International Music Festival 21 | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final 1 date | 18th January |
Semi-final 2 date | 22nd January |
Final date | 27th January |
Host | |
Venue | Stadthalle Graz |
Presenter(s) | Kati Bellowitsch,Andi Knoll & Anna F |
Broadcaster | ORF |
Opening act | SF1: Anna F. - "Friedberg" SF2: TBA Final: Conchita Wurst - "Heroes" |
Interval act | SF1: Charlee - "Boy Like You" SF2: TBA Final: TBA |
Participants | |
Entries | 51 |
Debuting | None |
Returning | Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Lithuania Malta Morocco Poland |
Withdrawing | Estonia Faroe Islands Latvia Moldova Ukraine |
Voting | |
System | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs |
Winner | "Uno Momento" |
International Music Festival | |
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International Music Festival 21, often referred to as IMF #21, is the up-coming 21st edition of International Music Festival. It will be held in Austria , after Conchita Wurst has won the contest for the second time for Austria and as an artist with "Heroes".
For the first time in the history of the contest, the Second Chance Contest was held in Ljubljana,Slovenia.
Venue[]
Stadthalle Graz is the biggest arrangement hall in Graz, Austria. It was built between April 2000 and in the beginning of 2002.
Stadthalle Graz which is pursued by fair Congress Betriebsgmbh stands on the place of the former hall 1 of the Grazer fair. Between 1998 and 1999 the architecture competition was carried out for the town hall. Architect Klaus Kada received in December 1999 the surcharge for it. On maximum 14,000 ms ² expandable hall exists of upper floor and first floor. The hall practically free of columns stands only on four basic columns which are in every corner of the hall. In 2009 it hosted Robocup. It was already a place for numerous arrangements as for example Wetten, dass..? or Musikantenstadl. On 16 November 2007 the music event The Dome took place for the first time with his 44th issue in the Grazer town hall.
Location[]
Graz (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁaːt͡s], formerly known as Gratz, is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark). On 1. January 2015 it had a population of 309,323 (of which 276.526 had principal residence status). In 2012 the population of the Graz Larger Urban Zone who had principal residence status stood at 599,049.
Graz has a long tradition as a student city: its six universities have more than 44,000 students. Its "Old Town" is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe.[citation needed]
Politically and culturally, Graz was for centuries more important for Slovenes than Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and still remains influential.
In 1999, Graz was added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites, and the site was extended in 2010 by Schloss Eggenberg. Graz was sole Cultural Capital of Europe for 2003 and got the title of a City of Culinary Delights in 2008.
Bidding phase[]
On the 4th January, ORF revealed the first two venues which apply to host the contest, the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna and the Stadthalle Graz located in Graz. On 9th January, ORF revealed their choice - the Grazer Stadthalle and therefor Graz will host the up-coming edition in Austria.
City | Venue | Capacity | Notes |
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Vienna | Wiener Stadthalle | 16,152 | Hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament and many events throughout the year. |
Graz | Stadthalle Graz | 11,032 | Hosted the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship. |
Semi-final and Grand Final draw[]
Running Order[]
The semi-final draw took place in Graz on the 10th of January, moderated by Andi Knoll.
Participants[]
Fifty-one countries confirmed their participation for the twenty-first edition in Graz, Austria, including some returning and some withdrawing countries, especially marking the withdrawal of the Ukraine and the Faroe Islands, but also Poland returned after a one-edition absence.
Returning artists[]
TBD
Results[]
Semifinal 1[]
Austria , Croatia , and Switzerland will vote in this semi-final.
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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01 | Montenegro | Amadeus Band | "Moja Zemlja" | 15 | 51 |
02 | Turkey | Demet Akalin ft. Gökhan Özen | "Nefsi Müdafaa" | 9 | 67 |
03 | Greenland | Julie Berthelsen | "Butterfly" | 3 | 105 |
04 | Romania | Inna ft. Marian Hill | "Diggy Down" | 5 | 94 |
05 | FYR Macedonia | Elena Risteska | "Opasno Vreme" | 17 | 47 |
06 | Egypt | Haifa Wehbe | "Hassa" | 23 | 3 |
07 | Malta | Baklava | "Moon Dance" | 6 | 76 |
08 | Iceland | Gunnar Birgisson | "Into My Arms" | 10 | 67 |
09 | Sweden | Miss Li | "Här Kommer Natten" | 20 | 32 |
10 | Netherlands | Sandra van Nieuwland | "Hunter" | 1 | 145 |
11 | Andorra | Auryn | "Puppeteer" | 11 | 63 |
12 | Russia | T-Moor Rodriguez | "#HEROES" | 13 | 60 |
13 | Liechtenstein | Anshelle | "There Is A House" | 8 | 74 |
14 | Germany | Linda Hesse | "Verbotene Liebe" | 2 | 143 |
15 | Spain | Jose Galisteo | "Beautiful Life" | 12 | 62 |
16 | Greece | Malu | "Mia Fora Sto Toso" | 21 | 29 |
17 | Norway | Two Steps from Hell ft. Merethe Soltvedt | "Compass" | 4 | 104 |
18 | Algeria | Tal | "Marcher Au Soleil" | 7 | 76 |
19 | San Marino | Marilena Castellone | "Sai Che C'è" | 14 | 54 |
20 | Luxembourg | Ian Thomas ft. Nyanda | "Run Away" | 18 | 44 |
21 | Kazakhstan | Ali Okapov | "Bile" | 22 | 23 |
22 | Belarus | Smash feat. Natalia Podolskaya | "Novyy Mir" | 19 | 44 |
23 | Lithuania | Ema | "This Is Our Time" | 16 | 47 |
Semifinal 2[]
Cyprus , Finland and France will vote in this semi-final.
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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01 | Slovakia | Mušnula | "Skúška prvých šiat" | 22 | 03 |
02 | Israel | Harel Skaat | "Now" | 14 | 51 |
03 | Monaco | Dania Giò | "If U Don't Love Me Now" | 12 | 57 |
04 | Hungary | Laura Cserpes | "Úgysincs más" | 10 | 76 |
05 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Maya Berovic | "Vjeruj Zeni Koja Pije" | 07 | 86 |
06 | Armenia | Athena Manoukian | "Xo" | 01 | 159 |
07 | Tunisia | Nathalie | "Vivo Sospesa" | 04 | 96 |
08 | Lebanon | Lara Scandar | "Lovebirds" | 19 | 27 |
09 | Denmark | Iggy Azalea ft. Mo | "Beg For It" | 09 | 78 |
10 | Portugal | Kika ft. Andreas Wijk | "Can't Feel Love Tonight" | 06 | 88 |
11 | Kosovo | Kida | "Mke Rrejt" | 21 | 26 |
12 | Georgia | Via Gra feat. Vakhtang | "U Menya Poyavilsya Drugoy" | 05 | 91 |
13 | Albania | Floriani | "E Di Qe Don" | 16 | 35 |
14 | Morocco | Shiri Maimon | "Crossroads" | 20 | 26 |
15 | Ireland | Westlife | "What About Now" | 02 | 118 |
16 | Bulgaria | Irina Florin | "Ochakvan Nepoznat" | 17 | 34 |
17 | Slovenia | Maraaya | "Lovin' Me" | 03 | 118 |
18 | Italy | Jenny B | "La Vita Sbagliata Non E'" | 15 | 48 |
19 | Serbia | Snežana Vušović | "Pobeda" | 13 | 55 |
20 | Azerbaijan | Nikki Jamal | "Yalan" | 18 | 31 |
21 | United Kingdom | Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne | "Real Love" | 11 | 67 |
22 | Poland | Margaret | "Start A Fire" | 08 | 80 |
Finalists[]
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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01 | Switzerland | Mia Aegerter | "Alive" | 25 | 33 |
02 | Poland | Margaret | "Start A Fire" | 6 | 160 |
03 | Tunisia | Nathalie | "Vivo Sospesa" | 14 | 106 |
04 | Finland | Benjamin | "Unbreakble" | 5 | 163 |
05 | Algeria | Tal | "Marcher Au Soleil" | 17 | 85 |
06 | Norway | Two Steps from Hell ft. Merethe Soltvedt | "Compass" | 8 | 143 |
07 | Austria | Sarah Stephanie | "Herz Übernimmt Kommando" | 26 | 32 |
08 | Turkey | Demet Akalin ft. Gökhan Özen | "Nefsi Müdafaa" | 24 | 56 |
09 | Slovenia | Maraaya | "Lovin' Me" | 7 | 145 |
10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Maya Berovic | "Vjeruj Zeni Koja Pije" | 23 | 63 |
11 | Romania | Inna ft. Marian Hill | "Diggy Down" | 12 | 116 |
12 | Greenland | Julie Berthelsen | "Butterfly" | 11 | 120 |
13 | France | Marc Antoine ft. M. Pokora & Nyco Lilliu | "À nous" | 21 | 74 |
14 | Croatia | Severina feat. Ministarke | "Uno Momento" | 1 | 221 |
15 | Germany | Linda Hesse | "Verbotene Liebe" | 4 | 172 |
16 | Malta | Baklava | "Moon Dance" | 20 | 81 |
17 | Ireland | Westlife | "What About Now" | 3 | 197 |
18 | Liechtenstein | Anshelle | "There Is A House" | 16 | 91 |
19 | Hungary | Laura Cserpes | "Úgysincs más" | 13 | 107 |
20 | Armenia | Athena Manoukian | "Xo" | 2 | 221 |
21 | Cyprus | Hashtag | "Ki An Ola Teleiosan" | 10 | 136 |
22 | Portugal | Kika ft. Andreas Wijk | "Can't Feel Love Tonight" | 15 | 95 |
23 | Iceland | Gunnar Birgisson | "Into My Arms" | 22 | 65 |
24 | Denmark | Iggy Azalea ft. Mo | "Beg For It" | 19 | 84 |
25 | Netherlands | Sandra van Nieuwland | "Hunter" | 9 | 142 |
26 | Georgia | Via Gra ft. Vakhtang | "U Menya Poyavilsya Drugoy" | 18 | 85 |
Voting grids[]
Semifinal 1[]
TBA
Semifinal 2[]
TBA
Grand Final[]
TBA
See also[]
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