Edition 63

The sixty-third edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the second time the country hosted the contest, after Sweden's second victory in the sixty-second edition with the song "Not With Me" performed by Wiktoria - which scored 266 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 27 Janaury 2020 and a grand final which took place from the 02 February 2020. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by television presenter Petra Mede and singer Måns Zelmerlöw - who both hosted the sixty-first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Zelmerlöw is also competing as the representative of Sweden with his song "One".

Forty-seven countries participated in this edition of the contest. The sixty-third edition saw the debut of the island nation, Svalbard. They come to the contest with hopes of success and bring their own unique style. Georgia made their long awaited return to the contest after being away since the thirty-seventh edition. Also returning to the contest were; Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Peru and Puerto Rico. Unfortunately six countries withdrew from the contest and they were as follows; Afghanistan, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Italy and San Marino - the later has participated since the fifty-fifth edition.

The power six for this edition were Sweden, Finland, Germany, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Northern Ireland and South Africa - 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

* Brazil
* Cameroon
* Chile
* Italy
* San Marino

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 27 January 2020. 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 was not included in the pots because the head of delegation for this country is on the admin team and are in charge of the first semi-final; as a result, Ireland was automatically assigned to another semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (Sweden, Finland, Germany, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Northern Ireland and South Africa) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. [Sweden, Germany and Bosnia & Herzegovina] were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and [Finland, Northern Ireland and South Africa] were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 Sweden,  Germany and  Bosnia & Herzegovina 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.

## Semi Final Two

 Finland,  Northern Ireland and  South Africa 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. The running order for the final was announced shortly after the semi final results on the [DATE]. The results for the final were released on the [DATE].