Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final Allocation Draw (REACTION & ANALYSIS)

The Eurovision 2025 semi-final allocation draw has taken place in Basel, Switzerland. Which countries sing in which semi-final - and in the first half or second half? We review the draw and react to what what it might mean.
00:26 Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final 1 countries
FIRST HALF
Sweden
Ukraine
Slovenia
Iceland
Estonia
Poland
Portugal
SECOND HALF
Netherlands
Azerbaijan
Albania
San Marino
Belgium
Cyprus
Croatia
Norway
Also voting in the first semi-final…
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
13:10 Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final 2 countries
FIRST HALF
Austria
Lithuania
Armenia
Montenegro
Greece
Ireland
Australia
Latvia
SECOND HALF
Czechia
Israel
Malta
Finland
Denmark
Luxembourg
Georgia
Serbia
Also voting in the second semi-final…
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Featuring:
William: / williamleeadams
Lucy: / lucyeasuertee

[@Sgoinneil]

One thing to note: switzerland also loves voting for albania aswell so i could possibly see 12 points from switzerland

[@AABL412]

12 to Portugal for sure!! 🇨🇭🇵🇹

[@GilmourAttard-s5p]

Italy too

[@ely03cassandra]

Yes, we have a lot of Albanians and Portuguese in Switzerland. We always give points to these countries. 😊

[@ernestsimonyan6314]

That’s what I was thinking about exactly Lucy, Luxembourg this year reminds me of Austria 2016

[@Oxe1988]

Glad to see Lucy again. One of my fave wiwibloggers.

[@Wiwibloggs]

LOOOOVE her

[@rallytip]

​@@WiwibloggsI miss Padraig and Aongus though.

[@carlosduarte5238]

I have a feeling Josh will bring an amazing stage along because his voice and his music is already a masterpiece ❤❤ 🇵🇹 portugal

[@patu8010]

Those colors are very bold

[@Wiwibloggs]

Total headache 😵‍💫

[@puriodt7194]

Omg i thought the same i got a headache

[@tomasornrunarsson9682]

Can you just imagine the first half of semi-final 1 IF these people win: Mans Zelmerlöw - 🇸🇪 Masha Kondratenko - 🇺🇦 July Jones - 🇸🇮 Væb - 🇮🇸 Tommy Cash - 🇪🇪 Justyna Steczkowska - 🇵🇱 Henka/Josh - 🇵🇹

[@Wiwibloggs]

Let’s see how these NFs go. Exciting!

[@tomasornrunarsson9682]

@@Wiwibloggs this NF season is going to be very exciting indeed!

[@SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek]

​@@tomasornrunarsson9682 I wouldn't say Justyna is a 100% lock for Poland. "Lusterka" has been going massively viral in the country and the nf will supposedly be entirely public vote. If it's good live, it might sweep the competition. One thing's for sure, it will be between these 2 acts, the rest don't even matter 😅

[@Buennyo]

No HENKA! JOSH 🤩

[@alanagallacher9144]

Let's wait and see when the songs are out first

[@armankarapetyan8816]

If I remember Andrew Lambrou didn’t finish in top 10. It came 12/26 in final.

[@mpofc]

That awkward moment when Cyprus don't end up in the top 10 because the greek juries only gave it 4 points :O

[@armankarapetyan8816]

@@mpofc So sad.

[@GilmourAttard-s5p]

Im suprised u didnt talk about Malta , there is alot of hype , we have three songs that can do well

[@zoomzoomboy167]

William said that he doesn't want to hear the songs until the national final itself. I don't know if others will react to it.

[@christianj5950]

I think people are exaggerating how much danger Norway is in, because they have such high standards for MGP. Especially if they go with Lighter, which will allegedly have a big stage show. Adam Woods is a producer, he's used to Melfest and he was impressed with the staging. Kyle Alessandro from what I know is part Spanish, and has some Spanish influence in his stage show. That, as well as sharing a semi with Sweden and Iceland, and being 2nd half, I think Norway just got a lot safer despite a weaker MGP year. If they don't go with Lighter (or possibly Nataleen), all bets are off though. If they go with WigWam or Bobbysocks, they are not safe at all.

[@rinjoo3]

If UMK selects Erika, im interested to see how Germany's voting goes when there is a song with actually German in it, since they surely won't send song with their language 🤣. Finland is missing all their usuall "friends", but since UMK selection is quite strong this year, i doubt they need any extree free points to qualify. Unless the remaining unreleased national selections/songs ae overwhelmingly good. Latvia, Finland, Israel and maybe Malta seem like the only sure qualifiers right now if they pick right songs.

[@joemanu96]

Obviously i think people are more attracted towards the First Semi's because it holds most of the countries that (on paper) have performed the best and have currently released their songs the earliest so its more chunky. The Second Semis is packed with countries on record having more darkhorse and unpredictable entries with currently not much standouts other than Greece, Ireland and somewhat Malta (SO FAR). But we'll see, the second semis is more Central Eastern europe dominated, imo and they love to surprise.

[@puriodt7194]

LETS DO THISSSS🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@dinisberinguilho]

Josh from Portugal needs that standout 💫💫✨✨💖 🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@harrietamidala1691]

I tried to post this on the wiwibloggs comments page, but it didn't go through for some reason, so I am posting it here. Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you the semi final allocation statistics updated to 2025. Excluding Moldova, Montenegro and former/current hosts Sweden and Switzerland, out of the 29 competing countries in the semi finals, 17 have remained the same semi final as last year: Semi Final 1: Azerbaijan (2023, 2024, 2025) 
Croatia (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
 Cyprus (2024, 2025) 
Iceland (2024, 2025) 
Poland (2024, 2025) 
Portugal (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) 
Slovenia (2024, 2025) 
Ukraine (2024, 2025) Semi Final 2: Armenia (2023, 2024, 2025) 
Austria (2023, 2024, 2025) 
Czechia (2024, 2025) 
Denmark (2023, 2024, 2025) 
Georgia (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
 Greece (2023, 2024, 2025) 
Israel (2024, 2025) 
Latvia (2024, 2025) 
Malta (2024, 2025) Breakdown by years: 2 (2024, 2025): Cyprus, Czechia, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine 
3 (2023, 2024, 2025): Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Greece
 4 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025): Portugal 
5 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025): Croatia, Georgia Croatia and Georgia has the longest streak of remaining in the same semi finals for five years (six since they were first allocated in 2020) Former host Sweden has returned to the first semi final after last being allocated to it in 2023. As in 2022, Montenegro has been assigned to the second semifinal. 12 countries have switched semi finals with the year of the last time they had been allocated to semi final 1 or 2 (or first in the case of Luxembourg): Semi Final 1: Albania (2022) 
Belgium (2021) 
Estonia (2019) 
Netherlands (2023) 
Norway (2023) 
San Marino (2019) Semi final 2: Australia (2023) 
Finland (2022)
 Ireland (2022) 
Lithuania (2023) 
Luxembourg (2025) 
Serbia (2022) Breakdown by years: 1 (2025): Luxembourg 
2 (2023): Australia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway 
3 2022): Albania, Finland, Ireland, Serbia 
4 (2021): Belgium 
6 (2019): Estonia, San Marino Luxembourg has the shortest switch at one year going into the second semifinal for its second reappearance, so it’s a 50/50 balance. Estonia and San Marino have the longest semi final switch by six years.

[@Wiwibloggs]

Thank you for sharing!

[@GilmourAttard-s5p]

Wow so interesting!& , appreciate a perSon like you who dedicate time for statistics , you should do videos

[@harrietamidala1691]

⁠@@GilmourAttard-s5p thank you. I was thinking more of a website to run. You don’t know how many different kinds of statistics I’ve made related to Eurovision. I actually have a more detailed breakdown of each countries semifinal assignment from 2008 to 2025 because I was always intrigued that some countries just kept being allocated to one semifinal like Denmark and semifinal two and I wondered about the frequency.

[@ushiromiyanatsuhi6103]

Will you do Vibir reaction?

[@HereWithTeti]

Thanks for the video. Btw are u going to react to Vidbir?

[@Satellite88]

13:46 they didn’t necessarily scrape through, 4th in the semi was pretty good but that fall off in the final was harsh

[@michelilla511]

Imagine these scenarios: -Erika wins for Finland and she gets to compete in a semifinal where Germans can vote -Tommy Cash wins for Estonia and he gets to compete in semifinal where Italians can vote

[@itr5994]

-Grisana wins for San Marino and she gets to compete in a semifinal with Ukraine -Also Luxembourg with French language song performs in a semifinal where France can vote

[@Wiwibloggs]

Ooooo ICH KOMME 🇩🇪

[@a.liepins]

LATVIA: If Līgo is selected, we get plenty points from across many countries. Our neighbors - Lithuania, many latvians living in - Ireland, UK, and then the traditional sound gets points from every Balkan country. If everything goes their way, it's an easy Q.

[@rexation8952]

"Andrew Lambrou came Top 10" Not in the Grand Final, sir...he came 12th.

[@eurofansf]

You are so right Semi #2 is so wide open…literally anything could happen…SF2 countries need good singers and great staging.

[@jonathanbalsdon6444]

I think Ireland are really lucky with the other countries they’ve been drawn with in SF2 - Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta being the main ones. Also having the UK voting in SF2 should be a good boost to their chances of getting into the GF.

[@jottenuytten8591]

Belgium could’ve ended up with a lot of neighbours such as luxembourg, germany, france and the uk but only ended up with the netherlands

[@Wiwibloggs]

Good point.

[@aliegg4790]

honestly i think Montenegro is kind of cooked. that first half of semi 2 (imo) while has countries who have struggled, most are currently not sucking and probably will send something very good. i’m worried for montenegro

[@musicone382]

Belgium will deff go through tho

[@figliodellestelle22]

Let's go Albania. 🇦🇱

[@Buennyo]

Germany will vote for Finland because of the german words: ICH KOMME 😅

[@e123-f5s]

Dont know why Latvia dropped in the odds though? Literally no new information on our potential performances were disclosed, seems quite random

[@escmadeira]

Too early to predict

[@tilltil09]

Hope Ireland sends Bobbie Arlo with her track power play it's amazing ❤

[@emilkazimli1448]

Wiwibloggs, You almost commented about the chances of qualification and their potential of countries in SF1. Somehow, Azerbaijan turned invincible for you. Disappointed as Azerbaijani follower...

[@esccse30]

🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🥰🥳

[@Botruc]

I was expecting a much better graphic design from my country... What were they thinking with this awful red? Makes you go blind!

[@Henry_CP]

Ireland have a great chance to qualify especially having UK and Australia. Got a feeling they wont get any points from Israel

[@misskittylicious5333]

Where’s Montenegro?

[@Vhmvd]

Is it just me or semi 1 always ends up “bluish” and semi 2 ends up “reddish” in terms of flags …

[@craigsomer]

Jessica came 4th in her semi she didn’t scrape through haha

[@Wiwibloggs]

😦 Oops. Scratch that! 🙏🏻

[@lenya889]

I think Luxembourg is a easy qualifier cuze germany will vote for this

[@matijagluhinic]

The font and these colors are a joke this year, right?

[@alfamilano75]

Belgium will send Red Sebastian and it's a banger! And he will deliver, be sure!!!!

[@christianj5950]

Cyprus might get some votes from Norway - bringing on two strong Norwegian songwriters in Linda Dale and Elsie Bay might be enough for a little favoritism. It was for Amanda Tenfjord.

[@colinafobe2152]

maybe Balkan people dont want these boring "Balkan ballads" year after year

[@musicone382]

Claude is not going to sing in french!! Why are people saying this.

[@kiekendiefje]

Because he is from Congo originally and French is his mothertongue. He is more fluent in French than in Dutch or English. He has said that his song is bi-lingual and the assumption is that it will be French/English or French/Dutch. If it is English/Dutch, I for one would be very dissappointed.

[@sav0001]

Because it was said the song is a mixture of two languages, so most people are assuming French and Dutch

[@_ghanneliuss_]

It was already said the song will be in two languages so most likely french and dutch

[@musicone382]

@ it was never confirmed by him or the national broadcaster

[@tahitivivi9428]

No i really don't wanna Erika win UMK 2025 !!!

[@sav0001]

She is landsliding, sorry