Edition 83

The eighty-third edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place in Bristol, England, following Jessie J's victory at the eighty-second edition in Bali, Indonesia with the song "I Want Love". It was the second win for England and the third time that the country hosted the competition; the first time for Bristol hosting the contest. Organised by the head of delegation and host broadcaster, the contest was held at the YTL Arena Bristol, and consisted of two semi-finals which were both launched on the 7 September 2021 and a grand final which took place from the 19 September 2021. The three shows were hosted by presenter Davina McCall and comedian Sarah Millican.

Fifty-seven countries participated in this edition of the contest. Unfortunately, this edition saw nine countries withdraw from the competition: Armenia, Aruba, Chile, Costa Rica, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Israel, Moldova and Thailand. However, we did see the return of several countries, including the Czech Republic and Colombia, both returning after a one edition break. Taiwan returned to the competition after taking a seven edition break. But, most significantly, Taiwan and Afghanistan both returned to the contest for the first time in seventeen and twenty editions respectively.

The power six for this edition were England, China, Puerto Rico, Norway, Scotland and Guam - these were the delegations that placed in the top six from the previous edition. Their placement in the power six means that they received an automatic place to perform in the final of this edition, while also being allowed to vote in one of the semi-finals in this edition.

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 Participants
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## Other Participants

* Aruba
* Chile
* Costa Rica
* Gibraltar
* Indonesia
* Israel
* Moldova
* Thailand

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the [DATE]. The fifty one semi-finalists were allocated to five pots, based on the previous results of each participating country, calculated by the averages of the past results. Drawing from each pot helps to create an equal split of successful and not-so successful countries in each semi-final to give countries an equal chance of qualification. Finland and Ireland were not included in the pots because the head of delegation for these countries are on the admin team and are in charge of the second and first semi-final respectively; as a result, Finland were automatically assigned to semi-final one and Ireland was automatically assigned to semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations England, China, Puerto Rico, Norway, Scotland and Guam were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. China, Puerto Rico and Guam were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and England, Norway and Scotland were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 China,  Puerto Rico and  Guam from the power six were randomly allocated to vote in this semi-final, as well as, the countries who participated in this semi-final - as always countries not in this semi-final had the choice whether they wanted to vote in this semi-final or not.  Finland were automatically assigned to this semi-final because the head of delegation for Finland is on the admin team and is the organiser for the second semi-final - this is done to allow the admins to have the uncertainty of their countries' result.

## Semi Final Two

 England,  Norway and  Scotland from the power six were randomly allocated to vote in this semi-final, as well as, the countries who participated in this semi-final - as always countries not in this semi-final had the choice whether they wanted to vote in this semi-final or not.  Ireland were automatically assigned to this semi-final because the head of delegation for Ireland is on the admin team and is the organiser for the second semi-final - this is done to allow the admins to have the uncertainty of their countries' result.

## Grand Final

Thirty countries participated in the final of this edition of the **Global Music Festival** - the power six and the twenty-four qualifiers from the two semi-finals. All participating countries were eligible to vote in the final; however, only the thirty finalists were obligated to vote! The votes of the non-qualifiers and non-participants were all combined in to the televote. However, only thirty non-qualifiers and non-participants could vote.