​​Welcome to Eckernförde
"City of 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

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

The Winner

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​

Getting the Songs

All the songs can be found in the Dropbox folder entitled "161 Eckernforde"​

Watching the Videos

All the videos are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic

The Direct Finalists

01
Germany
Alexander Knappe
​Herz mit der Post

02
Netherlands
Tiësto feat. Jonas Blue & Rita Ora
​Ritual

03
India
Arijit Singh
​Saware

04
Spain
Álvaro Soler
​La Libertad

05
Ireland
LYRA
​Falling

Semi Final One

Netherlands and Ireland must vote here

01
Ghana
David Guetta feat. Raye
​Stay

02
Czech Republic
Václav Noid Bárta
​Písnicka pro dceru Terezku

03
Ethiopia
Endegna
Leman biye

04
Romania
INNA
​Yalla

05
Australia
Birds of Tokyo
​Good Lord

06
San Marino
Takagi & Ketra
​feat. Giusy Ferreri & Omi
​Jambo

07
Belgium
Alice Avery
​Spanish Harlem

08
South Korea
BTS feat. Zara Larsson
A brand new day

09
France
Bilal Hassani
​Jaloux

10
Zimbabwe
Queen Vee
Nobody

11
South Africa
Elizma Theron
Marilyn Monroe

12
Russia
Hanna
​Te amo

13
Canada
Alec Benjamin feat. Alessia Cara
​Let me down gently

14
Colombia
Gusi
​Ganas

15
Andorra
Miki Núñez
​Celébrate

16
New Zealand
SACHI
​Hold on

17
Poland
Agata Dziarmagowska
​Incomplete

18
Italy
Alfie Arcuri
​To myself

19
Turkey
Descemer Bueno & Enrique Iglesias feat. Ece Seckin & El Micha
Nos fuimos lejos

20
Serbia
Lejla Hot
​Zar me je tako tesko voleti

Semi Final Two

Germany, Spain and India must vote here

01
Greece
Georgia Dagaki & Haris Panopoulos
Tou xorismou

02
Mexico
Johan Sotelo
​Si te vas

03
Morocco
Dièse
​Mathlemch

04
Malta
Maxine Pace
​Thunder

05
Sweden
Sandro Cavazza
Enemy

06
Costa Rica
Mia Paz
​By the ocean

07
China
Jane Zhang
Pull me up

08
Japan
Utada Hikaru & Skrillex
​Face my fears

09
Venezuela
Victor Muñoz
Como Tarzán en las ramas

10
United Kingdom
JP Cooper & Astrid S
​Sing it with me

11
Liechtenstein
Revolverheld feat. Antje Schomaker
​Liebe auf Distanz

12
Monaco
Patrick Fiori
​Les gens qu'on aime

13
Albania
Samanta Karavella
Kush jam

14
Yemen
Yemen Blues feat. Oxmo Puccino
​Satisfaction

15
Slovenia
Nina Donelli feat. Djomla KS
​Bogati tata

16
Denmark
Lonnie Kjer
​Dig og Cohen

17
United States
Alan Walker
​feat. Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko
​On my way

18
Switzerland
Pegasus
​Get over you

19
Norway
Daniel Owen
Take a chance on me