International Music Festival 13

International Music Festival #13, often referred to as IMF #13, is the up-coming 13th edition of International Music Festival. It will be held in Albania , after Arilena won with her song "Aeroplan" in Croatia.
==Venue==
The Palace of Congresses (Albanian: Pallati i Kongreseve) is a building in Tirana, Albania, where the Festivali i Këngës is annually held.
==Location==
Tirana Listeni/tɨˈrɑːnə/ (Standard Albanian: Tiranë; regional Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.
Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet. Tirana became Albania’s capital city in 1920 and has a population of 321,546. Including suburbs, Tirana has 421,286 inhabitants.
The city is host to many public institutions and public and private universities, and is the centre of the political, economic, and cultural life of the country.
Palace of Congress in Tirana.
It was built during the late communist era to host the Congresses of Albanian Labour Party and other main activities.
==Semifinals==
===Semifinal 1===
 , and are voting in this Semifinal.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Translation 	Place	Points
5 	 	Elyar Fox 	"A Billion Girls" 	- 	7 	86
8 	 	Jelena Rozga 	"Nirvana" 	- 	9 	81
2 	 	Ithaka Maria 	"Palume lavale" 	 	15 	48
10 	 	Amr Diab 	"Habibi ya nour el ain" 	 	20 	30
4 	 	Adam Daniel 	"Ta' En Chance" 	You have a chance	11 	62
7 	 	Jedward 	"Free Spirit" 	- 	23 	10
1 	 	Judah Gavra 	"We're Beautiful (Tonight)"	- 	13 	55
9 	 	Saint Lu 	"Craving" 	- 	10 	71
11 	 	Catarina Pereira 	"Mea Culpa" 	 	1 	140
3 	 	Klaudia Le Anjel Chlustinova 	"Šala la la li" 	 	22 	21
6 	 	Indila 	"Love Story" 	- 	14 	54
17 	 	Neda Ukraden 	"Na Balkanu" 	 	8 	86
13 	 	Xindl X 	"Barbína" 	- 	19 	32
22 	 	Jannika B 	"Seuraavan Elämään" 	 	5 	93
18 	 	Lunatic RiskyKidd & Josephine	"Radio" 	 	12 	55
15 	 	Mad Booth 	"Peysufatanótt" 	 	21 	26
23 	 	Giuseppe Giofré 	"Break" 	- 	6 	87
14 	 	Aistė Smilgevičiūtė ir Skylė 	"Jūržolių šokis" 	 	18 	39
16 	 	Ira Losco 	"The Way It's Meant to Be" 	- 	2 	133
20 	 	Alizée 	"Blonde" 	- 	4 	95
19 	 	Esmée Denters 	"Outta Here" 	- 	3 	117
12 	 	Ivana Spagna 	"The Magic Of Love" 	- 	16 	44
21 	 	Eluveitie 	"Omnos" 	- 	17 	43
===Semifinal 2===
 ,  and the are voting in this Semifinal.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Translation 	Place	Points
9 	 	Sirusho 	"Antarber Ashkharh" 	 	21 	21
4 	 	Alyssa 	"Get On Your Feet" 	- 	13 	64
1 	 	Zhana Bergendorff 	"Samurai" 	- 	4 	95
7 	 	Brandur 	"Sometimes Truth Needs A Lie"	- 	15 	55
10 	 	RightLess 	"You're The One" 	- 	8 	82
8 	 	Aneta 	"The One" 	- 	3 	107
3 	 	Inva Mula 	"Il Dolce Suono" 	 	20 	23
12 	 	Kapushon 	"Fratica da-mi o bucatica" 	 	23 	13
6 	 	Carina Dahl 	"If That's The Only Way" 	- 	2 	116
2 	 	Tanja Žagar 	"Številka 3" 	 	12 	74
11 	 	Adelén 	"Olé" 	- 	1 	159
5 	 	Latifa 	"Ahla Haga Fiya" 	 	24 	11
19 	 	Conchita Wurst 	"Unbreakable" 	- 	5 	93
16 	 	Alina Moshchenko 	"Angel Crying" 	- 	19 	25
13 	 	Alexander Brown ft. Szhirley	"Sidste Gang" 	The last time	9 	81
24 	 	Vlatko Lozanoski Lozano 	"Nema den, nema nokj" 	 	14 	57
15 	 	Bogi 	"We All" 	- 	10 	81
22 	 	Mika 	"Rain" 	- 	7 	83
20 	 	Jessy K 	"Ya Ka Danser" 	 	18 	43
23 	 	Tal 	"Pas Toi" 	Not you 	11 	81
14 	 	Gosia Andrzejewicz 	"Wojowniczka" 	 	16 	45
18 	 	Paula Seling 	"Light My Fire" 	- 	6 	92
17 	 	Yusuf Cim 	"Olsen Bi Kere" 	 	22 	15
21 	 	Ilaria 	"Angel Svitla" 	 	17 	43
==Final==
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Translation	Place	Points
1 	 	Paula Seling 	"Light My Fire" 	-- 	21 	78
2 	 	Andrea Demirović 	"Šta Će Mi Dani" 	 	14 	100
3 	 	Mika 	"Rain" 	-- 	22 	77
4 	 	Miriam Cani 	"Ti se di perse" 	 	15 	91
5 	 	Zedd ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant	"Find You" 	-- 	16 	88
6 	 	Alexander Brown ft. Szhirley 	"Sidste Gang" 	 	23 	77
7 	 	Elyar Fox 	"A Billion Girls" 	-- 	12 	108
8 	 	Zhana Bergendorff 	"Samurai" 	-- 	8 	170
9 	 	Alizée 	"Blonde" 	-- 	11 	118
10 	 	Giuseppe Giofré 	"Break" 	-- 	7 	174
11 	 	Aneta 	"The One" 	-- 	6 	182
12 	 	Eleftheria Eleftheriou 	"Gia Sena" 	 	25 	37
13 	 	Saint Lu 	"Craving" 	-- 	9 	128
14 	 	Catarina Pereira 	"Mea Culpa" 	 	4 	189
15 	 	Jannika B 	"Seuraavan Elämään" 	 	10 	126
16 	 	Adelén 	"Olé" 	-- 	2 	207
17 	 	Ira Losco 	"The Way It's Meant to Be" 	-- 	3 	197
18 	 	Esmée Denters 	"Outta Here" 	-- 	17 	85
19 	 	Bogi 	"We All" 	-- 	20 	79
20 	 	Tako Gachechiladze 	"Shentan Minda" 	 	24 	47
21 	 	Paloma Faith 	"Only Love Can Hurt Like This"	-- 	1 	230
22 	 	Jelena Rozga 	"Nirvana" 	-- 	19 	83
23 	 	Conchita Wurst 	"Unbreakable" 	-- 	18 	83
24 	 	Carina Dahl 	"If That's The Only Way" 	-- 	5 	186
25 	 	RightLess 	"You're The One" 	-- 	26 	31
26 	 	Neda Ukraden 	"Na Balkanu" 	 	13 	103
==Voting and spokespersons==
# Safura (Azerbaijani representative in the 2nd,3rd and 5th edition)
# Loreen
# Cleo
# Hans Adam II.
# Maya Suput
# Ronan Keating (Irish representat in the 1st and 2nd)
# Helene Fischer (German representative in the 8th edition)
# Mária Čírová
# Jamie Carragher
# Sven Csongar
# Laura Pausini
# Stevan Faddy
# Rola Saad
# Alyona Lanskaya
# Kaiia
# Ilse De Lange
# Udo Jürgens
# Magdalena Cvetkoska Ena
# G-Jan (Lithuanian representative in the 8th edition)
# Chlöe Howl
 Adriana Lua (Portuguese representative in the 11th edition)
 Sunrise Avenue (Finnish representants in the 6th edition)
 Edo Maajka
 Atifete Jahjaga
 Lolita Jolie (French representative in the 2nd edition)
 Julie Berthelsen
 Azis
 Florent Pagny
 Harel Skaat
 Hazal Kaya
 Zaho
 Andy Schleck
 Lykke Li
 Nikos Ganos
 VIA Gra
 Getter Jaani
 Nico & Vinz
 Hera Björk
 Eivor
 Ovi
 Myra Sky
 Eva Gonzales
 Mariko & The Shin
 Eleni Foureira
 Dorians
 Emmelie de Forest
 Valentina Monetta
 Maja Keuc
 Eva Jacobs
 Lenka
 Anna Rossinelli
 Nathalie
 Juliana Pasha
===Other Countries===
* : Originally selected Marteria, Yasha & Miss Plantum internal on May 16, but on May 17 announced to hold a national selection, including them.
* : On May 17 the delegation of Egypt stated a return to the contest is likeable, however it is not sure which broadcaster will take over it. On May 19, Egypt confirmed it's particiaption.
* : On May 22, the delegation of Turkmenistan announced that should Turkmenistan end in a bad place in the 2nd semi final of the 12th edition, Turkmenistan may withdraw. However, if Turkmenistan qualifies or ends in a good place in the 2nd semi final of the 12th edition, the national selection, Turkmen Sowes, will continue and Turkmenistan will participate in the 13th edition nevertheless.  
* : In an official interview it has been announced, that the broadcaster will be changed from MTV to Duna TV. The decision has been made, because MTV reached overall bad results and Duna TV said, that they wanna break the overall bad places for Hungary.
* : The russian broadcaster officially announced after the Semifinal results that Russia won't compete in the thirteenth edition. However, a return at the upcoming edition is likely.
* : On June 4 , KZKH announced Kazakhstan's withdrawal due to financial problems and issues at the broadcaster itself. If Kazakhstan will return next edition, will be discussed on a later stage.
*: On May 7 Faroe Islands were forced to change it's entry by the IBU. The first entry was Nabiha with "Ask Yourself".
* : SRG/SSR originally wanted to send the finnish band Nightwish, but had to change it's representant to Eluveitie.