UNMF 11

The UNMF 11 will be the 11th edition of United Nations Music Fest. It will take place for second time in R.N.E.D.U.   following the country's victory at the 10th contest in Argos,  Reino de Corfú with the song "New Rules", performed by Dua Lipa. The contest will be held at the Pelikan Arena in Veta, and will consist of two semi-finals on 29 july, and the final on 1 august 2018. The three live shows will be hosted by Petra Mede and Filomena Cautela.

Forty-seven countries participated in the contest, making a new record of participating nations. Blue Mountain and República de Turína, as newest UNBU members, made its debuts at this contest. Eveun withdrew, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media.

Location
The contest took place for the second time in R.N.E.D.U., following the country's victory in the UNMF10 edition with the song "New Rules", performed by Dua Lipa.

Venue
The Pelikan Arena in Veta is a multi-purpose indoor dome built for the 2014's UNMF Games and has a capacity of 31,000 attendees, located in the Emirates Park new district in the southeast of Veta. It is connected by metro to the nearby international airport and by train to the rest of the country and UNMF.

Bidding phase
The chief of Televisoras Unidas de los Emiratos (TVD) and Head of Delegation for R.N.E.D.U., Daniel Salazar, stated on 15 of July 2018 that the first organisational meeting for the contest would take place before 20 July, during which the United Nations Broadcasting Union (UNBU) and TVD would go through the technical requirements for the contest, as well as any training required for the contest to take place in R.N.E.D.U. Salazar also announced that the venue for the contest would be announced over the week.

TVD and the Emirates Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on 23 july. The basic requirements to select a host city were set out in a document presented by the UNBU to TVD following their win in Suroland:


 * The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 10,000 but ideally up to 15,000 attendees.
 * An international press center 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 center.
 * 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.

Visual design
The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the UNBU on 24 July 2018. The theme art comprises a blue and red, within it the generic United Nations Music Fest logo featuring the flame as well as the slogan "We Are Fire" at the center of the flame. The Director General of TVD, Daniel Salazar, commented in reference to the slogan: "Being the first time that R.N.E.D.U. hosts the festival, we wanted to convey that joy we felt and what better way to encourage everyone to fight for their dreams". The theme art will be incorporated in all contest related developments such as crew uniforms, stage, on-air graphics, blue carpet and merchandise.

Presenters
It was announced on 20 July by TVD, that the presenters for the contest would be Petra Mede and Filomena Cautela, with Dua Lipa hosting the green room. The Blue Carpet opening ceremony was hosted by media proprietor/TV host Laura Bozzo, actress Elizabeth Olsen, and actor Chadwick Boseman moderated the press conferences, as well.

Semi-final allocation draw
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 top 5 of the previous edition is qualified directly for the Grand Final. The 11 songs that received more points of the semi final will qualify for the Grand Final.

The allocation draw and the running order will be made on 2nd July by the host broadcaster.

After the sorting process, both semi-finals will be established as follows.

Semifinal 1

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

Twenty one countries will participate in the first semi-final. R.N.E.D.U., Ristán and  Cuatro Reinos will vote in this semifinal. Eleven countries will qualify directly to the final.

Semifinal 2

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

Twenty one countries will participate in the first semi-final. R.N.E.D.U., Greysland and  Extrangia will vote in this semifinal. Eleven countries will qualify directly to the final.

Grand Final

 * [ Playlist]
 * Voting form
 * [ Recap]