| Magical Music Contest #8 | |
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Edition number |
8 |
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Participants |
47 |
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Location |
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Winner |
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Timeline |
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Magical Music Contest #8 (held in New York City) started on 16th July 2012. 47 countries participated. MMC #8 was the first edition that introduced 3 semifinals.
Participants[]
| Debuting countries | Returning countries | Withdrawing countries |
|---|---|---|
Returning artists[]
| Artist | Country | Previous edition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Anggun |  Indonesia
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#7 |
| Arash |  Iran
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#6 |
| Charice |  Philippines
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#6 (for the USA; part of Glee) |
| David Guetta |  Trinidad & Tobago
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#7 (for France) |
| Helena Paparizou |  Greece
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#7 |
| Ivi Adamou |  Cyprus
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#7 |
| Jedward |  Ireland
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#7 |
| Katie Melua |  Georgia
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#7 |
| Molly Sandén |  Denmark
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#6 (for Sweden) |
| Nicki Minaj | Trinidad & Tobago
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#5 |
| Tina Karol |  Ukraine
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#2 |
Semifinal 1[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Montenegro
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Sergej Cetkovic | "2 Minuta" | 14 | 57 |
| 02 |  Japan
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Hoobastank | "This Is Gonna Hurt" | 15 | 21 |
| 03 |  Finland
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Nightwish | "Storytime" | 5 | 105 |
| 04 |  Latvia
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Lauris Reiniks | "Es Skrienu" | 10 | 88 |
| 05 |  United States
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Kat Graham | "Put Your Graffiti On Me" | 8 | 91 |
| 06 |  Sweden
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Roxette | "Sleeping In My Car" | 13 | 61 |
| 07 |  Jamaica
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Sean Paul | "She Doesn't Mind" | 2 | 146 |
| 08 |  Türkiye
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Gülcin | "Ara Ara" | 6 | 97 |
| 09 |  Portugal
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Nelly Furtado | "Maneater" | 1 | 154 |
| 10 | Denmark
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Molly Sanden & Christopher | "A Little Forgiveness" | 11 | 86 |
| 11 |  Russia
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Serebro | "Mama Lyuba" | 4 | 107 |
| 12 |  Estonia
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Urban Symphony | "Päikese Poole" | 9 | 90 |
| 13 |  Poland
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Liber ft. InoRos | "Czyste Szalenstwo" | 12 | 68 |
| 14 | Philippines
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Charice | "Louder" | 7 | 92 |
| 15 |  Croatia
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Gibonni | "Divji Cvit" | 16 | 19 |
| 16 |  Norway
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Irresistible ft. Carl Pritt | "Elevator" | 3 | 110 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Greece
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Helena Paparizou | "Mambo" | 4 | 118 |
| 02 | Trinidad & Tobago
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David Guetta & Nicki Minaj | "Turn Me On" | 1 | 145 |
| 03 | Ukraine
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Tina Karol | "Chinchilla" | 12 | 65 |
| 04 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Selma Bajrami | "Nano" | 15 | 34 |
| 05 |  Australia
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Sia | "Clap Your Hands" | 10 | 72 |
| 06 |  Bulgaria
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Todor Gadjalov | "Still Love You" | 13 | 57 |
| 07 |  Costa Rica
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Debi Nova | "Drummer Boy" | 2 | 138 |
| 08 | Iran
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Arash ft. Rebecca | "Temptation" | 3 | 125 |
| 09 |  Switzerland
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DJ Antoine & The Beat Shakers | "Ma Chèrie" | 6 | 105 |
| 10 | Cyprus
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Ivi Adamou | "Sose Me" | 7 | 92 |
| 11 |  Puerto Rico
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Don Omar | "Dile" | 14 | 39 |
| 12 |  Germany
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Linda Teodosiu | "Love Sux" | 5 | 105 |
| 13 |  Serbia
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Milan Stankovic | "Solo" | 9 | 84 |
| 14 | Indonesia
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Anggun | "Mon Meilleur Amour" | 8 | 89 |
| 15 |  Azerbaijan
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AySel | "Fallin'" | 11 | 66 |
Semifinal 3[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Malta
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Kelly Schembri | "Kleptomaniac" | 10 | 69 |
| 02 |  Argentina
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Laura Esquivel | "Y Ahora Que" | 15 | 21 |
| 03 |  Mexico
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Paulina Rubio | "Boys Will Be Boys" | 1 | 154 |
| 04 |  Netherlands
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Chris Hordijk | "Jump From A Waterfall" | 12 | 53 |
| 05 |  Hungary
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SP | "Maradnék" | 11 | 66 |
| 06 | Ireland
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Jedward | "Miss America" | 9 | 75 |
| 07 |  South Korea
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Hyuna | "Bubble Pop" | 4 | 116 |
| 08 |  Chile
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Supernova (band) | "Herida" | 13 | 38 |
| 09 |  Canada
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Michael Bublé | "Feelin' Good" | 3 | 126 |
| 10 |  France
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Alizée | "Moi... Lolita" | 5 | 112 |
| 11 |  Spain
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Alejandro Sanz | "Desde Cuando" | 14 | 34 |
| 12 |  Belgium
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DHT | "Listen To Your Heart" | 6 | 105 |
| 13 | Georgia
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Katie Melua | "A Happy Place" | 7 | 87 |
| 14 |  United Kingdom
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Muse | "Uprising" | 2 | 136 |
| 15 |  Italy
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Nina Zilli | "Per Sempre" | 8 | 84 |
Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Jamaica
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Sean Paul | "She Doesn't Mind" | 5 | 107 |
| 02 | France
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Alizée | "Moi... Lolita" | 15 | 52 |
| 03 | Estonia
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Urban Symphony | "Päikese Poole" | 21 | 47 |
| 04 | Switzerland
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DJ Antoine & The Beat Shakers | "Ma Chèrie" | 6 | 102 |
| 05 | Canada
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Michael Bublé | "Feelin' Good" | 16 | 52 |
| 06 | Trinidad & Tobago
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David Guetta & Nicki Minaj | "Turn Me On" | 7 | 101 |
| 07 | Belgium
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DHT | "Listen To Your Heart" | 19 | 49 |
| 08 | Finland
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Nightwish | "Storytime" | 18 | 50 |
| 09 | Norway
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Irresistible ft. Carl Pritt | "Elevator" | 24 | 43 |
| 10 | Italy
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Nina Zilli | "Per Sempre" | 13 | 66 |
| 11 | Cyprus
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Ivi Adamou | "Sose Me" | 10 | 74 |
| 12 | Georgia
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Katie Melua | "A Happy Place" | 25 | 42 |
| 13 | Türkiye
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Gülcin | "Ara Ara" | 11 | 72 |
| 14 | Indonesia
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Anggun | "Mon Meilleur Amour" | 9 | 77 |
| 15 |  Slovenia
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Atomik Harmonik | "Turbo Polka" | 23 | 46 |
| 16 | Philippines
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Charice | "Louder" | 20 | 49 |
| 17 | Iran
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Arash ft. Rebecca | "Temptation" | 8 | 81 |
| 18 | Greece
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Helena Paparizou | "Mambo" | 2 | 115 |
| 19 | United Kingdom
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Muse | "Uprising" | 3 | 108 |
| 20 | Russia
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Serebro | "Mama Lyuba" | 12 | 69 |
| 21 | South Korea
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Hyuna | "Bubble Pop" | 26 | 35 |
| 22 | United States
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Kat Graham | "Put Your Graffiti On Me" | 22 | 46 |
| 23 | Costa Rica
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Debi Nova | "Drummer Boy" | 14 | 64 |
| 24 | Germany
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Linda Teodosiu | "Love Sux" | 17 | 50 |
| 25 | Mexico
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Paulina Rubio | "Boys Will Be Boys" | 1 | 152 |
| 26 | Portugal
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Nelly Furtado | "Maneater" | 4 | 107 |