The draw for the 2007 semi-final & final was made on the 12th of March, and came up with the following. A snowman that looked more like a sick chicken helped Mikko and Janna pick names out a birch bin in a sauna. An amusing mickey-take of Carola aside, this was the predictably dull affair we're now getting used to. So what can we tell from the results? If I concentrate on the final, then I can pretty much say that Ireland & Lithuania are in trouble, the UK is lumped between two joke efforts, and Spain have got the dreaded no.2 spot. Ukraine,Armenia& Germany actually got to choose where they would sing, but whether this will help or not remains to be seen.
Final Draw - Saturday 12th May
1
Bosnia & Herzegovina
13
France
2
Spain
14
Semifinal Spot
3
Semifinal Spot
15
Russia
4
Ireland
16
Germany*
5
Finland
17
Semifinal Spot
6
Semifinal Spot
18
Ukraine*
7
Semifinal Spot
19
United Kingdom
8
Semifinal Spot
20
Romania
9
Lithuania
21
Semifinal Spot
10
Greece
22
Semifinal Spot
11
Semifinal Spot
23
Armenia*
12
Sweden
24
Semifinal Spot
5 countries got to choose their singing position from the semi-final and all of them wanted to go towards the end. The semi starts off quite well with arguably the first 6 songs being of acceptable quality, and only then does it start to go downhill.
Semi Final Draw - Thursday 10th May
1
Bulgaria
15
Serbia
2
Israel
16
Czech Republic
3
Cyprus
17
Portugal
4
Belarus
18
FYROM
5
Iceland
19
Norway
6
Georgia
20
Malta
7
Montenegro
21
Andorra*
8
Switzerland
22
Hungary
9
Moldova
23
Estonia
10
Netherlands
24
Belgium
11
Albania
25
Slovenia*
12
Denmark
26
Turkey*
13
Croatia
27
Austria*
14
Poland
28
Latvia*
* signifies a wildcard, that is these countries were given the opportunity to choose where they were placed in the draw. Lucky sods. & finally if you are interested, here is the order in which the countries will give their votes.
1
Montenegro
22
Germany
2
Belarus
23
Lithuania
3
Armenia
24
Norway
4
Andorra
25
Switzerland
5
Austria
26
Czech Rep
6
France
27
Netherlands
7
Denmark
28
Ireland
8
Greece
29
Malta
9
Spain
30
Estonia
10
Serbia
31
Georgia
11 Finland 32 Bulgaria
12
Turkey
33
Sweden
13
Bosnia-Herzegovina
34
Ukraine
14
Belgium
35
Russia
15
Portugal
36
Latvia
16
Albania
37
Iceland
17
Romania
38
Poland
18
Cyprus
39
Moldova
19
Croatia
40
United Kingdom
20
Slovenia
41
F.Y.R.Macedonia
21
Israel
42
Hungary