Eurovision 2016: Semi Final Allocation Draw Results
This morning the Semi-Final Allocation Draw took place in Stockholm for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The 37 Semi-Finalists were divided into 6 pots, based on historical voting patterns to reduce the chance of countries voting for their neighbours. Sweden receives a free pass to the final as host country to this year’s competition, along with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK.
| SEMI FINAL 1: 10th MAY 2016 | |
| First Half | Second Half |
| Armenia | Azerbaijan |
| Finland | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Greece | Cyprus |
| Croatia | Estonia |
| Moldova | Iceland |
| Netherlands | Malta |
| Russia | Montenegro |
| San Marino | Czech Republic |
| Hungary | Austria |
| SEMI FINAL 2: 12th MAY 2016 | |
| First Half | Second Half |
| Australia | Albania |
| Ireland | Belgium |
| Israel | Bulgaria |
| Latvia | Denmark |
| Lithuania | Georgia |
| FYR Macedonia | Norway |
| Poland | Romania |
| Switzerland | Slovenia |
| Serbia | Ukraine |
| Belarus | |