Festival of Miracles 31

Spain, Valencia  31st edition of Festival of Miracles
Date	02/11/17 - 20/12/17
Host	Gilberto
Debuting
Returning
Withdrawing
Participants	52
Winner	Colombia - Sebastian Silva - Arrancame
Editions	30 - - 32

Details

FoM 31 was the 31st edition of the Festival of Miracles. It was held in Spain following Lorena Gomez victory in the thirty edition with song 'Indomable'.

Fifty-two countries participated in the edition which was the highest number of participants in the history of FoM. Åland Islands, Iceland, Ireland, North Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Tajikistan announced their withdrawal from the contest mainly due to the poor results of the countries. After some editions  Brazil,  Colombia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Nigeria, Russia, San Marino, Singapore and Switzerland returns to competition. Three countries made their debut: Cuba, Zambia and Turkmenistan.

The winner of the 31st edition was  Colombia. The winning song 'Arrancame' performed by Sebastian Silva scored 171 points. Other countries on the podium were Zambia, Caitlin de Ville with song 'Crowe' (170 points) and Canada, Casanova by Allie X & Vérité (169 points). Unforunately Japan failed to vote in semi-final, and was disqualified from the contest.

Semi-final allocation draw

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Liechtenstein Portugal San Marino	China Indonesia Japan Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam	Belarus Czechia Estonia Lithuania Moldova Romania Russia Ukraine
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania Angola Australia Greece Nigeria Türkiye Turkmenistan Zambia	Brazil Canada  Colombia Cuba Guatemala Mexico United States	Denmark England Finland Norway Scotland Sweden Wales

After draw we met wildcards of both semi-finals. There were:

1st Semi-final:  Türkiye - 17th in SF

2nd Semi-final:  Angola - 16th in SF

Results

Semi-final 1

Twenty-three countries participated in the first semi-final. Spain, Philippines and Slovenia also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
01	England	Rita Ora	Anywhere	56	17
02	Australia	Dean Lewis	Waves	64	15
03	Czechia	Light & Love	Calling	66	14
04	Austria	Sunrise16 & Sara Koell	Imaginarium	91	6
05	Moldova	Max Oazo & Rodica Olisevschi	Wanna Be With You	26	21
06	South Korea	Black Pink	As If It's Your Last	103	1
07	Denmark	MØ	When I Was Young	78	11
08	Belarus	Iskui Abalyan	Ty Moya Sobstvennost	76	12
09	Ukraine	The Hardkiss	Korabli	97	3
10	Indonesia	Tulus	Manusia Kuat	51	18
11	Albania	Aurela Gace & Fifi	S'nuk	32	20
12	Colombia	Sebastian Silva	Arrancame	93	5
13	Russia	MBand	Vso Ispravit	16	23
14	Liechtenstein	Namika	Kompliziert (Beatgees Mix)	23	22
15	Guatemala	Gaby Moreno	Fronteras	83	9
16	San Marino	Aba	Never Done Before	32	19
17	Türkiye	Ayshe	Ben Bile Şok	81	10
18	Wales	Greta Isaac	You	84	8
19	Nigeria	Waje	In The Air	59	16
20	Canada	Allie X & Vérité	Casanova	100	2
21	Singapore	The Sam Willows	Keep Me Jealous	71	13
22	Estonia	Elysa	Green Light	96	4
23	Germany	Femme Schmidt	Surround Me With Your Love	88	7

Semi-final 2

Twenty-three countries participated in the second semi-final. Poland, Malaysia and Switzerland also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
01	United States	Wens	Bones	34	19
02	Belgium	Loïc Nottet	Doctor	27	21
03	Italy	Shade	Bene Ma Non Benissimo	70	11
04	Greece	Eleni Foureira	To Kati Pou Exeis	96	5
05	Taiwan	NQMM	Comeback	34	18
06	Norway	Matilda	Ghost	102	3
07	Vietnam	Bảo Thy & Kimmese	Là Con Gái Phải Xinh	103	2
08	Mexico	María José	El Amor Coloca	71	10
09	Thailand	Timethai & Kratae RSiam	Hidden Line	64	13
10	Portugal	GNTK & Joana Rosa	Adamastor	97	4
11	Cuba	Celia Cruz	La Vida Es Un Carnaval	19	22
12	Sweden	Smith & Thell	Somebody Like You	77	9
13	Zambia	Caitlin De Ville	Crowe	116	1
14	Romania	Stefania	Drinking About You	46	16
15	Brazil	Claudia Leitte	Signs	51	15
16	Angola	Matias Damasio & Héber Marques	Loucos	28	20
17	Turkmenistan	Mahri Pirgulyyewa	Garaşsyz, Bitarap Turkmenistan	96	6
18	Japan	Garnidelia	Cry	106	21
19	Finland	Sofia Zida	Guerrera	70	12
20	Scotland	Nina Nesbitt	Chewing Gum	78	7
21	France	Liv	Rendez Vous Du Rèves	78	8
22	China	Vinida	Queendom	60	14
23	Lithuania	Gabrielė Vilkickytė & Chris Metric	Rugpjūtis	43	17

Wild Card Battle

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
01	Denmark	MØ	When I Was Young	16	1
02	Italy	Shade	Bene Ma Non Benissimo	13	3
03	Finland	Sofia Zida	Guerrera	15	2

• Denmark qualified for the Grand Final

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
01	Slovenia	Alja Krušič	Naju Popelje	12	27
02	Sweden	Smith & Thell	Somebody Like You	89	19
03	Ukraine	The Hardkiss	Korabli	127	10
04	Türkiye	Ayshe	Ben Bile Şok	114	16
05	Spain	Dvicio & Leslie Grace	Nada	77	22
06	Scotland	Nina Nesbitt	Chewing Gum	148	5
07	Guatemala	Gaby Moreno	Fronteras	70	23
08	Germany	Femme Schmidt	Surround Me With Your Love	154	4
09	Estonia	Elysa	Green Light	123	12
10	Canada	Allie X & Vérité	Casanova	169	3
11	Denmark	MØ	When I Was Young	120	15
12	South Korea	Black Pink	As If It's Your Last	145	6
13	France	Liv	Rendez Vous Du Rèves	89	20
14	Zambia	Caitlin De Ville	Crowe	170	2
15	Malaysia	Datuk Seri Vida	I Am Me	82	21
16	Turkmenistan	Mahri Pirgulyyewa	Garaşsyz, Bitarap Turkmenistan	121	14
17	Greece	Eleni Foureira	To Kati Pou Exeis	130	7
18	Colombia	Sebastian Silva	Arrancame	171	1
19	Poland	Natalia Nykiel	Total Błękit	66	24
20	Mexico	María José	El Amor Coloca	128	8
21	Switzerland	Debrah Scarlett	Cynical Youth	98	17
22	Portugal	GNTK & Joana Rosa	Adamastor	51	25
23	Norway	Matilda	Ghost	91	18
24	Philippines	Sam Concepion	Afterglow	40	26
25	Vietnam	Bảo Thy & Kimmese	Là Con Gái Phải Xinh	128	9
26	Austria	Sunrise16 & Sara Koell	Imaginarium	121	13
27	Wales	Greta Isaac	You	124	11