International Music Festival 19

International Music Festival 42, often referred to as IMF #19, is the 19th edition of International Music Festival. It was held in Germany following Cory Lee's victory with "Play Dumb".
== Location ==
Gelsenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪʁçən]) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2012 was c. 257,600.
Gelsenkirchen was first documented in 1150, but it remained a tiny village until the 19th century, when the Industrial Revolution led to the growth of the entire area. In 1840, when the mining of coal began, 6,000 inhabitants lived in Gelsenkirchen; in 1900 the population had increased to 138,000.
In the early 20th century Gelsenkirchen was the most important coal mining town in Europe. It was called the "city of a thousand fires", for the flames of mine gasses flaring at night. In 1928 Gelsenkirchen was merged with the adjoining cities of Buer and Horst (de). The city bore the name Gelsenkirchen-Buer, until it was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930. During the Nazi era Gelsenkirchen remained a centre of coal production and oil refining, and for this reason it was bombed by Allied air raids in World War II. During the war, it was the site of a women's subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Today in Gelsenkirchen there are no collieries any more and Gelsenkirchen is searching for a new image, having been hit for decades with one of the highest unemployment rates of Germany. Today Germany's largest solar power plant is located in the city. In Gelsenkirchen-Scholven there is a coal-fired power station with the tallest chimneys in Germany (302 m). Gelsenkirchen is home of the famous football club Schalke 04, which is named after the borough Schalke, while the club's stadium, the Veltins-Arena, is located in the borough of Erle.
=== Bidding phase ===
On Monday, 27 October, NDR presented the three venues which enter the bidding phase. Along with the theme art, it was revealed on October 29 that Gelsenkirchen will host the 19th edition. The Veltins Arena will host the competition with a seating of 60,000. NDR stated since there's a huge interest in the tickets that there could be up to 57,000 seats and space for 8,000 fans in the standing area.
City	Venue	Capacity	Notes
 	 	16,000 	Named into O2 Arena in 2010 , hosts ice-hockey events and concerts.
 	 	20,000 	Opened in 1998 and offers space for 20,000 viewers.
 	 	61,973 	Built in the late 90's and opened some years later the Veltins Arena is the most modern multifunctional arena in whole europe.
== Format ==
=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 31 October 2014.  The big 6 countries were first drawn to determine in which semi-final would each country vote. Germany ,Ireland and Kosovo were drawn to vote in the first semi-final while Azerbaijan,Portugal and Sweden were drawn to vote in the second semi-final. The rest of the forty-one countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.
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==Confirmed participants==
===Returning artists===
Vessy Boneva already represented Bulgaria in the eleventh edition. Myra Sky returns for Egypt after scoring the only final participation of Egypt in the fourteenth edition. Tolvai Reni represented Hungary already in the fourteenth edition under her real name Tolvai Renáta. Jón Jónsson is making his comeback for Iceland after representing it in the fourth edition. Marco Mengoni tries for Italy again since he represented it in the fifteenth edition. Maude is coming back for Monaco since her last participation in the seventeenth edition. Ruth Lorenzo already represented Spain in the eigth and fifteenth edition.
=== Semi-final 1 ===
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Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Ameerah ft. Regi 	"Tears to Dust" 	17 	38
02 	 	Dimension-X , Michael Tsaousopoulos ft. Katerina Lioliu	"Everything About You" 	20 	24
03 	 	Marie-Mai 	"Indivisible" 	9 	78
04 	 	Leila 	"Soldat" 	15 	45
05 	 	Maude 	"Rise Up" 	1 	140
06 	 	September 	"Cry For You" 	2 	121
07 	 	Donatan & Cleo ft. Enej 	"Brać" 	13 	55
08 	 	Nebe 	"Než Se Rozední" 	14 	48
09 	 	Eivør 	"Rain" 	5 	88
10 	 	Vessy Boneva ft. Goodslav 	"Obseben Si" 	10 	77
11 	 	The Common Linnets 	"Give Me A Reason" 	12 	66
12 	 	Kali A Grimaso 	"Kam Až" 	22 	6
13 	 	Lara Fabian & Mustafa Ceceli 	"Make Me Yours Tonight"	4 	112
14 	 	Mooke 	"Free Heart" 	16 	44
15 	 	Sergey Lazarev 	"Stumblin" 	11 	76
16 	 	Sara 	"Private Show" 	8 	79
17 	 	Celina Ree 	"Når Du Rør Ved Mig" 	7 	83
18 	 	Sergej Cetkovic 	"Dva Minuta" 	19 	25
19 	 	Marco Mengoni 	"Dove Si Vola" 	18 	30
20 	 	Helen Adamson ft. Lana Shea 	"Burn" 	21 	14
21 	 	Diana Haddad ft. Zâd 	"La Fiesta" 	3 	116
22 	 	Kenan Williams 	"Warrior" 	6 	84
=== Semi-final 2 ===
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Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Ana Nikolić 	"Djavo" 	20 	25
02 	 	Francesca Maria ft. Jayko , Cisa & Drooid	"Dale Dale" 	19 	26
03 	 	Myra Sky 	"Hurricane" 	1 	134
04 	 	Neda Parmac 	"Dajte Da Se Probudim" 	7 	88
05 	 	Girmantė 	"Tik Leisk" 	13 	47
06 	 	Maria Elena Kiriakou 	"Dio Egoismoi" 	12 	63
07 	 	Julie Bjerre 	"Zero" 	15 	46
08 	 	Maya Berovic 	"Alkohol" 	14 	47
09 	 	Raluka 	"All For You" 	8 	85
10 	 	Tolvai Reni 	"Shout" 	2 	125
11 	 	Janet Devlin 	"Wonderful" 	11 	67
12 	 	Beatrice Egli 	"Irgendwann" 	16 	45
13 	 	Julia Parshuta 	"Cut Me Open" 	6 	89
14 	 	Lilit Hovhannisyan 	"Qez Khabel Em" 	22 	13
15 	 	Ruth Lorenzo 	"Gigantes" 	3 	109
16 	 	Tribes of The City 	"A Day In The City" 	21 	15
17 	 	Jón Jónsson 	"Feel For You" 	10 	68
18 	 	Oliver Pum ft. Max Kühnel 	"Your Time" 	17 	44
19 	 	Qleo 	"Someone's Watching Me"	4 	107
20 	 	Boris Covali 	"Flying" 	5 	105
21 	 	Yaseniya 	"Mon Ami" 	18 	32
22 	 	Stefanie Heinzmann 	"Show Me The Way" 	9 	70
===Finalists===
The 6 countries finishing in the top 6 of the last edition are already qualified for the grand final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Sara 	"Private Show" 	21 	82
02 	 	Diana Haddad ft. Zâd 	"La Fiesta" 	7 	143
03 	 	Qleo 	"Someone's Watching Me"	18 	97
04 	 	Zara Larsson 	"Carry You Home" 	14 	116
05 	 	Maude 	"Rise Up" 	2 	181
06 	 	Marie-Mai 	"Indivisible" 	20 	90
07 	 	Teuta Kurti 	"Perendo Pa Lindur" 	24 	58
08 	 	Vessy Boneva ft. Goodslav 	"Obseben Si" 	6 	149
09 	 	Kerstin Merlin 	"Himmel und Hölle" 	3 	168
10 	 	Boris Covali 	"Flying" 	15 	116
11 	 	Julia Parshuta 	"Cut Me Open" 	11 	125
12 	 	Sheyh Ree 	"Radio Star" 	26 	5
13 	 	Raluka 	"All For You" 	19 	93
14 	 	Jón Jónsson 	"Feel For You" 	22 	63
15 	 	Stefanie Heinzmann 	"Show Me The Way" 	5 	160
16 	 	September 	"Cry For You" 	13 	118
17 	 	Lara Fabian & Mustafa Ceceli	"Make Me Yours Tonight"	10 	129
18 	 	Eivør 	"Rain" 	12 	124
19 	 	Monica Ferraz 	"Let Me Be" 	25 	43
20 	 	Ruth Lorenzo 	"Gigantes" 	1 	187
21 	 	Kenan Williams 	"Warrior" 	17 	100
22 	 	Celina Ree 	"Når Du Rør Ved Mig" 	16 	113
23 	 	Tolvai Reni 	"Shout" 	8 	142
24 	 	Neda Parmac 	"Dajte Da Se Probudim" 	9 	131
25 	 	Myra Sky 	"Hurricane" 	4 	163
26 	 	The Brilliant Things  	"Feels Like Summer" 	23 	62
==Other countries==
: Further information: List of countries in the International Music Festival
Countries that are active members of the IBU, are also eligible to participate in the International Music Festival. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. So far 50 countries have confirmed their participation. Whilst a decision from the remaining invited IBU Active Members has yet to be announced, the following list of countries have announced their decisions.
=== Active IBU members ===
*: Romanian broadcaster TVR confirmed on October 4 that Romania won't participate in the next edition to to financial budget cuts. A return in the jubilee 20th edition hasn't been ruled out. On October 25, TVR changed their mind and confirmed the romanian participation.
* : LTV confirmed that a poll had the results that 73% of the public want Lithuania to withdraw. However, the broadcaster confirmed the withdrawal on 15 October shortly after the second semi-final results, where Lithuania did not qualify to the final. On 19 October, LTV announced that they will participate in the nineteenth edition. A changement in the broadcasting team is the reason why Lithuania gathered new hope in their participation.
* : RTSH announced that Albania is not going to compete in the 19th edition. No reasons have been given yet.
==== Most likely to participate ====
==== Participation in doubt ====
* : NTU stated on October 11 that due to financial cuts and some disuccsions at the broadcasting station a participation is not decided yet. On October 25, NTU announced that Ukraine is not gonna participate in the next edition.
=== Voting and spokespersons ===
# Ina Müller
# The Script
# Shiri Maimon
# Natalia Podolskaya
# Sofia Nizharadze
# Alexandra Stan
# Celeste Buckingham
# Sasha Son
# Haifa Wehbe
# Sanya Armutlieva
# Marco Büchel
# Arnold Schwarzenegger
# Pamela Ramljak
# Tim Douwsma
# Didrik Solli-Tangen
# Julia Kedhammar
# Luca Hänni
 Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
 Hadise
 Ruby
 Angel at my Table
 Tulisa
 Amel Bent
 Tanja
 Knez
 Cory Lee
 Sven Csongar
 Roko
 Tijana Dapcevic
 Kika
 Omar Naber
 Valérie Benaïm
 Carly Rose
 Elize Ryd
 Aliona Moon
 Agata Dziarmagowska
 Leona Lewis
 Betty
 Moje 3
 Michele and Anita
 Tereza Kerndlová
 Sergey Lazarev
 Nina Badric
 Ida
 Annalisa
 Jenny May
 Sakis Rouvas
 Kendji Girac
 Flamma
 Rita Ora
 Eldar Qasimov
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Denmark 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hungary 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Croatia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Ireland 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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===12 points===
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:
No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
7 	 	Austria,Czech Republic,Denmark,Kosovo,Montenegro,Poland,Sweden
6 	 	Armenia,Israel,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg,Slovenia,United Kingdom
4 	 	Bosnia and Herzegovina,Cyprus,France,Lebanon
4 	 	Faroe Islands,Iceland,Portugal,Switzerland
4 	 	Algeria,Belarus,Greenland,Tunisia
3 	 	Croatia,Germany,Rest of the world
3 	 	Azerbaijan,Latvia,Moldova
2 	 	Georgia,Russia
2 	 	Serbia,Slovakia
2 	 	Egypt ,Estonia
2 	 	FYR Macedonia,Ireland
2 	 	Norway,Turkey
2 	 	Hungary,Spain
1 	 	Greece
1 	 	Lithuania
1 	 	Romania
1 	 	Monaco
1 	 	Netherlands
1 	 	San Marino
1 	 	Bulgaria
1 	 	Italy
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==Official album==
International Music Festival 19 - The Official Album, is a compilation album put together by the International Broadcasting Union, and was released by International Music Group on 10 November 2014. The album features all fifty songs from the contest.
== Chart positions of the International Music Festival 19 Album==
Edition	Album 	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Date of release
Edition	Album 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Date of release
#19 	International Music Festival #19	1(.. weeks) 	9(..weeks) 	5(..weeks) 	5(..weeks) 	4(..weeks) 	1(..weeks) 	3(..weeks) 	4(..weeks) 	1(..weeks) 	3(..weeks) 	68(.. weeks) 	Release: 10 November 2014
==External links==
*Youtube Channel
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