Edition 46

The forty-sixth edition of the **Global Music Festival**​ took place at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. It was the third time the country hosted the contest, after Australia's third victory in the forty-fifth edition with the song Fighting For Love performed by Dami Im - which scored 222 points. This edition consisted of three semi-finals which were all launched on the 4 January 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 12 January 2019. All four of the shows in this edition were hosted by Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth and actress/singer Ruby Rose, who returned to host for the second (the first time was in the thirty-ninth edition).

Forty-six countries participated in this edition of the contest. Two countries decided that will would like to return to the Global Music Festival. Monaco and Thailand both returned after having a one edition break which happened to be over the festive period. Unfortunately, a total of ninteen countries decided they would withdraw from the contest. . The main reason for the high amount of withdrawals was due to the period being very busy due to the festive period and New Year's celebrations.The countries that withdrew are as follows; Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Uruguay and Wales.

The power six for this edition were Australia, Finland, Mexico, Japan, Scotland and Nigeria - these were the delegations that placed in the top six from the previous edition. Nigeria placed eighth in the previous edition, however the fifth and seventh placing country, Norway and Indonesia respectively, withdrew from the contest. 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.

 Slogan
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 Presenter(s)
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 Winner
 Ricki-Lee - Not Too Late

## Participants

* Thailand
* Colombia
* France
* File:Indonesian Flag.png Indonesia
* Jamaica
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Malaysia
* The Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* San Marino
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Uruguay
* Wales

## Pots for the Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 3 January 2019. The forty 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.

Malta and Ireland were not included in the pots because the head of delegations for these countries are on the admin team and are in charge of the first, second and third semi-finals respectively; as a result, the countries were automatically assigned to another semi-final: Malta were assigned to semi-final three, and Ireland were assigned to semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (Australia, Finland, Mexico, Japan, Scotland and Nigeria) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Finland and Nigeria were assigned to vote in the first semi-final, Mexico and Scotland were assigned to vote in the second semi-final, and Australia and Japan were assigned to vote in the third semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 Finland and  Nigeria 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.

## ​Semi Final Two

 Mexico 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 third semi-final - this is done to allow the admins to have the uncertainty of their countries' result.

## ​Semi Final Three

 Australia and  Japan 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.  Malta were automatically assigned to this semi-final because the head of delegation for Malta is on the admin team and is the organiser for the first 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, the seven qualifiers from the three semi-finals and the three wildcard entries (one from each semi-final). All forty-six 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. The running order for the final was announced shortly after the semi final results on the 11 January 2019 . The results for the final were released on the 18 January 2019.