International Music Festival 21

International Music Festival 21, often referred to as IMF #21, is the up-coming 21st edition of International Music Festival. It will be held in Austria , after Conchita Wurst has won the contest for the second time for Austria and as an artist with "Heroes".
For the first time in the history of the contest, the Second Chance Contest was held in Ljubljana,Slovenia.
==Venue==
Stadthalle Graz is the biggest arrangement hall in Graz, Austria. It was built between April 2000 and in the beginning of 2002.
Stadthalle Graz which is pursued by fair Congress Betriebsgmbh stands on the place of the former hall 1 of the Grazer fair. Between 1998 and 1999 the architecture competition was carried out for the town hall. Architect Klaus Kada received in December 1999 the surcharge for it. On maximum 14,000 ms ² expandable hall exists of upper floor and first floor. The hall practically free of columns stands only on four basic columns which are in every corner of the hall. In 2009 it hosted Robocup. It was already a place for numerous arrangements as for example Wetten, dass..? or Musikantenstadl. On 16 November 2007 the music event The Dome took place for the first time with his 44th issue in the Grazer town hall.
==Location==
Graz (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁaːt͡s], formerly known as Gratz, is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark). On 1. January 2015 it had a population of 309,323 (of which 276.526 had principal residence status). In 2012 the population of the Graz Larger Urban Zone who had principal residence status stood at 599,049.
Graz has a long tradition as a student city: its six universities have more than 44,000 students. Its "Old Town" is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe.[citation needed]
Politically and culturally, Graz was for centuries more important for Slovenes than Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and still remains influential.
In 1999, Graz was added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites, and the site was extended in 2010 by Schloss Eggenberg. Graz was sole Cultural Capital of Europe for 2003 and got the title of a City of Culinary Delights in 2008.
===Bidding phase===
On the 4th January, ORF revealed the first two venues which apply to host the contest, the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna and the Stadthalle Graz located in Graz. On 9th January, ORF revealed their choice - the Grazer Stadthalle and therefor Graz will host the up-coming edition in Austria.
City	Venue	Capacity	Notes
 	 	16,152 	Hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament and many events throughout the year.
 	 	11,032 	Hosted the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
==Semi-final and Grand Final draw==
===Running Order===
The semi-final draw took place in Graz on the 10th of January, moderated by Andi Knoll.
==Participants==
Fifty-one countries confirmed their participation for the twenty-first edition in Graz, Austria, including some returning and some withdrawing countries, especially marking the withdrawal of the Ukraine and the Faroe Islands, but also Poland returned after a one-edition absence.
===Returning artists===
TBD
==Results==
===Semifinal 1===
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Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Amadeus Band 	"Moja Zemlja" 	15 	51
02 	 	Demet Akalin ft. Gökhan Özen  	"Nefsi Müdafaa" 	9 	67
03 	 	Julie Berthelsen 	"Butterfly" 	3 	105
04 	 	Inna ft. Marian Hill 	"Diggy Down" 	5 	94
05 	 	Elena Risteska 	"Opasno Vreme" 	17 	47
06 	 	Haifa Wehbe 	"Hassa" 	23 	3
07 	 	Baklava 	"Moon Dance" 	6 	76
08 	 	Gunnar Birgisson 	"Into My Arms" 	10 	67
09 	 	Miss Li 	"Här Kommer Natten"	20 	32
10 	 	Sandra van Nieuwland 	"Hunter" 	1 	145
11 	 	Auryn 	"Puppeteer" 	11 	63
12 	 	T-Moor Rodriguez 	"#HEROES" 	13 	60
13 	 	Anshelle 	"There Is A House" 	8 	74
14 	 	Linda Hesse 	"Verbotene Liebe" 	2 	143
15 	 	Jose Galisteo 	"Beautiful Life" 	12 	62
16 	 	Malu 	"Mia Fora Sto Toso"	21 	29
17 	 	Two Steps from Hell ft. Merethe Soltvedt	"Compass" 	4 	104
18 	 	Tal 	"Marcher Au Soleil"	7 	76
19 	 	Marilena Castellone 	"Sai Che C'è" 	14 	54
20 	 	Ian Thomas ft. Nyanda 	"Run Away" 	18 	44
21 	 	Ali Okapov 	"Bile" 	22 	23
22 	 	Smash feat. Natalia Podolskaya 	"Novyy Mir" 	19 	44
23 	 	Ema 	"This Is Our Time" 	16 	47
===Semifinal 2===
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Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Mušnula 	"Skúška prvých šiat" 	22 	03
02 	 	Harel Skaat 	"Now" 	14 	51
03 	 	Dania Giò 	"If U Don't Love Me Now" 	12 	57
04 	 	Laura Cserpes 	"Úgysincs más" 	10 	76
05 	 	Maya Berovic 	"Vjeruj Zeni Koja Pije" 	07 	86
06 	 	Athena Manoukian 	"Xo" 	01 	159
07 	 	Nathalie 	"Vivo Sospesa" 	04 	96
08 	 	Lara Scandar 	"Lovebirds" 	19 	27
09 	 	Iggy Azalea ft. Mo 	"Beg For It" 	09 	78
10 	 	Kika ft. Andreas Wijk 	"Can't Feel Love Tonight" 	06 	88
11 	 	Kida 	"Mke Rrejt" 	21 	26
12 	 	Via Gra feat. Vakhtang 	"U Menya Poyavilsya Drugoy"	05 	91
13 	 	Floriani 	"E Di Qe Don" 	16 	35
14 	 	Shiri Maimon 	"Crossroads" 	20 	26
15 	 	Westlife 	"What About Now" 	02 	118
16 	 	Irina Florin 	"Ochakvan Nepoznat" 	17 	34
17 	 	Maraaya 	"Lovin' Me" 	03 	118
18 	 	Jenny B 	"La Vita Sbagliata Non E'" 	15 	48
19 	 	Snežana Vušović 	"Pobeda" 	13 	55
20 	 	Nikki Jamal 	"Yalan" 	18 	31
21 	 	Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne	"Real Love" 	11 	67
22 	 	Margaret 	"Start A Fire" 	08 	80
===Finalists===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Mia Aegerter 	"Alive" 	25 	33
02 	 	Margaret 	"Start A Fire" 	6 	160
03 	 	Nathalie 	"Vivo Sospesa" 	14 	106
04 	 	Benjamin 	"Unbreakble" 	5 	163
05 	 	Tal  	"Marcher Au Soleil" 	17 	85
06 	 	Two Steps from Hell ft. Merethe Soltvedt	"Compass" 	8 	143
07 	 	Sarah Stephanie 	"Herz Übernimmt Kommando" 	26 	32
08 	 	Demet Akalin ft. Gökhan Özen 	"Nefsi Müdafaa" 	24 	56
09 	 	Maraaya 	"Lovin' Me" 	7 	145
10 	 	Maya Berovic 	"Vjeruj Zeni Koja Pije" 	23 	63
11 	 	Inna ft. Marian Hill 	"Diggy Down" 	12 	116
12 	 	Julie Berthelsen 	"Butterfly" 	11 	120
13 	 	Marc Antoine ft. M. Pokora & Nyco Lilliu	"À nous" 	21 	74
14 	 	Severina feat. Ministarke 	"Uno Momento" 	1 	221
15 	 	Linda Hesse 	"Verbotene Liebe" 	4 	172
16 	 	Baklava 	"Moon Dance" 	20 	81
17 	 	Westlife 	"What About Now" 	3 	197
18 	 	Anshelle 	"There Is A House" 	16 	91
19 	 	Laura Cserpes 	"Úgysincs más" 	13 	107
20 	 	Athena Manoukian 	"Xo" 	2 	221
21 	 	Hashtag 	"Ki An Ola Teleiosan" 	10 	136
22 	 	Kika ft. Andreas Wijk 	"Can't Feel Love Tonight" 	15 	95
23 	 	Gunnar Birgisson 	"Into My Arms" 	22 	65
24 	 	Iggy Azalea ft. Mo 	"Beg For It" 	19 	84
25 	 	Sandra van Nieuwland 	"Hunter" 	9 	142
26 	 	Via Gra ft. Vakhtang 	"U Menya Poyavilsya Drugoy"	18 	85
==Voting grids==
===Semifinal 1===
TBA
===Semifinal 2===
TBA
===Grand Final===
TBA
==See also==
International Music Festival