TiBB Music Festival 09

The TiBB Music Festival 09 was the 9th edition of the annual TiBB Music Festival musical event. The contest took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally, back when the edition was scheduled for the summer of 2021, South Korea was supposed to have hosted the contest. Organised by TiBB Studios, the contest was held at PPG Paints Arena, and consisted of a final held on 21 March 2023, and a final results show on 25 March 2023. The shows were presented by Athena Purcell.
Sixteen countries participated in the contest. Because of the relegation rule introduced in the final of the previous edition; China, Denmark, France, Germany, and Italy were relegated from participating this edition. United Kingdom withdrew for the first time after participating in the last 8 editions.
The winner was Sweden, with the song "Hold Me Closer" by Cornelia Jakobs, written by Jakobs along with Isa Molin and David Zandén. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and Ireland, Norway, South Korea, and Australia rounded out the top five, and the Netherlands received their worst result in a final, placing 16th in the combined vote and televote, and placing 14th in the jury vote.
==Location==
The ninth edition originally was to take place in Seoul, South Korea, following the country's victory at the 8th edition with "Lovesick Girls" by Blackpink. This was supposed to be the first time the country had hosted the contest. The original selected venue was Coex Center's 7,500 seat Hall D in Seoul. However, due to the 2-year hiatus of the contest, South Korea declined to host the contest. The contest's reference group made the executive decision to hold the contest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the third time both the country and Pittsburgh had hosted the contest. The selected venue was PPG Paints Arena, which hosted the first edition.
===Bidding Phase===
During the original planning, Seoul and Goyang were the only cities to apply to host the contest.
The initial host city was revealed to be Seoul on 14 February 2021, when the contest thread was posted. This decision was made after both bids were both well received. TiBBB location scouts made their final decision as to which venue should host based on the audience size.
: Original host city, declined to host
: Selected host city
City 	Venue 	Capacity
Goyang, South Korea 	KINTEX, Hall 6 	4,000
Seoul, South Korea 	Coex Center, Hall D	7,500
 	 	
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	PPG Paints Arena 	19,000
==Participants==
 Participants of the TiBB Music Festival 09
Country	Broadcaster	Artist 	Song 	Language	Songwriter(s) 	TiBB member		 	 	 	 	 	
Country	Broadcaster	Artist 	Song 	Language	Songwriter(s) 	TiBB member		RTSH	Sardi	"Do shihna prap"	Albanian	Killua	Nicky91
 	SBS 	Amy Shark 	"Everybody Rise" 	English 	Amy Shark • Joel Little 	Josiah. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	BHRT 	Željko Samardžić & Saša Matić	"Nekada i sad" 	Bosnian 	Dragan Brajović 	Nicky91 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	CBC 	Tyler Shaw 	"Wanted" 	English 	Alex Vujic • Jenna Andrews • Tyler Shaw 	Josiah. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	GRC 	Bree Runway 	"All Night" 	English 	Levi Gordon • Moon Willis • Brenda Mensah 	none 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	ERT 	Eirini Papadapoulou 	"Epiviono" 	Greek 	Natalia Germanou 	none 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	RTÉ 	Gala 	"Freed from Desire" 	English 	Gala Rizzatto • Maurizio Mosella • Phil Jay 	Cherie 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	LTV 	Ivo Fomins 	"Neviens" 	Latvian 	Guntars Račs • Ivo Fomins 	Nicky91 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	PBS 	Chasing Pandora 	"Memories/Wide Eyed Beautiful" 	English 	Chasing Pandora 	Kate! 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	SNRT 	Faouzia 	"Tears of Gold" 	English 	Nitzan Kaikov • Faouzia Ouihya 	Josiah. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	AVROTROS 	Jan Biggel 	"Als Bij On D'n Haon Weer Kraait"	Dutch 	R. van Rooy • P. Marcelissen • J. van den Biggelaar •W. van der Heijden	Nicky91 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	TVNZ 	Crowded House 	"Fall at Your Feet" 	English 	Neil Finn 	Kate! 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	NRK 	Highasakite 	"Golden Ticket" 	English 	Ingrid Helene Håvik 	Josiah. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	KBS 	Itzy 	"In the Morning" 	Korean 	Lyre • J.Y. Park • Kass • Danke 	none 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	SVT 	Cornelia Jakobs 	"Hold Me Closer" 	English 	Cornelia Jakobsdotter • Isa Molin • David Zandén 	Josiah. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	NBC 	Michael Bolton 	"Beautiful World" 	English 	Justin Jesso • Michael Bolton 	Nicky91 		 	 	 	 	 	
===Returning artists===
Country	Artist	Previous edition(s)			
Country	Artist	Previous edition(s)			#04
==Production==
===Slogan and visual design===
The graphic design, logo, and slogan were revealed on 28 January 2023. This is also the first edition with the new generic logo of the contest introduced with the second Christmas edition. The slogan was that of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013: "We Are One". 
===Presenters===
Initially, Augustine and Rudolph, who hosted the previous edition and hosted the TiBB Eurovision Song Contest (until 2018) were named to possibly be hosts again. However, TPB Studios later released a statement saying that "we are still waiting for potential hosts to come forward."
On the posting of the original thread, the then hosts were revealed to be singers Sunny and Taeyeon; members of the group Girls' Generation.
In 2023, with the revival, model and presenter Athena Purcell was announced to be the host.
===Format===
The competition consisted of 1 final and 1 voting results show, a dramatic change to the format which has been in use since the start of the TiBB Eurovision Song Contest. This edition, because of videos posted via Google Drive as well as a playlist on Spotify, the contest would be extending its reach across platforms and devices.
===Voting system and contest structure===
The original voting system used throughout the majority of the contest's history returns: Every country will each give out two sets of 12, 10, and 8-1 points; one set for the jury voting, and the other for the televoting. In the final, in the event that a country cannot deliver a result, aggregated results calculated on the basis of neighboring countries would be used. The Rest of the Forum vote was introduced, with an extra set of 12, 10, 8–1 points in both the jury voting and the televote. In a change to make things fairer, tiebreakers would be done by counting who had the most countries vote for them, rather than via the running order. For the first time in the contest's history, instead of the overall amount of points from the jury voting, each country's jury vote was revealed individually.
==Contest overview==
The final took place on 21 March 2023 at 20:00 BST and featured 16 competing countries. All participating countries with jury and televote, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the Forum" jury and online vote, voted in the final. The final running order of the competing performances was decided by production and revealed the day of the final.
The interval act included Blackpink performing their winning song "Lovesick Girls".
: Winner of the 9th Edition
: Countries with no participating members
:Countries shown in bold represent the Big 6 for the tenth edition.
 Final of the TiBB Music Festival 09
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	 		 	 	 	
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	01		GALA	"Freed From Desire"	2	179
02 	 	Chasing Pandora 	"Memories/Wide Eyed Beautiful" 	12 	90 	 		 	 	 	
03 	 	Crowded House 	"Fall At Your Feet" 	7 	127 	 		 	 	 	
04 	 	Bree Runway 	"All Night" 	10 	109 	 		 	 	 	
05 	 	Jan Biggel 	"Als Bij On D'n Haon Weer Kraait"	16 	44 	 		 	 	 	
06 	 	Michael Bolton 	"Beautiful World" 	11 	92 	 		 	 	 	
07 	 	Sardi 	"Do Shihna Prap" 	13 	87 	 		 	 	 	
08 	 	Eirini Papadopoulou 	"Epiviono" 	9 	119 	 		 	 	 	
09 	 	Amy Shark 	"Everybody Rise" 	5 	145 	 		 	 	 	
10 	 	Highasakite 	"Golden Ticket" 	3 	173 	 		 	 	 	
11 	 	Itsy 	"In The Morning" 	4 	155 	 		 	 	 	
12 	 	Željko Samardžić & Saša Matić	"Nekada i sad" 	15 	62 	 		 	 	 	
13 	 	Ivo Fomins 	"Neviens" 	14 	74 	 		 	 	 	
14 	 	Faouzia 	"Tears of Gold" 	6 	139 	 		 	 	 	
15 	 	Tyler Shaw 	"Wanted" 	8 	121 	 		 	 	 	
16 	 	Cornelia Jakobs 	"Hold Me Closer" 	1 	256 	 		 	 	 	
==Voting results==
Place	Combined	Combined	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	256 	 	113 	 	143
2 	 	179 	 	83 	 	97
3 	 	173 	 	82 	 	94
4 	 	155 	 	79 	 	81
5 	 	145 	 	75 	 	75
6 	 	139 	 	74 	 	64
7 	 	127 	 	70 	 	62
8 	 	121 	 	65 	 	61
9 	 	119 	 	60 	 	57
10 	 	109 	 	52 	 	50
11 	 	92 	 	51 	 	44
12 	 	90 	 	50 	 	41
13 	 	87 	 	40 	 	37
14 	 	74 	 	35 	 	36
15 	 	62 	 	30 	 	35
16 	 	44 	 	27 	 	9
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 	 	97 	4 	10 	1 	2 	 	7 	7 	4 	 	3 	5 	1 	8 	10 	5 	3 	12
 	 	50 	12 	 	6 	1 	3 	6 	1 	 	2 	 	6 	 	 	3 	 	 	
 	 	62 	3 	12 	2 	 	 	2 	6 	 	4 	12 	3 	 	 	5 	 	6 	10
 	 	57 	5 	2 	12 	 	6 	4 	5 	6 	 	 	4 	2 	 	 	4 	 	2
 	 	9 	 	4 	3 	 	8 	 	 	 	6 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	10 	
 	 	41 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	8 	8 	 	10 	3 	12 	3 	4 	
 	 	37 	 	8 	4 	8 	 	 	 	1 	5 	1 	7 	3 	1 	4 	 	8 	
 	 	36 	 	 	7 	 	7 	 	10 	3 	12 	5 	8 	4 	6 	7 	6 	7 	1
 	 	75 	8 	6 	 	 	12 	 	3 	7 	1 	10 	 	5 	5 	 	 	5 	8
 	 	94 	6 	3 	 	6 	4 	3 	2 	 	3 	7 	10 	12 	12 	 	7 	 	4
 	 	81 	2 	7 	5 	10 	 	1 	8 	10 	 	2 	 	6 	7 	2 	8 	 	6
 	 	35 	 	 	 	3 	10 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	1 	
 	 	44 	 	 	 	4 	1 	 	 	 	10 	6 	2 	 	2 	 	2 	 	3
 	 	64 	1 	 	8 	7 	 	5 	4 	8 	7 	 	 	7 	10 	6 	10 	2 	
 	 	61 	7 	 	 	12 	5 	8 	 	5 	 	 	1 	 	4 	 	1 	12 	5
 	 	143 	10 	5 	10 	5 	2 	10 	12 	12 	 	 	12 	8 	 	8 	12 	 	7
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)	Voting results (Televoting vote)
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Jury 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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 	 	82 	4 	4 	1 	5 	7 	7 	7 	8 	 	 	10 	6 	10 	10 	8 	 	10
 	 	40 	12 	 	6 	8 	 	6 	1 	 	7 	 	6 	 	 	3 	 	 	1
 	 	65 	3 	1 	2 	3 	 	2 	6 	1 	4 	 	 	5 	4 	5 	6 	8 	12
 	 	52 	5 	2 	12 	 	8 	4 	5 	2 	6 	 	1 	2 	3 	 	2 	1 	4
 	 	35 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	51 	 	3 	 	6 	 	 	 	6 	 	7 	 	4 	1 	12 	 	2 	
 	 	50 	 	 	4 	 	6 	 	 	 	3 	6 	 	 	 	4 	4 	10 	
 	 	83 	 	 	7 	 	4 	 	10 	 	 	1 	 	3 	 	7 	 	4 	
 	 	70 	8 	7 	 	10 	 	 	3 	7 	 	12 	5 	1 	8 	 	 	6 	8
 	 	79 	6 	12 	 	1 	3 	3 	2 	 	5 	8 	12 	12 	12 	 	10 	5 	3
 	 	74 	2 	5 	5 	 	12 	1 	8 	5 	2 	2 	7 	10 	6 	2 	7 	 	7
 	 	27 	 	10 	 	4 	2 	12 	 	 	 	4 	2 	 	 	1 	 	 	
 	 	30 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	3 	12 	3 	4 	 	2 	 	3 	7 	5
 	 	75 	1 	 	8 	2 	1 	5 	4 	10 	8 	 	 	7 	7 	6 	5 	 	
 	 	60 	7 	6 	 	12 	 	8 	 	4 	10 	 	3 	 	5 	 	1 	3 	2
 	 	113 	10 	8 	10 	7 	10 	10 	12 	12 	 	10 	8 	8 	 	8 	12 	12 	6
===12 points===
Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.
====Jury====
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
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====Televoting====
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==Trivia==
*All countries relegated from participating this edition would return due to the return of the semi-finals and second chance round the following edition.
*United Kingdom had planned on participating, but withdrew due to not submitting an entry.
==External links==
*Official forum thread
*Grand Final video
*Interval & Results video