Edition 58

The fifty-eighth edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the San Marino Stadium in Serraville, San Marino. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after San Marino's first victory in the fifty-seventh edition with the song Paracadute performed by Giulia Luzi - which scored 294. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 22 September 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 30 September 2019. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by footballer Davide Gualtiere and singer Valentina Monetta.

Fifty countries participated in this edition of the contest. The fifty-eighth edition saw the return of Bulgaria who had last participated in the forty-ninth edition. Cuba and Italy also made their return to the contest. However; Albania, Angola, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Malta, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all withdrew from the contest. Some countries decided the needed a break from the contest while others did not send their entry before the the deadline closed. Argentina and Ukraine, both who competed since editions thirty-eight and thirty-four respectively, took the total of withdrawing countries to thirteen.

The power six for this edition were San Marino, Åland Islands, Colombia, Australia, Spain and Belgium - 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

* Angola
* Argentina
* Belarus
* Canada
* Croatia
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Kazakhstan
* Malta
* Norway
* Portugal
* Sweden
* Ukraine

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 21 September 2019. The forty-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 and Finland were not included in the pots because the head of delegations for these countries are on the admin team and are in charge of the first and second semi-finals respectively; as a result, the countries were automatically assigned to another semi-final: Finland were assigned to semi-final one, and Ireland were assigned to semi-final two.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (San Marino, Åland Islands, Colombia, Australia, Spain and Belgium) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Colombia, Australia and Belgium were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and San Marino, Åland Islands and Spain were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Power Six

  Åland Islands
  Colombia
  Australia
  Spain
  Belgium

## Semi Final One

 Colombia,  Australia and  Belgium 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

 San Marino,  Åland Islands and  Spain 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 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 22 September 2019. The results for the final were released on the 06 October 2019.