Edition 62

The sixty-second edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Salle Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after Morocco's first victory in the sixty-first edition with the song You Don't Even Know Me performed by Faouzia - which scored 250 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 07 January 2020 and a grand final which took place from the 14 January 2020. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by singer and producer RedOne, comedian Gad Elmaleh and singer Samira Said.

Forty-five countries participated in this edition of the contest. After being absent from the last fifteen editions, Trinidad & Tobago decided tp return to the contest with hopes they can improve their track record and potentially get their first win. Previous winners Chile, North Macedonia and Sweden all returned to the contest and they all hope they can gain their second win. Brazil was the fifth country to return. Unfortunately, Albania, Cuba, Cyprus, Malta, Nigeria and Sri Lanka all withdrew from the sixty-second edition of the Global Music Festival. The seventh country to withdraw was Colombia after participating since the fifty-first edition.

The power six for this edition were Morocco, South Africa, Singapore, Australia, The Netherlands and Poland - 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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 Presenter(s)
 Participants
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## Other Participants

* Colombia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Malta
* Nigeria
* Sri Lanka

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 05 January 2020. The thirty-nine 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.

Ireland and Finland 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 and second semi-finals respectively; as a result, the countries were automatically assigned to another semi-final: Finland were assigned to semi-final one, and Ireland were assigned to semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (Morocco, South Africa, Singapore, Australia, The Netherlands and Poland) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Singapore, The Netherlands and Poland were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and Morocco, South Africa and Australia were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 Singapore,  The Netherlands and  Poland 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.

* North Macedonia failed to voted within the time given which lead to their disqualification. They would have come in fourth place with 105 points which means they would have qualified. England came in 13th and took their place in the final.

## Semi Final Two

 Morocco,  South Africa and  Australia 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 forty-five 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 13 January 2020. The results for the final were released on the 21 Janaury 2020.