GLOBAL MUSIC

Global Music 144
Johannesburg
South Africa

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​​Welcome to Johannesburg
"an urban Renaissance"

Host City / Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue / TicketPro Dome
Hosts / Charlize Theron and Chris Jaftha

Participating countries / 44
Debuting countries / Mauritania
Returning countries / Dominican Republic, Iceland, Kosovo and Mongolia
Countries taking a break / Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia and Ireland

Debuting players / None

Returning Artists

Michalis Hatzigiannis / 10 times for Cyprus and twice for Greece / Double Global Music Champion
David Bisbal / 6 times for Andorra and once for Spain, Germany and Portugal / Bronze Medallist
Giorgia Todrani / 5 times for Italy, twice for San Marino and once for Ireland / Global Music Champion
Marco Mengoni / 6 times for San Marino and twice for Italy / his best result being 4th
Aynur Aydin / for Turkey / Global Music Champion
Jane Zhang / 4 times for China and once for Italy / her best result being 11th
Polina Gagarina / for Russia / her best result being 6th
Ha*Ash / for Mexico / their best result being 12th
James Blunt / for United Kingdom, Italy and Algeria / his best result being 16th
Jón Jónsson / for Iceland / not qualifying for the final
Lauren Aquilina / for Malta / her best result being 15th
Madeline Juno / twice for Liechtenstein and once for Germany / her best result being 4th
A-Studio / for Kazakhstan and Russia / their best result being 11th
Celeste Buckingham / for Slovakia and Switzerland / her best result being 26th
Gergö Rácz / for Hungary / Global Music Champion
Ida Corr / for Denmark and Gambia / her best result being 19th
Melendi / for Andorra and Spain / his best result being 5th
Velvet / for Sweden / her best result being 4th

Adel Tawil / for Liechtenstein / placing 5th
Bahadir Tatliöz / for Turkey / not qualifying for the final
Diogo Garcia / for Portugal / placing 13th
Elhaida Dani / for Albania / not qualifying for the final
Eva Ruiz / for Spain / placing 16th
Francisco Gabbani / for Italy / placing 19th
Gentleman / for Liechtenstein / placing 22nd
Gromee / for Poland / placing 10th
Ina Wroldsen / for Norway / placing 5th
Juan Luis Guerra / for Dominican Republic / placing 14th
Leonard Cohen / for Canada / not qualifying for the final
Lina Mayer / for Slovakia / placing 11th
Mayré Martínez / for Venezuela / placing 10th
Tanja Savic / for Serbia / not qualifying for the final
Tanya van Graan / for South Africa / not qualifying for the final
Therese Grankvist / for Sweden / Silver Medallist
Youssou N'Dour / for Denmark / placing 9th

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / Norway, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Kazakhstan and South Korea
Countries receiving points from most juries / Egypt, 21
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Iceland in 10th with 10 points from Venezuela and Hungary as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Malta in 26th getting 12 points from Iceland

Norway gave out with full force at the beginning of the voting and for a long time they looked like the sure winner. However, their points became fewer, and Egypt caught over, battling with Norway for the leading position, until Russia joined the two, making the race for victory a threesome. With the last set of votes, the North African country inched past Norway, claiming victory with a margin of just a single point! Norway had to settle for the silver and Russia took home the bronze with Slovakia and Kazakhstan rounding out the top 5.

Egypt was actually present in the very first edition of Global Music and finished strongly in 4th place. That was not enough though to keep them interested in the contest, and we had to wait until GM / 53 to see Egypt on the stage for the second time and until GM / 128 before they finally reached the final again. This was Egypt's 10th participation and up until now their only top 10 result was their debut entry, and this time they competed in the final for only the third time. Gretchen took over as HoD for Egypt just last edition, but was also responsible for their latest trip to a final. She has previously won medals for Jamaica, Ecuador and Uganda, but this is her first medal of gold. Well done Egypt, Adel, Mohamed, Youssou and Gretchen!

The Winner

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Scoreboards and Live Voting

Live voting
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two​

Deadlines

January 14th / Voting in the semi finals
January 15th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty February 2018

January 25th / Voting in the final
January 31st / Voting for Global Music Royalty February 2018
January 31st / Submitting a song for Global Music / 145 

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​

Getting the Songs

All the songs can be found in the Dropbox folder entitled "144 Johannesburg"​

Watching the Videos

All the videos are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic

The Final

01
Egypt
Adel Tawil feat. Mohamed Mounir & Youssou N'Dour
Eine Welt eine Heimat
​124 points
02
Norway
Ina Wroldsen
​Strongest
​123 points
03
Russia
Polina Gagarina
​Dramy bolsche net
115 points
04
Slovakia
Lina Mayer
​Don't leave me now
​106 points
05
Kazakhstan
A-Studio & Tomas N'evergreen
​Falling for you
​97 points
06
​United Kingdom
James Blunt
​Heart to heart
​95 points
07
France
Slimane
​Viens on s'aime
​91 points
08
United States
Michael Patrick Kelly
​feat. Gentleman
​iD
​90 points
09
South Korea
Dia
​Paradise
​87 points
10
Iceland
September feat. Jón Jónsson
​Like heaven
​84 points
11
Portugal
Diogo Garcia
​Ar
​79 points
12
San Marino
Francesco Gabbani
​Tra le granite e le granate
​76 points
13
Andorra
Eva Ruiz
​Karma
​76 points
14
Denmark
Ida Corr
​The morning after
​66 points
15
Mauritania
Daby Touré
​Iris
​65 points
16
Mongolia
MINT feat. Amra
​Take me there
​65 points
17
Switzerland
Celeste Buckingham
​My last song
​65 points
18
Mexico
Ana Gabriel
​Yo no te hago falta
​65 points
19
Venezuela
Mayré Martínez
​Hay una voz
​58 points
20
Spain
Melendi feat. Ha*Ash
​Destino o casualidad
​53 points
21
Sweden
Therese & Velvet
​Don't stop
​51 points
22
Albania
Elhaida Dani
​Amazing
​46 points
23
Poland
Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer
​Without you
​41 points
24
Liechtenstein
Madeline Juno
​Like lovers do
​35 points
25
South Africa
Tanya van Graan
​Kom terug na my
31 points
26
Malta
Lauren Aquilina
​King
​30 points

Semi Final One

01
Norway
Ina Wroldsen
​Strongest
​120 points
02
​United Kingdom
James Blunt
​Heart to heart
​86 points
03
Kazakhstan
A-Studio & Tomas N'evergreen
​Falling for you
​86 points
04
Andorra
Eva Ruiz
​Karma
​75 points
05
Egypt
Adel Tawil feat. Mohamed Mounir & Youssou N'Dour
Eine Welt eine Heimat
​73 points
06
Poland
Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer
​Without you
​72 points
07
South Korea
Dia
​Paradise
​72 points
08
Sweden
Therese & Velvet
​Don't stop
​70 points
09
Switzerland
Celeste Buckingham
​My last song
​69 points
10
Spain
Melendi feat. Ha*Ash
​Destino o casualidad
​67 points
11 / Wildcard
Albania
Elhaida Dani
​Amazing
65 points
12
Australia
Tigertown
​Warriors
​64 points
13
Italy
Giorgia & Marco Mengoni
​Come neve
​59 points
14
Monaco
Johnny Hallyday
​Vivre pour le meilleur
​58 points
15
Greece
Marianna Efstratiou
Ola ine mesta sto mialo mas
​53 points
16
Hungary
Gergö Rácz
​Másképp mint más
​52 points
17
Japan
Rami
In my eyes
50 points
18
Serbia
Tanja Savic feat. Corona & Rimski
​Oce boje viskija
​32 points
19
Germany
Aynur Aydin
Bi dakika
​28 points
20
Cyprus
Michalis Hatzigiannis & Dimitra Galani
Se pion na po to s'agapo
​25 points

Semi Final Two

01
San Marino
Francesco Gabbani
​Tra le granite e le granate
​100 points
02
Russia
Polina Gagarina
​Dramy bolsche net
​99 points
03
Mongolia
MINT feat. Amra
​Take me there
​89 points
04
Iceland
September feat. Jón Jónsson
​Like heaven
​89 points
05
Slovakia
Lina Mayer
​Don't leave me now
​87 points
06
Venezuela
Mayré Martínez
​Hay una voz
​74 points
07
Denmark
Ida Corr
​The morning after
​69 points
08
Portugal
Diogo Garcia
​Ar
​69 points
09
Mauritania
Daby Touré
​Iris
​66 points
10
Malta
Lauren Aquilina
​King
​64 points
11
Canada
Leonard Cohen
​You got me singing
​61 points
12
New Zealand
So Below
​Ruin
​61 points
13
China
Jane Zhang
​808
​60 points
14
Ghana
Raye feat. Mr Eazi
​Decline
​47 points
15
Israel
Eyal Golan feat. Vivo
Goda boba
​45 points
16
Dominican Republic
Juan Luis Guerra
​feat. David Bisbal
Si no te hubieras ido
​41 points
17
Turkey
Bahadir Tatliöz
​Takvim
​40 points
18
Morocco
Leila K
Ca plane pour moi
​23 points
DNF
Kosovo
Kida
​Ja kem nis
​34 points
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  • History
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    • Super Finals
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  • The Countries
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