Edition 52

The fifty-second edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Palatrussardi in Milan, Italy. It was the second time the country hosted the contest, after Italy's second victory in the fifty-first edition with the song Los Angeles performed by Luna - which scored 273 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 21 May 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 27 May 2019. All four of the shows in this edition were hosted by American singers Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga who both have Italian descendants. Grande has previously represented Italy on five occasions with her best result in the forty-sixth edition where she placed in 5th place with 187 points with her song thank u,next. Lady Gaga has also represented Italy in four editions with her best performance in the second edition where she came in third with 118 points with her song Bad Romance.

Fifty-one countries participated in this edition of the contest. After being absent from the contest since the twenty-eighth edition, Zimbabwe made their return to the Global Music Festival. Four other countries also made their return in the fifty-second edition, they were as follows; Brazil, Latvia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to a country who had been participating since the tenth edition and only missed out on two editions. Hopefully Malta will return in the near future. We, sadly, also had to say goodbye to Cuba, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Norway, San Marino and Thailand.

The power six for this edition were Italy, Sweden, Germany, Iceland, South Korea and Denmark - these were the delegations that placed in the top six from the previous edition. Thailand was due to appear in the power six as they placed sixth in the fifty-first edition. However, Thailand decided to withdraw from the contest so their power six was given to Denmark who came in seventh place. 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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## Other Participants

* Ecuador
* File:Indonesian Flag.png Indonesia
* Kazakhstan
* Malta
* Norway
* San Marino
* Thailand

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 20 May 2019. The forty-five 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 (Italy, Sweden, Germany, Iceland, South Korea and Denmark) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals.  Sweden, Iceland and Denmark were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and Italy, Germany and South Korea were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

Sweden, Iceland and Denmark 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

 Italy,  Germany and  South Korea 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 fifty-one 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 26 May 2019. The results for the final were released on the 02 June 2019.