The Rub of the Draw

Neighbourhood Watch may have gotten a lot easier (and the EBU forgiven) with the implications of the Semi Finals arrangements becoming clear.

• Turkey will have to qualify without the help of its diaspora in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands (all of whom reward Turkey regularly).
  
• Cyprus and Greece are on their own in different semis.
• Ireland will be denied their 12 points from the UK (probably not an issue if they actually send a turkey-puppet).
• Sweden will rely on Iceland and Denmark (as Finland and Norway are in another semi)
• Georgia will need to qualify without Armenian or Russian help.

Of course for all that, Moldova and Romania (the new back-scratchers) are still together, as are Latvia & Lithuania, plus Andorra and Spain. Of course, the sheer number of Balkan nations who share votes means there is no way to isolate them. So we see Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia and Montenegro in Semi #1 and Albania, FYR Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia in Semi #2.