The Music Thing: Tournament of Champions

The Music Thing: Tournament of Champions
Contest	The Music Thing
Edition no.	Tournament of Champions
Participants	130
Location	Bergen, Norway
Dates	February - May 2020
Winner
Timeline	◄ 11 12 ►

The Music Thing 11 is the first Tournament of Champions edition of The Music Thing. In this edition, the top five songs that have competed in Editions 1-10 of The Music Thing from each region of the world compete in regional finals, and all the winners compete against each other in the Grand Final.

Norway was selected to host the competition because Norway has the best record in The Music Thing previously out of all the countries that have never won the contest before. The only countries that had a better record than them prior to the eleventh edition were Australia and Kazakhstan.

Regional Finals

Northern America

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	United States	Lord Huron	The Night We Met
2	Bermuda	Noise Cans ft. Skinny Fabulous and Danielle Veira	Do It Like Ah Pro
3	United States	Kelly Clarkson	Love So Soft
4	Canada	Robin Sparkles	Sandcastles In The Sand
5	Canada	Buffy Sainte-Marie ft. Tanya Tagaq	You Got To Run (Spirit of the Wind)

West Africa

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Mali	Amadou & Mariam	Bofou Safou
2	Guinea-Bissau	Karyna Gomes	Amor Livre
3	Mali	Tinariwen	Tiwàyyen
4	Senegal	Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry	7 Seconds
5	Mali	Tinariwen	Sastanàqqàm

Southeast Asia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Cambodia	The Cambodian Space Project	Have Visa No Have Rice
2	Thailand	Klear	Sing Kaung
3	Brunei	Fenced Circle	The Majolly Project
4	Cambodia	Laura Mam	Yosop Yulsong
5	Singapore	The Sam Willows	Take Heart

Central America

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Guatemala	Miel San Marcos ft. Christine D'Clario	No Hay Lugar Más Alto
2	Belize	Melonie Gillett	Rollercoaster Ride
3	Guatemala	Gaby Moreno	Se Apagó
4	Guatemala	Ricardo Arjona ft. Gaby Moreno	Fuiste tú
5	Mexico	Gloria Trevi	Como Yo Te Amo

Australia and New Zealand

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Australia	Yothu Yindi	Djäpana
2	New Zealand	Lorde	Yellow Flicker Beat
3	Australia	Matt Zarb	Rose Matilda
4	Australia	Delta Goodrem	Wings
5	Australia	Tim Minchin	Rock and Roll Nerd

Melanesia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Papua New Guinea	George Telek	Desi
2	Papua New Guinea	Sheppard	Edge Of The Night
3	Papua New Guinea	George Telek	Lili Ram Kavavar
4	New Caledonia	OK! Ryos	Co Era So
5	Vanuatu	Vanessa Quai	True Harmony

Central Asia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Kazakhstan	Mergen	Adaskan Zhan
2	Kazakhstan	Türk Kanı	Turan Ensemble
3	Russia	Olga Podluzhnaya	Blessing Of Nature
4	Kazakhstan	Hassak	Amanat
5	Kazakhstan	Some Toir	Romantic Crap

West Asia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Israel	Ester Rada	Life Happens
2	Georgia	Bedford Falls	Thrill Is Gone
3	Lebanon	Who Killed Bruce Lee	Born Addicted
4	Syria	Racha Rizk	Sakru Shababîk
5	Yemen	Yemen Blues ft. Oxmo Puccino	Satisfaction

North Africa

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Morocco	Ahmed Soultan ft. Wiyaala	This Is Who I Am
2	Tunisia	Saber Al Robaei	Bibasata
3	Algeria	Nabila Dali	The Man (Ruh)
4	Algeria	Khaled	C'est La Vie
5	Morocco	Hindi Zahra	Imik Si Mik

South Asia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Nepal	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sadhana Sarham, Sujata Bhattacharya, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, and Shankar Mahadevan	Maahi Ve
2	India	Sanam	Ishtyle
3	India	Udit Narayan and Anuradha Sriram	Ahah Ee Bedurugombey
4	India	Sanam	Shama hai jali
5	Nepal	Albatross	Chaina

Southeastern Europe

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Croatia	Učiteljice	Nisam Ja Tvoja Učiteljica
2	Montenegro	Jovana Mustur	San
3	Serbia	Ministarke	Mrtav Ili Živ
4	Slovenia	Klemen Slakonja	Putin Putout
5	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Dubioza Kolektiv	Free.mp3

East Asia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Japan	Namewee ft. Meu Ninomiya	Makudonarudo (Tokyo Bon)
2	China	Hanggai	Baifang
3	China	Vava ft. Ty. & Nina Wang	Wǒ de xīn yī
4	Mongolia	The Hu	Yuve Yuve Yu
5	South Korea	yaeji	raingurl

South America

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Chile	Mon Laferte ft. Juanes	Amárrame
2	Argentina	Siamés	The Wolf
3	Colombia	Bomba Estéreo	Soy Yo
4	Chile	Ana Tijoux	1977
5	Brazil	Elaine Martins	Santificação

Eastern Europe

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Slovakia	Janais	Money
2	Ukraine	Monatik	To, ot chego bez uma
3	Hungary	Péter-Szabó Szilvia	Varázsszőnyeg
4	Moldova	Zdob şi Zdub	India Mă Cheamă
5	Hungary	Paddy and the Rats	Ghost From The Barrow

Northern Europe

Since Northern Europe is by far the most successful region in The Music Thing, their regional finals has ten songs, and the top two will move on to the main contest.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Ireland	Hozier ft. Mavis Staples	Nina Cried Power
2	Norway	Susanne Sundfør	Accelerate
3	Estonia	Kerli	Walking On Air
4	Sweden	Axwell /\ Ingrosso	More Than You Know
5	Ireland	The Script ft. will.i.am	Hall Of Fame
6	Ireland	Janet Devlin	Suantraí Meisciúil
7	Sweden	Avicii	The Nights
8	Denmark	Agnes Obel	Familiar
9	Norway	Kollektivet	ÆØÅ (Size Matters)
10	Denmark	Lukas Graham	Happy Home

Southwestern Europe

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Italy	Zucchero	Per colpa di chi?
2	Spain	The Limboos	I Don't Buy It
3	Malta	Airport Impressions	Hymns Of June
4	Portugal	Mariza	Paixão
5	Malta	The Travellers	Ħafi Paċi Kuluri

Micronesia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Kiribati	Elijah L ft. Antoo G	Ngke Arona
2	Micronesia	Mountain Boyz	Your Love
3	Marshall Islands	Barab ft. Yungstar	Superhero
4	Micronesia	LouAnn ft. Yungstar	Ewin Ai Kuna
5	Palau	Sister Lubei ft. Tempo Valley	When Love

East Africa

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Malawi	The Very Best	Hear Me
2	Somalia	Maryam Mursal	Lei Lei
3	Zimbabwe	Tinashe Makura	Kura Uone
4	South Sudan	Emmanuel Jal ft. McKenzie Eddy	We Fall
5	Ethiopia	Meklit ft. Samuel Yirga	Kemekem (I Like Your Afro)

Western Europe

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Germany	Oy	Space Diaspora
2	Germany	Anna Blue and Damien Dawn	Angel
3	Germany	Rammstein	Sonne
4	Netherlands	Sumera	Wolf
5	Switzerland	Cellar Darling	Avalanche

Southern Africa

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Botswana	Lorraine Lionheart	Follow The Sound
2	South Africa	Die Heuwels Fantasies and Riana Nel	Doen Net Wat Ons Wil
3	Namibia	EES	On The Road Again
4	Lesotho	Tsidii Le Loka	'Mo Clicks
5	South Africa	Scheppel	Celtic Fire

Polynesia

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Tuvalu	Echoes Of Hope	Te Toto O Iesu
2	Samoa	The Five Stars	Tele I'A O Le Sami
3	French Polynesia	Tamari'i Ha'uti	Taura
4	French Polynesia	Eva Ariitai	Slow Down The River
5	Cook Islands	Mata Tahiri & Hina David-Tahiri	Haina

Middle Africa

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	DR Congo	Maître Gims	Est-ce que tu m'aimes ?
2	Central African Republic	Laetitia Zonzambé	Sanza
3	Congo	Syssi Mananga	Tala Nga
4	Central African Republic	Laetitia Zonzambé ft. Yoka Souka	Manabe (Faith)
5	Congo	Bisso na Bisso	Bisso na Bisso

Caribbean

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	Jamaica	Tessanne Chin	Fire
2	US Virgin Islands	Vanessa Daou	Near The Black Forest
3	Aruba	Susan Justice	Eat Dirt
4	Cuba	Raul Paz	Carnaval
5	Barbados	Shontelle	Battle Cry

Wildcard

These are the highest scoring songs in the history of the music thing that weren't good enough for their region's regional final. Two songs from here will move on to the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Total	Place
1	New Zealand	Te Vaka	Lakalaka
2	United States	Chloey Wilson	Running
3	Norway	Ina Wroldsen ft. Broiler	Lay It On Me
4	Ghana	Rocky Dawuni	Shine A Light
5	Iceland	Hafdis Huld	Take Me Dancing
6	Benin	Les Amazones d'Afrique ft. Angelique Kidjo	Dombolo
7	Ivory Coast	Magic System ft. Ahmed Chawki	Magic In The Air
8	Sweden	Sofia Jannok	Irene
9	Estonia	Cartoon ft. Jüri Pootsmann	I Remember U
10	Türkiye	Adir Jan	Janakî Mou