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Host City / Brussels, Belgium
Venue / Vorst Nationaal
Hosts / Eva Daeleman and Sam de Bruyn
Participating countries / 52
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey and Venezuela
Withdrawing countries / Armenia, Argentina, Greece, Liechtenstein, Palestine, Portugal and Ukraine
Debuting players / Adam for Hungary, Fonso for Dominican Republic, Joe for Malaysia and Marcos for Norway
Venue / Vorst Nationaal
Hosts / Eva Daeleman and Sam de Bruyn
Participating countries / 52
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey and Venezuela
Withdrawing countries / Armenia, Argentina, Greece, Liechtenstein, Palestine, Portugal and Ukraine
Debuting players / Adam for Hungary, Fonso for Dominican Republic, Joe for Malaysia and Marcos for Norway
Returning Artists
Anna Abreu / for Finland / Bronze Medallist
Bryan Rice / for Denmark / Double Global Music Champion Enrique Iglesias / for Spain / his best result being 6th Gloria Trevi / for Mexico / her best result being 14th Julie / for Denmark / Silver Medallist MakSim / for Russia / Silver Medallist Maya Bouskilla / for Israel / her best result being 5th Páll Óskar / for Iceland / Bronze Medallist |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Denmark and Croatia, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / France, Romania, Chile and Andorra
Countries receiving points from most juries / Denmark, 28
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Cyprus in 7th with 10 points from Estonia as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Switzerland in 23rd, getting 12 points from Kosovo and Germany
The first half of the voting period was very close, with 8 countries taking turns in leading the scoreboard, but then Denmark pulled away and only Hungary could follow suit and ultimately finished as runner-up. Japan took home the bronze with Croatia and Netherlands rounding out the top 5. Further down the scoreboard, Venezuela in 9th place, Dominican Republic in 14th and Algeria in 21st all achieved their best result ever.
Denmark is a founding member of Global Music and even hosted the very first edition. In their first 17 participations, Denmark finished in the top 10 an impressive 11 times including 7 consecutive times from GM04 through GM10. However, the medals had eluded them until they claimed 3 in a row with Annika Askman bringing them their first gold medal in GM18, which was followed with a bronze medal on home ground and another gold medal for Bryan Rice. And medals apparently come in clusters for Denmark, as they took home the silver the edition before their third gold medal was awarded to Kendra Lou in GM28. 15 editions passed before they stroke gold again - this time with Trine Jepsen in GM43. That gold medal was won in the middle of an impressive 12-edition streak of top 10 results, which ended just before Denmark triumphed for the fifth time, when Bryan Rice claimed his second trophy in GM51, becoming the first male Double Global Music Champion. Another string of 10 top 10 results in a row, including 4 silver medals, followed and now Bryan Rice is the first artist to lift the trophy 3 times! Well done Denmark, Bryan Rice, Julie Berthelsen and Mikkel!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / France, Romania, Chile and Andorra
Countries receiving points from most juries / Denmark, 28
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Cyprus in 7th with 10 points from Estonia as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Switzerland in 23rd, getting 12 points from Kosovo and Germany
The first half of the voting period was very close, with 8 countries taking turns in leading the scoreboard, but then Denmark pulled away and only Hungary could follow suit and ultimately finished as runner-up. Japan took home the bronze with Croatia and Netherlands rounding out the top 5. Further down the scoreboard, Venezuela in 9th place, Dominican Republic in 14th and Algeria in 21st all achieved their best result ever.
Denmark is a founding member of Global Music and even hosted the very first edition. In their first 17 participations, Denmark finished in the top 10 an impressive 11 times including 7 consecutive times from GM04 through GM10. However, the medals had eluded them until they claimed 3 in a row with Annika Askman bringing them their first gold medal in GM18, which was followed with a bronze medal on home ground and another gold medal for Bryan Rice. And medals apparently come in clusters for Denmark, as they took home the silver the edition before their third gold medal was awarded to Kendra Lou in GM28. 15 editions passed before they stroke gold again - this time with Trine Jepsen in GM43. That gold medal was won in the middle of an impressive 12-edition streak of top 10 results, which ended just before Denmark triumphed for the fifth time, when Bryan Rice claimed his second trophy in GM51, becoming the first male Double Global Music Champion. Another string of 10 top 10 results in a row, including 4 silver medals, followed and now Bryan Rice is the first artist to lift the trophy 3 times! Well done Denmark, Bryan Rice, Julie Berthelsen and Mikkel!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Live voting
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two
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