Edition 61

The sixty-first edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain. It was the fourth time the country hosted the contest, after Spain's fourth victory in the sixtieth edition with the song Black performed by Agoney - which scored 256 points. This was also the second time the contest was hosted at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 02 December 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 09 December 2019. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by singer Ruth Lorenzo - previous participant and host for Spain in the Global Music Festival and the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as a quarter-finalist on the X-Factor UK.

Forty-seven countries participated in this edition of the contest: [COUNTRY INFO]

The power six for this edition were Spain, Monaco, Switzerland, France, Slovenia and Sri Lanka - 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
 Faouzia - [You Don't Even Know Me]

## Other Participants

* Croatia
* Ecuador
* Kosovo
* The Philippines
* Serbia
* Uganda

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 01 December 2019. The forty-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.

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 (Spain, Monaco, Switzerland, France, Slovenia and Sri Lanka) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. [Spain, Switzerland and Slovenia] were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and [Monaco, France and Sri Lanka] were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Power Six

  Monacp
  Switzerland
  France
  Slovenia
  Sri Lanka

## Semi Final One

[[[File:Spain-state-hi-1-.jpg|25px]] Spain,  Switzerland and  Slovenia] 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

[Monaco, France and Sri Lanka] 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-seven 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 09 December 2019. The results for the final were released on the 20th December 2019. Due to an issue with scoreboard creator, Scorewiz, the results were results through a video format starting with the last placing country. The jury and televoting were combined for the video unlike the scoreboard which keeps them separated.