Visionary Music Festival 1

Visionary Music Festival: Tel Aviv 1
Compilation album by Visionary Music Festival
Released	9 September 2015
Genre	Pop
Length	50:14 (CD 1); 45:49 (CD 2)
Visionary Music Festival chronology

Visionary Music Festival 1; New Visions
Dates
Final date	18 September 2015
Host
Venue	Menora Mivtachim Arena; Tel Aviv, Israel
Presenter(s)	Shiri Maimon
Host broadcaster	Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Opening act	Shiri Maimon performing "Mi Shafui Mi Meshuga"
Interval act	Denise performing "Denis Denis"
Participants
Number of entries	26
Debuting countries	All countries debuted
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Belgium; "Reality"
Visionary Music Festival
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The Visionary Music Festival 1 was the first edition of the Visionary Music Festival. The contest took place in the Menora Mivtachim Arena, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. The show was hosted by Shiri Maimon. Twenty-six countries took part in the contest. In the end, Belgium won the competition with their Lost Frequencies, featuring Janieck Devy, with their song, "Reality". The nation won the contest with 125 points, receiving the maximum 12 points from five countries.

Location[]

For more details on the host city, see Tel Aviv.

Upon the contest's creation, it was revealed that the Menora Mivtachim Arena, which is located in Tel Aviv, Israel would host the contest. The arena can hold over 8,000 people and was formerly known as the Nokia Arena.

Format[]

Each delegation was required to rank their top ten songs of the show, excluding their own country. The voting results from all delegations were calculated to produce an overall result. The song which scored the most points from each country received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked received 1 point. In the event of no votes being received from a country, replacers voted instead. The show took place on 18 September 2015, while the results were presented on 17 November 2015.

Allocation draw[]

On 7 September 2015, the results of the allocation draw were revealed. Most countries ended in the first half during the draw, so duels took place to determine the rest of the countries halves. It was also revealed that Israel would perform tenth. The random.org list randomizer was used for the draws.

Theme art[]

The theme art was revealed on 2 September 2015. The logo was revealed with a breakdown, with the object of this edition being the Star of David (but simply known as a star). On the other hand, the slogan was revealed as "New Visions". The slogan basically means that the contest's 'visions' have just started.

Presenter[]

On 5 September 2015, it was revealed that Shiri Maimon would host the contest. Maimon is an Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress. Harel Skaat and Ilan Peled were also among some of the names considered for hosting, but were not chosen in the end.

Results[]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Norway	3LOGY	"The Banjo"	17	39
02	Hungary	Fehérvári Gábor Alfréd	"Mary Joe"	13	54
03	Poland	Margaret	"Heartbeat"	4	98
04	Austria	Leo Aberer	"Everything is Possible"	26	12
05	Canada	Shawn Hook	"Sound of Your Heart"	2	117
06	South Korea	HyunA	"Red"	21	21
07	France	Kendji Girac	"Color Gitano"	15	50
08	Portugal	Diogo Piçarra	"Tu E Eu"	20	26
09	Germany	Lena	"The Girl"	7	84
10	Israel	Keren Peles	"Rak Elohim Ishpot Oti"	19	34
11	Denmark	Emmelie de Forest	"Hopscotch"	6	95
12	Netherlands	Anouk	"You & I"	9	76
13	Italy	Modà	"Se Si Potesse Non Morire"	23	13
14	Australia	Zedd ft. Troye Sivan	"Papercut"	8	81
15	Sweden	Tove Styrke	"Borderline"	10	73
16	Turkmenistan	Myahri	"Ayterek-Gunterek"	14	51
17	United States	Bebe Rexha	"I'm Gonna Show You Crazy"	5	96
18	Thailand	Candy Mafia	"Alzheimer"	24	12
19	Belgium	Lost Frequencies ft. Janieck Devy	"Reality"	1	125
20	Taiwan	Jolin Tsai	"Play"	22	20
21	Turkey	Ayse Hatun Önal	"Çak Bir Selam"	18	36
22	Iceland	Árstíðir	"You Again"	25	12
23	Spain	Ruth Lorenzo	"99"	11	67
24	United Kingdom	Clare Maguire	"Don't Mess Me Around"	12	58
25	Switzerland	Stefanie Heinzmann	"In The End"	3	109
26	Russia	Polina Gagarina	"Spektakl' Okonchen"	16	49

Scoreboard[]

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Belgium	Austria, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Turkmenistan
3	Netherlands	Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom
2	Australia	Italy, Turkey
	Canada	Portugal, Sweden
	Poland	France, United States
	Switzerland	South Korea, Spain
	Turkey	Hungary, Poland
	United States	Netherlands, Switzerland
1	France	Norway
	Germany	Iceland
	Russia	Israel
	South Korea	Taiwan
	Spain	Russia
	Taiwan	Thailand

Other countries[]

China – Chinese broadcaster CCTV originally was confirmed as the second participant, however the head of delegation later decided to switch to Taiwan as the country was his first choice. Despite not being a member state of the United Nations, the broadcaster successfully lobbied to join; becoming the first non-UN member to join the competition.

Incidents[]

French entry[]

The rules stated that very known songs would not be allowed in the contest, so "Tourner Dans Le Vide", by Indila was later disqualified due to breaching the rules. The delegation later switched France's entry to "Color Gitano" by Kendji Girac. Indila later went on to present the French votes in the results show.

Voting and spokespersons[]

Kristofer Hivju
Zoli Ádok
Sarsa
Christina Stürmer
Shania Twain
G-Dragon
Indila
Daniela Varela
Ann Sophie

Michael Aloni
Louise Wolff
Ilse DeLange
Valeria Golino
Dannii Minogue
Lynda Woodruff
G. Berdimuhamedow
50 Cent
Nichkhun

Niels Destadsbader
Elva Hsiao
Sibel Tüzün
Greta Salóme
Xabi Alonso
Lorraine Kelly
Bastian Baker
Alsou

Official album[]

Visionary Music Festival 1: Tel Aviv 1 is the official compilation album of the first edition, which was put together by the Visionary Music Festival on 9 September 2015. The album features all twenty-six songs that entered the competition.

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Papercut" (Australia)	Zedd feat. Troye Sivan	7:24
2.	"Everything is Possible" (Austria)	Leo Aberer	3:51
3.	"Reality" (Belgium)	Lost Frequencies feat. Janieck Devy	2:38
4.	"Sound of Your Heart" (Canada)	Shawn Hook	3:29
5.	"Hopscotch" (Denmark)	Emmelie de Forest	3:00
6.	"Color Gitano" (France)	Kendji Girac	3:30
7.	"The Girl" (Germany)	Lena	4:09
8.	"Mary Joe" (Hungary)	Fehérvári Gábor Alfréd	3:39
9.	"You Again" (Iceland)	Árstíðir	3:16
10.	"Rak Elohim Ishpot Oti" (Israel)	Keren Peles	3:31
11.	"Se Si Potesse Non Morire" (Italy)	Modà	4:08
12.	"You & I" (Netherlands)	Anouk	3:53
13.	"The Banjo" (Norway)	3LOGY	3:39
Total length:			50:14

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Heartbeat" (Poland)	Margaret	3:20
2.	"Tu E Eu" (Portugal)	Diogo Piçarra	3:35
3.	"Spektakl Okonchen" (Russia)	Polina Gagarina	4:00
4.	"Red" (South Korea)	HyunA	3:19
5.	"99" (Spain)	Ruth Lorenzo	3:32
6.	"Borderline" (Sweden)	Tove Styrke	3:23
7.	"In The End" (Switzerland)	Stefanie Heinzmann	3:23
8.	"Play" (Taiwan)	Jolin Tsai	3:13
9.	"Alzheimer" (Thailand)	Candy Mafia	3:42
10.	"Çak Bir Selam" (Turkey)	Ayse Hatun Önal	3:32
11.	"Ayterek-Gunterek" (Turkmenistan)	Myahri	3:48
12.	"Don't Mess Me Around" (United Kingdom)	Clare Maguire	3:30
13.	"I'm Gonna Show You Crazy" (United States)	Bebe Rexha	3:27
Total length:			45:49