Welcome to Eckernförde
"Spirits as Sand and Sea"
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
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
Returning Artists
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!
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
Scoreboards and Live Voting
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
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
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