International Music Festival 18

International Music Festival 18, often referred to as IMF #18, was the 18th edition of International Music Festival. It was held in Kosovo following Rita Ora's victory with "I Will Never Let You Down". The winner was Cory Lee with her song "Play Dumb" , representing Germany. It's the first victory of the country.
==Venue==
Pristina City Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi i Qytetit, Serbian: Градски стадион, Gradski stadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Pristina and one of the biggest stadiums in Kosovo. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KF Prishtina. The stadium holds 38,500 people, or 25,000 seated. It is also one of the two stadiums that have been picked for international matches.
==Location==
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina (Albanian: Prishtinë or About this sound Prishtina (help·info); Serbian: Приштина or Priština; Turkish: Priştine), is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and district.
Preliminary results of the 2011 census put the population of Pristina at 198,000. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities including Bosniaks, Romani and others. It is the administrative, educational, and cultural center of Kosovo. The city is home to the University of Pristina and is served by the Pristina International Airport.
==Semi-final and Grand Final allocation draw==
===Semi-final Allocation Draw===
There has been no semi-final allocation draw this edition.
===Running Order===
The running order was revealed on September 25.
==Participants==
52 countries will participate including Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein and FYR Macedonia returning while Andorra and Montenegro are withdrawing.
==Semi-finals==
Semi-final 1
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Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Cindy 	"Look At Me" 	12 	70
02 	 	Shy'm 	"Et Alors!" 	16 	47
03 	 	Pamela Ramljak 	"Ti me ne voliš" 	2 	112
04 	 	Violeta White 	"The Voice" 	13 	61
05 	 	Zayne 	"Hayati" 	17 	47
06 	 	Laura Bicāne 	"Caurspeideigi mes" 	20 	25
07 	 	Tacabro 	"Tacata" 	14 	59
08 	 	Lisa Miskovsky 	"Still Alive" 	10 	76
09 	 	Lily Wood , The Prick & Robin Schulz	"Prayer In C" 	5 	92
10 	 	Arash ft. Helena 	"One Day" 	1 	133
11 	 	Sanya G 	"Magic" 	9 	76
12 	 	The Script 	"Superheroes" 	3 	103
13 	 	Tal 	"Rien N'est Parfait"	6 	92
14 	 	Kika 	"Guess It's Alright"	7 	91
15 	 	Elouiz 	"10" 	4 	94
16 	 	Flamma 	"Stay Away From Me" 	18 	46
17 	 	Angel At My Table 	"Silverlight" 	22 	11
18 	 	Tamar Kaprelian 	"Raw" 	19 	34
19 	 	Ira Losco 	"What I'd Give" 	11 	70
20 	 	Vabank 	"Stale Dufam" 	23 	10
21 	 	Sofi Marinova 	"Iskam Da Obicham" 	15 	51
22 	 	Horváth Tamás & Raul 	"Szeretsz engem?" 	21 	23
23 	 	Faydee 	"Maria" 	8 	80
===Semi-final 2===
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Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Cassandra Steen 	"Gewinnen" 	15 	49
02 	 	Ani Lorak 	"Flowers" 	12 	68
03 	 	Gunnar Birgisson 	"Save Me" 	13 	66
04 	 	Nadia Gattas ft. Michael Rune	"Min Indre Stemme" 	6 	95
05 	 	Ivi Adamou 	"Sose Me (Lights On)" 	4 	99
06 	 	Tagträumer 	"Sinn" 	19 	29
07 	 	Serebro 	"Ne Nado Bol'nee" 	5 	98
08 	 	Tanja 	"Forevermore" 	7 	87
09 	 	Adelina Tahiri 	"Heart On Fire" 	8 	77
10 	 	Leon Somov & Jazzu 	"Lower Than The Ground" 	18 	31
11 	 	Edward Maya 	"Feeling" 	17 	33
12 	 	Angelika Dusk 	"Love On Your Own Terms"	3 	100
13 	 	Agata Dziarmagowska 	"Drop Drop" 	1 	107
14 	 	Nino Dzotsenidze 	"Shavia Zgva" 	2 	100
15 	 	Severina 	"Alcatraz" 	21 	11
16 	 	Bengisu 	"Dünyanın Öteki Ucuna" 	10 	73
17 	 	Invader Girl 	"Starting Fires" 	14 	50
18 	 	Kristiina Wheeler 	"Muukalainen" 	11 	72
19 	 	Chen Aharoni 	"Crazy" 	9 	77
20 	 	Jelle van Dael 	"Lie Machine" 	16 	46
21 	 	Dolcenera 	"Niente Al Mondo" 	20 	24
===Grand Final===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Lisa Miskovsky 	"Still Alive" 	14 	107
02 	 	Tal 	"Rien N'est Parfait" 	12 	112
03 	 	Lily Wood , The Prick & Robin Schulz	"Prayer In C" 	13 	107
04 	 	Bengisu 	"Dünyanın Öteki Ucuna" 	7 	132
05 	 	Cory Lee 	"Play Dumb" 	1 	226
06 	 	Aura 	"Whisper of Silence" 	19 	95
07 	 	Ivi Adamou 	"Sose Me (Lights On)" 	10 	115
08 	 	Kika 	"Guess It's Alright" 	3 	170
09 	 	Tanja 	"Forevermore" 	22 	84
10 	 	Pamela Ramljak 	"Ti me ne voliš" 	8 	122
11 	 	Faydee 	"Maria" 	24 	71
12 	 	Elouiz 	"10" 	2 	171
13 	 	Charli XCX 	"Boom Clap" 	11 	115
14 	 	Adelina Tahiri 	"Heart On Fire" 	26 	54
15 	 	The Main Level 	"Go Go With You" 	23 	76
16 	 	Serebro 	"Ne Nado Bol'nee" 	18 	96
17 	 	Arash ft. Helena 	"One Day" 	5 	141
18 	 	Rita Ora ft. Iggy Azalea 	"Black Widow" 	6 	139
19 	 	Chen Aharoni 	"Crazy" 	15 	105
20 	 	Nadia Gattas ft. Michael Rune 	"Min Indre Stemme" 	16 	99
21 	 	David Civera 	"Me Ha Robado El Corazon"	25 	61
22 	 	Sanya G 	"Magic" 	17 	97
23 	 	Agata Dziarmagowska 	"Drop Drop" 	20 	92
24 	 	The Script 	"Superheroes" 	4 	168
25 	 	Angelika Dusk 	"Love On Your Own Terms" 	21 	84
26 	 	Nino Dzotsenidze 	"Shavia Zgva" 	9 	119
=== Voting and spokespersons ===
# Celeste Buckingham
# Andreas Wenzel
# Marina Maximilian
# Marijana
# Ameerah
# Loukas Yiorkas
# Genta Ismajli
# Shiri Maimon
# Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
# Christoph Waltz
# Kristina Maria
# Helene Fischer
# Zaho
# Kurt Calleja
# Despina Vandi
# Natalia
# Sven Csongar
 Olya Polyakova 
 Elena Gheorghe
 Eva Boto 
 Bianka
 Myra Sky
 Nicky Bryne
 Emma Marrone 
 Ella Henderson 
 Kendji Girac
 Dino Merlin
 Ayse Hatun Önal
 Nodi & Sophie
 Tone Damli 
 Lenka
 Danny Saucedo
 Jelena Rozga
 Sergej Lazarev
 Valentina Monetta
 Filip Mettler
 Natalia Jimenez
 Greta Svabo Bech
 Lucas Lucco
 Lyudmila Sahajaeva
 Julien Courbet
 Jenny May
 Esma & Lozano
 Jenni Vartiainen
 Tina Turner
 Jessie K
 Emin
 Nota
 Gohar Gasparyan
 Ott Lepland
 Besa
==See also==
* International Music Festival
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