Edition 81

The eighty-first edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, following David Archuleta's victory at the eightieth edition in Tampere, Finland with the song "Numb" with 336 points. It was the first win for Honduras, their first time participating, and the first time that the country hosted the competition. Organised by the head of delegation and host broadcaster, the contest was held at the Ingenieros Coliseum, and consisted of two semi-finals which were both launched on the 15 July 2021 and a grand final which took place from the 26 July 2021. The three shows were hosted by actors: Satcha Pretto, Maríá José Alvarado and Carlos Mencia.

Sixty countries participated in this edition of the contest. Due to the nature of the random three edition (in edition 80), there were many countries that withdrew and returned to the contest. However, most significantly, Costa Rica returned after a fifty-seven edition break and the Faroe Islands returned after a forty-six edition break.

The power six for this edition were Honduras, England, Morocco, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Egypt - 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.

 Slogan
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Participants
 Winner

## Other Participants

* Albania
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* The Bahamas
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Cambodia
* Chile
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* El Salvador
* Estonia
* Gibraltar
* Haiti
* India
* Jamaica
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Mauritania
* Namibia
* Nepal
* North Macedonia
* Russia
* Senegal
* Uganda
* United Arab Emirates

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 12 July 2021. The fifty-seven 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 delegations are on the admin team and are in charge of the second and first semi-finals respectively. As a result, Finland were automatically assigned to semi-final one and Ireland were automatically assigned to semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations Honduras, England, Morocco, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Egypt were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. England, Morocco and Egypt were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and Honduras, The Netherlands and Northern Ireland were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 England,  Morocco and  Egypt 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

 Honduras,  The Netherlands and  Northern Ireland 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.