Welcome to Baltimore
"City of Firsts"
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Host City / Baltimore, United States
Venue / 1st Mariner Arena
Hosts / Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Phelps
Participating countries / 40
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Malta, Netherlands and Slovenia
Withdrawing countries / Azerbaijan, French Guiana, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovakia and Uganda
Debuting players / Jeank for Lebanon
Venue / 1st Mariner Arena
Hosts / Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Phelps
Participating countries / 40
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Malta, Netherlands and Slovenia
Withdrawing countries / Azerbaijan, French Guiana, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovakia and Uganda
Debuting players / Jeank for Lebanon
Returning Artists
Arberia Hadërgjonaj / for Kosovo / not qualifying for the final
Besa Kokëdhima / for Albania / placing 19th Daniela Mercury / for Brazil / not qualifying for the final D'Nash / for Andorra / placing 24th Giorgia / for Italy / placing 19th Hanne Boel / for Denmark / placing 12th Hera Björk / for Iceland / placing 5th Milow / for Luxembourg / not qualifying for the final Pati Yang / for Poland / not qualifying for the final Patrick Nuo / for Switzerland / placing 13th Skank / for Brazil / not qualifying for the final |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / United States and Cyprus, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Switzerland and Germany
Countries receiving points from most juries / Greece, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Australia in 11th with 10 points from United States and Andorra as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Denmark in 20th, getting 12 points from Monaco
For a long time it looked like United States were going to make a double, but after 3/4 of the votes had been given out, Slovenia took the lead and managed to hang on to claim their first victory in Global Music only 5 points ahead of Greece, who returned to the contest with a bang, and United States winning a bronze medal on home ground. Andorra and Bulgaria rounded out the top 5. Switzerland reached the top 10 for the first time, finishing in 9th place.
Slovenia was one of the founding members of the contest and had great success with top 10 placings in the first 6 editions including two bronze medals. Following changes in the delegation and several shorter or longer breaks, the success has somewhat diminished, though Slovenia managed a silver medal in GM45. Since then they have, however, only managed 1 top 10 result until now. This is Slovenia's fourth medal and 10th top 10 result overall. For Slovenia's HoD, Anke, 13 is not an unlucky number, as this was her 13th participation representing Slovenia! Since she made her debut with Russia in GM29, she has also represented Macedonia and Serbia, before she settled with Slovenia and winning her first trophy. Well done Slovenia, Omar Naber and Anke!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Switzerland and Germany
Countries receiving points from most juries / Greece, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Australia in 11th with 10 points from United States and Andorra as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Denmark in 20th, getting 12 points from Monaco
For a long time it looked like United States were going to make a double, but after 3/4 of the votes had been given out, Slovenia took the lead and managed to hang on to claim their first victory in Global Music only 5 points ahead of Greece, who returned to the contest with a bang, and United States winning a bronze medal on home ground. Andorra and Bulgaria rounded out the top 5. Switzerland reached the top 10 for the first time, finishing in 9th place.
Slovenia was one of the founding members of the contest and had great success with top 10 placings in the first 6 editions including two bronze medals. Following changes in the delegation and several shorter or longer breaks, the success has somewhat diminished, though Slovenia managed a silver medal in GM45. Since then they have, however, only managed 1 top 10 result until now. This is Slovenia's fourth medal and 10th top 10 result overall. For Slovenia's HoD, Anke, 13 is not an unlucky number, as this was her 13th participation representing Slovenia! Since she made her debut with Russia in GM29, she has also represented Macedonia and Serbia, before she settled with Slovenia and winning her first trophy. Well done Slovenia, Omar Naber and Anke!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
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