Eurovision 2009: Semi Final draw & video

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The Eurovision 2009 semi final draw took place on Friday 30th January 2009 at 13.00 CET.

Keep in mind that this is not the draw for the running order in the semi finals. The draw for the running order will take place on 17th March during the tradional Head of Delegation meeting in Moscow.

The six pots from which the 38 countries were drawn for the two semi finals:

Pot 1
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

Pot 2
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

Pot 3
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Moldova, Ukraine

Pot 4
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, the Netherlands, Turkey

Pot 5
Andorra, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania

Pot 6
Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland

The six pots containing the 38 countries were drawn into which country will be into which semi final.

The pots were composed by Digame, the Eurovision Song Contest's televoting partner since 2004, based on average voting patterns between 2004 and 2008.

And the live coverage has started. The six glass bowls containing the names of the 38 countries are here,

1st semi final

1. Bosnia & Herzegovina
2. Sweden
3. Israel
4. Belgium
5. Andorra
6. Czech Republic
7. Montenegro
8. Iceland
9. Georgia
10. Bulgaria
11. Portugal
12. Switzerland
13. FYR Macedonia
14. Finland
15. Belarus
16. Turkey
17. Romania
18. Malta
19. Armenia

2nd Semi final

1. Slovenia
2. Denmark
3. Azerbaijan
4. Netherlands
5. Latvia
6. Hungary
7. Serbia
8. Norway
9. Ukraine
10. Greece
11. Lithuania
12. Poland
13. Croatia
14. Estonia
15. Moldova
16. Cyprus
17. Ireland
18. Slovakia
19. Albania

In addition, the five pre-qualified finalists are drawn to the semi finals to determine where they will be able to vote. United Kingdom, Germany and Spain will vote in the first semi final. Russia and France will vote in the second semi final.

Source: EBU
Pic: Eurovision 2009 theme, esctime.com










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Comments

  1. AnonymousSaturday, January 31, 2009 12:57:00 p.m.

    Cant understand why they could not have done the running aswell that day. A fair draw I must say.

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  2. AnonymousSaturday, January 31, 2009 12:58:00 p.m.

    sorry I should have said "running order" aswell above! :)

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