Welcome to Klaipeda
"Lithuania's Coastal City"
Lithuania's third-largest city, Klaipeda, sits as a seaport and cruise stop with a wealth of museums and medieval sites. Once the capital of Prussia under the name Memel, this city has worked to preserve its German architecture. Recognized for its cobbled shop-lined streets and red-brick buildings of the German and Scandinavian-influenced old town, Klaipeda hosts popular events and festivals throughout the year. Its castle, complex of bastions, and numerous museums (including one focused on maritime history), attract many visitors to this city via plane, train, and cruise ship.
Host City / Klaipeda, Lithuania
Venue / Svyturio Arena
Hosts / Monika Marija, Monika Liu and Moniqué
Participating countries / 45
Returning countries / Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Dominican Republic and South Africa
Withdrawing countries / Bulgaria, Morocco and Uruguay
Debuting players / None
Venue / Svyturio Arena
Hosts / Monika Marija, Monika Liu and Moniqué
Participating countries / 45
Returning countries / Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Dominican Republic and South Africa
Withdrawing countries / Bulgaria, Morocco and Uruguay
Debuting players / None
Returning Artists
Bárbara Tinoco / for Portugal / Semi Finalist
Ben Platt / for United States / 10th place Dean Lewis / for Australia / 11th place Hava / for Bosnia-Herzegovina / 9th place Hong Jin-young / for South Korea / 13th place Klara Hammarström / for Sweden / Global Music Champion Netta Barzilai / for Israel / 9th place |
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 / United States, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Zambia, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Serbia and Russia
Countries receiving points from most juries / Canada and Zambia, 18
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Netherlands in 2nd with 10 points from United States, Sweden, Monaco, Israel and Norway as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Liechtenstein in 24th getting 12 points from Malta
The jubilee edition turned into a runaway victory for United States, but apart from the winner the rest of the field was pretty close. Only 3 countries held the lead throughout the voting. San Marino was on top for the first 9 juries before giving way to Netherlands who held the top spot through 6 juries. Then United States sped ahead and easily won the jury vote ahead of Netherlands, China, United Kingdom and South Korea. However, the televote showed quite a different picture. It heavily favored Canada (who finished 11th with the juries) followed by Portugal (13th), South Africa (10th), Netherlands and Lithuania (22nd). United States only placed 11th, but still their lead was big enough to be crowned as winner even before they received their points from the televote. Since the introduction of the seperate televote, this is the first time that this has happened! Netherlands hanged on to the silver and Canada jumped up the scoreboard, grabing the bronze after their televote win. China and South Africa rounded out the top 5.
United States joined the contest in GM04 though apart from a silver medal in GM10 they did not have much success before they triumphed for the first time in GM31 with Daughtry. Other victories came in GM44 with David Guetta and Kelly Rowland, in GM65 with Toni Braxton, in GM85 with Olly Murs and Flo Rida, in GM131 with LP, in GM166 with Loren Allred and in GM178 with Why Don't We. The current HoD - Robert - took over the reigns way back in GM29, and is thus responsible for all the country's victories. In total the large country has now participated 188 times, reaching 152 finals, finishing in the top 10 77 times and winning a remarkable 27 medals! Well done United States, Ben Platt and Robert!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Zambia, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Serbia and Russia
Countries receiving points from most juries / Canada and Zambia, 18
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Netherlands in 2nd with 10 points from United States, Sweden, Monaco, Israel and Norway as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Liechtenstein in 24th getting 12 points from Malta
The jubilee edition turned into a runaway victory for United States, but apart from the winner the rest of the field was pretty close. Only 3 countries held the lead throughout the voting. San Marino was on top for the first 9 juries before giving way to Netherlands who held the top spot through 6 juries. Then United States sped ahead and easily won the jury vote ahead of Netherlands, China, United Kingdom and South Korea. However, the televote showed quite a different picture. It heavily favored Canada (who finished 11th with the juries) followed by Portugal (13th), South Africa (10th), Netherlands and Lithuania (22nd). United States only placed 11th, but still their lead was big enough to be crowned as winner even before they received their points from the televote. Since the introduction of the seperate televote, this is the first time that this has happened! Netherlands hanged on to the silver and Canada jumped up the scoreboard, grabing the bronze after their televote win. China and South Africa rounded out the top 5.
United States joined the contest in GM04 though apart from a silver medal in GM10 they did not have much success before they triumphed for the first time in GM31 with Daughtry. Other victories came in GM44 with David Guetta and Kelly Rowland, in GM65 with Toni Braxton, in GM85 with Olly Murs and Flo Rida, in GM131 with LP, in GM166 with Loren Allred and in GM178 with Why Don't We. The current HoD - Robert - took over the reigns way back in GM29, and is thus responsible for all the country's victories. In total the large country has now participated 188 times, reaching 152 finals, finishing in the top 10 77 times and winning a remarkable 27 medals! Well done United States, Ben Platt and Robert!
The Winner
Deadlines
November 13th / Voting in the semi finals
November 13th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
November 25th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
November 30th / Submitting a song for the next edition of Global Music
November 13th / Nominating an artist for Global Music Royalty
November 25th / Voting in the final and for Global Music Royalty
November 30th / 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