Eurovision 2023: The allocation draw pots unveiled

Monday, 30 January 2023

The six pots that will be used for the Eurovision semi-final draw in 2023 have been announced.

The allocation draw of the countries participating in Eurovision 2023 in the two semi-finals is scheduled will take place tomorrow night. The hosts of the evening will be AJ Odudu and Rylan who, in addition to the draw, will also present the ceremony of handing over the host city of the competition.

The draw will show us which countries perform and vote in which semi-final and which semi-final the automatic qualifiers will vote in.

The six pots for Eurovision 2023 semi-finals are:

Pot 1:
- Albania
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Croatia
- Serbia
- Slovenia
Pot 2:
- Denmark
- Australia
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
- Estonia
Pot 3:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Israel
- Latvia
- Lithuania
Pot 4:
- Cyprus
- Greece
- Ireland
- Malta
- Portugal
- San Marino
Pot 5:
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- The Netherlands
- Moldova
- Poland
- Romania
Pot 6:
- France
- Italy
- Germany
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Ukraine
To prevent friendly votes between neighbor countries the organisers split the countries into pots from which a specific number of countries are going to be selected each time.

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place on January 31st at 20;00 pm (CET) at St George’s Hall and it will be broadcasted by BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. You can also watch it by clicking in the video below:

Source: Eurovision.tv