Edition 59

The fifty-ninth edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Wiklof Holding Arena in Mariehamn, Åland Islands. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after Åland Islands's first victory in the fifty-eighth edition with the song Minne mä meen performed by Ilta - which scored 276 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 13 October 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 20 October 2019. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by singer and 2016 Finnish Eurovision entrant Saara Aalto. Aalto has previously participated for both Åland Islands and Finland with her best result when she represented Finland in the forty-ninth edition. She ended up winning with a total of 264 points with the song Dance Like Nobody’s Watching.

Forty-nine countries participated in this edition of the contest. After being away from the contest since the fifty-third edition, Puerto Rico made the decision that it was time for them to return to the contest with hopes of gaining their first win. Four other countries also made the decision to return and they were as follows; Canada, Malta, Turkey and Ukraine. On the other hand, Slovakia, who had been consecutively participating since the fifty-second edition, decided to withdraw from the contest. The other withdrawing countries were Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Italy and North Macedonia.

The power six for this edition were Åland Islands, Poland, Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland 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.

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## Other Participants

* Bulgaria
* Italy
* North Macedonia
* Slovakia

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 13 October 2019. The forty-three 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 was not included in the pots because the head of delegation for this country was on the admin team and was in charge of the second semi-final; as a result, Finland was automatically assigned to semi-final one.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (Åland Islands, Poland, Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland and Ireland) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. [Åland Islands, Singapore and Switzerland] were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and [Poland, Denmark and Ireland] were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Power Six

  Poland
  Singapore
  Denmark
  Switzerland
  Ireland

## Semi Final One

 Poland,  Denmark 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

 Åland Islands,  Singapore and  Switzerland 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 forty-nine 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 20 October 2019. The results for the final were released on the [DATE].