Eurovision 2024: The running order of the semifinals has been revealed!

With a month and a half to go until the first Eurovision 2024 semi-final on 7 May, the EBU today announced the order of the semi-final line-up.

The order of appearance was determined by the EBU in cooperation with the Swedish organisers, taking into account which place each country was drawn to perform (first or second), but also in a way that the show would be more interesting.

The official Eurovision YouTube channel announced a few minutes ago the official order of appearance of the songs in the semi-finals of this year’s contest.

It is worth noting that this year is the first year in which the Big 5 and the host country, Sweden, are going to perform their songs live in the two semi-finals. So, among the competing countries in the two semi-finals, we will see Germany, Sweden and the UK as guest stars in the first semi-final, while in the second semi-final we’ll see France, Italy and Spain.

Running Order

Semi-final 1 – Tuesday 7 May

1. Cyprus
2. Serbia
3. Lithuania
4. Ireland
   United Kingdom
5. Ukraine
6. Poland
7. Croatia
8. Iceland
   Germany
9. Slovenia
10. Finland
11. Moldova
    Sweden
12. Azerbaijan
13. Australia
14. Portugal
15. Luxembourg

Semi-final 2 – Thursday 11 May

1. Malta
2. Albania
3. Greece
4. Switzerland
5. Czechia
   France
6. Austria
7. Denmark
8. Armenia
9. Latvia
   Spain
10. San Marino
11. Georgia
12. Belgium
13. Estonia
    Italy
14. Israel
15. Norway
16. Netherlands

The analysis from fans and beyond has been on fire for a few minutes now. After the theories based on the countries’ history in the competition, it’s a first insight into how deep the qualification to the final is or isn’t. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions about who will make it to the final and who are favourites to say goodbye to Malmö early…

Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest from 7 to 11 May at the Malmö Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organisers, is ‘United by Music’.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2024!