)
8. Bulgaria
9. Slovenia
10. Croatia
11. Sweden
12. Georgia
13. Turkey
14. Estonia
15. Slovakia
16. Norway
17. Bosnia & Herzegovina
18. Lithuania (wildcard)

Preliminary draw for the Final

For the Grand Final, the starting positions of the Big 5 countries (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and The United Kingdom) plus the host, Azerbaijan, were also drawn, with one of them, again, getting a wildcard to freely choose their starting position:

• 01. United Kingdom
• 09. France
• 10. Italy
• 13. Azerbaijan
• 19. Spain (wildcard)
• 20. Germany