EUROVISION 2010: RESULTS OF THE RUNNING ORDER DRAW

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11:27 ~U 24.03.10

Yesterday, the Draw for the Running Order of the 55th Eurovision Song
Contest took place in Oslo, the host city of this year’s contest. All
39 participating broadcasters got a spot in their respective Semi-Final
or Final, according to a statement on the official Eurovision website.

In the beginning of February, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw was
held where it was determined in which Semi-Final the 34 participating
countries would perform, in addition to the already qualified finalists
France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and Norway.

As part of the draw, it was also determined if those countries will
perform in the first or second half of the respective Semi-Final,
so that each delegation already knows exactly on which day they are
expected in Oslo for the rehearsals in May.

Once again a total of five wildcards were drawn: two for each of the
Semi-Finals and one for a country in the Final. These lucky countries
could pick their spot in their respective shows.

Results below:

First Semi-Final

1. Moldova 2. Russia 3. Estonia 4. Slovakia 5. Finland 6. Latvia
7. Serbia (wildcard) 8. Bosnia and Herzegovina 9. Poland 10. Belgium
11. Malta 12. Albania 13. Greece 14. Portugal 15. FYR Macedonia
16. Belarus (wildcard) 17. Iceland

Second Semi-Final

1. Lithuania 2. Armenia 3. Israel 4. Denmark 5. Switzerland (wildcard)
6. Sweden 7. Azerbaijan 8. Ukraine 9. The Netherlands 10. Romania
11. Slovenia 12. Ireland 13. Bulgaria (wildcard) 14. Cyprus 15. Croatia
16. Georgia 17. Turkey

The first Semi-Final will be held on the 25th of May, followed by the
second Semi-Final on the 27th of May and the Grand Final on the 29th
of May.