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Host City / Miami, United States
Venue / American Airlines Arena
Hosts / Syesha Mercado and Matt Cohen
Participating countries / 45
Debuting countries / El Salvador
Returning countries / Austria, Belgium, China, France, Ireland, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino and Spain
Countries taking a break / Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Serbia, Solomon Islands and Switzerland
Debuting players / Philip for Ireland and Miguel S for El Salvador
Venue / American Airlines Arena
Hosts / Syesha Mercado and Matt Cohen
Participating countries / 45
Debuting countries / El Salvador
Returning countries / Austria, Belgium, China, France, Ireland, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino and Spain
Countries taking a break / Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Serbia, Solomon Islands and Switzerland
Debuting players / Philip for Ireland and Miguel S for El Salvador
Returning Artists
Andrea Demirovic / for Montenegro / not qualifying for the final
Andreea Banica / for Romania / placing 31st Axelle Red / for Belgium / placing 28th Electric Lady Lab / for Denmark / placing 4th Elka / for Russia / placing 22nd Fawni / for Austria / placing 19th Gabi Tóth / for Hungary / placing 9th Lena Katina / for Russia / not qualifying for the final Shawn Desman / for Canada / placing 9th Virginia Labuat / for Spain / not qualifying for the final |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / United Kingdom, 8
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Liechtenstein, Cameroon, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Romania and New Zealand
Countries receiving points from most juries / Norway, 26
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / South Korea in 6th with 10 points from Albania and Ireland as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Czech Republic in 26th, getting 12 points from South Korea
After some very exciting votings in the last couple of editions, the excitement quickly evaporated this time. United Kingdom took the lead after the second set of votes and never gave up the lead after that. In the end they had collected a record breaking 199 points and taken their 7th gold medal. In a distant second place, Norway took home the silver, leaving the bronze to Denmark. Russia and France rounded out the top 5.
United Kingdom made its debut in GM03 and won the bronze medal in their first participation. Several other top 10 results followed before they climbed to the top of the scoreboard in GM19 with their second HoD. Now the UK has particpated 79 times, reached 70 finals, finished in the top 10 on 35 occasions and won a total of 14 medals. Per, the current HoD, is the fifth player to represent United Kingdom. He started out as HoD for Norway back in GM08, before switching to Canada and then Australia before he took over the British delegation. He won silver medals for both Norway and Canada, and brought the contest to Australia for the second time. This is his 3rd gold medal for United Kingdom - following victories by Alexandra Burke and Adele - since he took over as HoD in GM61. Well done Lawson, UK and Per!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Liechtenstein, Cameroon, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Romania and New Zealand
Countries receiving points from most juries / Norway, 26
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / South Korea in 6th with 10 points from Albania and Ireland as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Czech Republic in 26th, getting 12 points from South Korea
After some very exciting votings in the last couple of editions, the excitement quickly evaporated this time. United Kingdom took the lead after the second set of votes and never gave up the lead after that. In the end they had collected a record breaking 199 points and taken their 7th gold medal. In a distant second place, Norway took home the silver, leaving the bronze to Denmark. Russia and France rounded out the top 5.
United Kingdom made its debut in GM03 and won the bronze medal in their first participation. Several other top 10 results followed before they climbed to the top of the scoreboard in GM19 with their second HoD. Now the UK has particpated 79 times, reached 70 finals, finished in the top 10 on 35 occasions and won a total of 14 medals. Per, the current HoD, is the fifth player to represent United Kingdom. He started out as HoD for Norway back in GM08, before switching to Canada and then Australia before he took over the British delegation. He won silver medals for both Norway and Canada, and brought the contest to Australia for the second time. This is his 3rd gold medal for United Kingdom - following victories by Alexandra Burke and Adele - since he took over as HoD in GM61. Well done Lawson, UK and Per!
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