Welcome to Newcastle
"Student City"
One of the hippest urban centers in the northeastern part of the country, Newcastle upon Tyne once had a reputation for being an industrial wasteland with little to offer casual tourists. With arguably some of the best nightlife in Britain, this lively and diverse city is now renowned for its art, music, and sports. Compact and friendly, the town has reinvented itself in recent decades as one of England’s most important centers of culture, architecture, and business. The area is also home to a distinct Geordie culture, which is steeped in a rich heritage of folk music and dance. Founded over 2,000 years ago, the town is a convenient starting point for tours to the world-famous Hadrian’s Wall.
Host City / Newcastle, United Kingdom
Venue / Theatre Royal
Hosts / Rita Ora and Tom Grennan
Participating countries / 46
Debuting countries / Oman
Returning countries / Austria, Belgium, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Singapore
Withdrawing countries / Bahrain, Croatia, Nigeria and Turkey
Debuting players / None
Venue / Theatre Royal
Hosts / Rita Ora and Tom Grennan
Participating countries / 46
Debuting countries / Oman
Returning countries / Austria, Belgium, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Singapore
Withdrawing countries / Bahrain, Croatia, Nigeria and Turkey
Debuting players / None
Returning Artists
Anne-Marie / for Jamaica / Silver Medallist
Ben Dolic / for Germany / placing 10th Charlotte Cardin / for Canada / placing 15th Conchita Wurst / for Austria / Silver Medallist Elif Demirezer / for Germany / not qualifying for the final Emanuele Aloia / for Italy / not qualifying for the final Fred De Palma / for San Marino / placing 24th Griff / for China / placing 7th JJ Lin / for Singapore / not qualifying for the final Nick Bolt / for Chile / not qualifying for the final Nuela Charles / for Kenya / Silver Medallist The5 / for Egypt / placing 20th Vaidas Baumila / for Lithuania / not qualifying for the final Vance Joy / for Australia / placing 20th |
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Live voting
Live televote
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard televote
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two
Live televote
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard televote
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Andorra, Spain and United Kingdom, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Finland, Liechtenstein, Israel and Portugal
Countries receiving points from most juries / Andorra and Norway, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Australia in 12th with 10 points from Andorra, Russia and Ukraine as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Albania in 23rd getting 12 points from Norway
Though the lead changed several times throughout the jury voting, it was pretty much just passed around among the Nordic countries. Norway got the first top mark, but Malta quickly took over, before the lead went back north to Finland and then on to Denmark and Sweden. Towards the end Andorra took first place, but when all the jury votes were counted, Norway was back where they started in the lead. Andorra, Finland, Denmark and Netherlands followed to complete the top 5. But as we have becom accustomed to, the jury and the televote do not align. The only thing the two could agree upon this time, was to place Andorra 2nd. The televote favoured United Kingdom, who was only 14th with juries. Andorra took second place ahead of China (15th with the juries), Spain (11th) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (22nd). Norway, who won the jury vote, only placed 14th with the televote and could not hang on to the lead. In stead Andorra claimed a clear victory with a 30 points margin, and Norway had to settle for the silver. Spain climbed to take the bronze, and Finland and United Kingdom rounded out the top 5.
Andorra debuted in GM11 and has been a pretty consistent participant since, only taking one major break from GM54 to GM63. They achieved their first top 10 result in GM17 and took their first medal, a silver, in GM64 before finally claiming gold in GM73 with La Oreja de Van Gogh. A few other medals followed before Pastora Soler was crowned as champion in GM102, and that last name must be lucky, because a male Soler: Álvaro became the third artist to win the trophy for Andorra in GM124. Lorena Gómez followed suit in GM140, before Andorra's results took a turn for the worse. Since their last triumph the tiny country has only graced the top 10 three times - including one bronze medal - and has often gotten stuck in the semi finals. That is, however, all forgotten now, as another Álvaro - this time with the last name da Luna - secures Andorra their 5th trophy. Ricky has been Head of the Andorran Delegation since GM53 and is responsible for all 13 Andorran medals! In total the tiny country has participated 154 times, qualifying for 100 finals and reaching the top 10 on 33 of those occasions. Well done Andorra, Álvaro de Luna and Ricky!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Finland, Liechtenstein, Israel and Portugal
Countries receiving points from most juries / Andorra and Norway, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Australia in 12th with 10 points from Andorra, Russia and Ukraine as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Albania in 23rd getting 12 points from Norway
Though the lead changed several times throughout the jury voting, it was pretty much just passed around among the Nordic countries. Norway got the first top mark, but Malta quickly took over, before the lead went back north to Finland and then on to Denmark and Sweden. Towards the end Andorra took first place, but when all the jury votes were counted, Norway was back where they started in the lead. Andorra, Finland, Denmark and Netherlands followed to complete the top 5. But as we have becom accustomed to, the jury and the televote do not align. The only thing the two could agree upon this time, was to place Andorra 2nd. The televote favoured United Kingdom, who was only 14th with juries. Andorra took second place ahead of China (15th with the juries), Spain (11th) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (22nd). Norway, who won the jury vote, only placed 14th with the televote and could not hang on to the lead. In stead Andorra claimed a clear victory with a 30 points margin, and Norway had to settle for the silver. Spain climbed to take the bronze, and Finland and United Kingdom rounded out the top 5.
Andorra debuted in GM11 and has been a pretty consistent participant since, only taking one major break from GM54 to GM63. They achieved their first top 10 result in GM17 and took their first medal, a silver, in GM64 before finally claiming gold in GM73 with La Oreja de Van Gogh. A few other medals followed before Pastora Soler was crowned as champion in GM102, and that last name must be lucky, because a male Soler: Álvaro became the third artist to win the trophy for Andorra in GM124. Lorena Gómez followed suit in GM140, before Andorra's results took a turn for the worse. Since their last triumph the tiny country has only graced the top 10 three times - including one bronze medal - and has often gotten stuck in the semi finals. That is, however, all forgotten now, as another Álvaro - this time with the last name da Luna - secures Andorra their 5th trophy. Ricky has been Head of the Andorran Delegation since GM53 and is responsible for all 13 Andorran medals! In total the tiny country has participated 154 times, qualifying for 100 finals and reaching the top 10 on 33 of those occasions. Well done Andorra, Álvaro de Luna and Ricky!
The Winner
Deadlines
July 15th / Voting in the semi finals
July 15th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
July 26th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
July 31st / Submitting a song for the next edition of Global Music
July 15th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
July 26th / 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
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