Welcome to Ottawa
"the grandeur of canada"
Host City / Ottawa, Canada
Venue / Canadian Tire Centre
Hosts / Melanie Fiona, Shawn Mendes, Celine Dion, Chad Kroeger, Nelly Furtado and Garou
Participating countries / 44
Debuting countries / East Timor
Returning countries / Iceland, Kenya, Mexico, Papua New Guinea and South Africa
Countries taking a break / Andorra, Chile, Kuwait, Portugal and Swaziland
Debuting players / None
Venue / Canadian Tire Centre
Hosts / Melanie Fiona, Shawn Mendes, Celine Dion, Chad Kroeger, Nelly Furtado and Garou
Participating countries / 44
Debuting countries / East Timor
Returning countries / Iceland, Kenya, Mexico, Papua New Guinea and South Africa
Countries taking a break / Andorra, Chile, Kuwait, Portugal and Swaziland
Debuting players / None
Returning Artists
Diego Torres / for Argentina / placing 20th
Ioana Ignat / for Romania / placing 13th Javier Colon / for United States / placing 12th Jess Glynne / for United Kingdom / her best result being 15th Kim Bo Kyung / for South Korea / placing 9th La Bronze / for Morocco / not qualifying for the final LP / for United States / Global Music Champion Malika Ayane / for San Marino / not qualifying for the final Michael Schulte / for Liechtenstein / placing 10th Michele Bravi / for Italy / placing 16th Milica Pavlovic / for Serbia / placing 26th Stella Mwangi / for Kenya / not qualifying for the final |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Monaco, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Switzerland, Germany and Russia
Countries receiving points from most juries / Nigeria, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Netherlands in 4th with 10 points from Turkey, San Marino and Nigeria as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Turkey in 24th getting 12 points from South Korea
Though in general it was a very close race, Nigeria did pull away from the rest, gaining a comfortable lead, and with noone being able to close the gap, Nigeria could triumph for the first time. Monaco took home the silver medal, and South Korea won the bronze - their second consecutive top 5 finish. Netherlands - also with a second consecutive top 5 result - and New Zealand rounded out the top 5.
Nigeria debuted in GM/52, made it to the final in the following edition and reached the top 5 in its third attempt. After a break the country came back and achieved another top 10 result, which did not happen every other day for African nations, and in GM/77 Nigeria finihed on the podium for the first time, when Ty Bello took home a bronze medal. Despite this success, they skipped the contest again, but returned about a year later. After a few editions when they only reached the final once, Nigeria seemed to give up, but after a hiatus of almost 5 years, they came back as recently as GM/148 and achieved their best result to date, with Jacob Banks winning the silver. And now just 2 editions later, Nigeria takes the last step to the top of the podium claiming gold with Cobhams Asuquo. Nigeria has now participated 18 times, been in 9 finals, reached the top 10 seven times and won 3 medals. This is the second gold medal for HoD, Gretchen, who also triumphed with Egypt recently. Well done Nigeria, Cobhams and Gretchen!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Switzerland, Germany and Russia
Countries receiving points from most juries / Nigeria, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Netherlands in 4th with 10 points from Turkey, San Marino and Nigeria as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Turkey in 24th getting 12 points from South Korea
Though in general it was a very close race, Nigeria did pull away from the rest, gaining a comfortable lead, and with noone being able to close the gap, Nigeria could triumph for the first time. Monaco took home the silver medal, and South Korea won the bronze - their second consecutive top 5 finish. Netherlands - also with a second consecutive top 5 result - and New Zealand rounded out the top 5.
Nigeria debuted in GM/52, made it to the final in the following edition and reached the top 5 in its third attempt. After a break the country came back and achieved another top 10 result, which did not happen every other day for African nations, and in GM/77 Nigeria finihed on the podium for the first time, when Ty Bello took home a bronze medal. Despite this success, they skipped the contest again, but returned about a year later. After a few editions when they only reached the final once, Nigeria seemed to give up, but after a hiatus of almost 5 years, they came back as recently as GM/148 and achieved their best result to date, with Jacob Banks winning the silver. And now just 2 editions later, Nigeria takes the last step to the top of the podium claiming gold with Cobhams Asuquo. Nigeria has now participated 18 times, been in 9 finals, reached the top 10 seven times and won 3 medals. This is the second gold medal for HoD, Gretchen, who also triumphed with Egypt recently. Well done Nigeria, Cobhams and Gretchen!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Deadlines
August 15th / Voting in the semi finals
August 15th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
August 26th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
August 31st / Submitting a song for Global Music / 151
August 15th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
August 26th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
August 31st / Submitting a song for Global Music / 151
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