20.03. 20:10
Egon Tinno
The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest running order draw for the the semifinals and final was held today in Baku. Delegations of the 42 participating countries have gathered in Baku in order to be briefed about the preparations and organization for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
The running order for both semifinals and final has been determined at the official running order draw today in Baku. Montenegro will kick off semifinal 1 whilst Ireland will close the show. Serbia will kick off the second semifinal on the 24th of May and Lithuania will close it. The United Kingdom will kick off the Eurovision Song Contest final on May the 26th.
Semifinal 1, May 22nd
- Montenegro
- Iceland
- Greece
- Latvia
- Albania
- Romania
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Finland (WILDCARD)
- Israel
- San Marino
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Russia
- Hungary
- Austria
- Moldova
- Ireland (WILDCARD)
Semifinal 2, May 24th
- Serbia
- FYR Macedonia
- Netherlands
- Malta
- Belarus
- Portugal
- Ukraine (WILDCARD)
- Bulgaria
- Slovenia
- Croatia
- Sweden
- Georgia
- Turkey
- Estonia
- Slovakia
- Norway
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Lithuania (WILDCARD)
Final, May 26th
- 01. United Kingdom
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- 09. France
- 10. Italy
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- 13. Azerbaijan
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- 19. Spain (WILDCARD)
- 20. Germany
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The rest of the final spots will be drawn at the winners' press conference right after the semifinals' results are known.
You can watch again the Running Order Draw on eurovision.tv's Web TV Player.
Tags: Baku 2012 (15) 
