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International Music Festival #14
InternationalMusicFestival14 logo 1 OFFICIAL
Dreaming Of Summer
Participants: 54
Winner: United Kingdom Ella Henderson - "Ghost"
Semifinal 1: 6 July
Semifinal 2: 9 July
Grand Final: 12 July
Location: Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Opening Acts: SF 1: Cher Lloyd - "Sirens"
SF 2: Lily Allen - "Air Balloon"
Final: Coldplay - "A Sky Full Of Stars"
Interval Acts: SF 1: Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - "Fancy"
SF 2: Sigma - "Nobody To Love"
Final: Paloma Faith - "Only Love Can Hurt Like This"
Moderation: Katy Tiz
Debuting: None
Returning: Flag of Andorra Andorra
Flag of Latvia Latvia
Flag of Russia Russia
Withdrawing: Flag of Belgium Belgium
Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of Serbia Serbia
Timeline: ◄13 Eurovision Heart 15►

International Music Festival #14, often referred to as IMF #14, is the up-coming 14th edition of International Music Festival.

Location[]

For further information see Belfast

Belfast is the administrative capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. Most of Belfast is in County Antrim, but parts of East and South Belfast are in County Down. It is on the flood plain of the River Lagan.

By population, Belfast is one of the largest cities in the United Kingdom and the second largest on the island of Ireland. It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. At the time of the 2011 census, the city of Belfast had a population of 286,000 and lies at the heart of the Belfast Urban area, which has a population of 483,418 and the Belfast Metropolitan Area, which had a population of 579,276 at the 2001 census. The Larger Urban Zone, as defined by the European Union, has a total population 641,638. Belfast was granted city status in 1888.

Historically, Belfast has been a centre for the Irish linen industry (earning the nickname "Linenopolis"), tobacco production, rope-making and shipbuilding: the city's main shipbuilders, Harland and Wolff, which built the well-known RMS Titanic, propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the biggest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast, if briefly, the biggest city in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century, and the city's industrial and economic success was cited by unionist opponents of Home Rule as a reason why Ireland should shun devolution and later why Ulster unionists in particular would fight to resist it.

Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the period of conflict called "the Troubles", but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Additionally, Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square.

Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport in the city, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. Belfast is also a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the famous Harland and Wolff shipyard. Belfast is a constituent city of the Dublin-Belfast corridor, which has a population of three million, or half the total population of the island of Ireland. Belfast is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of 'Gamma'.

Host city selection[]

Odsessy Arena
View of the Odessy Arena in Belfast

On July 4, BBC decided to hold the compeition in Belfast. Their decision was made regarding the venue, but also the location and meaning of Belfast.

Format[]

Semi-final allocation draw[]

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 05 July 2014. The semi-final allocation had the old format as the IBU did not decide the running order. The big 6 countries were first drawn to determine in which semi-final would each country vote. Malta, Norway and the United Kingdom  were drawn to vote in the first semi-final while Germany, Portugal and Spain were drawn to vote in the second semi-final. The rest forty-eight countries were divided into eight pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final draw was determinded.

The eight pots were the following:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Pot 5 Pot 6 Pot 7 Pot 8

Participating countries[]

Semifinal 1[]

Flag of Malta Malta , Flag of Norway Norway and the Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom will vote in this Semifinal.

Draw Country Artist Song Translation Place Points
01 Flag of San Marino San Marino Azuro ft. Elly "Je Ne Sais Pas" I Don't Know 17 43
02 Flag of Georgia Georgia Tamta ft. Xenia Gahli "Gennithika Gia Sena" 8 88
03 Greenland Greenland Simon Lynge "Infinitely You" -- 21 29
04 Flag of Armenia Armenia Dorians "Life Is Beautiful" -- 16 43
05 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "Shine In The Light" -- 1 127
06 Flag of Finland Finland Jannika B "Itseni Herra" 10 69
07 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Nancy Ajram ft. Cheb Khaled "Shajea Helmak" 5 102
08 Flag of Albania Albania Besa "Folie" -- 11 58
09 Flag of Morocco Morocco Fabiënne Bergmans ft. Brahim Fouradi "Hou Me Vast" 7 88
10 Flag of Egypt Egypt Myra Sky "House Of Cards" -- 9 80
11 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo Nita Bahtiri "Zemer e Drynosur" 19 35
12 Flag of Denmark Denmark Medina ft. Anton Ewald "This Could Be Something" -- 3 114
13 Flag of Russia Russia Sogdiana "Molniya" Lightning 12 58
14 Flag of Belarus Belarus Matvei Cooper & DUX Band "Strippers" -- 23 17
15 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands Vengaboys "We're Going To Ibiza!" -- 14 56
16 Flag of Estonia Estonia Getter Jaani & Koit Toome "Rannamaja" 2 126
17 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Santra "Neshto Po-dobro" Something Better 13 58
18 Flag of Algeria Algeria Indila "S.O.S" -- 4 114
19 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Achsar "Shadowless" -- 24 11
20 Flag of Israel Israel Shlomi Levi & Shay Rokach feat. Mei Finegold "Sweet Harmony" -- 22 27
21 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Stella Kalli "Etsi Kana Ego" That's how I do 6 91
22 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia Naider Guirat "The Jasmine's Calling" -- 18 41
23 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Hooverphonic "Sometimes" -- 15 56
24 Flag of Turkey Turkey Ayse Hatun Onal "Cak Bir Selam" 20 35

Semifinal 2[]

Flag of Germany Germany , Flag of Portugal Portugal and Flag of Spain Spain will vote in this Semifinal.

Draw Country Artist Song Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Sonja Bakic & Tony Cetinski "Trazim te" 17 44
02 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Studentės "Alpstu" 23 25
03 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Ado & Dino "Ako me volis dodji mi" If you love me,come to me 21 31
04 Flag of Iceland Iceland Greta Salome "These Last Days Of Summer" -- 5 94
05 Flag of Italy Italy Fanya "Fermi Noi" 3 118
06 Flag of Austria Austria Empty Flags "Hey Hey" -- 10 69
07 Flag of Croatia Croatia Jelena Rozga "Dobinta Kombinacija" 14 60
08 Flag of Romania Romania Inna ft. J. Balvin "Cola Song" -- 2 125
09 Flag of Andorra Andorra La 5° Estacion "Recuérdame" Remember me 6 90
10 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Nika Zorjan "Problemom Sredinc" 7 89
11 Flag of France France Pauline "Le meilleur de nous-mêmes..." The best of ourselves 11 63
12 Flag of Hungary Hungary Tolvai Renáta "Hagylak menni" I let you go 16 46
13 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Eivør "Undo Your Mind" -- 18 40
14 Flag of Greece Greece Helena Paparizou "Set Your Heart On Me" -- 4 105
15 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic Verona "Volnej pad" 22 28
16 Flag of Monaco Monaco Jenn Ayache "L'Américain" The American 19 35
17 Flag of Moldova Moldova Lavinia ft. Kaira "Povesti cu zane" 20 34
18 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Glasperlenspiel "Moment" Moment 15 46
19 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Eva Bushmina "Religiya" 12 61
20 Flag of Ireland Ireland Ryan Dolan "Fall To The Floor" -- 1 127
21 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Dima Bilan & Nikki Jamal "Come Into My World" -- 24 8
22 Flag of Macedonia FYR Macedonia Magdalena Cvetkoska Ena "Heroj" Hero 8 84
23 Flag of Sweden Sweden Tove Lo "Habits (Stay High)" -- 9 84
24 Flag of Latvia Latvia Aija Andrejeva "Kafijas Kruze" 13 60

Finalists[]

Draw Country Artist Song Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Iceland Iceland Greta Salome "These Last Days Of Summer" -- 11 119
02 Flag of Finland Finland Jannika B "Itseni Herra" 20 90
03 Flag of Morocco Morocco Fabiënne Bergmans ft.Brahim Fouradi "Hou Me Vast" 13 109
04 Flag of Georgia Georgia Tamta ft. Xenia Gahli "Gennithika Gia Sena" 10 121
05 Flag of Malta Malta Kevin Borg "Paint It Black" -- 24 44
06 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Nika Zorjan "Problemom Sredinc" 8 135
07 Flag of Algeria Algeria Indila "S.O.S" -- 6 158
08 Flag of Portugal Portugal Mickael Carreira ft. Rita Guerra "Volto a Ti" Back To You 26 34
09 Flag of Romania Romania Inna ft. J. Balvin "Cola Song" -- 3 202
10 Flag of Norway Norway Adélen "Always On My Mind" -- 4 174
11 Flag of Estonia Estonia Getter Jaani & Koit Toome "Rannamaja" 9 132
12 Flag of Andorra Andorra La 5° Estacion "Recuérdame" Remember me 15 101
13 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "Shine In The Light" -- 2 227
14 Flag of Spain Spain Xuso Jones "Megaphone" -- 19 91
15 Flag of Sweden Sweden Tove Lo "Habits (Stay High)" -- 14 105
16 Flag of Germany Germany Fettes Brot "Echo" Echo 25 36
17 Flag of Denmark Denmark Medina ft. Anton Ewald "This Could Be Something" -- 12 114
18 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Ella Henderson "Ghost" -- 1 290
19 Flag of Austria Austria Empty Flags "Hey Hey" -- 22 78
20 Flag of Greece Greece Helena Paparizou "Set Your Heart On Me" -- 17 96
21 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Nancy Ajram ft. Cheb Khaled "Shajea Helmak" Encourage your dream 16 97
22 Flag of Ireland Ireland Ryan Dolan "Fall to the Floor" -- 5 167
23 Flag of Italy Italy Fanya "Fermi Noi" 7 156
24 Flag of Egypt Egypt Myra Sky "House Of Cards" -- 18 96
25 Flag of Macedonia FYR Macedonia Magdalena Cvetkoska Ena "Heroj" Hero 23 72
26 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Stella Kalli "Etsi Kano Ego" That's how I do 21 88

Voting grids[]

Semifinal 1[]

Semifinal 2[]

Final[]

Other awards[]

International broadcasts and voting[]

Voting and spokespersons[]

  1. Spain Lilan Garcia
  2. Luxembourg Deborah
  3. Germany Roman Lob
  4. Montenegro Andrea Demirović
  5. Lebanon Mika
  6. Hungary Sven Csongar
  7. Azerbaijan Safura
  8. Slovenia Maja Keuc
  9. Greece RiskyKidd
  10. Ukraine Zlata Ognevich
  11. Ireland Zoe Alexis
  12. Croatia Daria Kinzer
  13. Monaco Jenifer
  14. Morocco Samira Said
  15. Liechtenstein Hans Adam II.
  16. Portugal Rui Andrade
  17. Finland Krista Siegfrids
  18. Bulgaria Boiko Borisov
  19. Austria Eser Ari-Akbaba
  20. Belarus Alyona Lanskaya

  1. Romania Andreea Balan
  2. Slovakia Maria Cirova
  3. Czech Republic Tereza Kerndlová
  4. Algeria Kenza Farah
  5. France Flavel & Neto
  6. Kosovo Miriam Cani
  7. Bosnia and Herzegovina Hanka Paldum
  8. Latvia Ginta Lapina
  9. Israel Judah Gavra
  10. Macedonia Tijana Dapcevic
  11. Denmark Basim
  12. Egypt Marwa Nasr
  13. Norway Carina Dahl
  14. Iceland Unnur Eggerts
  15. Lithuania Donny Montell
  16. Faroe Islands Brandur
  17. Malta Ira Losco

  1. Moldova Aliona Moon
  2. Armenia Cher
  3. Italy Giuseppe Gioffré
  4. Cyprus Demy
  5. Greenland Julie Berthelsen
  6. San Marino Valentina Monetta
  7. Tunisia Axel Tony
  8. Russia Nyusha
  9. Estonia Tanja
  10. Georgia Sopho Nizharadze
  11. Switzerland Sebalter
  12. United Kingdom Paloma Faith
  13. Andorra Monica Naranjo
  14. Turkey Yusuf Cim
  15. Albania Arilena
  16. Sweden Robin Stjernberg
  17. Netherlands Dionne Stax
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