Edition 84

The eighty-fourth edition of the **Global Music Festival**​ took place at the Desire Arena in Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands. The Desire Arena was built to host the live shows of the Global Music Festival. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after United States Virgin Islands' first victory in the eighty-third edition with the song "Fighting For Me (Piano version)" performed by Riley Clemmons - which scored 250 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 6 October 2021 and a grand final which took place from the 23 October 2021. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Chris Rock.

Fifty-seven countries participated in this edition of the contest: Unfortunately, this edition saw eight countries withdraw from the competition; Afghanistan, Albania, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Taiwan and Zimbabwe. However several other countries, including Greece and Slovakia, both returning after a two edition break, made their return to the contest. Liechtenstein returned after a twenty-eight edition break with their last participation being the fifty-fifth edition. After an eighteen edition break, both Guatemala and Malaysia returned to the contest. The other returning countries were Dominican Republic, Slovakia and Uruguay.

The power six for this edition were United States Virgin Islands, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, Guam and Finland - 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
 Lil Nas X - THAT'S WHAT I WANT

## Other Participants

* Albania
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Czech Republic
* Luxembourg
* Taiwan
* Zimbabwe

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 4 October 2021. The fifty-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 is in charge of the first semi-finals; as a result, Ireland were assigned to semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (United States Virgin Islands, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, Guam and Finland) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. United States Virgin Islands, Sweden and Guam were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and New Zealand, South Korea and Finland were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 United States Virgin Islands,  Sweden and  Guam 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

 New Zealand,  South Korea and  Finland 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 fifty-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 21 October 2021. The results for the final were released on the 31 October 2021.