Welcome to Lagos
"not all Palmtrees and Sunsets"
Host City / Lagos, Nigeria
Venue / National Theatre
Hosts / Uzo Aduba and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Participating countries / 46
Debuting countries / South Sudan
Returning countries / Andorra, Syria and Ukraine
Countries taking a break / East Timor and Papua New Guinea
Debuting players / None
Venue / National Theatre
Hosts / Uzo Aduba and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Participating countries / 46
Debuting countries / South Sudan
Returning countries / Andorra, Syria and Ukraine
Countries taking a break / East Timor and Papua New Guinea
Debuting players / None
Returning Artists
Le Deva / for Italy and San Marino / their best result being 11th
Luciano Pereyra / for Argentina / Silver Medallist Maître Gims / for France and Monaco / his best result being 9th Michael Schulte / for Liechtenstein / his best result being 10th Sam Smith / for United Kingdom and Pakistan / his best result being 5th Vianney Bureau / for Monaco / not qualifying for the final |
Aitana Morales / for Spain / placing 7th
Alex Vargas / for Denmark / placing 20th BoA / for South Africa / not qualifying for the final Calvin Harris / for Barbados / Bronze Medallist ELI / for Liechtenstein / placing 7th Emma Muscat / for Malta / not qualifying for the final Fiki / for Bulgaria / not qualifying for the final Serena Ryder / for Canada / placing 10th Super Junior / for China / not qualifying for the final |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Iceland and United States, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Serbia, Monaco and South Sudan
Countries receiving points from most juries / Spain and Switzerland, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Denmark in 5th with 10 points from San Marino, Spain and New Zealand as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Argentina in 24th getting 12 points from Venezuela and Albania
The voting was really close and exciting and it was not until the very last vote that Switzerland pulled ahead to claim their 4th gold medal. Germany was only 4 points behind, settling for the silver, while Netherlands took home the bronze. This was their 3rd top 5 finish in a row! Spain and Denmark rounded out the top 5.
Switzerland debuted as late as GM/30 and only gave the competition one try before disappearing again for another 25 editions. When they finally returned, their results were less than impressive, and the Alpine country had to wait until GM/66 to finish in the top 10 for the first time, when they finished 9th. Throughout their first 26 participations this was the only top 10 result, and Switzerland lost its patience and left again. Then in GM/95, a new player stepped up for the challenge of bringing Switzerland a good result. José Botella, the current HoD, took charge and in his very first attempt, Switzerland did just squeeze into the top 10, which was followed by their first gold medal for Myron in GM/96. On home soil, the country took home the silver, a feat it repeated in GM/103, just two editions before taking their second gold medal by 77 Bombay Street. Another 2 silver medals followed, before Switzerland claimed the gold for the third time with Shem Thomas in GM/129, and now Levin becomes his country's 4th champion. Well done Switzerland, Levin and José Botella!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Serbia, Monaco and South Sudan
Countries receiving points from most juries / Spain and Switzerland, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Denmark in 5th with 10 points from San Marino, Spain and New Zealand as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Argentina in 24th getting 12 points from Venezuela and Albania
The voting was really close and exciting and it was not until the very last vote that Switzerland pulled ahead to claim their 4th gold medal. Germany was only 4 points behind, settling for the silver, while Netherlands took home the bronze. This was their 3rd top 5 finish in a row! Spain and Denmark rounded out the top 5.
Switzerland debuted as late as GM/30 and only gave the competition one try before disappearing again for another 25 editions. When they finally returned, their results were less than impressive, and the Alpine country had to wait until GM/66 to finish in the top 10 for the first time, when they finished 9th. Throughout their first 26 participations this was the only top 10 result, and Switzerland lost its patience and left again. Then in GM/95, a new player stepped up for the challenge of bringing Switzerland a good result. José Botella, the current HoD, took charge and in his very first attempt, Switzerland did just squeeze into the top 10, which was followed by their first gold medal for Myron in GM/96. On home soil, the country took home the silver, a feat it repeated in GM/103, just two editions before taking their second gold medal by 77 Bombay Street. Another 2 silver medals followed, before Switzerland claimed the gold for the third time with Shem Thomas in GM/129, and now Levin becomes his country's 4th champion. Well done Switzerland, Levin and José Botella!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Deadlines
September 16th / Voting in the semi finals
September 16th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
September 28th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
September 30th / Submitting a song for Global Music / 152
September 16th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
September 28th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
September 30th / Submitting a song for Global Music / 152
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
Getting the Songs
All the songs can be found in the Dropbox folder entitled "151 Lagos"
Watching the Videos
All the videos are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic