Edition 57

The fifty-seventh edition of the **Global Music Festival** took place at the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje, North Macedonia. It was the first time the country hosted the contest, after North Macedonia's first victory in the fifty-sixth edition with the song Se odbiram sebe performed by Aleksandra Janeva - which scored 273 points. This edition consisted of two semi-finals which were all launched on the 01 September 2019 and a grand final which took place from the 08 September. All three of the shows in this edition were hosted by singers Marija Ivanovska and Tamara Todevska.

Sixty countries participated in this edition of the contest. The fifty-seventh edition saw three countries return and they were; Chile, Croatia and Ethiopia. Singapore was the fourth country to return and will make their second appearance in the contest. Their previous appearance was in the fifteenth edition where they finished in 14th place in the Grand Final. Sadly we had to say goodbye to a country who has participated from the first edition of the Global Music Festival. This country was Italy who has had a very good run in the contest and hopefully will return in the near future. Latvia was the second and only other country who decided to withdraw.

The power six for this edition were North Macedonia, Sweden, Ireland, Serbia, England and Canada - 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

* Latvia

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on the 29 August 2019. The 60 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 this country is on the admin team and is in charge of the second semi-final; as a result, the country was automatically assigned to another semi-final: Finland were assigned to semi-final one.

Also, in the semi-final allocation draw the power six nations (North Macedonia, Sweden, Ireland, Serbia, England and Canada) were all drawn to vote in one of the respective semi-finals. Sweden, Serbia and Canada were assigned to vote in the first semi-final and North Macedonia, Ireland and England were assigned to vote in the second semi-final.

## Power Six

  Sweden
  Ireland
  Serbia
  England
  Canada

## Semi Final One

 Sweden,  Serbia and  Canada 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

 North Macedonia,  Ireland and  England 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 sixtty 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 [DATE]. The results for the final were released on the [DATE].

* Sweden was disqualified as they did not vote before the deadline. If they had voted, they would have placed in 30th with 18 points.