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Welcome to Thessaloniki
"Sweet Indulgences and glorious History"

A city with a stormy history and a cosmopolitan heart, Thessaloniki attracts visitors with its diverse culinary scene, dynamic nightlife, and youthful energy. Considered one of the most cultivated and affordable Greek cities, Thessaloniki serves tourists as a convenient base for quick day trips in the surrounding region, the starting point for Alexander the Great's legendary conquests. More manageable and less crowded than its older sister Athens, this walkable city boasts a continuous history of more than 3,000 years and contains well-preserved remains of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman rulers. Fifteen of its churches, built between the 4th and 14th centuries and recognized as World Heritage Sites, represent some of the world's finest examples of Byzantine art and architecture.
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Host City / Thessaloniki, Greece
Venue / Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Hosts / Nia Vardalos and Georgios Samaras

Participating countries / 34
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Barbados, Canada, Chile and San Marino
Withdrawing countries / Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine

Debuting players / Lukas for Barbados, Manuel for Chile and Markus for Canada
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Returning Artists

Tose Proeski / for Macedonia / his best result being 8th
Marco Borsato / for Netherlands / his best result being 11th
​Rihanna / for Barbados / her best result being 10th
​Samantha Mumba / for Ireland / her best result being 7th
Bertine Zetlitz / for Norway / Silver Medallist
Enrique Iglesias / for Spain / placing 12th
Fabrizio Faniello / for Malta / placing 6th
Katerine / for Belgium / placing 15th
Liel / for Israel / placing 9th
Lucie Silvas / for United Kingdom / placing 4th

Malu / for Spain / not placing
Nek / for Italy / Global Music Champion
Patricia Kaas / for Monaco / not qualifying for the final
Vanessa Amorosi / for Australia / placing 7th

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / United States, 7
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Andorra, Lebanon, Greece, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway and Iran
Countries receiving points from most juries / United States, 20
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Sweden in 2nd place with 10 points from Malta, Belgium and Germany as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Finland in 20th place getting 12 points from France

This was an edition of record breaking! United States was unbeatable almost from the beginning, and when all votes had been counted, not only had they won their first gold medal, they shattered three records in the process! Highest scoring song in a final, biggest winning margin and most top marks received all now relates to United States. Way behind, Sweden won the silver, and Netherlands took the bronze, with Canada and United Kingdom rounding out the top 5.

United States made its debut in GM04 and achieved 5 top 10 results in their first 6 participations including a silver medal. In the following editions their form took a turn for the worse and the HoD changed a few times. GM29 saw a new HoD, Robert, at the helm, and in only his 3rd participation he brings victory to the US for the first time. In a total of 22 participations, the US has reached the final 16 times, the top 10 7 times and twice they have taken home a medal. Well done United States, Daughtry and Robert! 

The Winner

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Scoreboards and Live Voting

Live voting
Scoreboard final
​Scoreboard semi final

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 except the Latvian one are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic
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The Final

01
United States
Daughtry
What about now
176 points
02
Sweden
Charlotte Perrelli
Bullet
102 points
03
Netherlands
Marco Borsato & Lucie Silvas
Everytime I think of you
94 points
04
Canada
Nickelback
Hero
88 points
05
United Kingdom
David Jordan
Sun goes down
82 points
06
Mexico
Alejandro Fernandez
No se me hace facil
76 points
07
Israel
Liel
Save yourself
​75 points
08
Malta
Fabrizio Faniello
Love me or leave me
74 points
09
Lebanon
Carole Samaha
Keef
70 points
10
Germany
Alexander Klaws
Take me tonight
69 points
11
Australia
Vanessa Amorosi
The power
​65 points
12
Denmark
Blå Øjne
Romeo
​61 points
13
Portugal
4 Dance
Modo de ser
​60 points
14
Norway
Bertine Zetlitz
Fake your beauty
58 points
15
Japan
Morning Musume
Onna ni sachi are
55 points
16
Belgium
Raffaele
Una notte magica
49 points
17
Andorra
Malu
Como una flor
45 points
18
San Marino
Stefano Centomo
Niente è come te
39 points
19
Ireland
Samantha Mumba
Baby come on over
38 points
20
Finland
Mariko
Unstoppable
34 points
21
Iran
Idin
Yadam toro faramosh
​32 points
22
Luxembourg
Katerine
Shut your mouth
​28 points
23
France
Jean-Jacques Goldman
​& Patricia Kaas
Je te promets
21 points
24
Greece
Elli Paspala & Giannis Kotsiras
Leei leei leei
​17 points

The Semi Final

01
United States
Daughtry
What about now
185 points
02
Netherlands
Marco Borsato & Lucie Silvas
Everytime I think of you
​129 points
03
Canada
Nickelback
Hero
​121 points
04
United Kingdom
David Jordan
Sun goes down
​116 points
05
Malta
Fabrizio Faniello
Love me or leave me
97 points
06
Germany
Alexander Klaws
Take me tonight
​87 points
07
Ireland
Samantha Mumba
Baby come on over
​86 points
08
Mexico
Alejandro Fernandez
No se me hace facil
​79 points
09
Andorra
Malu
Como una flor
​75 points
10
Belgium
Raffaele
Una notte magica
​75 points
11
Lebanon
Carole Samaha
Keef
​72 points
12
San Marino
Stefano Centomo
Niente è come te
​71 points
13
Norway
Bertine Zetlitz
Fake your beauty
​66 points
14
Japan
Morning Musume
Onna ni sachi are
66 points
15
Finland
Mariko
Unstoppable
​61 points
16
Barbados
Rihanna
Shut up and drive
55 points

17
Macedonia
Synthesis & Tose Proeski
Oj devojche
53 points

18
Latvia
Anna Polanski
In my head
31 points

19
Russia
Mirage
Gwiazda
28 points

20
Argentina
Daniela Herrero
Adoquines
28 points

21
Croatia
Marko Tolja
Prva ljubav
25 points

22
Poland
Ramona Rey
Skarb
24 points

23
Chile
Saiko
La fábula
19 points

DNF
Spain
Enrique Iglesias
Do you know
113 points

DNF
Italy
Nek
Contromano
94 points
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  • News
  • 204 Viborg
  • 203 City of San Marino
  • 202 Dogana
  • 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
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