International Music Festival 17

International Music Festival #17, often referred to as IMF #17, is the up-coming 17th edition of International Music Festival. It will be the first edition with the new introduced Qualification Battles.
==Confirmed Countries==
=== Qualification Battle ===
Duel	Country	Artist 	Song 	Votes
01 	 	Miri Mesika 	"Dmaot" 	3
01 	 	Despina Vandi 	"Ola Allazoun" 	11
02 	 	Nolwenn Leroy 	"La Jument De Michao" 	1
02 	 	Rita Ora 	"I Will Never Let You Down"	13
03 	 	Samira Said 	"Mazal" 	10
03 	 	Simona Mollinari	"Forse" 	4
04 	 	Ruby 	"Yal Ramosh" 	1
04 	 	Bianka 	"Muzika" 	13
== Semi-finals ==
===Semi-final 1===
 , and will vote in this semi-final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Erica Jennings 	"It's A Lovely Day" 	20 	18
02 	 	Nyusha 	"Don't You Wanna Stay" 	6 	86
03 	 	Emin 	"Never Enough" 	9 	77
04 	 	Bebe Rexha 	"I Can't Stop Drinking About You"	17 	44
05 	 	Merlyn Uusküla feat. I.M.T.B	"Nüüd Ma Tean" 	11 	63
06 	 	Danica Muscat 	"Fantasy" 	18 	38
07 	 	Samira Said 	"Mazal" 	12 	57
08 	 	Mickael Carreira 	"Dança Comigo" 	13 	54
09 	 	Nikki Ponte ft. DJ San 	"Love's Like Breathing" 	5 	88
10 	 	Dino Merlin 	"Hotel Nacional" 	2 	98
11 	 	Jeroen van der Boom 	"Verslaafd Aan Jouw Liefde" 	14 	53
12 	 	Softengine 	"Yellow House" 	8 	78
13 	 	Nadine Beiler 	"Right On" 	10 	63
14 	 	Hadise 	"Melek" 	16 	45
15 	 	Nina Badrić 	"Dan D" 	4 	93
16 	 	Racha 	"Welcome To Georgia" 	15 	49
17 	 	Hromovlad 	"Ohňa Hlad, Vody Chlad" 	19 	21
18 	 	Despina Vandi 	"Ola Allazoun" 	1 	132
19 	 	Neon Jungle 	"Louder" 	3 	98
20 	 	Antonia ft. Jay Sean 	"Wild Horses" 	7 	79
===Semi-final 2===
 , and vote in this semi-final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Molly Sandén 	"Spread A Little Light" 	11 	58
02 	 	Bianka 	"Muzika" 	4 	91
03 	 	Eros Ramazzotti & Anastacia	"I Belong To You" 	18 	35
04 	 	Andrea Demirović 	"Odlazim" 	6 	88
05 	 	Linda Andrews 	"Via Dolorosa" 	15 	42
06 	 	Roberto Bellarosa 	"Agathe" 	19 	28
07 	 	Ewa Farna 	"Dmuchawce, Latawce, Wiatr" 	13 	48
08 	 	Nika Zorjan 	"Nasmeh Življenja" 	9 	70
09 	 	András Kállay-Saunders 	"Juliet" 	8 	78
10 	 	Baba Shrimps 	"Europe" 	16 	41
11 	 	Nadine Coyle 	"Red Light" 	10 	66
12 	 	Rita Ora 	"I Will Never Let You Down" 	2 	125
13 	 	AmaDeux 	"Baila Para Mí" 	5 	89
14 	 	Mariam Melik-Bakhsyan 	"One Life" 	17 	40
15 	 	Kristina Maria ft. ARG=NTO 	"Where The Sun Don't Shine" 	3 	111
16 	 	Steinar 	"Lie To Me" 	14 	43
17 	 	Nelly Petkova 	"Take The Night" 	20 	16
18 	 	Carina Dahl 	"It Gets Better" 	1 	132
19 	 	Maude 	"Love Is What You Make Of It"	7 	81
20 	 	Zaho 	"Tout Est Pareil" 	12 	52
===Grand Final===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Neon Jungle 	"Louder" 	2 	160
02 	 	Jula 	"Nieśmiertelni" 	25 	57
03 	 	Emmelie de Forest 	"Drunk Tonight" 	12 	113
04 	 	András Kállay-Saunders 	"Juliet" 	23 	69
05 	 	Maude 	"Love Is What You Make Of It"	14 	95
06 	 	Nikki Ponte ft. DJ San 	"Love's Like Breathing" 	21 	71
07 	 	Andrea Demirović 	"Odlazim" 	9 	119
08 	 	Nyusha 	"Don't You Wanna Stay" 	10 	118
09 	 	AmaDeux 	"Baila Para Mí" 	6 	145
10 	 	Nina Badrić 	"Dan D" 	19 	73
11 	 	Madeline Juno 	"Day One" 	3 	156
12 	 	Rita Ora 	"I Will Never Let You Down" 	1 	170
13 	 	Emin  	"Never Enough" 	13 	105
14 	 	Nadine Coyle 	"Red Light" 	24 	65
15 	 	Natalia 	"Overdrive" 	26 	42
16 	 	Nadine Beiler 	"Right On" 	20 	71
17 	 	Kristina Maria ft. ARG=NTO	"Where The Sun Don't Shine" 	11 	115
18 	 	Despina Vandi 	"Ola Allazoun" 	7 	131
19 	 	Dino Merlin 	"Hotel Nacional" 	16 	87
20 	 	Bianka 	"Muzika" 	5 	152
21 	 	Antonia ft. Jay Sean 	"Wild Horses" 	18 	81
22 	 	Maldita Nerea 	"Buena Energía" 	17 	87
23 	 	Nika Zorjan 	"Nasmeh Življenja" 	15 	94
24 	 	Softengine 	"Yellow House" 	8 	126
25 	 	Inna Voronova 	"Ty Ne Moj" 	22 	70
26 	 	Carina Dahl 	"It Gets Better" 	4 	155
* MKTV was forced to withdraw on September 7 due to huge rule breaks.
* Kazakhstan KZKH first published "Dishi" as their entry but decided to withdraw later.
=== Withdrawals ===
* On August 23, LTV confirmed that due to lack of sponsors a participation in the seventeenth edition is not possible. However, a return to the eighteenth edition is most likely.
==International broadcasts and voting==
===Voting and spokespersons===
# Tooji
# Maja Keuc
# Andy Schleck
# Mirjam Weichselbraun
# Marco Mengoni
# Kurt Calleja
# Sven Csongar
# Indila
# Sofia Mountassir
# Julia Parshuta
# Lidija Bačić
# Ani Lorak
# Ruth Lorenzo
# Ryan Dolan
# Nina Žižić
# Sergey Lazarev
 Inna 
 Anna Faroe
 Theofilos Pouzbouris
 Nadia Gattas
 Pastora Soler
 Haifa Wehbe
 Hersi
 Nino Dzotsenidze
 Genta Ismajli
 Lucie Vondrácková
 Lilit Hovhannisyan
 David Carreira
 Christos Mylordos
 Ella Henderson
 Celeste Buckingham
 Miro
 Jón Jónsson
 Maya Sar
 Elder Qasimov
 Tim Douwsma
 Tanja
 Matt Pokora
 Alvaro Estrella
 Janna
 Billie Kawende
 Nota
 Filip Mettler
 Johannes Oerding
 Gülsen
 Stefanie Heinzmann
 Medina 
===12 points===
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final.
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points