IMF #3 was the third edition. Sweden is host country for the second time now (International Music Festival 1) , after Laleh won with "Some Die Young" and huge 244 points.
International Music Festival 3 | |
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Participants: | 47 |
Winner: |
United States Anna Kendrick "Cups" |
Semifinal 1: | 03 Octobre |
Semifinal 2: | 11 Octobre |
Grand Final: | 18 Octobre |
Location: | Sweden, Löfbergs Lila Arena (Karlstad) |
Debuting (to date): |
Greenland Belarus Lebanon Georgia Portugal Montenegro Albania |
Returning (to date): |
Armenia Hungary Egypt |
Withdrawing (to date): |
Switzerland Ukraine Poland Åland China Cyprus Luxembourg Russia Serbia Slovenia Thailand Israel |
Timeline: | ◄2 4► |
Bidding Phase[]
Location | Seats | Known for |
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Friends Arena (Stockholm) | 67,500 | Melodifestivalen Final Venue |
Tele2 Arena (Stockholm) | 45,000 | - |
Malmö Arena (Malmö) | 13,500 | Eurovision Song Contest 2013 |
Ericsson Globe (Stockholm) | 13,850 | Hosted Melodifestivalen 2012 Final |
Scandinavium (Gothenburg) | 12,044 | Hosted North Vision Song Contest #4 |
ABB Arena Syd(Västerâs) | 9,000 | Hosted first edition of IMF |
Löfbergs Lila Arena (Karlstad) | 8,647 | Melodifestivalen Semifinal Venue |
Cloetta Center (Linköping) | 8,500 | - |
Hovet (Stockholm) | 8,094 | - |
Tegera Arena (Leksand) | 7,650 | - |
Semifinal 1[]
Location | Seats | Known for | Votes |
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Friends Arena (Stockholm) | 67,500 | Melodifestivalen Final Venue | 2 |
Cloetta Center (Linköping) | 8,500 | 2 | |
Ericsson Globe (Stockholm) | 13,850 | Hosted Melodifestivalen 2012 Final | 3 |
Tegera Arena (Leksand) | 7,650 | 0 | |
Scandinavium (Gothenburg) | 12,044 | Hosted North Vision Song Contest #4 | 1 |
Semifinal 2[]
Location | Seats | Known for | Votes |
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Hovet (Stockholm) | 8,094 | 1 | |
Malmö Arena (Malmö) | 13,500 | Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | 1 |
ABB Arena Syd(Västerâs) | 9,000 | Hosted first edition of IMF | 1 |
Löfbergs Lila Arena (Karlstad) | 8,647 | Melodifestivalen Semifinal Venue | 2 |
Tele2 Arena (Stockholm) | 45,000 | 1 |
Final[]
Location | Seats | Known for | Votes |
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Friends Arena (Stockholm) | 67,500 | Melodifestivalen Final Venue | 10 |
Ericsson Globe (Stockholm) | 13,850 | Hosted Melodifestivalen 2012 Final | 9 |
Malmö Arena (Malmö) | 13,500 | Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | 4 |
Löfbergs Lila Arena (Karlstad) | 8,647 | Melodifestivalen Semifinal Venue | 13 |
Confirmed Nations[]
Country | Artist | Song |
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Armenia | Luara | Fire In Me |
Austria | Clara Luzia | Bleed |
Belgium | Noa Moon & Malo' | Paradise |
Hungary | Dred | Bolond szívem |
Greenland | Björnskov | Vi Er Helte |
Belarus | Victoria Aleshko | Dream |
United Kingdom | The Wanted | Walks Like Rihanna |
Czech Republic | Nightwork | Cekam na signal |
Netherlands | Rob van Daal | Ik Ga Leven |
Romania | Meena K | Everybody On The Floor |
Moldova | Angelika Vee ft. Kilyan Mash | Cash out |
Malta | Fabrizio Faniello | Sa L-Ahhar |
Lebanon | Eric Saade | Marching |
Ukraine | Kamaliya | I'm Alive |
Switzerland | Patrick Nuo | Beautiful |
Georgia | Meladze&Via Gra | Prityazhenʹya bolʹshe net |
Portugal | Katy Perry | Roar |
Montenegro | Nina Žižić | Odlazi |
Albania | Kristine Elezaj | Warpath |
Germany | Daniela Katzenberger | Nothing's gonna stop me now |
Kazakhstan | Moldir Auelbekova | Osiet |
Spain | Amelie | Deixa'm volar |
Slovakia | Gabi-g | Hip Hap |
Latvia | Annija Putniņa | Tas Viss Jau Ir Bijis |
Iceland | Jón Jónson | All,you,I |
South Korea | T-ARA | Sexy Love |
France | Dania Giò | S'il Nous Plaît |
United States | Anna Kendrick | When I'm Gone |
Liechtenstein | Tim Bendzko | Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten |
Japan | BRIGHT | Flower |
Greece | TUS ft. Eleanna Azouki | An Eho Agapi |
Norway | Margaret Berger | Human Race |
Finland | Robin Packalen | Fajia Skitoo |
Italy | Ligabue | Happy Hour |
Croatia | Karma | Everytime You Leave |
Estonia | Kerli | Tea Party |
Andorra | Mandy Santos ft. Xuso Jones | Animal |
Sweden | NONONO | Pumpin Blood |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | MayaSar | O meni nikom ne pričaj |
Egypt | Ishtar Al Abina | Get loud |
Azerbaijan | Safura | March On |
Denmark | Medina | Forever |
FYR Macedonia | Dimitar Andonovski | Ova Nebo Znae Se |
Ireland | Enya | Only Time |
Monaco | Stromae | Formidable |
San Marino | Annalisa | Alice E Il Blu |
Turkey | Gülsen | Yatcaz Kalkcaz Ordayım |
Free nations[]
Country |
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Bulgaria |
Morocco |
Egypt |
Lithuania |
Faroe Islands |
Israel |
Semifinals[]
Semifinal 1[]
Liechtenstein , Iceland and Sweden will vote in this Semifinal.
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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1 | Austria | Clara Luzia | Bleed | 8 | 66 |
2 | San Marino | Annalisa | Alice E Il Blu | 4 | 99 |
3 | Switzerland | Patrick Nuo | Beautiful | 5 | 74 |
4 | France | Dania Giò | S'il Nous Plaît | 1 | 139 |
5 | Georgia | Meladze&Via Gra | Prityazhenʹya bolʹshe net | 21 | 16 |
6 | Lebanon | Eric Saade | Marching | 6 | 68 |
7 | Malta | Fabrizio Faniello | Sa L-Ahhar | 12 | 53 |
8 | Andorra | Mandy Santos ft. Xuso Jones | Animal | 3 | 99 |
9 | Monaco | Stromae | Formidable | 19 | 42 |
10 | Armenia | Luara | Fire In Me | 7 | 66 |
11 | Greece | TUS ft. Eleanna Azouki | An Eho Agapi | 16 | 46 |
12 | Spain | Amelie | Deixa'm volar | 9 | 62 |
13 | Hungary | Dred | Bolond szívem | 17 | 45 |
14 | Belgium | Noa Moon & Malo' | Paradise | 11 | 56 |
15 | Italy | Ligabue | Happy Hour | 13 | 50 |
16 | Portugal | Katy Perry | Roar | 2 | 109 |
17 | Albania | Kristine Elezaj | Warpath | 15 | 49 |
18 | Finland | Robin Packalen | Fajia Skitoo | 14 | 49 |
19 | Turkey | Gülsen | Yatcaz Kalkcaz Ordayım | 10 | 62 |
20 | Montenegro | Nina Žižić | Odlazi | 20 | 40 |
21 | Belarus | Victoria Aleshko | Dream | 18 | 44 |
Semifinal 2[]
United States and Norway will vote in the Semifinal.
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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1 | Slovakia | Gabi-g | Hip Hap | 11 | 53 |
2 | South Korea | T-ARA | Sexy Love | 1 | 87 |
3 | Japan | BRIGHT | Flower | 6 | 64 |
4 | Moldova | Angelika Vee ft. Kilyan Mash | Cash Out | DSQ | 69 |
5 | Egypt | Ishtar Al Abina | Get Loud | DSQ | 36 |
6 | Romania | Meena K | Everybody On The Floor | 7 | 62 |
7 | Denmark | Medina | Forever | 17 | 22 |
8 | United Kingdom | The Wanted | Walks Like Rihanna | DSQ | 68 |
9 | Croatia | Karma | Everytime You Leave | 4 | 70 |
10 | Latvia | Annija Putniņa | Tas Viss Jau Ir Bijis | 3 | 77 |
11 | Netherlands | Rob van Daal | Ik Ga Leven | 18 | 13 |
12 | Greenland | Björnskov | Vi Er Helte | 9 | 59 |
13 | Ireland | Enya | Only Time | 2 | 81 |
14 | FYR Macedonia | Dimitar Andonovski | Ova Nebo Znae Se | 10 | 59 |
15 | Ukraine | Kamaliya | I'm Alive | 14 | 48 |
16 | Kazakhstan | Moldir Auelbekova | Osiet | 5 | 65 |
17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | MayaSar | O meni nikom ne pričaj | 12 | 50 |
18 | Estonia | Kerli | Tea Party | 13 | 47 |
19 | Azerbaijan | Safura | March On | 16 | 26 |
20 | Germany | Johannes Oerding | Nichts geht mehr | 8 | 60 |
21 | Czech Republic | Nightwork | Cekam na signal | 15 | 32 |
Wildcard Battles[]
Wildcard Battle 1[]
Country | Artist | Song | Votes |
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Belgium | Noa Moon & Malo' | Paradise | 8 |
Slovakia | Gabi-g | Hip Hap | 5 |
Wildcard Battle 2[]
Country | Artist | Song | Votes |
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Finland | Robin Packalen | Fajia Skitoo | 3 |
Estonia | Kerli | Tea Party | 6 |
Final[]
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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17 | Andorra | Mandy Santos ft. Xuso Jones | Animal | 14 | 83 |
2 | Armenia | Luara | Fire In Me | 15 | 76 |
14 | Austria | Clara Luzia | Bleed | 10 | 96 |
24 | Belgium | Noa Moon & Malo' | Paradise | 12 | 89 |
5 | Croatia | Karma | Everytime You Leave | 5 | 146 |
4 | Estonia | Kerli | Tea Party | 23 | 48 |
8 | France | Dania Giò | S'il Nous Plaît | 2 | 198 |
15 | Germany | Johannes Oerding | Nichts geht mehr | 8 | 116 |
3 | Greenland | Björnskov | Vi Er Helte | 4 | 148 |
7 | Iceland | Jón Jónson | All,you,I | 6 | 141 |
11 | Ireland | Enya | Only Time | 11 | 95 |
19 | Japan | BRIGHT | Flower | 17 | 74 |
6 | Kazakhstan | Moldir Auelbekova | Osiet | 16 | 75 |
9 | Latvia | Annija Putniņa | Tas Viss Jau Ir Bijis | 19 | 57 |
12 | Lebanon | Eric Saade | Marching | 21 | 52 |
21 | Liechtenstein | Tim Bendzko | Nur noch kurz die Welt retten | 25 | 46 |
16 | Norway | Margaret Berger | Human Race | 3 | 170 |
1 | Portugal | Katy Perry | Roar | 13 | 87 |
23 | Romania | Meena K | Everybody On The Floor | 18 | 70 |
22 | San Marino | Annalisa | Alice E Il Blu | 22 | 49 |
13 | South Korea | T-ARA | Sexy Love | 7 | 117 |
10 | Spain | Amelie | Deixa'm volar | 20 | 52 |
20 | Sweden | NONONO | Pumpin Blood | 9 | 109 |
25 | Switzerland | Patrick Nuo | Beautiful | 24 | 47 |
18 | United States | Anna Kendrick | Cups (When I'm Gone) | 1 | 253 |
Other nations[]
Israel : The broadcaster said they are not going to participate with the same channel. It's undecided if Israel will be in the third edition.
Greenland : Greenland will debut in the third edition.
Ukraine: Ukraine is unsure that they'll parpicipate, they'll wait of that Para Normal'nyh is going in the final.They confirmed on 15th September, but withdrew on 21th September, because of a low placing and whay they believe are rigger results.IBU forced Ukraine to withdraw that statement.
Switzerland : On September 20 they withdraw. Still there is a chance seeing Switzerland participating.
Belarus : Belarus will debut in the third edition.
Poland : On September 21 Poland officialy withdraw. But the broadcaster announced they will return in #4 !
Germany : On September 22 they announced Queensberry with "Too Young" as NS winner. But sadly Queensberry can not take part. So Daniela Katzenberger will represent Germany with "Nothing's gonna stop me now".Rumors are saying Queensberry will represent Germany in the next edition.
Bulgaria: On September 22 the broadcaster announced their withdraw.
Czech Republic: On September 22 they announced that Czech Republic will debut in the third edition.