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Cape Town
​South Africa

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​​Welcome to Cape town
"Mother City"

Welcome to Cape Town, a city of breathtaking beauty and boundless adventure, where nature, culture, and history converge to create an unforgettable tapestry of experiences. Begin your journey at the iconic Table Mountain, an emblem of the city's majesty. Ascend to its summit by cable car, and be rewarded with panoramic views that stretch to the horizon, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the rugged coastline. Cape Town's coastal allure beckons from the moment you arrive. Bask on pristine beaches like Camps Bay and Clifton, where golden sands meet crystal-clear waters, or explore the dramatic cliffs and hidden coves of the Cape Peninsula. Delve into the city's rich history at the Robben Island Museum, where you'll stand in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, who spent 18 years in captivity on this storied island. Wander through the historic streets of Bo-Kaap, where colorful houses and cobblestone lanes narrate tales of the city's multicultural heritage. Cape Town's culinary scene is a fusion of flavors. Savor seafood delights at the bustling V&A Waterfront, where restaurants offer a taste of South Africa's diverse cuisine. Explore local markets like the Old Biscuit Mill, where artisanal foods and crafts take center stage. For wine enthusiasts, Cape Town's winelands are a paradise. Embark on a journey through Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, and Paarl, where world-class wineries offer tastings amid vineyard-draped landscapes. Nature lovers will find solace in Cape Town's surrounding wilderness. Hike the iconic trails of Table Mountain National Park, including the challenging but rewarding ascent of Lion's Head. Or embark on a journey along the Garden Route, where coastal vistas and lush forests await. As the sun sets, Cape Town's nightlife beckons. Explore the vibrant Long Street, where bars, clubs, and live music venues promise lively evenings filled with laughter and dance. Don't forget to enjoy a South African braai, a barbecue feast, and mingle with locals at one of the city's many social hotspots. Cape Town invites you to embrace its blend of natural wonder, cultural diversity, and rich history. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast, a foodie, or an art aficionado, Cape Town offers an authentic South African experience that will captivate your heart and soul.
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Host City / Cape Town, South Africa
Venue / Green Point Stadium
Hosts / Charlize Theron and Roland Schoeman

Participating countries / 64
Debuting countries / DR Congo, Senegal and Zimbabwe
Returning countries / Albania, China, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Moldova, Puerto Rico and Switzerland
Withdrawing countries / Austria, Cape Verde, France, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Latvia, Monaco, Rwanda, Slovenia and Turkey

Debuting players / Monique for DR Congo and Seth for Kenya
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Returning Artists

Giorgia Trodani / three times for Italy and once for Ireland / Global Music Champion
Rihanna / for Barbados / Bronze Medallist
Tamta / twice for Greece and once for Cyprus and Georgia / her best result being 5th
Leona Lewis / for United Kingdom / Silver Medallist
Pitbull / once for Cuba, Puerto Rico and Spain / his best result being 6th
Harel Moyal / for Israel / his best result being 14th
Jennifer Lopez / for Puerto Rico / not qualifying for the final
Rita Guerra / for Portugal / her best result being 4th
Studio 3 / for Italy / their best result being 10th

Tom Dice / for Belgium / Global Music Champion
Ana Stajdohar / for Serbia / placing 13th
Brooke Borg / for Malta / placing 8th
Daniel Powter / for Canada / placing 12th
Jesse & Joy / for Mexico / not qualifying for the final
Kristina / for Slovakia / Global Music Champion
Litesound / for Italy / placing 12th
Miriam Cani / for Albania / Global Music Champion
Nádine / for South Africa / Bronze Medallist
Nina Nikolina / for Bulgaria / placing 25th
Noa / for Israel / placing 21st
Whitney Houston / for United States / placing 10th

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / Cuba, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / San Marino, Albania, Australia, Israel, Poland and Norway
Countries receiving points from most juries / United Kingdom, 23
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / United Kingdom in 5th with 10 points from Albania, Belarus, Italy, Malta and Norway as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / South Korea in 31st, getting 12 points from Slovakia

At the beginning of the voting it was a very close race between several countries, with the leading changing with each of the first seven juries. Then Mexico took a comfortable lead with several high marks and looked like a clear winner. However, Kosovo and Cuba managed to close the gap and after a close three-way race towards the end, Cuba could be crowned as the winner with a sizeable margin. Mexico took home the silver, and Kosovo won their first medal, when they claimed the bronze. The top 5 was rounded out by Italy and United Kingdom.

Cuba made their debut as late as in GM53 and got off to a strong start, when Gloria Estefan won the bronze medal. After a disappointing second attempt, the island quit the contest for the next 20 editions, before they returned to mixed results. Gloria Estefan managed to reach the top 10 once again, but Cuba also failed to make the final twice. In only their 8th participation Cuba did, however, manage to finish on top to bring the contest to the Caribbean for the first time. 
Fonso has been HoD for Cuba since their return to the contest, and prior to this he represented Dominican Republic with very little success. In 6 participations, he only reached the final once, but that is all forgotten now, as after 12 editions he can now call himself Global Music Champion! Well done Cuba, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Fonso!

The Winner

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Scoreboards and Live Voting

Live voting
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​

Watching the Videos

All the videos are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic
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The Final

01
Cuba
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
Dance again
167 points
02
Mexico
Jesse & Joy
Corre!
​140 points
03
Kosovo
Argjentina Ramosaj
Shiu
​139 points
04
Italy
Studio 3
Voglio star con te
​131 points
05
United Kingdom
Leona Lewis
I got you
​127 points
06
Serbia
Goca Trzan
Zagrli
​118 points
07
United States
Elliott Yamin
Don't turn away
104 points
08
Luxembourg
Tom Dice
Out at sea
103 points
09
Denmark
Shoes for Julia
Cross the line
​100 points
10
San Marino
Giorgia Todrani feat. Jovanotti
Tu mi porti su
96 points
11
Australia
Cody Simpson
On my mind
​93 points
12
Canada
Daniel Powter
Cupid
​87 points
13
Croatia
Milana Misic
Linnun kokoinen
​87 points
14
South Africa
Nádine
This time I know
​85 points
15
Germany
Oceana
Endless summer
​82 points
16
Albania
Miriam Cani
Pergjithmone
81 points
17
Puerto Rico
Obie Bermúdez
Sigo con ella
​81 points
18
Nicaragua
London London
El olvido
80 points
19
Argentina
Martina Stoessel
En mi mundo
77 points
20
Hungary
Magdi Rúzsa
Nem maradunk
​75 points
21
Algeria
Idir feat. Noa
Ce coeur venu d'ailleurs
​74 points
22
Belarus
Litesound
See you in Vegas
70 points
23
Portugal
Mastiksoul feat. Rita Guerra
I can feel your love
70 points
24
Slovakia
Kristina
V sieti ta mam
​70 points
25
China
Cory Lee
Fashion show
​66 points
26
Senegal
Whitney Houston feat. Akon
Like I never left
66 points
27
Israel
Harel Moyal
Ma over balev shelach
58 points
28
Chile
Nicolás Mayorca feat. Nicole Natalino
Un secreto entre los dos
57 points
29
Montenegro
Ana Stajdohar
U mraku
52 points
30
Czech Republic
Jan Bendig
Sweet 17
46 points
31
South Korea
Bella
Get down
44 points
DNF
DR Congo
Gaitana
Slushayu y povynuyus

Semi Final One

01
Mexico
Jesse & Joy
Corre!
​111 points
02
Cuba
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
Dance again
​100 points
03
United Kingdom
Leona Lewis
I got you
​100 points
04
Puerto Rico
Obie Bermúdez
Sigo con ella
​78 points
05
Canada
Daniel Powter
Cupid
​77 points
06
Albania
Miriam Cani
Pergjithmone
​68 points
07
Portugal
Mastiksoul feat. Rita Guerra
I can feel your love
​64 points
08
Nicaragua
London London
El olvido
​63 points
09
Montenegro
Ana Stajdohar
U mraku
​60 points
10
Belgium
Wendy Nazaré
Au goût eighties
59 points

11
Japan
Acid black Cherry
Shangri-la
52 points

12
Armenia
Aram Rián
Dream on
43 points

13
Bulgaria
Nina Nikolina
​& The Berkovitza Brass Band
Sveti Georgi
40 points

14
Malta
Brooke Borg
Fairytale
35 points

15
India
Gimmel
Jokotai
35 points

16
Spain
Dani Martín
16 añitos
35 points

17
Iceland
Ásgeir Trausti
Sumargestur
32 points

18
Kenya
Stella Mwangi
Bad as I wanna be
20 points

19
Ukraine
Potap & Nastya Kamenskih
Ne para
19 points
DNF
Moldova
Dan Balan
Freedom
69 points

Semi Final Two

01
Kosovo
Argjentina Ramosaj
Shiu
​95 points
02
Luxembourg
Tom Dice
Out at sea
​92 points
03
Belarus
Litesound
See you in Vegas
​92 points
04
Italy
Studio 3
Voglio star con te
​82 points
05
Chile
Nicolás Mayorca feat. Nicole Natalino
Un secreto entre los dos
​79 points
06
DR Congo
Gaitana
Slushayu y povynuyus
​71 points
07
China
Cory Lee
Fashion show
​67 points
08
Argentina
Martina Stoessel
En mi mundo
​65 points
09
Senegal
Whitney Houston feat. Akon
Like I never left
65 points
10
Poland
Alexandra
Mówisz mi ze przepraszasz
64 points

11
Indonesia
Once Mekel
Hilang naluri
59 points

12
Ireland
Celtic Aura feat. Maria McCool
Mistaken
57 points

13
Georgia
Tamta
Niose tin kardia
56 points

14
Zimbabwe
Chiwoniso Maraire
Listen to the breeze
56 points

15
Estonia
Liis Lemsalu
Lightning in a bottle
54 points

16
Romania
Annely Cole
Need you
48 points

17
Norway
Trym Bjønnes
In the first place
43 points

18
Switzerland
DJ Tatana feat. Jaël
Always on my mind
37 points

19
Costa Rica
María José Castillo
Dónde van?
32 points

Semi Final Three

01
Croatia
Milana Misic
Linnun kokoinen
​87 points
02
United States
Elliott Yamin
Don't turn away
​80 points
03
Slovakia
Kristina
V sieti ta mam
​77 points
04
Israel
Harel Moyal
Ma over balev shelach
​75 points
05
Hungary
Magdi Rúzsa
Nem maradunk
​73 points
06
Czech Republic
Jan Bendig
Sweet 17
​69 points
07
Germany
Oceana
Endless summer
​67 points
08
Australia
Cody Simpson
On my mind
​64 points
09
San Marino
Giorgia Todrani feat. Jovanotti
Tu mi porti su
​60 points
10
Finland
Lauri Tähkä
Polte
59 points

11
Liechtenstein
Mandy Capristo
The way I like it
​58 points
12
Netherlands
Nick & Simon
Kijk omhoog
54 points

13
Greece
OPA!
Allting blir bra igen
54 points

14
Russia
Vlad Sokolovsky
Livni
50 points

15
Andorra
AURYN
I don't think so
49 points

16
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Caylana feat. Not Profane
Heart of a lion
43 points

17
Barbados
Coldplay feat. Rihanna
Princess of China
38 points

18
Sweden
Eric Saade feat. Dev
Hotter than fire
34 points

19
New Zealand
Bic Runga
Sway
32 points
DNF
Cyprus
Polina Christopoulou
Tin proti tou mina
95 points

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