UNMF 5

The United Nations Music Fest will be the 4th edition of the contest. It will take place in Auckdon following Coleenk's victory at the UNMF 3 in Lumider in Zoharlia with the song "Τώρα Ή Ποτέ (Tóra I Poté) ", performed by Otherview. This is the second time the contest will take place in Coleenk, it will consist in a semifinal on January 29 and a grand final on February 5.

31 countries will participate in the contest. Reino de Nerissa, Gloriosa República Schwarzeneggerita, Kitivistán, Ristán, Paciust, Oklasted, Islas Wesetics and Quatoria debuted, while Chocoland, República de Agavenia, L'Imago and Republicca Di Volpi withdrawed.

Venue
The Chief Executive Officer of the host broadcaster, Coleenk Network 1 (CN1) and the Coleenk's Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest.

The following criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:
 * The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
 * An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
 * Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
 * The host city must have fairly priced hotel rooms, that are located in close proximity to the venue and the city centre.
 * The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
 * The host city must have modern transport infrastructure: an international airport and readily available transport between the airport, the city and hotels, in addition to convenient traffic in the city and the opportunity to provide additional transport routes.

Bidding phase
Four cities submitted applications by the deadline.

Presenters
The hosts will be Anushka Sharma, Haruma Miura, Jacqueline Bracamontes and Perfume will be on the green room.

Format
According to the number of participants. Each participating country award points to their top 10 songs, by using the traditional Eurovision system of 12, 10, and 8-1 points. The countries are however not allowed to vote for their own song.



The 12 songs that received more points of the semifinal will qualify to the Grand Final. The 13th place with more votes will qualify as well. At the end, the Grand Final will have 25 songs.

Participants
This edition will participate 30 countries, the top 5 of the previous contest will qualify automatically for the Grand Final, the rest will participate on one of the semi finals.

Semi-final 1
12 countries will participate on this semi-final, 8 of them will qualify to the final, plus the best 9th, between both semi-finals. Coleenk, Extrangia and  Bohemia will vote in this semi-final.


 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

Semi-final 2
12 countries will participate on this semi-final, 8 of them will qualify to the final, plus the best 9th, between both semi-finals. Coleenk, Greysland and  Suroland will vote in this semi-final.


 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap