As soon as the 10 qualifiers from the second semi-final this evening was announced, the producers of the show and EBU sat down to find the running order for the final on Saturday. They didn’t have much time as Friday afternoon we’ll see the first dress rehearsal.
Austrian broadcaster ORF and EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, just sent out the white smoke which means that the running order for the final is ready. They didn’t have entirely free hands as the participating countries already had been drawn into either first or second half.
The 27 participants will perform in this order for the final:
- Slovenia
- France
- Israel
- Estonia
- United Kingdom
- Armenia
- Lithuania
- Serbia
- Norway
- Sweden
- Cyprus
- Australia
- Belgium
- Austria
- Greece
- Montenegro
- Germany
- Poland
- Latvia
- Romania
- Spain
- Hungary
- Georgia
- Azerbaijan
- Russia
- Albania
- Italy