Changes: International Music Festival 23

International Music Festival 23;
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	March 2015
Semi-final 2 date	March 2015
Final date	March 2015
Host
Venue	Friends Arena,Stockholm
Presenter(s)	Sanna Nielsen, Eric Saade
Broadcaster	SVT
Opening act	SF1: ; SF2:; Final:
Interval act	SF1: ; SF2:; Final:
Participants
Entries	57
Debuting
Returning
Withdrawing
Voting
System	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs
Winner	TBA
International Music Festival
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Revision as of 13:34, 28 February 2015

International Music Festival 23, often referred to as IMF #23, is the up-coming 23rd edition of International Music Festival. It will be held in Sweden, after the victory of Molly Sandén with "Phoenix".

Venue

Friends Arena, the football national arena of Sweden, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium located next to the lake Råstasjön in Solna, just north of Stockholm City Centre. The main tenants of the stadium are Sweden's national football team and Allsvenskan football club AIK. Both relocated from their previous home at the Råsunda Stadium. The venue has a total capacity of 65,000 at concerts and 50,000 seated at football matches, but the stadium can be scaled down to accomplish a more intimate setting to host smaller events with a capacity of approximately 20,000 guests. Friends Arena is the biggest football stadium, and indoor venue, in the Nordic countries.

Location

Stockholm (/ˈstɒkhoʊm, -hoʊlm/; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɔkːˈɔlm, ˈstɔkˈhɔlm] (About this sound pronunciation)) is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region,with 911 989 people living in the municipality,approximately 1.4 million in the urban area,and a total population close to 2.2 million in the metropolitan area.The city is spread across 14 islands on the coast in the southeast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago and the Baltic sea. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Birger Jarl.

Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The region alone accounts for over a third of the country's GDP,and is among the top 10 regions in Europe by GDP per capita.It's an important global city,and the main centre for corporate headquarters in the Nordic region.The city is home to some of Europe's top ranking universities, such as the Karolinska Institute,and hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and banquet at the Stockholm Concert Hall and Stockholm City Hall. One of the city's most prized museums, the Vasa Museum, is the most visited non-art museum in Scandinavia.The Stockholm metro, opened in 1950, is well known for its decoration of the stations; it has been called the longest art gallery in the world.Sweden's national football arena is located north of the city centre, in Solna. Ericsson Globe, the national indoor arena, is in the southern part of the city. The city was the host of the 1912 Summer Olympics, and hosted the equestrian portion of the 1956 Summer Olympics otherwise held in Melbourne, Australia.

Stockholm is the seat of the Government of Sweden and most government agencies,including the highest courts in the Judiciary,and the official residencies of the Swedish monarch and the Prime Minister. The Government has its seat in the Rosenbad building, the Riksdag is seated in the Parliament House, and the Prime Minister's residence is adjacent at the Sager House.The Stockholm Palace is the official residence and principal workplace of the Swedish monarch, while the Drottningholm Palace, a World Heritage Site on the outskirts of Stockholm, serves as the Royal Family's private residence.

Results

Semifinal 1

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
01	Slovakia	Kristína	"Ta Ne"
02	Ghana
03	Canada	Cory Lee	"Shot to my heart"
04	Georgia	Ani Lorak & Grigory Lips	"Zerkala"
05	Turkmenistan	Firyuza	"Yana Yana"
06	Syria	Helly Luv	"Risk It All"
07	Brazil	Michel Teló	"Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
08	FYR Macedonia	TBA Makedonski Zuvci!	TBA Makedonski Zuvci!
09	China	TBA A Song For China	TBA A Song For China
10	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Dolce & Gabbana"
11	Romania
12	Montenegro	Afërdita Dreshaj	"Komplikim"
13	Spain	Auryn	"Breathe your fire"
14	Belarus	Milki	"Accent"
15	United Kingdom	Jess Glynne	"Hold My Hand"
16	South Korea
17	Poland	Honorata Skarbek	"Naga"
18	Uruguay	Vi-Em	"Nada Formal"

Semifinal 2

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
01	Armenia
02	Croatia	Luminize	"Kill It With Love"
03	Ireland
04	Greece
05	Belgium	Emma Bale	"All I Want"
06	Taiwan	Jolin Tsai feat. Namie Amuro	"I'm Not Yours"
07	Latvia	Markus Riva	"Take Me Down"
08	Indonesia	Agnes Monica	"Rindu"
09	Denmark	Sara Sukurani	"Love Me Love Me"
10	Lithuania	TBA Lietuvos Daina 1	TBA Lietuvos Daina 1
11	Nigeria
12	Austria
13	Finland	Stina Girs	"Mä tahdon tietää mitä rakkaus on"
14	Israel	Kokoro	"Tasmanian Devil"
15	France	M. Pokora	"On Danse"
16	Germany
17	Switzerland	Eliane	"Leave A Light On"
18	Iceland	Thorsteinn Einarsson	"Leya"
19	Czech Republic	AquaBabes	"Neříkej mi baby"

Semifinal 3

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
01	Norway
02	Sweden	Young Squage	"Transformer"
03	Turkey
04	United States	Train
05	Italy	Osvaldo Supino	"Stop the Rain"
06	Australia	Reigan	"All of the Pieces"
07	Netherlands
08	San Marino	Tony Maiello	"Farsi del male x sempre"
09	Kazakhstan	Aigul Imanbaeva	"Sen"
10	Honduras	Sherry and Sheyla	"Fun Ride (Na Na Na)"
11	Hungary	TBA Song For Hungary	TBA Song For Hungary
12	Albania	TBA Albanian Music Festival 1	TBA Albanian Music Festival 1
13	Estonia	Elisa Kolk	"Superlove"
14	Morocco	Sofia Marikh	"I Love You"
15	New Zealand	Jackie Thomas	"It's Worth It"
16	Moldova	Adriana Rusu	"Arde"
17	Cyprus	Mixalis Xatzigiannis	"Plai Plai"
18	Thailand	Steven Skyler
19	Malta