Today, the European Broadcast Union and SVT finally revealed the running order for the first and second Semi Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.

For the first time ever, not only the semi-finalists but also the automatically qualified acts from the host and the Big 5 countries will perform live in the Semi Finals.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the Running Order, looking at what our guts and the stats tell us about who might qualify from the Semi Finals! We also proudly reveal that we’re teaming up with the MalmöHagen Team to cover the 7th and final pre-party before Eurovision starts, so be sure and get your tickets before they sell out if you’ll be in Copenhagen on Saturday, 4th May!

Here is the full running order for Semi Final 1, which is going to take place on Tuesday, 7th May 2024:

01 Cyprus 🇨🇾
02 Serbia 🇷🇸
03 Lithuania 🇱🇹
04 Ireland 🇮🇪
XX United Kingdom 🇬🇧
05 Ukraine 🇺🇦
06 Poland 🇵🇱
07 Croatia 🇭🇷
08 Iceland 🇮🇸

XX Germany 🇩🇪
09 Slovenia 🇸🇮
10 Finland 🇫🇮
11 Moldova 🇲🇩
XX Sweden 🇸🇪
12 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
13 Australia 🇦🇺
14 Portugal 🇵🇹
15 Luxembourg 🇱🇺

While this is the running order of Semi Final 2, set for Thursday, 9th May 2024:

01 Malta 🇲🇹
02 Albania 🇦🇱
03 Greece 🇬🇷
04 Switzerland 🇨🇭
05 Czechia 🇨🇿
XX France 🇫🇷
06 Austria 🇦🇹
07 Denmark 🇩🇰
08 Armenia 🇦🇲

09 Latvia 🇱🇻
XX Spain 🇪🇸
10 San Marino 🇸🇲
11 Georgia 🇬🇪
12 Belgium 🇧🇪
13 Estonia 🇪🇪
XX Italy 🇮🇹
14 Israel 🇮🇱
15 Norway 🇳🇴
16 Netherlands 🇳🇱

Are you happy with the running order put together by the broadcasters? Let us know in the comments and on our social media profiles @buildingbridges!

Photo: eurovision.tv

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