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​​Welcome to Eckernförde
"Spirits as Sand and Sea"

Welcome to Eckernförde, a charming seaside town nestled on the shores of the Baltic Sea, where tranquility, natural beauty, and maritime charm combine to create an idyllic escape. Immerse yourself in the town's maritime heritage as you stroll along the picturesque harbor. Watch as colorful fishing boats bob gently in the water, and feel the salty breeze brush against your skin, inviting you to embrace the coastal ambiance. Eckernförde's sandy beaches beckon you to unwind and bask in the sunshine. Whether you're seeking a peaceful retreat or thrilling water sports, the pristine shores offer an array of activities for every beach lover. Discover the town's history as you wander through its cobbled streets lined with half-timbered houses and historic buildings. The iconic St. Nicolai Church stands tall, a silent witness to centuries of stories and events that have shaped Eckernförde's character. Embark on a journey through time at the Carlshütte Arts and Culture Center, housed in a former iron foundry. The industrial architecture juxtaposed with contemporary art exhibitions creates a unique and fascinating experience. Eckernförde's maritime allure extends beyond its harbor. Take a leisurely boat tour along the fjord, where breathtaking views of the coastline and surrounding countryside await, offering a peaceful respite from the bustling world. Indulge in the town's culinary delights, with its focus on fresh seafood and regional specialties. From mouthwatering fish dishes to delectable pastries, the local cuisine will delight your taste buds with every bite. For nature enthusiasts, Eckernförde offers a wealth of opportunities to explore its natural surroundings. Hike or bike along the picturesque paths of the Hüttener Berge Nature Park or simply revel in the serene beauty of the Rendsburg Heath. Eckernförde's warm and friendly atmosphere is mirrored in the genuine hospitality of its residents. The locals' welcoming nature and eagerness to share their town's hidden gems will make you feel like a cherished guest. Unwind, explore, and embrace the maritime magic of Eckernförde. This quaint seaside town invites you to slow down, savor every moment, and create cherished memories that will linger in your heart long after your visit. Pack your bags and let Eckernförde's allure draw you to its sandy shores. A delightful adventure awaits as you uncover the town's treasures and experience the joy of life by the sea. Discover the enchantment of Eckernförde - your journey begins now.
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Host City / Eckernförde, Germany
Venue / Stadthalle Eckernförde
Hosts / Helene Fischer and Michael Schulte

Participating countries / 44
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Australia, Ethiopia, Monaco, Morocco, San Marino, Slovenia and Zimbabwe
Withdrawing countries / Argentina, Cyprus, Hungary, Lebanon and Lithuania

Debuting players / Maxwell for Zimbabwe
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Returning Artists

Enrique Iglesias / 7 times for Spain, twice for Andorra and once for Dominican Republic and Jamaica / his best result being 6th
Inna / 8 times for Romania and once for Mexico and Puerto Rico / her best result being 9th
David Guetta / 4 times for France and twice for Monaco and United States / Double Global Music Champion
Alan Walker / 4 times for Norway and once for United Kingdom and South Korea / Silver Medallist
Jane Zhang / 5 times for China and once for Italy / her best result being 11th
Zara Larsson / 3 times for Sweden and once for France, Liechtenstein and United Kingdom / Double Global Music Champion
Pegasus / for Switzerland / their best result being 6th
Rita Ora / 3 times for United Kingdom and twice for Kosovo / Bronze Medallist
Álvaro Soler / 3 times for Andorra and once for Colombia / Double Global Music Champion
Giusy Ferreri / 3 times for San Marino and once for Italy / her best result being 7th
Samanta Karavella / for Albania / her best result being 13th
Georgia Dagaki / for Greece / her best result being 22nd
Jonas Blue / once for United Kingdom, Australia and Puerto Rico / Bronze Medallist
Patrick Fiori / for Monaco / his best result being 10th
Alessia Cara / once for Canada and Russia / her best result being 20th
Alfie Arcuri / for Italy / Global Music Champion
Ece Seckin / for Turkey / not qualifying for the final
Elizma Theron / for South Africa / not qualifying for the final
JP Cooper / for United Kingdom / Bronze Medallist
Omi / for Jamaica / his best result being 21st
Revolverheld / once for Liechtenstein and Czech Republic / their best result being 4th
Utada Hikaru / for Japan / her best result being 21st
Victor Muñoz / for Venezuela / his best result being 9th
Agata Dziarmagowska / for Poland / placing 9th
Alice Avery / for Belgium / placing 15th
Arijit Singh / for India / not qualifying for the final
Astrid S / for Norway / not qualifying for the final
Descemer Bueno / for Andorra / placing 12th
Endegna / for Ethiopia / placing 16th
Lejla Hot / for Serbia / placing 15th
Miki Núñez / for Andorra / placing 26th
Oxmo Puccino / for Mauritania / not qualifying for the final
Raye / for Ghana / not qualifying for the final
Sabrina Carpenter / for United States / placing 21st
Václav Noid Bárta / for Czech Republic / not qualifying for the final

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / Canada, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Monaco, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Italy
Countries receiving points from most juries / Italy and United Kingdom, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Spain in 7th with 10 points from Sweden and United States as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / United States in 25th getting 12 points from Yemen

Once again we had a nail biting finish, where the gold was not handed out until the very last jury had voted. Several countries took turn in leading throughout the voting, but in the end Canada just inched past Italy to claim their 3rd Global Music victory. United Kingdom settled for the bronze, with Netherlands and France rounding out the top five. This was the fourth consecutive top 5 result for Netherlands!

Canada is a founding member of the contest and has been a regular participant through the years, being mostly absent in the early days. They reached the top 10 for the first time in their second participation and top 5 in the third, which was followed by a string of non-qualifications. A new HoD saw better results and within 6 editions - from GM20 to GM25 - Canada finished in 2nd place three times! In GM56 - with the current HoD, Luis, in charge - Canada finally went all the way and took home the gold medal, when Melanie Fiona triumphed with the infectious "Monday morning". The closest they came to a second victory afterwards were 3 bronze medals - the last coming in GM109, before they could finally lift the trophy again thanks to Shawn Mendes in GM149. Since then Canada has been struggling, only reaching the top 10 once - until now that is. Alec Benjamin and Alessia Cara strikes gold with a beautiful - almost acoustic - pop ballad to take us back to Canada for a third time. This is HoD, Luis's, fourth gold medal, as he previously also won for his first country, Portugal. Canada has now taken part 147 times, reaching 104 finals, finishing in the top 10 on 40 occasions and taking home 11 medals. Well done Canada, Alec Benjamin, Alessia Cara and Luis!

The Winner

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Scoreboards and Live Voting

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

Deadlines

July 16th / Voting in the semi finals
July 16th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty

July 27th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
July 31st / Submitting a song for the next edition of Global Music

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​

Watching the Videos

All the videos are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic
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The Final

01
Canada
Alec Benjamin feat. Alessia Cara
​Let me down gently
​125 points
02
Italy
Alfie Arcuri
​To myself
​124 points
03
United Kingdom
JP Cooper & Astrid S
​Sing it with me
​101 points
04
Netherlands
Tiësto feat. Jonas Blue & Rita Ora
​Ritual
​99 points
05
France
Bilal Hassani
​Jaloux
​98 points
06
Switzerland
Pegasus
​Get over you
​93 points
07
Spain
Álvaro Soler
​La Libertad
​83 points
08
Monaco
Patrick Fiori
​Les gens qu'on aime
​82 points
09
Zimbabwe
Queen Vee
Nobody
​82 points
10
Czech Republic
Václav Noid Bárta
​Písnicka pro dceru Terezku
​78 points
11
Ireland
LYRA
​Falling
​77 points
12
Costa Rica
Mia Paz
​By the ocean
​73 points
13
Sweden
Sandro Cavazza
Enemy
69 points
14
Australia
Birds of Tokyo
​Good Lord
​69 points
15
Liechtenstein
Revolverheld feat. Antje Schomaker
​Liebe auf Distanz
​68 points
16
Norway
Daniel Owen
Take a chance on me
​68 points
17
Romania
INNA
​Yalla
​67 points
18
Ethiopia
Endegna
​Leman biye
​66 points
19
Denmark
Lonnie Kjer
​Dig og Cohen
​60 points
20
Andorra
Miki Núñez
​Celébrate
​54 points
21
Mexico
Johan Sotelo
​Si te vas
​52 points
22
Turkey
Descemer Bueno & Enrique Iglesias feat. Ece Seckin & El Micha
Nos fuimos lejos
​52 points
23
India
Arijit Singh
​Saware
​51 points
24
Ghana
David Guetta feat. Raye
​Stay
46​ points
25
United States
Alan Walker
​feat. Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko
​On my way
​41 points
26
Germany
Alexander Knappe
​Herz mit der Post
​36 points

Semi Final One

01
Italy
Alfie Arcuri
​To myself
​116 points
02
Canada
Alec Benjamin feat. Alessia Cara
​Let me down gently
​107 points
03
Australia
Birds of Tokyo
​Good Lord
​94 points
04
Ghana
David Guetta feat. Raye
​Stay
​89 points
05
Czech Republic
Václav Noid Bárta
​Písnicka pro dceru Terezku
​86 points
06
Zimbabwe
Queen Vee
Nobody
​79 points
07
France
Bilal Hassani
​Jaloux
​75 points
08
Romania
INNA
​Yalla
​69 points
09
Ethiopia
Endegna
​Leman biye
​61 points
10
Turkey
Descemer Bueno & Enrique Iglesias feat. Ece Seckin & El Micha
Nos fuimos lejos
​57 points
11 / Wildcard
Andorra
Miki Núñez
​Celébrate
​56 points
12
Poland
Agata Dziarmagowska
​Incomplete
​53 points
13
South Africa
Elizma Theron
Marilyn Monroe
​53 points
14
San Marino
Takagi & Ketra ​feat. Giusy Ferreri & Omi
​Jambo
​51 points
15
New Zealand
SACHI
​Hold on
​50 points
16
Colombia
Gusi
​Ganas
​48 points
17
Belgium
Alice Avery
​Spanish Harlem
​41 points
18
Russia
Hanna
​Te amo
40 points
19
Serbia
Lejla Hot
​Zar me je tako tesko voleti
​33 points
20
South Korea
BTS feat. Zara Larsson
A brand new day
​18 points

Semi Final Two

01
Sweden
Sandro Cavazza
Enemy
​101 points
02
United Kingdom
JP Cooper & Astrid S
​Sing it with me
​97 points
03
Switzerland
Pegasus
​Get over you
​94 points
04
Norway
Daniel Owen
Take a chance on me
​87 points
05
Denmark
Lonnie Kjer
​Dig og Cohen
​87 points
06
Liechtenstein
Revolverheld feat. Antje Schomaker
​Liebe auf Distanz
​79 points
07
Monaco
Patrick Fiori
​Les gens qu'on aime
​77 points
08
Costa Rica
Mia Paz
​By the ocean
​77 points
09
United States
Alan Walker
​feat. Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko
​On my way
​75 points
10
Mexico
Johan Sotelo
​Si te vas
​70 points
11
Morocco
Dièse
​Mathlemch
​60 points
12
Venezuela
Victor Muñoz
Como Tarzán en las ramas
​59 points
13
Slovenia
Nina Donelli feat. Djomla KS
​Bogati tata
​56 points
14
Greece
Georgia Dagaki & Haris Panopoulos
Tou xorismou
56 points
15
Albania
Samanta Karavella
Kush jam
​56 points
16
China
Jane Zhang
Pull me up
​44 points
17
Japan
Utada Hikaru & Skrillex
​Face my fears
​40 points
18
Yemen
Yemen Blues feat. Oxmo Puccino
​Satisfaction
​31 points
19
Malta
Maxine Pace
​Thunder
​30 points
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