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International Music Festival 34
"Rise And Shine"
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Dates
Semi-final 1 date 4 June 2016
Semi-final 2 date 29 June 2016
Final date 11 July 2016
Host
Presenter(s) Lise Rønne
Louise Wolff
Esben Bjerre Hansen
Broadcaster DR
Opening act Semi-final 1: Copenhagen timlapse
Grand final: Ben Hazlewood ft. Mali Koa Hood - "Paint Me Black"
Interval act Semi-final 1: Ida Corr- "Down"
Grand final: Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman"/"Into You
Participants
Entries 45
Returning Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon
Flag of Montenegro Montenegro
Withdrawing Flag of Andorra Andorra
Flag of Belgium Belgium
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus
Flag of Finland Finland
Flag of Italy Italy
Flag of Malta Malta
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of San Marino San Marino
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Turkey Turkey
Voting
System Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winner Australia "Dear Life"
International Music Festival
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International Music Featival 34, often referred to as IMF #34, was the 34th edition of International Music Festival. It was held in Denmark. As Australia won the previous edition but is unable to host the contest as it must be held on the European continent, the IBU got into talks with other countries to find a hosting nation for the competition. Australia won the competition with Delta Goodrem's "Dear Life". Australia became the first country to win twice in a row. Furthermore, they beat their previously set highscore of 218 by 2, making its the Australian act with the most points to date.

Location[]

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Europe. The southernmost of the Nordic countries, it is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark is a sovereign state that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has an area of 42,924 square kilometres (16,573 sq mi), and a population of 5.7 million. The country consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, of which around 70 are inhabited. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate.

After having won the previous edition, Australia isn't able to host the contest as the IBU stated that the contest shall be located in Europe. Therefor, SBS agreed on a shortlist of the following nations: Algeria, Denmark, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Switzerland. The Algerian broadcaster Canal Algérie already doubts accepting a possible offer due to budget cuts and an already on-going national selection resulting in less money available. On May 6, the IBU revealed that SBS and DR agreed on a cooperation regarding the up-coming edition.

Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark was the host city for the 34th edition. The venue choice for the contest was Parken Stadium, a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990–1992. A total of 35,000 spectators saw the show live from within the stadium.

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Telia Parken is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (Inner Østerbro) district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990–1992. It currently has a capacity of 38,065 for football games, and is the home ground of FC Copenhagen and the Denmark national football team. The capacity for concerts exceeds the capacity for matches – the stadium can hold as many as 50,000 people with an end-stage setup and 55,000 with a center-stage setup.

Telia Parken has been announced as one of 13 host venues of the UEFA Euro 2020. It will host three group stage matches, as well as a round of 16 match.

Bidding phase[]

Key   Template:If empty   Host venue

City Venue Capacity Notes
Aalborg Gigantium 8,500 Hosted several national finals.
Copenhagen Parken Stadium Template:If empty 50,000 Denmark's biggest stadium.
B&W Hallerne 10,000
Herning Jyske Bank Boxen 15,000 Hosted several large events.

Format[]

The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Denmark as well as previous winner Australia and the remaining top 6 countries Ukraine, Czech Republic and Switzerland.

Semi-final allocation draw[]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Participating countries[]

Fourty-five countries have confirmed their participation. The Faroe Islands and Montenegro are returning after a one-edition absence as well as Lebanon, while Andorra, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, San Marino, SloveniaSpain and Turkey have announced their withdrawal from this edition.

Returning artists[]

Emin already represented Azerbaijan in the 17th and 33rd editions. Tolvai Reni represented Hungary in the 19th edition. Viktorija Loba once agan represents FYR Macedonia after previously doing so in the 22nd edition. Dua Lipa returns to represent Kosovo after being their entrant in the 32nd edition. Tal already represented Monaco in the 10th edition, Morocco in the 13th and Algeria in the 18th and 21st edition. Ronan Keating represented Ireland in the 1st and 2nd edition. Faydee took part in the 18th edition for Lebanon. Marina Kaye returns to the contest, having represented Monaco in the 27th edition before.

Results[]

Full semi-final results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final.

Semi-final 1[]

Algeria, Australia and Denmark voted and performed in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Serbia Serbia Mc Stojan ft. Aleksandra Prijovic "Sta Bi" 16 38
02 Flag of Romania Romania Tasha "Vii Si Pleci" 08 69
03 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Božo VrećoBillain "Sahtijan" 09 62
04 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo Dua Lipa "Hotter Than Hell" 02 137
05 Flag of Norway Norway Astrid S "Paper Thin" 03 109
06 Flag of Croatia Croatia Ivan Zak "Sve Si Moje" 17 33
07 Flag of Morocco Morocco Elam Jay "Sunshine" 15 41
08 Flag of Macedonia FYR Macedonia Viktorija Loba "Opium" 10 61
09 Flag of France France Marina Kaye "Freeze You Out" 01 141
10 Flag of Georgia Georgia Tika Patsatsia "Love Is Game" 19 25
11 Flag of Latvia Latvia Raffaela Wais "Heaven Only Knows" 04 109
12 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Maan "Ride It" 06 78
13 Flag of Estonia Estonia Laura "Head Uut Aastat" 18 27
14 Flag of Portugal Portugal Mimicat ft. Naked Affair "No More" 12 48
15 Flag of Russia Russia Yulianna Karaulova "Vneorbitnye" 13 44
16 Flag of Hungary Hungary Tolvai Reni "Fire" 05 79
17 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Bára & Julian "Renna Undan" 14 41
18 Flag of Greece Greece Malou "Des Me" 11 60
19 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Emin "Woman" 07 74

Semi-final 2[]

Czech Republic, Switzerland and Ukraine will also vote and perform in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Makpal Isabekova "Chabarlaspa" 19 25
02 Flag of Moldova Moldova Andrew Rayel & Digital X ft. Sylvia "Winterburn" 16 52
03 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Katarina Zivkovic ft. DJ Mateo "Verujem U Ljubav" 04 96
04 Flag of Belarus Belarus Sweet Brains "Dance Like Zombies" 12 65
05 Flag of Iceland Iceland Karó "Silhouette" 10 66
06 Flag of Albania Albania Ardit Cuni "Let's Go" 03 97
07 Flag of Sweden Sweden Molly Sandén "Youniverse" 05 85
08 Flag of Egypt Egypt Enas Ezz Eldeen "Ana Bakhonak" 17 27
09 Flag of Germany Germany Vanessa Mai "Ich Sterb Für Dich" 11 65
10 Flag of Israel Israel Tal "Are We Awake" 01 137
11 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Camille "Coco" 07 73
12 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Fanny Leeb "Daddy Told Me" 15 56
13 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Galena "Da Ti Olekne" 13 59
14 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Jacquie Lee "Broken Ones" 02 107
15 Flag of Armenia Armenia Arpi "Tamzara" 18 26
16 Flag of Monaco Monaco Kinnie Lane "Je Te Suivrai" 09 67
17 Flag of Ireland Ireland Ronan Keating "Breathe" 20 23
18 Flag of Austria Austria Dillon Francis, Kygo ft. James Hersey "Coming Over" 14 58
19 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Faydee "Legendary" 06 78
20 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Miro Jaroš "Rieka" 08 72

Final[]

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Hungary Hungary Tolvai Reni "Fire" 23 43
02 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Ani Lorak "Osennyaya Lyubov" 21 63
03 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Camille "Coco" 14 87
04 Flag of Norway Norway Astrid S "Paper Thin" 06 146
05 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Faydee "Legendary" 20 64
06 Flag of Australia1 Australia Delta Goodrem "Dear Life" 01 220
07 Flag of Iceland Iceland Karó "Silhouette" 19 65
08 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Jacquie Lee "Broken Ones" 08 120
09 Flag of Israel Israel Tal "Are We Awake" 02 180
10 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Maan "Ride It" 26 28
11 Flag of France France Marina Kaye "Freeze You Out" 05 160
12 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Pixie Paris "Es Rappelt Im Karton" 09 113
13 Flag of Monaco Monaco Kinnie Lane "Je Te Suivrai" 07 124
14 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Emin "Woman" 22 58
15 Flag of Macedonia FYR Macedonia Viktorija Loba "Opium" 15 83
16 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic AquaBabes "Nejsem Další" 12 97
17 Flag of Romania Romania Tasha "Vii Si Pleci" 24 42
18 Flag of Sweden Sweden Molly Sandén "Youniverse" 04 168
19 Flag of Algeria Algeria YADi "The Blow" 13 92
20 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Božo Vrećo & Billain "Sahtijan" 17 75
21 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Miro Jaroš "Rieka" 10 111
22 Flag of Latvia Latvia Raffaela Wais "Heaven Only Knows" 11 106
23 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Katarina Zivkovic ft. DJ Mateo "Verujem U Ljubav" 16 77
24 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo Dua Lipa "Hotter Than Hell" 03 178
25 Flag of Albania Albania Ardit Cuni "Let's Go" 18 69
26 Flag of Denmark Denmark Christopher & Bekuh Boom "I Won't Let You Down" 25 41

Scoreboard[]

Semi-final 1[]

Semi-final 2[]

Final[]

12 points[]

Other countries[]

Further information: List of countries in the International Music Festival

Countries that are active members of the International Broadcasting Union (IBU), are also eligible to participate in the International Music Festival. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. TBD countries confirmed their participation in the edition. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

Active IBU members[]

  • Flag of Australia1 Australia : SBS announced on April 29 that despite the win, the countries' future is yet undecided due to ongoing negativity for our appearance here which has caused low morale in our team. They also stated that a decision will be made on whether or not we will compete in IMF 34 and if Australia does compete in the contest, it will be done via an internal selection process. On May 6, SBS revealed that they wouldn't be missing the up-coming edition, selecting by an internal selection as already stated before.
  • Flag of Finland Finland: Despite having confirmed early and starting a national selection, YLÉ confirmed their withdrawal from the contest on 11 May due to lack of fundings. A return to the next edition is likely.
  • Flag of Ireland Ireland: RTÉ revealed that the country would withdraw as given on March 21 that there are more stressful problems in the country right now than participating in the contest. A return hasn't been ruled out. Although, on April 2nd, the country announced their provisional participation to this edition's contest.
  • Flag of Italy Italy: RAI said on April 14, that if Alessio Bernabei wouldn't be scoring a top six result, the country would take a one-edition break. On April 30, RAI announced that the broadcaster would be taking a one-edition break.
  • Flag of Latvia Latvia: LTV stated that a decision will be taken after the semi-final result is known. They did yet say that a participation is likely and potential money for a national selection has been raised as well.
  • Flag of Macedonia FYR Macedonia: MPT declared on March 20 that the method of selection is still unknown. However, a national selection is unlikely due to former poor results with having elected a participant by public.
  • Flag of Norway Norway: NRK announced on March 20 that due to undergoing changes in the broadcasting management the country would skip the 34th edition.

Incidents[]

Other awards[]

Barbara Dex Award[]

For the first time ever in the International Music Festival, the Barbara Dex Award was introduced and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest.

Voting and spokespersons[]

  1. Flag of Algeria Kenza Farah
  2. Flag of Moldova Elena Croitoru
  3. Flag of Czech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková
  4. Flag of Ireland Nadine Coyle
  5. Flag of Romania Alexandru Foitoş
  6. Flag of Armenia Elly V
  7. Flag of Albania Ronela Hajati
  8. Flag of Azerbaijan Samra Rahimli
  9. Flag of Serbia Dragana Mirkovic
  10. Flag of Israel Maor Levi
  11. Flag of Sweden Lynda Woodruff
  12. Flag of Kosovo Xherdan Shaqiri
  13. Flag of Estonia Birgit Oigemeel
  14. Flag of Liechtenstein Elif Demirezer
  15. Flag of Morocco Najoua Belyzel

  1. Flag of France Jean-Baptiste Maunier
  2. Flag of Hungary Viktor Király
  3. Flag of Lebanon Carole Samaha
  4. Flag of Faroe Islands Kristel Liseberg
  5. Flag of Macedonia Elena Risteska
  6. Flag of Norway Debrah Scarlett
  7. Flag of Latvia Justs Sirmais
  8. Flag of Croatia Lidija Bačić
  9. Flag of Russia Elena Temnikova
  10. Flag of Switzerland Stefanie Heinzmann
  11. Flag of Denmark Emilie Esther
  12. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Čović
  13. Flag of Bulgaria Poli Genova
  14. Flag of United Kingdom Natalia Kills
  15. Flag of Greece Nikos Ganos

  1. Flag of Germany Kostja Ullmann
  2. Flag of Monaco Nolwenn Leroy
  3. Flag of Lithuania Inga Jankauskaitė
  4. Flag of Slovakia Dominika Mirgova
  5. Flag of Montenegro Nina Žižić
  6. Flag of Luxembourg Mia Diekow
  7. Flag of Georgia Tamta
  8. Flag of Portugal David Carreira
  9. Flag of Kazakhstan Indira Edilbaeva
  10. Flag of Australia Dami Im
  11. Flag of Egypt Nathalie Saba
  12. Flag of Belarus Alyona Lanskaya
  13. Flag of Austria Zoë Straub
  14. Flag of Iceland Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  15. Flag of Ukraine Jamala

External links[]

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