Welcome to Tampere
"lakeside Charm"
Host City / Tampere, Finland
Venue / Tampere Hall
Hosts / Katra Solopuro and Antti Tuisko
Participating countries / 48
Debuting countries / Ghana
Returning countries / Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Philippines, Russia, San Marino, South Africa and Turkey
Withdrawing countries / Angola, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Monaco and Suriname
Debuting players / Arti for Morocco, Elena for Russia, Luigi for San Marino and Vudthy for Philippines
Venue / Tampere Hall
Hosts / Katra Solopuro and Antti Tuisko
Participating countries / 48
Debuting countries / Ghana
Returning countries / Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Philippines, Russia, San Marino, South Africa and Turkey
Withdrawing countries / Angola, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Monaco and Suriname
Debuting players / Arti for Morocco, Elena for Russia, Luigi for San Marino and Vudthy for Philippines
Returning Artists
Annalisa / once for Italy and San Marino / her best result being 14th
Antonia / for Romania / her best result being 14th Aynur Aydin / for Turkey / Global Music Champion Glasperlenspiel / for Germany / their best result being 13th Haffi Haff / for Iceland / his best result being 23rd Nolwenn Leroy / for France / Silver Medallist Pharrell Williams / once for United Kingdom and France / Bronze Medallist Zeljko Joksimovic / for Serbia / his best result being 5th |
Ailee / for South Korea / Global Music Champion
Argjentina Ramosaj / for Kosovo / Bronze Medallist Charice / for Philippines / placing 12th The Divine Comedy / for Ireland / placing 22nd Eleni Peta / for Cyprus / not qualifying for the final Emanuel / for Portugal / placing 18th Hurricane Kids / for New Zealand / placing 18th Jeanette Biedermann / for Germany / not qualifying for the final Lior Narkis / for Israel / placing 19th Marco Mengoni / for San Marino / placing 17th Sinine / for Estonia / placing 7th Sylwia Grzeszczak / for Poland / Bronze Medallist |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Switzerland, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / New Zealand, United States, Ireland, Germany, Canada and France
Countries receiving points from most juries / Canada and Mexico, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Israel in 6th with 10 points from Denmark, United States and Germany as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Denmark in 24th, getting 12 points from United Kingdom
In the early stages of the voting, the lead changed regularly with 6 different countries taking turn in leading the pack. Towards the end South Korea went ahead of all the others and through the last 10 juries, the Asian country managed to stay ahead, winning their second gold medal. Germany took home the silver and the bronze went to Sweden with Mexico and France rounding out the top 5.
This was not only South Korea's second victory but also the second time singer Ailee finished on top! South Korea made their debut in GM15, but their appearances were only sporadic, and they only reached the final twice and never finished higher than 26th, before becoming a regular player as late as GM67. Still their results were less than impressive, but that all changed when Ailee took the stage in GM75 and gave South Korea not only their first top 10 result but also their first victory, becoming only the second Asian country to claim victory following in the footsteps of Japan. Another top 5 result came only 3 editions later, and in GM83 PSY came close to the country's second triumph, settling for the silver. In a total of 33 participations South Korea has now reached 17 finals, finishing in the top 10 on 7 occasions including 3 medals! Ismael is truly the man behind the success of South Korea, as he is responsible for making South Korea a regular participant since GM67, and now bringing gold to the Koreans for the second time! Well done Ailee, South Korea and Ismael!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / New Zealand, United States, Ireland, Germany, Canada and France
Countries receiving points from most juries / Canada and Mexico, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Israel in 6th with 10 points from Denmark, United States and Germany as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Denmark in 24th, getting 12 points from United Kingdom
In the early stages of the voting, the lead changed regularly with 6 different countries taking turn in leading the pack. Towards the end South Korea went ahead of all the others and through the last 10 juries, the Asian country managed to stay ahead, winning their second gold medal. Germany took home the silver and the bronze went to Sweden with Mexico and France rounding out the top 5.
This was not only South Korea's second victory but also the second time singer Ailee finished on top! South Korea made their debut in GM15, but their appearances were only sporadic, and they only reached the final twice and never finished higher than 26th, before becoming a regular player as late as GM67. Still their results were less than impressive, but that all changed when Ailee took the stage in GM75 and gave South Korea not only their first top 10 result but also their first victory, becoming only the second Asian country to claim victory following in the footsteps of Japan. Another top 5 result came only 3 editions later, and in GM83 PSY came close to the country's second triumph, settling for the silver. In a total of 33 participations South Korea has now reached 17 finals, finishing in the top 10 on 7 occasions including 3 medals! Ismael is truly the man behind the success of South Korea, as he is responsible for making South Korea a regular participant since GM67, and now bringing gold to the Koreans for the second time! Well done Ailee, South Korea and Ismael!
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