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Global Music 96
Budapest / Hungary

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​​Welcome to Budapest
"Grandeur on the Danube"

Host City / Budapest, Hungary
Venue / László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Hosts / Linda, Benjamin and Viktor Kiraly

Participating countries / 49
Debuting countries / Gambia
Returning countries / Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Solomon Islands and Ukraine
Withdrawing countries / Ecuador, Netherlands, San Marino, Serbia and South Africa

Debuting players / Max for Solomon Islands

Returning Artists

Giorgia / 3 times for Italy and once for San Marino and Ireland / Global Music Champion
Milk Inc. / 3 times for Luxembourg and twice for Belgium / their best result being 12th
Soraya / 4 times for Spain and once for Luxembourg / her best result being 18th
Bryan Rice / for Denmark / Triple Global Music Champion
Shakira / 3 times for Colombia and once for Spain / her best result being 15th
Besa Kokëdhima / for Albania / her best result being 19th
Despina Vandi / twice for Greece and once for Cyprus / Bronze Medallist
Paulina Rubio / for Mexico / her best result being 8th
Samantha Jade / once for Australia, Solomon Islands and Armenia / Global Music Champion
Gabrielle Leithaug / for Norway / her best result being 11th
Ivete Sangelo / for Brazil / her best result being 6th
Laura / for Estonia / Silver Medallist
Nora Istrefi / for Kosovo / not qualifying for the final
Preslava / for Bulgaria / not qualifying for the final
Queensberry / for Germany / their best result being 21st
Samsaya / for India / her best result being 17th
Shy'm / for France / Silver Medallist
Dan Balan / for Moldova / withdrawing
Khaled / for Sweden / Bronze Medallist
Margaret Berger / for Norway / not qualifying for the final
Myron / for Switzerland / placing 12th
PSY / for South Korea / Silver Medallist
Tereza Kerndlová / for Czech Republic / not qualifying for the final

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / Israel, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Denmark and Andorra
Countries receiving points from most juries / Switzerland and Italy, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Cyprus in 16th with 10 points from Hungary as highest mark
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Gambia in 22nd, getting 12 points from Switzerland and Solomon Islands

This must be one of the most exciting votings ever! With 39 juries voting, the lead changed a staggering 28 times with 8 different countries leading at some point! However, it wasn't until the second last jury that Switzerland took the lead for the first time and managed to hang on to the top position just ahead of United States and Mexico. Italy and Israel rounded out the top 5.

This is Switzerland's first victory and their track record in the contest is one of the lesser impressive ones. However, that has all changed now, with Switzerland becoming the 42nd country to take home the trophy. Switzerland made their debut in GM30 with no success and they then didn't return until GM55. They reached the final for the first time in the following edition with Myron, and the first top 10 result was achieved by Patrick Nuo, who placed 9th in GM66. This has up until now been the best result for Switzerland, who reached the top 10 for only the seond time in the last edition, when Melissa López squeezed into the 10th place. In a total of 28 participations, Switzerland has been in just 10 finals and only graced the top 10 twice, but it's all forgotten now, when they strike gold! José Botella, the HoD for Switzerland, only joined the contest in the last edition, and in only his second attempt, he can now call himself Global Music Champion. What noone else has managed in the past, José Botella did in just two tries, as he now brings GM to the birth place of the ESC! Well done Switzerland, Myron and José Botella!

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

The Final

01
Switzerland
Myron
If it ends
​150 points
02
United States
Katy Perry
Unconditionally
​146 points
03
Mexico
Paulina Rubio
Boys will be boys
​134 points
04
Italy
Giorgia
Quando una stella muore
​133 points
05
Israel
Ortal Edri
Alone
​133 points
06
Canada
Glenn Morrison feat. islove
Goodbye
​113 points

07
Austria
Natália Kelly
Cold
​100 points
08
Australia
Samantha Jade
Soldier
971 points
09
France
Shy'm
On se fout de nous
93 points
10
Greece
Boys and Noise
Káne káti
92 points
11
Finland
Arion
Lost
92 points
12
Algeria
Khaled
Ana aacheck
​92 points
13
Moldova
Dan Balan feat. Tany Vander & Brasco
Lendo calendo
91 points
14
Denmark
Bryan Rice
I lied
85 points
15
Hungary
ByeAlex
Csóró itt minden hang
77 points
16
Cyprus
Despina Vandi
Xano esena
​74 points
17
Malta
Kevin Borg
Needing you
66 points
18
Spain
Soraya
Walking on water
66 points
19
Luxembourg
Karolien Goris
Lightspeed
65 points
20
Poland
Margaret
Thank you very much
62 points
21
Solomon Islands
Dianna Corcoran
Come back home
61 points
22
Gambia
Ida Corr
Hold my head up high
56 points
23
India
Samsaya
Stereotype
55 points
24
​Brazil
Ivete Sangalo feat. Shakira
Dancando
48 points
25
Liechtenstein
Erwin Kintop
You're my number one
​45 points
26
Russia
Glukoza
Tantsuy, Rossiya!!!
​36 points

Semi Final One

01
Switzerland
Myron
If it ends
​127 points
02
Italy
Giorgia
Quando una stella muore
​97 points
03
Algeria
Khaled
Ana aacheck
​92 points
04
France
Shy'm
On se fout de nous
​92 points
05
Malta
Kevin Borg
Needing you
​80 points
06
Mexico
Paulina Rubio
Boys will be boys
​80 points
07
Poland
Margaret
Thank you very much
​77 points
08
Moldova
Dan Balan feat. Tany Vander & Brasco
Lendo calendo
​72 points
09
Australia
Samantha Jade
Soldier
​71 points
10
Solomon Islands
Dianna Corcoran
Come back home
​67 points
11
Germany
Queensberry
No smoke
66 points
12
Chile
Myriam Hernández
Se me fué
​65 points
13
Czech Republic
Tereza Kerndlová
Tepe srdce my
​64 points
14
Sweden
NONONO
Pumpin' blood
60 points
15
Estonia
Laura
Head uut aastat!
​53 points
16
Pakistan
Haroon
Mehndi
​49 points
17
Japan
Kyu Sakamoto
Sukiyaki
​45 points
18
Colombia
Sara Tunes
Blame on me
​40 points
19
Venezuela
Samy Hawk feat. Keyen
Sientelo
​36 points
20
Bulgaria
Preslava
Rezhim neprilichna
​32 points
21
Portugal
Patrícia Candoso
Volta as vezes que quiseres
​17 points
22
South Korea
PSY
Gentleman
​10 points​

Semi Final Two

01
Denmark
Bryan Rice
I lied
​128 points
02
United States
Katy Perry
Unconditionally
​116 points
03
Canada
Glenn Morrison feat. islove
Goodbye
​106 points
04
Greece
Boys and Noise
Káne káti
​84 points
05
Israel
Ortal Edri
Alone
​82 points
06
Finland
Arion
Lost
​74 points
07
Luxembourg
Karolien Goris
Lightspeed
​73 points
08
India
Samsaya
Stereotype
​66 points
09
​Brazil
Ivete Sangalo feat. Shakira
Dancando
​63 points
10
Spain
Soraya
Walking on water
​62 points
11 / Wildcard
Gambia
Ida Corr
Hold my head up high
​59 points
12
Albania
Besa Kokëdhima
Tatuazh ne zemer
​58 points
13
Suriname
Ladies of Soul
I'll carry you
​57 points
14
United Kingdom
Luke Sital-Singh
Nearly morning
​53 points
15
Belgium
Milk Inc. feat. Silvy De Bie
I don't care
​53 points
16
Kosovo
Nora Istrefi feat. Mc Kresha
As ni zo
​52 points
17
Turkey
Keremcem
Berbat
​50 points
18
Romania
Smiley
Acasa
47 points
19
Andorra
India Martínez
Los gatos no ladran
​46 points
20
Ukraine
Anna-Maria
Five stars hotel
​44 points
21
Norway
Gabrielle & Margaret Berger
Help me lose my mind
​41 points
22
Georgia
Irma Agiashvili
No fear
​36 points
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