Intercontinental Music Festival 53

Intercontinental Music Festival 53 was the 53rd edition of IMF. It was hosted in Košice, Slovakia.

Participating CountriesEdit

Returning ArtistsEdit

Returning Artist	Country	Previous Edition
Axel	Argentina	#13, #14, #21, #22, #23, #34, #48
Ayo	DR Congo	#1
Dannii Minogue	Australia	#38
Diogo Piçarra	Portugal	#40
Eleni Foureira	Greece	#32, #33
Julio César	Venezuela	#6
Kati Wolf	Hungary	#50, #52
La Musicalité	Spain	#35
Manuel Mijares	Mexico	#5
MIIA	Norway	#43
Samantha Jade	New Zealand	#9 (for Australia), #23 (for Australia), #47 (for Australia)
Shakira	Colombia	#36, #40, #48, #51
Stan Walker	New Zealand	#35
The Birthday Massacre	Canada	#52
Verka Serduchka	Ukraine	#5
Youssoupha	DR Congo	#1, #5
Yuri	Mexico	#5
Zella Day	Czech Republic	#30

Semi-final 1Edit

Scoreboard: [1]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk"	08	82
02	Canada	The Birthday Massacre	"Red Stars"	14	54
03	Denmark	De Høje Hæle	"Kikkertsyn"	17	20
04	Brazil	Amnesia	"Não Se Arrependa Em Vão"	18	16
05	Georgia	Boris Bedia	"Bediscera"	07	84
06	Angola	Café Negro	"Kilapanga Do Órfão"	04	102
07	Spain	La Musicalité	"Bailando En La Oscuridad"	01	140
08	Ecuador	Adrienne Bailon	"Uncontrollable"	16	34
09	Croatia	Viktorija Novosel	"Astronaut"	03	104
10	Venezuela	Julio César	"Me Elevas"	05	100
11	Anguilla	Jodie Aysha feat. Bassmonkeys	"It's Over (Can't Get My Love)"	13	60
12	DR Congo	Ayo feat. Youssoupha	"Love Musik"	10	76
13	Australia	Dannii Minogue & Jason Nevins	"Touch Me Like That"	12	62
14	Mexico	Manuel Mijares & Yuri	"Acompáñame"	09	80
15	Singapore	Kevin Mathews & The Groovy People	"Silver"	15	50
16	Argentina	Axel	"Se Dice Amor"	02	106
17	Paraguay	Priscila Vega & Zonik The Flame & Solarius	"In The Dark"	06	90
18	Malta	Ira Losco	"Chameleon"	11	74

Semi-final 2Edit

Scoreboard: [2]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Belgium	Natalia Druyts	"Boom"	02	108
02	Greece	Eleni Foureira	"Reggaeton"	12	61
03	Egypt	Myra Sky	"Hurricane"	04	104
04	North Macedonia	Billy Zver	"Nosam Kondom"	17	24
05	France	Emji	"Lost"	01	125
06	Germany	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	"Tantz"	14	54
07	Ireland	Greywind	"Forest Ablaze"	03	106
08	New Zealand	Stan Walker feat. Samantha Jade	"Start Again"	08	90
09	Switzerland	Pegasus	"I Take It All"	10	68
10	Suriname	Rochelle Perts	"All Night Long"	09	78
11	Iceland	Hildur	"I'll Walk With You"	13	60
12	Kazakhstan	Some Toir	"Romantic Crap"	16	26
13	Austria	Elly V	"I'll Be Around (Bounce)"	05	96
14	Portugal	Diogo Piçarra	"Dialeto"	07	92
15	Colombia	Shakira feat. Freshlyground	"Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)"	06	92
16	Russia	Avraam Russo	"Znayu"	15	28
17	Hungary	Kati Wolf	"Utazás"	11	64

Grand FinalEdit

Scoreboard: [3]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Ireland	Greywind	"Forest Ablaze"	01	178
02	Croatia	Viktorija Novosel	"Astronaut"	07	116
03	France	Emji	"Lost"	02	146
04	Spain	La Musicalité	"Bailando En La Oscuridad"	03	144
05	Czech Republic	Zella Day	"Sweet Ophelia"	20	66
06	Portugal	Diogo Piçarra	"Dialeto"	10	102
07	United Kingdom	Bastille	"Good Grief"	12	96
08	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk"	15	82
09	Egypt	Myra Sky	"Hurricane"	14	88
10	Venezuela	Julio César	"Me Elevas"	18	76
11	Switzerland	Pegasus	"I Take It All"	19	74
12	Georgia	Boris Bedia	"Bediscera"	17	78
13	Norway	MIIA	"In The Light Of Love"	09	104
14	Angola	Café Negro	"Kilapanga Do Órfão"	16	80
15	Slovakia	Celeste Buckingham	"Love In Your Soul"	04	142
16	Suriname	Rochelle Perts	"All Night Long"	13	92
17	New Zealand	Stan Walker feat. Samantha Jade	"Start Again"	08	106
18	Belgium	Natalia Druyts	"Boom"	05	140
19	Colombia	Shakira feat. Freshlyground	"Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)"	06	124
20	DR Congo	Ayo feat. Youssoupha	"Love Musik"	24	32
21	Mexico	Manuel Mijares & Yuri	"Acompáñame"	23	34
22	Paraguay	Priscila Vega & Zonik The Flame & Solarius	"In The Dark"	22	42
23	Montenegro	Highway	"Sam"	25	22
24	Argentina	Axel	"Se Dice Amor"	21	58
25	Austria	Elly V	"I'll Be Around (Bounce)"	11	98