▁Broadcast ing ▁Union ▁( E BU ) ▁split ▁up ▁the ▁compet ing ▁countries ▁into ▁six ▁different ▁p ots ▁based ▁on ▁voting ▁patterns ▁from ▁previous ▁cont ests , ▁with ▁countries ▁with ▁fav ou rable ▁voting ▁histor ies ▁put ▁into ▁the ▁same ▁pot . ▁On ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁a ▁special ▁allocation ▁draw ▁was ▁held ▁which ▁placed ▁each ▁country ▁into ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁semi - final s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁which ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁they ▁would ▁perform ▁in . ▁Cro atia ▁was ▁placed ▁into ▁the ▁second ▁semi - final , ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁perform ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁ ▁Once ▁all ▁the ▁compet ing ▁songs ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁contest ▁had ▁been ▁released , ▁the ▁running ▁order ▁for ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁was ▁decided ▁by ▁the ▁shows ' ▁produ cers ▁rather ▁than ▁through ▁another ▁draw , ▁so ▁that ▁similar ▁songs ▁were ▁not ▁placed ▁next ▁to ▁each ▁other . ▁Cro atia ▁was ▁set ▁to ▁perform ▁in ▁position ▁ 1 0 , ▁following ▁the ▁entry ▁from ▁Austria ▁and ▁preceding ▁the ▁entry ▁from ▁Mal ta . ▁ ▁Sem i - final ▁Cro atia ▁performed ▁t enth ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁semi - final , ▁following ▁the ▁entry ▁from ▁Austria ▁and ▁preceding ▁the ▁entry ▁from ▁Mal ta . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁show , ▁Cro atia ▁was ▁not ▁announced ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁entries ▁in