[Josiah.]

I have some fun news for you all... a Semi-Final Allocation Draw and info on extra performances!

For the first time in TiBB Music Festival history, I decided to have a Semi-Final Allocation Draw (a la Eurovision, which begins next Tuesday).

With the allocation draw, here's the pots the 40 semi-finalists are in:


And now, here's the Semi-Final divisions (including Big 6 voting):

Semi-Final 1
1st Half
Barbados
Belgium
Estonia
France
Ghana
Netherlands
Philippines
Romania
San Marino
United Kingdom
2nd Half
Algeria
Angola
Colombia
Czech Republic
Israel
Japan
Latvia
North Macedonia
Poland
South Africa
Big 6 Voting:
Morocco
Norway
South Korea

Semi-Final 2
1st Half
Brazil
Canada
China
Croatia
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Malta
New Zealand
United States
2nd Half
Albania
Egypt
Greece
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Portugal
Serbia
Spain
US Virgin Islands
Big 6 Voting:
Australia
Ireland
Sweden

Full running order of the semis is on the wiki page.

For opening and interval acts, we have the following acts:
Semi-Final 1
Opening Act: Cornelia Jakobs performing "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane"
Interval Act: Sabina Ddumba performing "Time" and "Damn Good Woman"

Semi-Final 2
Opening Act: Oscar Zia performing "Human" and "Autopilot"
Interval Act: Molly Sandén performing "Nån annan nu" and "Youniverse"

Second Chance
Opening Act: Miriam Bryant and Veronica Maggio performing "Under någon ny"
Interval Act: Sanna Nielsen performing "Undo"

Grand Final
Opening Act: Anna Bergendahl performing "Dance With Me" and "Kingdom Come"
Interval Act: Cornelia Jakobs performing "Bloody Mind" and "Hold Me Close"