Welcome to Lausanne
"Lakeside Strolls and gothic grandeur"
Lausanne contains several distinct neighborhoods, each offering a different side of the French-speaking Swiss town. The city, well-known for its thriving arts scene, features a large range of museums centered on varied (and sometimes obscure) themes. Lausanne also attracts a large number of visitors to the water activities that thrive thanks to its location on Lake Geneva. Ville Marché, Lausanne's old town area, features outdoor markets, while Cité is home to many of the city's historical buildings. Ouchy, once a lakeside village, provides a place to walk along the water, and Flon is a former industrial area-turned-trendy-urban-strip filled with hip boutiques, restaurants, and art galleries.
Host City / Lausanne, Switzerland
Venue / Palais de Beaulieu
Hosts / Edita Abdieski and Sebalter
Participating countries / 47
Debuting countries / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Returning countries / Austria, Iceland, Jordan, Latvia and Turkmenistan
Countries taking a break / Armenia, Cameroon, Estonia, Fiji, Liberia, Luxembourg, Macedonia and Ukraine
Debuting players / None
Venue / Palais de Beaulieu
Hosts / Edita Abdieski and Sebalter
Participating countries / 47
Debuting countries / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Returning countries / Austria, Iceland, Jordan, Latvia and Turkmenistan
Countries taking a break / Armenia, Cameroon, Estonia, Fiji, Liberia, Luxembourg, Macedonia and Ukraine
Debuting players / None
Returning Artists
Ailee / for South Korea / Double Global Music Champion
Dami Im / for South Korea / Silver Medallist Garou / for Canada / his best result being 5th Melissa M / for Monaco and Algeria / her best result being 27th Onirama / for Cyprus / their best result being 4th Soni Malaj / for Albania / her best result being 4th |
András Kállay-Saunders / for Hungary / placing 17th
Anna Eriksson / for Finland / placing 11th Ásgeir Trausti / for Iceland / not qualifying for the final Maria Rita / for Brazil / not qualifying for the final Mr Probz / for Netherlands / not qualifying for the final Reged Hov / for Israel / Silver Medallist Revolverheld / for Czech Republic / placing 4th Sebnem Ferah / for Azerbaijan / not qualifying for the final Svenstrup & Vendelboe / for Denmark / placing 14th Train / for Mexico / not qualifying for the final |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Andorra, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Austria, Venezuela and Portugal
Countries receiving points from most juries / Australia, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Jordan in 9th with 10 points from Canada as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Switzerland in 25th, getting 12 points from Serbia
Australia took home the trophy with a solid margin ahead of Netherlands and Andorra. Denmark and Puerto Rico rounded out the top 5, with the latter reaching the highest position ever.
Australia made their debut all the way back in GM/04, when the popular Delta Goodrem can't have been happy with her dismal 15th place finish. However, Australia did not give up and has been pretty consistant participants ever since. They won their first medal in GM/11, when Kylie Minogue took the silver, and with Delta's return in GM/24 Australia came out on top for the first time. More victories followed with Guy Sebastian and Jordin Sparks in GM/49, Samantha Jade in GM/84 and Delta Goodrem once again in GM/91. Dami Im, who has previously won a silver medal for South Korea, can now bring the trophy back Down Under for the 5th time. Australia has also won another silver and 5 bronze medals, and in their 82 participations the final has been graced 68 times and the top 10 reached 32 times. Those are pretty spectacular numbers for the big country. It's the third time that Dami Im takes part in GM, though she represented South Korea on her previous attempts, winning a silver medal once. Not many artists can brag about more than one GM-medal! Some HoDs do, however, have several medals to their name. Yuly is one of them, as she has now won twice for Australia after taking over the Delegation in GM/91. Well done Australia, Dami and Yuly!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Austria, Venezuela and Portugal
Countries receiving points from most juries / Australia, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Jordan in 9th with 10 points from Canada as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Switzerland in 25th, getting 12 points from Serbia
Australia took home the trophy with a solid margin ahead of Netherlands and Andorra. Denmark and Puerto Rico rounded out the top 5, with the latter reaching the highest position ever.
Australia made their debut all the way back in GM/04, when the popular Delta Goodrem can't have been happy with her dismal 15th place finish. However, Australia did not give up and has been pretty consistant participants ever since. They won their first medal in GM/11, when Kylie Minogue took the silver, and with Delta's return in GM/24 Australia came out on top for the first time. More victories followed with Guy Sebastian and Jordin Sparks in GM/49, Samantha Jade in GM/84 and Delta Goodrem once again in GM/91. Dami Im, who has previously won a silver medal for South Korea, can now bring the trophy back Down Under for the 5th time. Australia has also won another silver and 5 bronze medals, and in their 82 participations the final has been graced 68 times and the top 10 reached 32 times. Those are pretty spectacular numbers for the big country. It's the third time that Dami Im takes part in GM, though she represented South Korea on her previous attempts, winning a silver medal once. Not many artists can brag about more than one GM-medal! Some HoDs do, however, have several medals to their name. Yuly is one of them, as she has now won twice for Australia after taking over the Delegation in GM/91. Well done Australia, Dami and Yuly!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Voting
12, 10, 8...1 point for your top 10
In the final you also have to choose 3 substitutes
The voting forms are here / Semi final and Final
In the final you also have to choose 3 substitutes
The voting forms are here / Semi final and Final
Watching the Videos
All the videos are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic