Eurovision semi-final running order released: Australia to open semi-final 2

The running order of the two semi-finals of Eurovision 2025 have been released. They were first announced via videos on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

Here are the running orders:

Semi-final 1

1. Iceland

2. Poland

3. Slovenia

4. Estonia

-Spain-

5. Ukraine

6. Sweden

7. Portugal

8. Norway

9. Belgium

-Italy-

10. Azerbaijan

11. San Marino

12. Albania

13. Netherlands

14. Croatia

-Switzerland-

15. Cyprus

Semi-final 2

1. Australia

2. Montenegro

3. Ireland

4. Latvia

5. Armenia

6. Austria

   - United Kingdom-

7. Greece

8. Lithuania

9. Malta

10. Georgia

-France-

11. Denmark

12. Czechia

13. Luxembourg

14. Israel

    -Germany-

15. Serbia

16. Finland

The Big 5 and Switzerland will perform in the semi-final they are voting in, with the point they are performing noted in the running order.

There are some interesting trends from the running order release:

• Australia performs at the number 1 slot in semi-final 2, the first time we have opened a Eurovision show

• current bookies favourites Sweden and Austria both perform at number 6 in their respective semi-finals

• for the second year in a row Austria performs at number 6 in the second semi-final

• for the second year in a row Malta performs in the earliest slot it could in its half of the semi-final

• Finland also closed its semi-final as recently as 2023.

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