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​​Welcome to Groningen
"World Cycling City"

Groningen lies at the junction of the Hoornsediep and Winschoterdiep canals and has long been an important harbor for coastal shipping to the North Sea, just 20 kilometers away. The city has a rich history dating back as far as 1040, when Emperor Henry III granted the Bishop of Utrecht a fief in the town, together with the right to coin money. It later became a member of the Hanseatic League, and developed into one of the leading commercial centers in Northern Europe. The seat of a university founded in 1614, the city has long been a hotbed of creative talent, including being the birthplace of artists Jozef Israëls and WH Message, and is well known for its lively cultural scene. It's also a great place to explore by bike and has long been known as "World Cycling City" thanks to its extensive network of cycle paths. In addition to its great shopping and dining scene, Groningen has also made a name for itself as a festival city, and hosts numerous music and art-related events and things to do throughout the year.
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Host City / Groningen, Netherlands
Venue / Martinihal
Hosts / Astrid Joosten, Rik van de Westelaken and Jan Versteegh

Participating countries / 45
Debuting countries / Tonga
Returning countries / Belgium, DR Congo, Guatemala, Ireland, Kenya, Morocco and Poland
Withdrawing countries / Finland, Hungary, Malta, North Macedonia and Saint Lucia

Debuting players / Norbert for Ireland, Pane for Kenya and Sleeter for Guatemala
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Returning Artists

Emma Marrone / 9 times for Italy and 5 times for San Marino / Silver Medallist
M. Pokora / 8 times for Monaco and once for France, Poland and Haiti / Silver Medallist
Dino Merlin / 7 times for Bosnia-Herzegovina and once for Serbia / Global Music Champion
Paulina Rubio / for Mexico / Bronze Medallist
Camila Gallardo / 3 times for Chile and once for Venezuela / her best result being 7th
Enya / for Ireland / her best result being 5th
Nacho / for Venezuela / his best result being 6th

Alessandra Amoroso / twice for San Marino and once for Italy / Bronze Medallist
Loïc Nottet / for Belgium / his best result being 4th
Poli Genova / for Bulgaria / not qualifying for the final
Diana Navarro / for Spain / her best result being 6th
DJ Antoine / once for Switzerland and Belgium / his best result being 28th
Mari Kraymbreri / for Russia / her best result being 24th
Tijana Bogicevic / for Serbia / her best result being 9th
Alice on the Roof / for Belgium / placing 5th
Anna Bergendahl / for Norway / not qualifying for the final
Benjamin Kheng / for China / Global Music Champion
Coeur de pirate / for Canada / placing 22nd
Demet Sagiroglu / for Turkey / placing 24th
Diodato / for San Marino / Global Music Champion
Eleonora Zouganeli / for Greece / placing 20th
James Bay / for United Kingdom / placing 7th
Laura Tesoro / for Belgium / not qualifying for the final
Master KG / for South Africa / placing 23rd
Nomcebo Zikode / for South Africa / placing 23rd
Song Ji-eun / for South Korea / placing 30th
SYRO / for Portugal / placing 14th

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 / DR Congo, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / United Kingdom, France, China, Bulgaria, Serbia and Belgium
Countries receiving points from most juries / Monaco, 26
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Australia in 11th with 10 points from Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Nigeria in 22nd getting 12 points from Chile

Albania came out of the starting block full blazing, as they scored the top mark from the first 2 juries, and all though they had to pass the lead to Lebanon and then onto DR Congo, Albania was always a contender in the top. These three countries battled it out for the remainder of the jury vote and when all those votes had been counted, DR Congo lead the way with a good margin down to Lebanon, Albania, Monaco and France. But also this time the televote told a different story, and this time the televote was made up of 13 voting countries, accounting for one third of all the votes. The televote favoured Monaco ahead of United Kingdom (8th with the juries), United States (25th), Denmark (12th) and Portugal (7th). The jury favourites, DR Congo, Lebanon and Albania finished 12th, 10th and 11th respectively in the televote. This meant that DR Congo's leading margin decreased, but it was still just enough to claim gold in only their 2nd time in a Global Music Final. Monaco once again had to settle for the silver just 4 points behind, and Lebanon took home the bronze. Albania and United Kingdom rounded out the top 5. 

DR Congo debuted in GM79, but after failing to qualify for the final 3 times in a row, they gave up. However, they returned just 8 editions later only to get stuck in the semi final again. Then in the following edition, GM90, the big African country finally made it into the final and finished a respectable 14th. Their next entry once again saw them stalling in the semi final, and DR Congo decided to call it a day for good. That is until the current edition, 89 editions later, when they returned to the game out of the blue. New HoD was Anthony, who has been shopping around with different countries winning medals for Suriname and North Macedonia. And what do you know? DR Congo went all the way to the top of the podium becoming the 10th African country to strike gold. Well done DR Congo, Tusse and Anthony!

The Winner

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Deadlines

February 14th / Voting in the semi finals
February 14th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
February 25th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
March 3rd / 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
DR Congo
Tusse
​Rain
​156 points
02
Monaco
M. Pokora
​Si on disait
​152 points
03
Lebanon
Adonis & Aziz Maraka
​Nater
​138 points
04
Albania
Eugent Bushpepa
​Stay with me tonight
​127 points
05
United Kingdom
James Bay
​Chew on my heart
​126 points
06
Sweden
Anna Bergendahl
​Thelma and Louise
​124 points
07
Portugal
SYRO
​Acordar
​120 points
08
France
Andriamad
​Alléluia
​112 points
09
Denmark
Scarlet Pleasure
​What a life
​99 points
10
Serbia
Tijana Bogicevic
Hajde onda nista
​95 points
11
Australia
Sons of the East
​You might think
​93 points
12
Ireland
Enya
​Orinoco flow
​92 points
13
Ethiopia
Lemlem Hailemichael
​Gedam
​85 points
14
South Korea
Song Ji-eun
​Don't look at me like that
​80 points
15
Luxembourg
Laura Tesoro & Loïc Nottet
​feat. Alex Germys
​Strangers
​78 points
16
Lithuania
Gabrielius Vagelis
​My guy
​67 points
17
Switzerland
DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark
​Crazy world
​67 points
18
United States
Olivia Rodrigo
​Drivers license
​61 points
19
Germany
Jasmin Abraha
​Already mine
​58 points
20
China
Benjamin Kheng
​Already home
​58 points
21
South Africa
Nomcebo Zikode feat. Master KG
Xola moya wam
​57 points
22
Nigeria
Goldie Harvey feat. Jaywon
​Jawo
​54 points
23
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dino Merlin
​Mi
​52 points
24
Bulgaria
Poli Genova
One lifetime is not enough
​50 points
25
Kenya
Karun
​Catch a vibe
​48 points
26
Netherlands
CreativeRomeo
​Break the silence
​13 points

Semi Final One

01
United Kingdom
James Bay
​Chew on my heart
​111 points
02
Lithuania
Gabrielius Vagelis
​My guy
​104 points
03
DR Congo
Tusse
​Rain
​99 points
04
Monaco
M. Pokora
​Si on disait
​91 points
05
Ethiopia
Lemlem Hailemichael
​Gedam
​83 points
06
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dino Merlin
​Mi
​77 points
07
Ireland
Enya
​Orinoco flow
​66 points
08
Bulgaria
Poli Genova
One lifetime is not enough
​62 points
09
China
Benjamin Kheng
​Already home
​60 points
10
South Africa
Nomcebo Zikode feat. Master KG
Xola moya wam
​59 points
11 / Wildcard
Kenya
Karun
​Catch a vibe
​58 points
12
Greece
Eleonora Zouganeli
​Stathero
57 points

13
Israel
Pe'er Tasi
Roked im hakeev
53 points

14
Chile
Camila Gallardo & Alba Reche
​Que bailen
51 points

15
Spain
Diana Navarro
​Me amo y me acepto completamente
51 points

16
Venezuela
Nacho & Paulina Rubio
​Desire
47 points

17
Canada
Coeur de pirate
​T'es belle
45 points

18
Morocco
Meryem Aboulouafa
​Je me promets
40 points

19
Belgium
Alice on the Roof
​Malade
35 points

20
Ukraine
Dayton
Namysto
27 points

Semi Final Two

01
Sweden
Anna Bergendahl
​Thelma and Louise
​135 points
02
Lebanon
Adonis & Aziz Maraka
​Nater
​121 points
03
Albania
Eugent Bushpepa
​Stay with me tonight
​98 points
04
France
Andriamad
​Alléluia
​82 points
05
United States
Olivia Rodrigo
​Drivers license
​80 points
06
Serbia
Tijana Bogicevic
Hajde onda nista
​75 points
07
Portugal
SYRO
​Acordar
​71 points
08
Denmark
Scarlet Pleasure
​What a life
​68 points
09
Switzerland
DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark
​Crazy world
​66 points
10
Australia
Sons of the East
​You might think
​65 points
11
Italy
Alessandra Amoroso ​& Emma Marrone
Pezzo di cuore
64 points
12
Mexico
Moenia
​Morir tres veces
63 points

13
Andorra
Marta Sango
Por ti
63 points

14
San Marino
Diodato
​Fino a farci scomparire
53 points

15
Guatemala
Zelaya
​Rápido y lento
40 points

16
Russia
Mari Kraymbreri
​Nravlyus' li ya emu
39 points

17
Tonga
Sonatane Kaufusi
​Birdie
36 points

18
Poland
Marzena Ryt
​feat. Marcin Wyrostek
Cyklicznie
19 points

19
Norway
Mr. Pimp-Lotion feat. Oral Bee
​Baris
​11 points
DNF
Turkey
Demet Sagiroglu
​Kinali bebek
27 points

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  • News
  • 203 City of San Marino
  • 202 Dogana
  • 2022 Ponta Delgada
  • History
    • Editions 1 -50
    • Editions 51 - 100
    • Editions 101 - 150
    • Editions 151 - 200
    • Super Finals
  • Statistics
  • The Countries
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
  • The Artists
    • Global Music Royalty
  • Rules
  • Join