International Music Festival 34

International Music Featival 34, often referred to as IMF #34, was the 34th edition of International Music Festival. It was held in Denmark. As Australia won the previous edition but is unable to host the contest as it must be held on the European continent, the IBU got into talks with other countries to find a hosting nation for the competition. Australia won the competition with Delta Goodrem's "Dear Life". Australia became the first country to win twice in a row. Furthermore, they beat their previously set highscore of 218 by 2, making its the Australian act with the most points to date.
== Location ==
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Europe. The southernmost of the Nordic countries, it is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark is a sovereign state that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has an area of 42,924 square kilometres (16,573 sq mi), and a population of 5.7 million. The country consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, of which around 70 are inhabited. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate.
After having won the previous edition, Australia isn't able to host the contest as the IBU stated that the contest shall be located in Europe. Therefor, SBS agreed on a shortlist of the following nations: Algeria, Denmark, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Switzerland. The Algerian broadcaster Canal Algérie already doubts accepting a possible offer due to budget cuts and an already on-going national selection resulting in less money available. On May 6, the IBU revealed that SBS and DR agreed on a cooperation regarding the up-coming edition.
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark was the host city for the 34th edition. The venue choice for the contest was Parken Stadium, a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990–1992. A total of 35,000 spectators saw the show live from within the stadium.
Telia Parken is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (Inner Østerbro) district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990–1992. It currently has a capacity of 38,065 for football games, and is the home ground of FC Copenhagen and the Denmark national football team. The capacity for concerts exceeds the capacity for matches – the stadium can hold as many as 50,000 people with an end-stage setup and 55,000 with a center-stage setup.
Telia Parken has been announced as one of 13 host venues of the UEFA Euro 2020. It will host three group stage matches, as well as a round of 16 match.
===Bidding phase===
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City 	Venue 	Capacity	Notes
Aalborg 	Gigantium 	8,500 	Hosted several national finals.
Copenhagen	Parken Stadium 	50,000 	Denmark's biggest stadium.
Copenhagen	B&W Hallerne 	10,000 	—
Herning 	Jyske Bank Boxen	15,000 	Hosted several large events.
== Format ==
The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Denmark as well as previous winner Australia and the remaining top 6 countries Ukraine, Czech Republic and Switzerland.
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== Participating countries ==
Fourty-five countries have confirmed their participation. The Faroe Islands and Montenegro are returning after a one-edition absence as well as Lebanon, while Andorra, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey have announced their withdrawal from this edition.
===Returning artists===
Emin already represented Azerbaijan in the 17th and 33rd editions. Tolvai Reni represented Hungary in the 19th edition. Viktorija Loba once agan represents FYR Macedonia after previously doing so in the 22nd edition. Dua Lipa returns to represent Kosovo after being their entrant in the 32nd edition. Tal already represented Monaco in the 10th edition, Morocco in the 13th and Algeria in the 18th and 21st edition. Ronan Keating represented Ireland in the 1st and 2nd edition. Faydee took part in the 18th edition for Lebanon. Marina Kaye returns to the contest, having represented Monaco in the 27th edition before.
==Results==
Full semi-final results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final.
===Semi-final 1===
Algeria, Australia and Denmark voted and performed in this semi-final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Mc Stojan ft. Aleksandra Prijovic	"Sta Bi" 	16 	38
02 	 	Tasha 	"Vii Si Pleci" 	08 	69
03 	 	Božo Vrećo & Billain 	"Sahtijan" 	09 	62
04 	 	Dua Lipa 	"Hotter Than Hell" 	02 	137
05 	 	Astrid S 	"Paper Thin" 	03 	109
06 	 	Ivan Zak 	"Sve Si Moje" 	17 	33
07 	 	Elam Jay 	"Sunshine" 	15 	41
08 	 	Viktorija Loba 	"Opium" 	10 	61
09 	 	Marina Kaye 	"Freeze You Out" 	01 	141
10 	 	Tika Patsatsia 	"Love Is Game" 	19 	25
11 	 	Raffaela Wais 	"Heaven Only Knows"	04 	109
12 	 	Maan 	"Ride It" 	06 	78
13 	 	Laura 	"Head Uut Aastat" 	18 	27
14 	 	Mimicat ft. Naked Affair 	"No More" 	12 	48
15 	 	Yulianna Karaulova 	"Vneorbitnye" 	13 	44
16 	 	Tolvai Reni 	"Fire" 	05 	79
17 	 	Bára & Julian 	"Renna Undan" 	14 	41
18 	 	Malou 	"Des Me" 	11 	60
19 	 	Emin 	"Woman" 	07 	74
===Semi-final 2===
Czech Republic, Switzerland and Ukraine will also vote and perform in this semi-final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Makpal Isabekova 	"Chabarlaspa" 	19 	25
02 	 	Andrew Rayel & Digital X ft. Sylvia 	"Winterburn" 	16 	52
03 	 	Katarina Zivkovic ft. DJ Mateo 	"Verujem U Ljubav" 	04 	96
04 	 	Sweet Brains 	"Dance Like Zombies"	12 	65
05 	 	Karó 	"Silhouette" 	10 	66
06 	 	Ardit Cuni 	"Let's Go" 	03 	97
07 	 	Molly Sandén 	"Youniverse" 	05 	85
08 	 	Enas Ezz Eldeen 	"Ana Bakhonak" 	17 	27
09 	 	Vanessa Mai 	"Ich Sterb Für Dich"	11 	65
10 	 	Tal 	"Are We Awake" 	01 	137
11 	 	Camille 	"Coco" 	07 	73
12 	 	Fanny Leeb 	"Daddy Told Me" 	15 	56
13 	 	Galena 	"Da Ti Olekne" 	13 	59
14 	 	Jacquie Lee 	"Broken Ones" 	02 	107
15 	 	Arpi 	"Tamzara" 	18 	26
16 	 	Kinnie Lane 	"Je Te Suivrai" 	09 	67
17 	 	Ronan Keating 	"Breathe" 	20 	23
18 	 	Dillon Francis, Kygo ft. James Hersey	"Coming Over" 	14 	58
19 	 	Faydee 	"Legendary" 	06 	78
20 	 	Miro Jaroš 	"Rieka" 	08 	72
== Final ==
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Tolvai Reni 	"Fire" 	23 	43
02 	 	Ani Lorak 	"Osennyaya Lyubov" 	21 	63
03 	 	Camille 	"Coco" 	14 	87
04 	 	Astrid S 	"Paper Thin" 	06 	146
05 	 	Faydee 	"Legendary" 	20 	64
06 	 	Delta Goodrem 	"Dear Life" 	01 	220
07 	 	Karó 	"Silhouette" 	19 	65
08 	 	Jacquie Lee 	"Broken Ones" 	08 	120
09 	 	Tal 	"Are We Awake" 	02 	180
10 	 	Maan 	"Ride It" 	26 	28
11 	 	Marina Kaye 	"Freeze You Out" 	05 	160
12 	 	Pixie Paris 	"Es Rappelt Im Karton"	09 	113
13 	 	Kinnie Lane 	"Je Te Suivrai" 	07 	124
14 	 	Emin 	"Woman" 	22 	58
15 	 	Viktorija Loba 	"Opium" 	15 	83
16 	 	AquaBabes 	"Nejsem Další" 	12 	97
17 	 	Tasha 	"Vii Si Pleci" 	24 	42
18 	 	Molly Sandén 	"Youniverse" 	04 	168
19 	 	YADi 	"The Blow" 	13 	92
20 	 	Božo Vrećo & Billain 	"Sahtijan" 	17 	75
21 	 	Miro Jaroš 	"Rieka" 	10 	111
22 	 	Raffaela Wais 	"Heaven Only Knows" 	11 	106
23 	 	Katarina Zivkovic ft. DJ Mateo	"Verujem U Ljubav" 	16 	77
24 	 	Dua Lipa 	"Hotter Than Hell" 	03 	178
25 	 	Ardit Cuni 	"Let's Go" 	18 	69
26 	 	Christopher & Bekuh Boom 	"I Won't Let You Down"	25 	41
== Scoreboard ==
===Semi-final 1===
===Semi-final 2===
===Final===
====12 points====
== 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. TBD countries confirmed their participation in the edition. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.
=== Active IBU members ===
* : SBS announced on April 29 that despite the win, the countries' future is yet undecided due to ongoing negativity for our appearance here which has caused low morale in our team. They also stated that a decision will be made on whether or not we will compete in IMF 34 and if Australia does compete in the contest, it will be done via an internal selection process. On May 6, SBS revealed that they wouldn't be missing the up-coming edition, selecting by an internal selection as already stated before.
*: Despite having confirmed early and starting a national selection, YLÉ confirmed their withdrawal from the contest on 11 May due to lack of fundings. A return to the next edition is likely.
*: RTÉ revealed that the country would withdraw as given on March 21 that there are more stressful problems in the country right now than participating in the contest. A return hasn't been ruled out. Although, on April 2nd, the country announced their provisional participation to this edition's contest.
*: RAI said on April 14, that if Alessio Bernabei wouldn't be scoring a top six result, the country would take a one-edition break. On April 30, RAI announced that the broadcaster would be taking a one-edition break.
*: LTV stated that a decision will be taken after the semi-final result is known. They did yet say that a participation is likely and potential money for a national selection has been raised as well.
*: MPT declared on March 20 that the method of selection is still unknown. However, a national selection is unlikely due to former poor results with having elected a participant by public.
*: NRK announced on March 20 that due to undergoing changes in the broadcasting management the country would skip the 34th edition.
==Incidents==
==Other awards==
===Barbara Dex Award===
For the first time ever in the International Music Festival, the Barbara Dex Award was introduced and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest.
=== Voting and spokespersons ===
# Kenza Farah
# Elena Croitoru
# Gabriela Gunčíková
# Nadine Coyle
# Alexandru Foitoş
# Elly V
# Ronela Hajati
# Samra Rahimli
# Dragana Mirkovic
# Maor Levi
# Lynda Woodruff
# Xherdan Shaqiri
# Birgit Oigemeel
# Elif Demirezer
# Najoua Belyzel
 Jean-Baptiste Maunier
 Viktor Király
 Carole Samaha
 Kristel Liseberg
 Elena Risteska
 Debrah Scarlett
 Justs Sirmais
 Lidija Bačić
 Elena Temnikova
 Stefanie Heinzmann
 Emilie Esther
 Aleksandar Čović
 Poli Genova
 Natalia Kills
 Nikos Ganos
 Kostja Ullmann
 Nolwenn Leroy
 Inga Jankauskaitė
 Dominika Mirgova
 Nina Žižić
 Mia Diekow
 Tamta
 David Carreira
 Indira Edilbaeva
 Dami Im
 Nathalie Saba
 Alyona Lanskaya
 Zoë Straub
 Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
 Jamala
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