Edition 54

The fifty-fourth edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after Slovenia's first victory in the fifty-third edition with the song Tvoja performed by Eva Boto - which scored 224 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 30 June 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 07 July 2019. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by actress and TV presenter Katarina Cas.

Fifty-one countries participated in this edition of the contest. The fifty-fourth edition saw three countries make their debut. This is the most debuting the contest has has since the fortieth edition. The three debuting countries were Ethiopia, Solomon Islands and Tonga. Only three countries decided they would return in this edition and they were Cuba, Egypt and Turkey. However the contest said goodbye to India who had been participating since the forty-first edition. They left due to a string of unsuccessful entries and are taking the time away to find new entries that can help to the succeed once again. Another nine countries also withdrew and they were as follows; Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.

The power six for this edition were Slovenia, Mexico, Ukraine, Morocco, Canada and Ireland - 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
 Participants
 Winner

## Other Participants

* China
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* India
* Puerto Rico
* San Marino
* Saudi Arabia
* Sweden
* 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 30 June 2019. The forty-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 were not included in the pots because the head of delegation for this country is on the admin team and are in charge of the second semi-final; as a result, the country was automatically assigned to semi-final one.
Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (Slovenia, Mexico, Ukraine, Morocco, Canada and Ireland) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Slovenia, Ukraine and Ireland were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and Mexico, Morocco and Canada were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 Slovenia,  Ukraine and  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.  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

 Mexico,  Morocco and  Canada 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.

## 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 07 July 2019. The results for the final were released on the 14 July 2019.