The Eurovision 2022 Semi-Final Allocation Draw takes place today in Turin, Italy from midday.

The Eurovision 2022 Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take at 12:00 CET on January 25 at Palazzo Madama. The draw will be streamed live on the official Eurovision Youtube channel and on Rai Play.

The draw will be hosted by television presenter Carolina di Domenico and television host Mario Acampa. During the ceremony, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam will hand over the Host City Insignia to Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin.

After the Host City Insignia Exchange, the host nation Italy and the remaining Big Five countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), will each be allocated a Semi-Final in which they must vote. Following this, the 36 semi-finalists will each be allocated a semi-final, along with which half of their semi-final they will perform in. Once all of the entries have been selected, the Eurovision production team will decide the running order of the semi-finals.

The 36 semi-finalists have been divided into six pots based on historical voting patterns as calculated by Digame, the official televoting partner of Eurovision. This is done to reduce the effect of neighbour voting and to increase suspense in the semi-finals.

The pots are as follows:

Pot 1

• Albania
• Croatia
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• Serbia
• Slovenia

Pot 2

• Denmark
• Australia
• Finland
• Iceland
• Norway
• Sweden

Pot 3

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Georgia
• Israel
• Russia
• Ukraine

Pot 4

• Cyprus
• Greece
• Malta
• Bulgaria
• Portugal
• San Marino

Pot 5

• Estonia
• Lithuania
• Latvia
• Moldova
• Poland
• Romania

Pot 6

• Austria
• Belgium
• Switzerland
• Czech Republic
• Ireland
• Netherlands