The first draw ceremony was held for the semi finals of Eurovision-2012 to be held on May 22, 24 May in Baku.
Jan Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of Eurovision song Contest noted that
the big five-Germany, France, UK, Italy and Spain as well as the last
years winner Azerbaijan will participate at the final directly on May
26.
On May 22, at the first semifinal will compete Montenegro, Iceland,
Romania, Albania, Belgium, Latvia, Switzerland, Finland, Greece,
Moldova, Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Russia, San Marino, Israel, Ireland
and Hungary, on May 24 finalists will be chosen among, Serbia,
Nederland, Portugal, Macedonia , Belarus, Malta, Ukraine, Armenia,
Bulgaria, Sweden, Georgia, Slovenia, Estonia, Turkey, Slovakia, Croatia,
Norway, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina for the final.