18 Solna

Welcome to Solna
"The Art of the Subway"

A municipality to the north of Stockholm, Solna is a hair’s breadth from the capital. As it happens, many of Stockholm’s big visitor attractions and amenities are right here in Solna. People will catch the metro, bus or commuter train up to see concerts and matches at the Friends Arena, idle in the grounds of any of three former royal estates or head for a shopping expedition to the Mall of Scandinavia.
You could also revel the relaxing scenes on Brunnsviken, a finger-like saltwater lake on Solna’s east side, and pay homage at Filmstaden, the studios where Ingmar Bergman’s classic movies were shot and edited.

Host City / Solna, Sweden
Venue / Råsunda Stadium
Hosts / Ulrika Jonsson

Participating countries / 28
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Argentina, South Korea and United Kingdom
Withdrawing countries / Israel, Morocco and Ukraine

Debuting players / None

Returning Artists

Coco Lee / for China / placing 20th
David Fonseca / for Portugal / Global Music Champion
Evridiki / for Cyprus / placing 10th
Groovehouse / for Hungary / Bronze Medallist
Samantha Mumba / for Ireland / placing 13th
Vesna Pisarovic / for Croatia / placing 5th

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / France, 3
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Croatia and Sweden
Countries receiving points from most juries / Romania and Sweden, 17
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Argentina in 8th place with 10 points from Denmark as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Iceland in 20th place getting 12 points from Argentina

For most of the voting France and Romania took turn in leading the way, but with the very last set of votes Denmark pushed past the rest to claim their first gold medal. Romania won the silver, and France took the bronze with Sweden and Turkey rounding out the top 5.

Denmark is a founding member of Global Music and even hosted the very first edition. In their first 17 participations, Denmark has finished in the top 10 an impressive 11 times including 7 consecutive times from GM04 through GM10. However, the medals have eluded them every time, so not only is this Denmark's first gold medal; it is their first medal of any kind. Well done Denmark, Annika Askman and Mikkel!