Edition 74

The seventy-fourth edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place in Las Vegas, United States of America, following Miley Cyrus' victory at the seventy-third edition in Longyearbyen, Svalbard with the song "Midnight Sky". It was the second win for the United States and the second time that the country hosted the competition. Organised by the head of delegation and host broadcaster, the contest was held at the T-Mobile Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals which were both launched on the 08 November 2020 and a grand final which took place from the 16 December 2020 - following a short delay following employment commitments in the admin team. The three shows were hosted by Marie Osmond and the lead singer of the band "The Killers" - Brandon Flowers.

Sixty countries participated in this edition of the contest. Unfortunately, three countries withdrew from this edition: Ecuador, Gibraltar and Ireland. However, several countries decided to return for the seventy-fourth edition. Italy, Jamaica and Malta all returned after a one edition break from the competition. Bosnia & Herzegovina and Cyprus both returned for the first time since the seventy-first edition. Nigeria was absent from the competition for three editions and Belize, most significantly, returned for the first time, following an eight edition break.

The power six for this edition were the United States, Singapore, Germany, Sweden, Lithuania and Switzerland - 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

* Gibraltar
* Ireland

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 3 November 2020. The fifty-four 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 Finland is on the admin team and is in charge of the second semi-final, so Finland were automatically assigned to semi-final one.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations the United States, Singapore, Germany, Sweden, Lithuania and Sweden were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Singapore, Germany and Sweden were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and the United States, Lithuania and Switzerland were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 Singapore,  Germany and  Sweden 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

The  United States,  Lithuania 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 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.