Today, the European Broadcast Union and SRG SSR finally revealed the running order for the first and second Semi Finals of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.
For a second year in a row, the automatically qualified acts from the host and Big 5 countries will perform live in the Semi Finals.
Here is the full running order for Semi Final 1, set to take place on Tuesday, 13th May 2025:
01 Iceland 🇮🇸
02 Poland 🇵🇱
03 Slovenia 🇸🇮
04 Estonia 🇪🇪
XX Spain 🇪🇸
05 Ukraine 🇺🇦
06 Sweden 🇸🇪
07 Portugal 🇵🇹
08 Norway 🇳🇴
09 Belgium 🇧🇪
XX Italy 🇮🇹
10 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
11 San Marino 🇸🇲
12 Albania 🇦🇱
13 Netherlands 🇳🇱
14 Croatia 🇭🇷
XX Switzerland 🇨🇭
15 Cyprus 🇨🇾
While this is the running order of Semi Final 2 on Thursday, 15th May 2025:
01 Australia 🇦🇺
02 Montenegro 🇲🇪
03 Ireland 🇮🇪
04 Latvia 🇱🇻
05 Armenia 🇦🇲
06 Austria 🇦🇹
XX United Kingdom 🇬🇧
07 Greece 🇬🇷
08 Lithuania 🇱🇹
09 Malta 🇲🇹
10 Georgia 🇬🇪
XX France 🇫🇷
11 Denmark 🇩🇰
12 Czechia 🇨🇿
13 Luxembourg 🇱🇺
14 Israel 🇮🇱
XX Germany 🇩🇪
15 Serbia 🇷🇸
16 Finland 🇫🇮
Are you happy with the running order put together by the broadcasters? Do you see any countries that are helped or harmed by their spot in the running order? Let us know in the comments and on our social media profiles @buildingbridges!
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