The participating countries have been allocated to their semi-finals in Turin 

Today has been the first official occasion from the host broadcaster RAI and the EBU to determine which country is going to participate in which part of semi-final 1 or 2. This event has been hosted by the TV presenters Carolina di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. Almost 14.000 people have been watching this show live on YouTube. The Eurovision Executive supervisor Martin Österdahl has not been among the official representatives, surprisingly.

There has been the host insignia with the mayors Ahmed Aboutaleb from Rotterdam and Stefano lo Russo from Turin. Short introduction films have given the first impression of what to expect from the city of Turin in May 2022 and the inspiration for this year’s motto “The Sound of Beauty”.

You can watch the explanation video here:

As usual there were 6 pots where the hosts of the event –this is based on voting patterns from the last 15 years. This is made to avoid that countries may prefer to vote for their neighbour countries.

This the outcome of the allocation draw, this is in alphabetic order. The running order will be determined by the broadcaster RAI in alignment with the EBU reference group when all songs are known in mid-March.

Semi-Final 1 – first half

• Albania
• Bulgaria
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• The Netherlands
• Slovenia
• Switzerland
• Ukraine

Semi-Final 1- second half

• Armenia
• Austria
• Croatia
• Denmark
• Greece
• Iceland
• Norway
• Portugal
• Russia

Semi-Final 2 – first half

• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Cyprus
• Finland
• Georgia
• Israel
• San Marino
• Serbia

Semi-Final 2 – second half

• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Ireland
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• Poland
• Romania
• Sweden

Furthermore it has also been drawn, which of the two semi-finals will be broadcasted by the Big 5 countries with the right to vote. In the 1st Semi-Final it will be France and Italy, in the 2nd Semi-Final it will be Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.

You can also watch the allocation draw again:

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