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Today saw the allocation draw for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Basel, Switzerland.
The semi-finals will be held on Tuesday 13 May and Thursday 15 May respectively, and here are the halves in which the participating countries will line up:
Of the six automatically qualified finalists, Switzerland, Italy and Spain will vote in the first semi-final, while Germany, France and the United Kingdom will vote in the second semi-final.
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