Edition 6

he sixth edition of the Global Music Festival took place in Rauma, Finland at the Äijänsuo Arena, following the victory of Benjamin and Sweet California in the fifth edition in Tallinn.  The show was presented by beloved Finnish singer Krista Siegfrids; regular presenter of UMK and radio host Anne Laito; and the lead singer of Finnish band Softengine - Topi Latukka.  This edition saw 43 countries battling to win the contest: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland (host), France, FYR Macedonia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.  The power six, the participants who finished in the top 6 of the last edition, for this edition were Finland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Spain, Russia and FYR Macedonia (it should have been Kosovo, but the head of delegation for Kosovo switched countries, hence why FYR Macedonia is part of the power six).  Two countries debuted in this edition: FYR Macedonia and Indonesia.  This edition had no theme, so the participants had to select a song by a singer from their participating country.  During the final of the sixth edition, the interval act was a selection of Finnish artists, to show people outside of Finland a range of the countries musical talent.  There was a performance from the Finnish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Norma John with their song "Blackbird"; also, there was a performance by the previous winner Benjamin with his two previous entries "Man On the Moon" and "Unbreakable"; and finally Krista Siegfrids joint with Softengine to perform a compilation of some of their greatest hits.  The sixth edition was won by returning artist - Anne-Marie with her song "Ciao Adios" (this time representing the United Kingdom), who won with a record breaking 162 points.

 Slogan
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Participants
 Theme
 Winner

## Participants

* File:Indonesian Flag.png Indonesia
* Germany
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United States
* Dominican Republic
* Lithuania
* Malta
* Morocco
* Pakistan

## ​Semi Final Allocation Draw

The draw for the semi finals took place on Saturday 15 April 2017. One of the admins did a live stream on the Facebook group and pulled countries from a number of pots:

The pots were organised by the countries previous results in the contest.  The countries received an average of their previous positions to organise them by the most successful nations (the power six [Finland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Spain, Russia and FYR Macedonia] were not added to the pots because of their automatic places in the grand final, also Ukraine were not added to the pots because the participant is part of the admin team and was in charge of the first semi final - so was drawn to perform in the second semi final to avoid bias).

The allocation draw was done by choosing one country from each pot, one after the other, and each country was combined with a randomly drawn position - showing where each country would perform in each semi final.

## ​Odds

Odds returned for the sixth edition of the Global Music Festival and featured in both the semi finals as well as the final. The odds for the semi finals were released on Sunday 16 April 2017 by the admins in charge of their respective semi finals, below you can see the odds for the top ten in each semi final:

And, below are the odds for the favourites for the final of the sixth edition:

  Sweden
  South Korea
  Bosnia & Herzegovina
  Jamaica
  Kosovo
  Australia
  Ukraine
  Finland
  Germany

## ​Semi Final One

 Bulgaria,  FYR Macedonia and  Spain voted in the semi final, following the allocation draw, as well as the countries participating in this semi final. After the results were announced the admin team discussed selecting a wild card entry from this semi final to progress to the final, the act selected was  Croatia.

## Semi Final Two

 Finland,  Russia and  Sweden voted in the semi final, following the allocation draw, as well as the countries participating in this semi final. Also, Ukraine was automatically placed in this semi final because the head of delegation is on the admin team and is in charge of the second semi final.  After the results were announced the admin team discussed selecting a wild card entry from this semi final to progress to the final, the act selected was  India.