​​Welcome to Kinshasa
"Bigger, Faster, Louder ​- and simply infectious"

Welcome to Kinshasa, a city of vibrant culture, pulsating rhythms, and the heart and soul of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nestled along the mighty Congo River, Kinshasa beckons you to discover its rich heritage, immerse yourself in its music and dance, and experience the warmth of its people. Begin your journey in the bustling heart of the city, where colorful markets, lively streets, and the rhythmic sounds of Congolese music create an intoxicating atmosphere. Explore the Marché de la Liberté, a bustling market where you can shop for vibrant fabrics, unique crafts, and traditional Congolese attire. Kinshasa's vibrant arts scene is celebrated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where you can admire the works of talented Congolese artists. Visit the Kin ArtStudio to witness contemporary artistry and creativity in action. Music and dance are at the core of Kinshasa's identity. Experience the magic of Congolese rumba and soukous music at local clubs and venues. Dance the night away to electrifying rhythms that will have you moving your feet to the beat. For a taste of authentic Congolese cuisine, savor dishes like fufu and maboke, traditional staples that showcase the flavors of the region. Indulge in local street food, such as brochettes and beignets, as you explore the city's culinary delights. Nature enthusiasts will find solace in the lush green spaces of Kinshasa, including the beautiful Limete Gardens. Stroll through tranquil parks, enjoy a picnic by the river, or embark on a riverboat cruise to witness the breathtaking landscapes along the Congo River. Kinshasa's history comes to life at the National Museum of Kinshasa, where artifacts and exhibitions showcase the country's rich cultural heritage. Explore the vibrant neighborhoods of Gombe and Kintambo, each offering a unique perspective on the city's history and modernity. As the day turns to night, Kinshasa's nightlife ignites with energy. Join the locals in the city's lively bars, clubs, and dance halls, where you can experience the vibrant nightlife and connect with the warm and welcoming people of Kinshasa. Kinshasa welcomes you with open arms, inviting you to explore its history, embrace its culture, and connect with its passionate residents. Come and immerse yourself in the magic of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, where every corner promises a new adventure and a deeper connection to the heart of Africa. Your journey begins here! 

Host City / Kinshasa, DR Congo
Venue / Stade des Martyrs
Hosts / Joelle Kayembe, Mohombi, Phylicia Wissa and Marie Myriam

Participating countries / 48
Debuting countries / Kiribati
Returning countries / Brazil, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Liechtenstein and Malta
Withdrawing countries / Kenya, Morocco, Poland and Tonga

Debuting players / None

Returning Artists

Marco Mengoni / 7 times for San Marino and 5 times for Italy / his best result being 4th

David Bisbal / 6 times for Andorra, twice for Spain and once for Dominican Republic and Germany / Bronze Medallist

Ed Sheeran / 7 times for United Kingdom and once for Cuba, Ghana and United States / Global Music Champion

Michael Bublé / for Canada / Bronze Medallist
Polina Gagarina / for Russia / Bronze Medallist
Sia Furler / 3 times for Australia and Monaco and once for Solomon Islands / Global Music Champion

Galena / for Bulgaria / not qualifying for the final

Dua Lipa / twice for Kosovo and South Korea and once for Netherlands / her best result being 5th
Red Electrick / for Malta / their best result being 4th

Maya Sar / for Bosnia-Herzegovina / her best result being 14th
Måns Zelmerlöw / for Sweden / Global Music Champion
Sebastián Yatra / 3 times for Colombia and once for Panama / his best result being 15th

Alle Farben / twice for Liechtenstein and once for New Zealand / his best result being 21st
Ana Mena / once for Dominican Republic, Jordan and San Marino / Bronze Medallist
Danna Paola / once for Mexico, Chile and Venezuela / her best result being 23rd
Faouzia / for Morocco / Global Music Champion
Flori Mumajesi / for Albania / his best result being 19th
Fuse ODG / for Ghana / not qualifying for the final

Aleyna Tilki / for Turkey / her best result being 13th
John Legend / once for United States and Italy / Silver Medallist
KEiiNO / for Norway / Bronze Medallists
Keith Urban / once for Australia and New Zealand / Silver Medallist
Krisko / for Bulgaria / not qualifying for the final
Linda Király / for Hungary / her best result being 13th
Noa Kirel / for Israel / her best result being 8th
Stefanie Heinzmann / for Switzerland / Silver Medallist
Tokio Hotel / for Germany / their best result being 8th

Amy Shark / for Australia / not placing
Angèle van Laeken / for Belgium / placing 25th
Camilo / for Colombia / not qualifying for the final
Destiny Chukunyere / for Malta / placing 12th
Evaluna Montaner / for Venezuela / placing 17th
Fréro Delavega / for Monaco / not qualifying for the final
Gaby Moreno / for Guatemala / Global Music Champion
Greeicy Réndon / for Colombia / not qualifying for the final
Nuno Ribeiro / for Portugal / placing 14th
Postcards / for Lebanon / placing 20th
Takagi & Ketra / for San Marino / not qualifying for the final
Ultimo / for Italy / placing 13th

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 / Chile and Norway, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Liechtenstein, Germany, Turkey, San Marino and France
Countries receiving points from most juries / Norway, 23
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Russia in 7th with 10 points from Serbia and Brazil as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Lebanon in 24th getting 12 points from Guatemala

Following an early lead for Chile, the voting rather quickly turned into a two-way battle between Norway and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The lead changed a few times during the jury vote, but one was never too far ahead of the other to feel secure. Norway did manage to create a bigger lead towards the end of the jury vote, which they won ahead of Denmark, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ireland and Switzerland. As per tradition, the televote did not totally agree with the juries, though this time they favoured the same country: Norway, who naturally took home the trophy with a comfortable margin. Close behind in the televote were Chile, Spain, Guatemala and Ireland, and of those Spain gained the most, as they had only finished 19th with the juries. When all votes were combined, Bosnia-Herzegovina clawed the silver out of the hands of Denmark, as they received more points than the Danes in the televote. Ireland and Switzerland rounded out the top 5 to secure a direct place in the next final.

Norway debuted in GM04, but had a tumultuous start with three different HoDs in their three first participations. The third brought Norway their first medal, one of silver, in GM08 and followed that up with another one in GM13. Several other top 10 results were achieved before Norway took a break again after GM18. The 4th HoD brought Norway the first gold medal, when Dina triumphed in GM23. This was followed by a bronze medal on home soil and several other top 10 results and new HoDs, before Norway took home their second trophy with Marit Larsen in GM53. Since then Norway came really close to a third triumph several times, finishing as runner-up an impressive 10 times, before they managed that third gold medal by the hands of Maria Mena. The current HoD, Tor-Eirik, took over Norway in GM102 and is responsible for 1 gold medal, 7 silver medals and 1 bronze medal, and now he can call himself a Double Champion for Norway! In total Norway has participated 162 times, reaching 111 finals, finishing in the top 10 on 52 participations and winning 18 medals. Well done Norway, KEiiNO and Tor-Eirik!

The Winner

Deadlines

March 16th / Voting in the semi finals
March 16th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
March 27th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
March 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
Norway
KEiiNO
​Monument
​172 points

02
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maya Sar
​Hvala
​130 points

03
Denmark
Drew Sycamore
​I wanna be dancing
​130 points

04
Ireland
Ryan Dolan
​Start again
​127 points

05
Switzerland
Stefanie Heinzmann ​feat. Alle Farben
​Build a house
​113 points

06
Chile
Carolina Soto
​Todo vuelve a cero
​108 points

07
Russia
Polina Gagarina ​& Måns Zelmerlöw
​Circles and squares
​108 points

08
Lithuania
Gebrasy
​Where'd you wanna go
​108 points

09
United States
John Legend & Faouzia
Minefields
​105 points

10
Guatemala
Gaby Moreno feat. Jonny P
​Love is gone
​91 points

11
Spain
Ana Mena & Rocco Hunt
​A un paso de la luna
​86 points

12
Monaco
Fréro Delavega
​Mon petit pays
​82 points

13
United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran
Afterglow
​81 points

14
China
(G)I-DLE
Hwaa
​76 points

15
Luxembourg
Angèle & Dua Lipa
​Fever
​76 points

16
Germany
Tokio Hotel & VIZE
​White lies
​73 points

17
Kiribati
Elijah L
​Dive
​73 points

18
Portugal
Nuno Ribeiro feat. Ainoa Buitrago
​Por ti
​71 points

19
Italy
Ultimo
​22 settembre
​67 points

20
Turkey
Aleyna Tilki
Retrograde
​66 points

21
DR Congo
Imelda Gabs
​Fallen angel
​54 points

22
Venezuela
Evaluna Montaner & Camilo
​Machu Picchu
​49 points

23
Liechtenstein
Ryk
​Diamonds
​48 points

24
Lebanon
Postcards
​Walls
​40 points

25
Albania
Flori Mumajesi
Dhemb
​39 points

26
San Marino
Takagi & Ketra
​feat. Frah Quintale & Marco Mengoni
​Venere e marte
​31 points

Semi Final One

01
Ireland
Ryan Dolan
​Start again
​116 points

02
Switzerland
Stefanie Heinzmann ​feat. Alle Farben
​Build a house
​108 points

03
Russia
Polina Gagarina ​& Måns Zelmerlöw
​Circles and squares
​106 points

04
United States
John Legend & Faouzia
Minefields
​99 points

05
Chile
Carolina Soto
​Todo vuelve a cero
​96 points

06
Guatemala
Gaby Moreno feat. Jonny P
​Love is gone
​88 points

07
Portugal
Nuno Ribeiro feat. Ainoa Buitrago
​Por ti
​68 points

08
Luxembourg
Angèle & Dua Lipa
​Fever
​62 points

09
Italy
Ultimo
​22 settembre
​60 points

10
Liechtenstein
Ryk
​Diamonds
​56 points

11 / Wildcard
Kiribati
Elijah L
​Dive
​53 points

12
Canada
Gary Barlow
​feat. Michael Bublé & Sebastián Yatra
​Elita
​50 points

13
Ethiopia
Abenezer Dejene
​Felekuh
​50 points

14
South Africa
Josh Kempen
​Pistol
​46 points

15
France
Juliette Moraine
​Pourvu qu'on m'aime
​45 points

16
Serbia
Sashka Janx
​Sori not sori
​45 points

17
Mexico
Danna Paola
​Oye Pablo
​44 points

18
Netherlands
Nona
​Forever yours
​42 points

19
Hungary
Linda Király & Souvenyr
​Gone
​40 points

20
South Korea
Pentakill feat. Bobby
​Rise
​40 points

21
Belgium
Valentine
​Sans disparaître
​39 points

22
Andorra
David Bisbal feat. Greeicy
​Perdón
​39 points

Semi Final Two

01
Norway
KEiiNO
​Monument
127 points

02
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maya Sar
​Hvala
​111 points

03
Lithuania
Gebrasy
​Where'd you wanna go
​93 points

04
Spain
Ana Mena & Rocco Hunt
​A un paso de la luna
​86 points

05
Germany
Tokio Hotel & VIZE
​White lies
​84 points

06
China
(G)I-DLE
Hwaa
75 points

07
Turkey
Aleyna Tilki
Retrograde
​68 points

08
Venezuela
Evaluna Montaner & Camilo
​Machu Picchu
​68 points

09
San Marino
Takagi & Ketra
​feat. Frah Quintale & Marco Mengoni
​Venere e marte
​66 points

10
Denmark
Drew Sycamore
​I wanna be dancing
​66 points

11
Sweden
The Lovers of Valdaro
​Rhythm and decibel
​63 points

12
Ukraine
Arkady Voytiuk
​Tsiluy solodkymy hubamy
​58 points

13
Malta
Red Electrick feat. Destiny
​Mistake
​56 points

14
Israel
Noa Kirel
​SLT
​55 points

15
Greece
Stefania & Rein
​Swipe
​54 points

16
Finland
Viivi
​Liian paikallaan
​53 points

17
Australia
Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban
​Love songs ain't for us
​49 points

18
Brazil
OutroEu feat. Sandy
​Ai de mim
​45 points

19
Bulgaria
Galena & Krisko
Krasivi laji
​44 points

20
Ghana
Fuse ODG feat. KiDi & Kuami Eugene
New African girl
​39 points

21
Nigeria
Sia feat. Burna Boy
​Hey boy
​32 points