Eurovision 2018: Armenia to perform in Second Semi-Final

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw to determine which country will participate in which Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has taken place in Lisbon's City Hall, Eurovision.tv reports.

The Semi Final Allocation Draw for Eurovision 2018 was hosted by Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela who form half of the presenting team for Eurovision 2018. The draw, along with the Host City Insignia Exchange are key milestones in the preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest. During the ceremony, the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, handed over the Host City Insignia to Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon, which this year is the official  Host City of the contest.

The first part of the draw determined in which Semi-Final each of the six pre-qualified countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and host country Portugal) will broadcast and vote.

The second draw decided in which semi-final each of the other participating countries will perform. 19 countries will compete in the first Semi-Final and 18 will participate in the second on 8th May and 10th May respectively.

The 37 Semi-Finalists were allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame:

First Semi-Final

First half

·         Albania

·         Azerbaijan

·         Belarus

·         Belgium

·         Bulgaria

·         Czech Republic

·         Estonia

·         Iceland

·         Israel

·         Lithuania

Second half

·         Armenia

·         Austria

·         Croatia

·         Cyprus

·         Finland

·         F.Y.R. Macedonia

·         Greece

·         Ireland

·         Switzerland

 

Second Semi-Final

First half

·         Australia

·         Denmark

·         Norway

·         Moldova

·         Romania

·         Russia

·         San Marino

·         Serbia

·         The Netherlands

Second half

·         Hungary

·         Georgia

·         Malta

·         Montenegro

·         Latvia

·         Poland

·         Slovenia

·         Sweden

·         Ukraine