Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 26 January 2015, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Denmark was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 19 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2015 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Denmark was set to perform in position 13, following the entry from Russia and before the entry from Albania. The two semi-finals and final were broadcast on DR1 with commentary by Ole Tøpholm. DR Ramasjang also broadcast the three shows interpreted in International Sign for the deaf and sign language users. The Danish spokesperson, who announced the Danish votes during the final, was 2014 Danish Eurovision entrant Basim. Semi-final Anti Social Media took part in technical rehearsals on 12 and 15 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 18 and 19 May. This included the jury show on 18 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. The Danish performance featured the members of Anti Social Media dressed in retro outfits and performing in a band set-up with two backing vocalists in red dresses. The stage colours were black and white and the LED screens displayed white moving vertical line patterns with added bursts of colours. The two backing vocalists that joined Anti Social Media were: Nellie Ettison and Johanna Beijbom. At the end of the show, Denmark was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Denmark placed thirteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total