Pots of countries

So in a mere 24 hours time we'll know which country will be performing in which semi-final.  This Balt cannot wait!  Will we be looking at a Balkan carve-up in one semi-final?  Will the Siamese conjoined twins of Greece and Cyprus be ruthlessly separated?  Will Armenia and Azerbaijan be having their customary love-in on 14 May?

Just so you know, here are those all important pots:

Pot 1 ("Deepest Balkans and Pay-de-merde"): Albania, Croatia, Macedonia FYR, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland.

Pot 2 ("Balto-Nordo-Hibernia"): Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania.

Pot 3 ("The Eastern European Marches"): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine.

Pot 4 ("Odds and sods"): Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Netherlands

Pot 5 ("Central Europe and Serene Republics"): Austria, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia.

I'm pretty sure several of the websites dedicated to 'Europe's favourite TV show' will be giving you all sorts of brainily critical analysis very soon.  But maybe what we should do is take it as it is, and just wonder how some countries will afford a two week hotel bill.

Catch you later.

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