Welcome to Vaduz
"Crowned by a turreted castle"
Host City / Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Venue / Vaduzer Saal
Hosts / Tina Weirather and Marcho Büchel
Participating countries / 50
Debuting countries / Guinea and Iraq
Returning countries / Australia, Indonesia, Norway, Poland and Slovenia
Withdrawing countries / Albania, Belgium, Burundi, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam
Debuting players / Alpay for Australia
Venue / Vaduzer Saal
Hosts / Tina Weirather and Marcho Büchel
Participating countries / 50
Debuting countries / Guinea and Iraq
Returning countries / Australia, Indonesia, Norway, Poland and Slovenia
Withdrawing countries / Albania, Belgium, Burundi, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam
Debuting players / Alpay for Australia
Returning Artists
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Iraq, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Israel, Poland, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico and Serbia
Countries receiving points from most juries / Iraq, 25
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / South Africa in 8th with 10 points from Japan as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Guinea in 23rd, getting 12 points from Algeria
For the first third of the voting everything was open and exciting, but after the 12th jury Iraq took the lead and never looked back, reaching an all time highscore of 195 points. This record was previously held by Cyprus, who scored 194 points in GM59. United States took home the silver, and the bronze went to Finland. Slovenia and Israel rounded out the top 5.
This is Iraq's first entry in Global Music and it thus becomes the 5th country to win the contest on its debut. They join Sweden, Cyprus, Tunisia and Guatemala in this exclusive club. Seth has only been with us for a short time as well. He started of as HoD for Kenya, but after two failed attempts of reaching the final, he changed to Iran for one attempt, before he chose Iraq, making this his first appearance in a final, his first top 10 result, and his first gold medal all in one! Well done Iraq, Soma and Seth!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Israel, Poland, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico and Serbia
Countries receiving points from most juries / Iraq, 25
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / South Africa in 8th with 10 points from Japan as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Guinea in 23rd, getting 12 points from Algeria
For the first third of the voting everything was open and exciting, but after the 12th jury Iraq took the lead and never looked back, reaching an all time highscore of 195 points. This record was previously held by Cyprus, who scored 194 points in GM59. United States took home the silver, and the bronze went to Finland. Slovenia and Israel rounded out the top 5.
This is Iraq's first entry in Global Music and it thus becomes the 5th country to win the contest on its debut. They join Sweden, Cyprus, Tunisia and Guatemala in this exclusive club. Seth has only been with us for a short time as well. He started of as HoD for Kenya, but after two failed attempts of reaching the final, he changed to Iran for one attempt, before he chose Iraq, making this his first appearance in a final, his first top 10 result, and his first gold medal all in one! Well done Iraq, Soma and Seth!
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