​​Welcome to San Francisco
"City by the Bay"

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Host City / San Francisco, United States
Venue / Masonic Auditorium
Hosts / Jamie Chung and Darren Criss

Participating countries / 42
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania and Malta
Withdrawing countries / Brazil, Morocco and Poland

Debuting players / None

Returning Artists

Laura Pausini / 15 times for Italy, 3 times for San Marino and once for Australia / Silver Medallist

Alban Skënderaj / 9 times for Albania and once for Kosovo / Global Music Champion
David Bisbal / 6 times for Andorra and once for Spain, Dominican Republic, Germany and Portugal / Bronze Medallist

Soraya Arnelas / 6 times for Spain and once for Andorra, Cuba and Luxembourg / her best result being 6th

Chenoa / 4 times for Andorra and once for Spain, Argentina and Mexico / her best result being 14th
Ricky Martin / 6 times for Puerto Rico and once for Colombia / Global Music Champion

Michael Schulte / 4 times for Germany and twice for Liechtenstein / Global Music Champion
Pegasus / for Switzerland / their best result being 6th
Shawn Mendes / 5 times for Canada and once for Russia / Global Music Champion

Aleksandra Radovic / 3 times for Serbia and once for Bosnia-Herzegovina / her best result being 14th
Chino & Nacho / for Venezuela / their best result being 15th
Ilse DeLange / for Netherlands / her best result being 6th

Anna Rossinelli / for Switzerland / Silver Medallist
Can Bonomo / for Turkey / his best result being 21st
Carrie Underwood / twice for United States and once for New Zealand / Silver Medallist
Lena Katina / twice for Russia and once for Mexico / her best result being 4th
Lotfi Begi / for Hungary / his best result being 4th
Reni Tolvai / for Hungary / her best result being 24th

Alejandro Fernández / for Mexico / his best result being 6th
James Arthur / once for United Kingdom and Denmark / his best result being 11th
Jaap Reesema / once for Belgium and Liechtenstein / his best result being 9th
Mon Laferte / for Chile / not qualifying for the final

Alexander Knappe / for Germany / placing 26th
Ana Isabelle / for Puerto Rico / placing 18th
Bahjat Alturjam / for Malta / placing 14th
Emanuela Tsvetkova / for Bulgaria / not qualifying for the final
Jurijus Veklenko / for Lithuania / Bronze Medallist
Pavlina Voulgaraki / for Greece / not qualifying for the final

Scoreboards and Live Voting

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

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / Nigeria and United Kingdom, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Spain and Turkey
Countries receiving points from most juries / Germany and Netherlands, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / San Marino in 11th with 10 points from Lebanon as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Israel in 23rd getting 12 points from Sweden

From the beginning Netherlands got a handful of high marks and quickly took the lead, and they never looked back and won the jury vote with a comfortable margin. The juries favoured Europe this time, with Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Finland following after Netherlands. However, as we have so often seen, the televote did not quite agree, though the difference was not as alarming as in the last edition. The televote ranked Switzerland on top followed by Nigeria, South Korea, Netherlands and Luxembourg. When combining the jury vote and the televote, Netherlands was still standing strong and took home their 5th gold medal. Nigeria won the silver, and the bronze went to Germany. Luxembourg and South Korea rounded out the top 5, and that was the third consecutive top 5 frinish for South Korea!

Netherlands was one of the founding members of Global Music, but they had to wait until their 99th participation to win the big trophy! Their first top 10 result was achieved in GM07, and the first medal - one of bronze - came in GM09. It has, however, always been up and down for Netherlands, and they have missed the final in almost every third participation. They have also come very close to victory before, winning 4 silver medals, first claimed by Glennis Grace in GM29 and then followed by Petra Berger in GM42, Kim-Lian and Linda Bengtzing in GM49 and Mr Probz in GM106. And then finally in GM113 Lisa Lois finished on top bringing Global Music to Netherlands for the first time. A few more medals followed, before the current HoD, Romeo, took over the reigns in GM145. Since then Netherlands has done really well with 14 top 5 finishes including 10 medals! They took home the trophy in GM152, when HAEVN collected most points and then again with Davina Michelle in GM159 and Duncan Laurence in GM165. And now, Ilse DeLange and Michael Schulte claims the fifth gold medal for Netherlands, making Michael Schulte a Double Global Music Champion in the process, having already won for his native Germany. Well done Netherlands, Ilse DeLange, Michael Schulte and Romeo!

The Winner

Deadlines

January 15th / Voting in the semi finals
January 15th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
January 26th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
January 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

The Final

01
Netherlands
Ilse DeLange & Michael Schulte
​Wrong direction
​136 points

02
Nigeria
Timomatic
​Parachute
​118 points

03
Germany
Alexander Knappe
Alles geht vorbei
​118 points

04
Luxembourg
Pommelien Thijs
​& Jaap Reesema
Nu wij niet meer praten
115 points

05
South Korea
Insooni
​Beautiful girl
​108 points

06
Finland
Sanni
​2080-luvulla
​107 points

07
United Kingdom
Dalton Harris feat. James Arthur
​The power of love
​105 points

08
Switzerland
Pegasus feat. Anna Rossinelli
​Victoria Lane
​104 points

09
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Magdalena Bogic
​Vise od sna
​102 points

10
Russia
Lena Katina
​Who I am
​77 points

11
San Marino
Federica Abbate
​Finalmente
​76 points

12
​Ukraine
Denis Reconvald
​Fetish
​76 points

13
North Macedonia
Tommee Profitt feat. FJØRA
​Vagabond
​75 points

14
Norway
Raylee
​Unspoken
​74 points

15
France
Megan Lanquar
​Sous ma peau
​71 points

16
South Africa
Jeremy Loops
​'Til I found you
​69 points

17
United States
Fernando Varela
​Vivere
​68 points

18
Lithuania
Jurijus
​Randai
​67 points

19
Andorra
Chenoa & Soraya
​Rompecabezas
​62 points

20
Lebanon
Arnabeat
​In my brain
​60 points

21
Canada
Shawn Mendes
​Wonder
​59 points

22
Australia
Mansionair
​Violet city
​56 points

23
Israel
Full Trunk
​More
​45 points

24
Denmark
Allan Stage
​Young days
​38 points

25
Sweden
Vigiland
​Friday night
​37 points

26
Monaco
Hatik
​Angela
​7 points

Semi Final One

01
South Africa
Jeremy Loops
​'Til I found you
​90 points

02
Netherlands
Ilse DeLange & Michael Schulte
​Wrong direction
​81 points

03
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Magdalena Bogic
​Vise od sna
​79 points

04
Russia
Lena Katina
​Who I am
​79 points

05
United Kingdom
Dalton Harris feat. James Arthur
​The power of love
​79 points

06
Lithuania
Jurijus
​Randai
​78 points

07
Andorra
Chenoa & Soraya
​Rompecabezas
74 points

08
Nigeria
Timomatic
​Parachute
​67 points

09
Australia
Mansionair
​Violet city
​66 points

10
Denmark
Allan Stage
​Young days
​65 points

11
Spain
David Bisbal
​& Carrie Underwood
​Tears of gold
64 points

12
China
Sharon Kwan feat. Karencici
Don't ruin my makeup
61 points

13
Ethiopia
Dag Daniel
​Sew alay
​56 points

14
Albania
Alban Skënderaj
​Ki meshire
55 points

15
Bulgaria
Emanuela & Kyriacos Georgiou
​Granitsi
53 points

16
Turkey
Can Bonomo
​Yine karsilasirsak
51 points

17
Saint Lucia
Ti Blacks
​Mama
50 points

18
Mexico
Carla Morrison & Ricky Martin
​Recuerdo
36 points

19
Portugal
Os Quatro e Meia
​O tempo vai esperar
34 points

Semi Final Two

01
Luxembourg
Pommelien Thijs
​& Jaap Reesema
Nu wij niet meer praten
​111 points

02
Germany
Alexander Knappe
Alles geht vorbei
102 points

03
Lebanon
Arnabeat
​In my brain
​93 points

04
Israel
Full Trunk
​More
​88 points

05
Finland
Sanni
​2080-luvulla
​86 points

06
Switzerland
Pegasus feat. Anna Rossinelli
​Victoria Lane
​82 points

07
​Ukraine
Denis Reconvald
​Fetish
​79 points

08
France
Megan Lanquar
​Sous ma peau
​74 points

09
San Marino
Federica Abbate
​Finalmente
​72 points

10
Canada
Shawn Mendes
​Wonder
​70 points

11 / Wildcard
Norway
Raylee
​Unspoken
​58 points

12
Italy
Laura Pausini
​I need love
57 points

13
Chile
Mon Laferte
​& Alejandro Fernández
Que se sepa nuestro amor
​51 points

14
Hungary
Reni Tolvai & Lotfi Begi
You and me
50 points

15
Serbia
Aleksandra Radovic
​Karta za jug
​48 points

16
Greece
Pavlina Voulgaraki
​Pos synexizetai i zoi
​41 points

17
Malta
Bahjat
​You got that
​33 points

18
Venezuela
Ana Isabelle feat. Chino & Nacho
​La vida es bella
​23 points