International Music Festival 31

Internatinal Music Featival 31, often referred to as IMF #31, is the upcoming 31st edition of the International Music Festival. The contest will be held for the first time in Scotland, after Calvin Harris and Disciples won the previous edition with "How Deep Is Your Love".
==Location==
Glasgow (/ˈɡlaːzɡoʊ/ gla(h)z-goh; Scots: Glesga; Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu [ˈkl̪ˠas̪xu]) is the largest city in Scotland, and the third largest in the United Kingdom (after London and Birmingham). Greater Glasgow had a population of 1,199,629 at the 2001 census. At the 2011 census, it had a population density of 8,790/sq mi (3,390/km2), the highest of any Scottish city. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Glaswegians.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh, and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century the city also grew as one of Great Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies.
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of chemicals, textiles and engineering; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, although many cities argue the title was theirs.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Glasgow grew in population, eventually reaching a peak of 1,128,473 in 1939. In the 1960s, comprehensive urban renewal projects resulting in large-scale relocation of people to new towns and peripheral suburbs, followed by successive boundary changes, have reduced the current population of the City of Glasgow council area to 599,650 with 1,209,143 people living in the Greater Glasgow urban area. The entire region surrounding the conurbation covers about 2.3 million people, 41% of Scotland's population. Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In other sports, Glasgow is also well known for the football rivalry of the Old Firm between Celtic and Rangers.
===Venue===
The SSE Hydro is an arena located in Glasgow, Scotland, on the site of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). The arena has a capacity of 13,000. The arena officially opened on 30 September 2013, with a concert by Rod Stewart. It was designed by the London-based architects Foster + Partners and named after SSE plc.
The SSE Hydro handled 1,045,344 ticket sales in 2014, making it the second-busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales, behind only London's The O2 Arena. This makes the arena busier than Manchester's Manchester Arena and the famous Madison Square Garden in New York.
==Format==
===Semi-final allocation draw===
===Running order draw===
===Logo and theme===
The official theme art was released on the 8th November 2015. The edition is symbolized under the headline "Empowered". Every singer can 'empower' on stage, they are allowed what they like to do. The slogan can also be taken as a statement that there is no space for discrimination or politics in the main contest.
==Participants==
57 countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. Most remarkable is the return of Malta after a 6 edition absence, as well as Estonia coming back after a 3 edition break. While San Marino and Liechtenstein paused for 2 editions, Finland and Lithuania are both coming back after a one edition break.
Wales was forced to withdraw after the broadcaster tried to cheat on voting, while the Algerian broadcaster decided to withdraw from the competition.
===Returning artists===
Kerli was the Estonian representant in the 3rd, 12th and 22nd edition. Slovenia was already represented by Maraaya in the 21st edition. Ruth Lorenzo took part for Spain in the 8th, 15th, 19th and 25th edition. Viktor Király represented Hungary in the 9th edition. Myriam Fares has taken part for Lebanon in the 28th edition. Nicoleta Nucă returns to the contest after having represented Moldova in the 30th edition. Pamela Ramljak represents Bosnia for the third time after doing so in the 18th and 22nd edition. Sofi Mkheyan represented Armenia in the 26th edition. Nadine Coyle represented Ireland in the 17th edition. Sinplus represented Liechtenstein in the 28th edition.
Milica Pavlović represented Serbia in the 28th edition. Rayhon represented Uzbekistan in the 26th edition. Učiteljice represented Bosnia in the 26th edition. Kendji Girac represented France in the 20th edition. Yaseniya represented Georgia in the 28th edition. Professor Green represented England in the 30th edition. Atiye represented Turkey in the 25th,20th, 11th and 9th edition. Carolina Deslandes represented Portugal in the  25th edition.
==Results ==
===Quarter final===
:See more: Quarter-final 1
Fifteen countries have participated in the quarter-final. Cyprus,France,Georgia,Israel and Kosovo qualified while Andorra,Azerbaijan,Belgium ,Estonia,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Malta,Monaco,San Marino and Slovakia didn't.
===Semi-Final 1 ===
England, Lebanon and Scotland also voted in this semi-final. The ten songs highlighted in orange qualified to the final.
Draw	Country	Language 	Artist 	Song 	English Translation 	Place	Points
01 	 	Latvian 	Katrīna Bindere 	"Kā vēji skrien" 	 	12 	58
02 	 	Albanian 	Kesji Tola 	"Future" 	— 	16 	48
03 	 	Romanian 	Nicoleta Nucă
 ft. Cabron	"Adevăr Sau Minciună"	Truth or lie 	07 	82
04 	 	English 	Katherine St. Laurent	"Wrong to let you go"	— 	19 	17
05 	 	English 	Krystl 	"Home" 	— 	18 	21
06 	 	English 	Viktor Király
 ft. DMC	"Running Out Of Time"	— 	10 	77
07 	 	Ukrainian	Sonya Kay 	"Obnimi Menya" 	Hug me 	03 	101
08 	 	Finnish 	Evelina 	"Vuoristorataa" 	Roller coaster 	17 	33
09 	 	Albanian 	Dhurata Dora 	"Ti don" 	You want 	02 	105
10 	 	English 	Carolina Deslandes 	"Carousel" 	— 	01 	113
11 	 	Italian 	Francesca Michielin
 ft. Fedez	"Magnifico" 	Magnificent 	09 	78
12 	 	English 	Jórunn 	"Heaven Under Water" 	— 	20 	10
13 	 	Romanian 	Ami 	"Somnu' nu ma ia" 	Sleep doesn't take me	04 	97
14 	 	English 	Nadine Coyle 	"Dangerous Games" 	— 	11 	75
15 	 	Serbian 	Milica Pavlović 	"Dominacija" 	Domination 	14 	54
16 	 	Greek 	Valanto Trifonos 	"Na mou eksigisis" 	Explain to me 	08 	79
17 	 	Bosnian 	Učiteljice 	"Šok" 	Shock 	13 	58
18 	 	Armenian 	Sofi Mkheyan 	"Hamadzayn Em" 	I agree 	15 	52
19 	 	Turkish 	Atiye 	"Abrakadabra" 	— 	06 	87
20 	 	English 	Emma Williksen 	"Addiction" 	— 	05 	89
===Semi-Final 2 ===
Austria, Ireland and Sweden also voted in this semi-final. The ten songs highlighted in orange qualified to the final.
Draw	Country	Language 	Artist 	Song 	English Translation 	Place	Points
01 	 	Russian 	Yaseniya 	"Ty Ne Poverish" 	 	12 	61
02 	 	Arabic 	Jamila 	"Blach Blach" 	Balash balash 	17 	24
03 	 	Kazakh 	Viktorija Daineko	"Krylya" 	 	11 	61
04 	 	English 	Lena 	"Wild & Free" 	— 	01 	153
05 	 	Bosnian 	Pamela Ramljak 	"Ispod Kože" 	Under the skin 	09 	66
06 	 	English 	Maraaya 	"Living Again" 	— 	08 	69
07 	 	Serbian 	Ana Kokić
 ft. Costi	"Idemo na sve" 	Let's go for everything 	14 	53
08 	 	English 	Emilie Esther 	"Inescapable" 	— 	04 	104
09 	 	English 	Ruth Lorenzo 	"99" 	— 	03 	105
10 	 	Icelandic 	Alda 	"Heim" 	Home 	13 	53
11 	 	Uzbek 	Rayhon 	"Dilimo" 	— 	07 	77
12 	 	Arabic 	Carmen Soliman 	"Kalam Kalam" 	Talk talk 	20 	8
13 	 	Macedonian	Lindi 
& Venera	"Nata e pare" 	First night 	19 	16
14 	 	English 	Teske 	"Finding Neverland" 	— 	10 	65
15 	 	Bulgarian 	Nevena Peykova 	"Izbran" 	Chosen 	18 	20
16 	 	Russian 	Polina Gagarina 	"Ya Ne Budu" 	I won't 	06 	96
17 	 	Hebrew 	Lital Abergel 	"Hine Shuv" 	Here again 	15 	37
18 	 	Greek 	Demy 	"I Alitheia Miazi Psema"	The truth seems like lie	02 	133
19 	 	Polish 	Sylwia Grzeszczak	"Schody" 	Stairs 	16 	35
20 	 	French 	Louane 	"Avenir" 	Future 	05 	98
===Final===
The following countries either finished in the top 6 of the previous edition and therefore automatically qualify to the final of this edition or qualified from the semi-finals.
Draw	Country	Language 	Artist 	Song 	English Translation 	Place	Points
01 	 	Romanian 	Nicoleta Nucă ft.Cabron 	"Adevăr Sau Minciună" 	Truth or lie 	18 	105
02 	 	Bosnian 	Pamela Ramljak 	"Ispod Kože" 	Under the skin 	22 	85
03 	 	French 	Louane 	"Avenir" 	Future 	14 	113
04 	 	Arabic 	Myriam Fares 	"Aman" 	Safety 	12 	115
05 	 	Greek 	Valanto Trifonos 	"Na mou eksigisis" 	Explain to me 	20 	98
06 	 	Turkish 	Atiye 	"Abrakadabra" 	— 	02 	164
07 	 	English 	Lena 	"Wild & Free" 	— 	06 	140
08 	 	English 	Maraaya 	"Living Again" 	— 	23 	83
09 	 	English 	Emma Williksen 	"Addiction" 	— 	10 	126
10 	 	English 	Foxes 	"Better Love" 	— 	07 	131
11 	 	Romanian 	Ami 	"Somnu' nu ma ia" 	Sleep doesn't take me 	08 	129
12 	 	English 	Emilie Esther 	"Inescapable" 	— 	17 	105
13 	 	English 	Como 	"Hallelujah" 	— 	25 	43
14 	 	Uzbek 	Rayhon 	"Dilimo" 	— 	21 	86
15 	 	Russian 	Polina Gagarina 	"Ya Ne Budu" 	I won't 	05 	144
16 	 	English 	Molly Sandén 	"Satellites" 	— 	03 	163
17 	 	English 	Carolina Deslandes 	"Carousel" 	— 	11 	125
18 	 	Albanian 	Dhurata Dora 	"Ti don" 	You want 	04 	156
19 	 	English 	Emelie Sandé ft. Professor Green	"Read All About It" 	— 	13 	114
20 	 	English 	Viktor Király ft.DMC 	"Running Out Of Time" 	— 	26 	40
21 	 	English 	Teske 	"Finding Neverland" 	— 	16 	109
22 	 	English 	Jessica Smith 	"50/50" 	— 	01 	186
23 	 	Greek 	Demy 	"I Alitheia Miazi Psema"	The truth seems like lie	09 	127
24 	 	English 	Ruth Lorenzo 	"99" 	— 	19 	98
25 	 	Italian 	Francesca Michielin ft. Fedez 	"Magnifico" 	Magnificent 	15 	110
26 	 	Ukrainian	Sonya Kay 	"Obnimi Menya" 	Hug me 	24 	63
==Voting grids==
===Semi-final 1===
===12 points===
===Semi-final 2===
===12 points===
===Final===
===12 points===
==Other awards==
===IMF Second Chance Contest===
The third OGAN Second Chance Contest took place for this edition. The OGAN clubs of each country could submit one of their national selection entries to compete in the contest with some rules applying for the entries. TBD won the contest with TBD and TBD song "TBD".
==Incidents==
: The broadcaster announced that Ariana Grande would represent the country with "Focus", due to a YouTube video claiming that she has roots from Uzbekistan. However, the IBU rejected their choice and in the end they have chosen Rayhon to represent them.
==Other countries==
: Further information: List of countries in the International Music Festival
Countries that are active members of the International Broadcasting Union (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. 57 countries confirmed their participation in the edition. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.
* : ERTU announced that a decision on the participation will be made after the final results, though confirming their participation on the same day.
* : LTV announced on October 10 that only a qualficiation of Aminata could lead to a further participation. They confirmed their participation on October 24.
==International broadcasts and voting==
# Andrea Demirovic
# Aliona Moon
# Iveta Mukuchyan
# Enxhi Nasufi
# Aygul Imanbaeva
# Darienne Lake
# Ella Eyre
# Helena Paparizou
# Katia Aveiro
# Ellinoora
# Ronan Keating
# Jean-Baptiste Maunier
# Alexandra Stan
# Steve Angello
# Marco Mengoni
# Olivier Dion
# Edurne
# Bastian Baker
 Loïc Nottet
 Péter Tuska 
 Celeste Buckingham
 Era Istrefi
 Tika Patsasia 
 Max Barskih
 Esma Redzepova
 Maya Sar
 Karsten Walter
 Severina
 Faydee
 Ina Wroldsen
 Egor Kreed
 Jessika
 Parov Stelar
 Lauri Philap
 Aminata
 Shlomit Malka
 Lina Kuduzović
 Marija Serifović
 Boycode
 Greta Svabo Bech
 Stefanos Dimosthenous
 Sherine
 Nilufar Usmonova
 Zoë
 Maria Ilieva
 Rafał Maślak 
 Murat Boz
 Donny Montell
 Samira Said
 Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
 Ben Haenow
==See also==
* International Music Festival