Tonight’s the night: Producers behind the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will reveal the precise running order for each semi-final. You can watch the running order reveal live — in two parts — this evening on the Eurovision YouTube channel.
The Semi-Final 1 running order will be revealed from 20:00 CET. The Semi-Final 2 running order will premiere 10 minutes later at 20:10 CET. Scroll down to watch each video.
Ahead of that let us know your predictions: Who will open and close each semi-final? And who is going in the death slot — position #2?
Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final running order
As you’ll recall, the semi-final allocation draw took place in Basel back in January. The 31 semi-finalists were allocated to one of two semi-finals, taking place on 13 and 15 May. The ‘Big Five’ and host country Switzerland were also allocated to vote in one of the two semi-finals.
The semi-finalists were also drawn into either the first half or the second half of each semi-final. Producers have spent the past several weeks decided the precise position they will perform in within each half. Their thinking involves at least two very big factors.
First, how can they create the most interesting flow – both visually and sonically — given the plans that delegations have submitted to them? Second, what practical considerations must they take into account to ensure that the crew can safely and efficiently move props and acts off the stage and on?
Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final 1 Running Order
The precise running order will be revealed this evening. These are the halves, which were drawn in January.
First Half
🇸🇪 Sweden – KAJ with “Bara bada bastu”
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Ziferblat with “Bird of Pray”
🇸🇮 Slovenia – Klemen with “How Much Time Do We Have Left”
🇮🇸 Iceland – Væb with “Róa”
🇪🇪 Estonia – Tommy Cash with “Espresso Macchiato”
🇵🇱 Poland – Justyna Steczkowska with “Gaja”
🇵🇹 Portugal – Napa with “Deslocado”
Second Half
🇳🇱 Netherlands – Claude with “C’est la vie”
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Mamagama with “Run with U”
🇦🇱 Albania – Shkodra Elektronike with “Zjerm”
🇸🇲 San Marino – Gabry Ponte with “Tutta l’Italia”
🇧🇪 Belgium – Red Sebastian with “Strobe Lights”
🇨🇾 Cyprus – Theo Evan with “Shh”
🇭🇷 Croatia – Marko Bosnjak with “Poison Cake”
🇳🇴 Norway – Kyle Alessandro with “Lighter”
Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final 2 Running Order
The precise running order will be revealed this evening. These are the halves, which were drawn in January.
First half
🇦🇹 Austria: JJ with “Wasted Love”
🇱🇹 Lithuania: Katarsis with “Tavo akys”
🇦🇲 Armenia: Parg with “Survivor”
🇲🇪 Montenegro: Nina Žižić with “Dobrodošli”
🇬🇷 Greece: Klavdia with “Asteromata”
🇮🇪 Ireland: Emmy with “Laika Party”
🇦🇺 Australia: Go-Jo with “Milkshake Man”
🇱🇻 Latvia: Tautumeitas with “Bur man laimi”
Second half
🇨🇿 Czechia: Adonxs with “Kiss Kiss Goodbye”
🇮🇱 Israel: Yuval Raphael with “New Day Will Rise”
🇲🇹 Malta: Miriana Conte with “Serving”
🇫🇮 Finland: Erika Vikman with “Ich komme”
🇩🇰 Denmark: Sissal with “Hallucination”
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Laura Thorn with “La poupée monte le son”
🇬🇪 Georgia: Mariam Shengelia with “Freedom”
🇷🇸 Serbia: Princ with “Mila”
