Welcome to Florence
"the Birth of the Renaissance"
Considered a cultural, artistic, and architectural jewel of Italy, Florence is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Europe's unquestioned capital of culture, politics, and finance during the Middle Ages, the city has a turbulent history, including a period of rule by the powerful Medici family. Today millions of tourists flock to this thriving urban center for its sightseeing opportunities, including attractions like the historic town center, declared a World Heritage Site in 1982. Often ranked among the world's most beautiful cities, Florence contains some of the country's finest examples of Renaissance architecture. Even though it offers numerous places to visit, from museums and art galleries to World Heritage-listed monuments, Florence is also a major international commercial and industrial center. It's a surprisingly compact and pedestrian-friendly city: the majority of tourist sights are within walking distance of each other, making it relatively easy to get from one attraction on your itinerary to the next.
Host City / Florence, Italy
Venue / Opera di Firenze
Hosts / Elena Di Cioccio and Emma Marrone
Participating countries / 40
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Australia, Estonia, Finland, Kosovo and Netherlands
Countries taking a break / Brazil, Germany, Israel, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Pakistan, Romania and South Korea
Debuting players / Enis for Kosovo
Venue / Opera di Firenze
Hosts / Elena Di Cioccio and Emma Marrone
Participating countries / 40
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Australia, Estonia, Finland, Kosovo and Netherlands
Countries taking a break / Brazil, Germany, Israel, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Pakistan, Romania and South Korea
Debuting players / Enis for Kosovo
Returning Artists
Andriëtte Norman / for South Africa / her best result being 8th
Jason Derulo / twice for United States and once for Haiti / his best result being 6th Shy'm / for France / Silver Medallist Sia / twice for Australia and once for Solomon Islands / her best result being 7th Tina Arena / for Australia / her best result being 20th |
Agir / for Portugal / placing 15th
Elina Born / for Estonia / placing 17th Francisca Valenzuela / for Chile / placing 25th Freddie / for Hungary / placing 6th Jakub Dekan / for Czech Republic / not qualifying for the final Little Mix / for United Kingdom / placing 9th Maître Gims / for France / placing 9th Maxim Fadeev / for Russia / placing 4th Sandra Lyng / for Norway / placing 5th Simone / for Denmark / Bronze Medallist |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Denmark, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, India, Greece and Dominica
Countries receiving points from most juries/ Denmark, 25
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Andorra in 12th with 10 points from Portugal as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Poland in 22nd, getting 12 points from Finland
With a sensational finish Denmark clawed their way to the top of the scoreboard to claim their 8th victory. It was a very close race among the top 5, and the medals changed hands several times throughout the voting. In the end, Sweden took the silver, while Estonia won the bronze, leaving United Kingdom and Spain just behind.
Denmark is a founding member of the contest and has not missed a single edition ever! After several top 10 finishes in the early editions, Denmark finised on top for the first time in GM18 with Annika Askman and again shortly after in GM20, when Bryan Rice won his first of three gold medals! He repeated on top in GM51 and together with Julie in GM68. Denmark's other gold medals came courtesy of Kendra Lou in GM28, Trine Jepsen in GM43, The Mountains in GM118 and now Simone. Mikkel has been HoD for Denmark throughout all 123 participations, reaching the top 10 a total of 81 times and winning a massive 29 medals! Well done Denmark, Simone and Mikkel!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, India, Greece and Dominica
Countries receiving points from most juries/ Denmark, 25
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Andorra in 12th with 10 points from Portugal as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Poland in 22nd, getting 12 points from Finland
With a sensational finish Denmark clawed their way to the top of the scoreboard to claim their 8th victory. It was a very close race among the top 5, and the medals changed hands several times throughout the voting. In the end, Sweden took the silver, while Estonia won the bronze, leaving United Kingdom and Spain just behind.
Denmark is a founding member of the contest and has not missed a single edition ever! After several top 10 finishes in the early editions, Denmark finised on top for the first time in GM18 with Annika Askman and again shortly after in GM20, when Bryan Rice won his first of three gold medals! He repeated on top in GM51 and together with Julie in GM68. Denmark's other gold medals came courtesy of Kendra Lou in GM28, Trine Jepsen in GM43, The Mountains in GM118 and now Simone. Mikkel has been HoD for Denmark throughout all 123 participations, reaching the top 10 a total of 81 times and winning a massive 29 medals! Well done Denmark, Simone and Mikkel!
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