Belgrade 2008: The running order!

Posted 17 March 2008 at 17:48

The delegation heads of the 43 participating countries gathered at the Sava Centre studio to follow the draw, and to contribute it! Like last year, several delegation heads were drawn to decide about their starting slot.
Earlier, back in January, it was decided in which Semi-Final the participanting countries would take place.
The first Semi-Final (20th of May)
Delegation heads from Azerbaijan, Greece and Russia were drawn to decide themselves in which positions they would like to start. The running order of the other countries was drawn.
Montenegro
Israel
Estonia
Moldova
San Marino
Belgium
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Norway
Poland
Ireland
Andorra
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Armenia
The Netherlands
Finland
Romania
Russia
Greece
The second Semi-Final (22nd of May)
 Delegation heads from FYR Macedonia, Portugal and Denmark were drawn to decide themselves in which positions they would like to start. The running order of the other countries was drawn.
Iceland
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
Lithuania
Albania
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Belarus
Latvia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Denmark
Georgia
Hungary
Malta
Cyprus
FYR Macedonia
Portugal
The presentation of the points
It was also decided by draw in which order the 43 countries will give their points during the Final. The points will be presented in the following order: UK, FYR Macedonia, Ukraine, Germany, Estonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Belgium, San Marino, Latvia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Israel, Cyprus, Moldova, Iceland, France, Romania, Portugal, Norway, Hungary, Andorra, Poland, Slovenia, Armenia, Czech Republic, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey, Malta, Ireland, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Greece, Finland, Croatia, Sweden, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, Montenegro, Georgia and Denmark.
The Final (24th of May)
The delegation head from Serbia was so lucky to be drawn to decide in which positions they would like to start. The running order of the other countries was drawn.
The Final slots will be filled out as soon as the Semi-Finalists are known.
Semi-Final qualifier
United Kingdom
Semi-Final qualifier
Germany
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France
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Spain
Serbia
Semi-Final qualifier
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Stay tuned for more in-depth coverage of the draw for the running order.