Edition 67

The sixty-seventh edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Opéra de Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after Monaco's first victory in the sixty-sixth edition with the song "Toukassé" performed by SHANGUY - which scored 269 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on 11 May 2020 and a grand final which took place from 17 May 2020. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by the lead singer of the previous representative, Shady Cherkaoui, & François Civil - a French actor.

Sixty countries participated in this edition of the contest. Unfortunately, the contest saw withdrawals from 7 countries: Armenia, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kosovo, Syria and Uzbekistan. But, we did see the return of 8 countries to the contest. Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Hungary and Zimbabwe all after having a one edition break. Then, we also saw the return of Peru, Croatia and Mongolia after three, six and twenty-three editions respectively.

The power six for this edition were Monaco, The Netherlands, Finland, Belarus, Scotland and Mexico - 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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 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Participants
 Winner

## Other Participants

* Cameroon
* Colombia
* Ethiopia
* Kosovo
* Syria
* Uzbekistan

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 06 May 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. Ireland were not included in the pots because the head of delegation is on the admin team and in charge of the first semi-final. So, Ireland were automatically assigned to participate in semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations Monaco, The Netherlands, Finland, Belarus, Scotland and Mexico were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Monaco, Belarus and Mexico were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and The Netherlands, Finland and Scotland were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Semi Final One

 Monaco,  Belarus and  Mexico 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

 The Netherlands,  Finland and  Scotland 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.