UNMF 9

The 9th United Nations Music Fest will be held from June 15 to June 28, 2018, it will be celebrate on Suribor,Suroland after Wtabbel's victory with the song The Village on last edition held on Ville Savoye, Galia. This edition will be the second time the contest will be held on this country, after fifth edition; Forty-six countries will participate; debuting A.R.L. Chorradonia, R.U. Animalandia and SenZan Ville and with the return of Sãu Kao and Eveun.

Venue
The Chief Executive Officer of the host broadcaster, formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on December 1st.

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
Hasta el momento la televisora de Suroland no se ha pronunciado respecto a la posibe sede de UNMF 9.

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 top 5 of the previous edition is qualified directly for the Grand Final.

Semi-final allocation draw
From the 47 contestants, 37 will face the classification process through 2 semi-finals, the direct qualifiers will be Suroland, (as the host), Extrangia, ArLo, Sorchia and Bohemia.

The allocation draw and the running order will be made on 14th June by the host broadcaster. Countries are divided in 7 different pots according to their general results throughout all the competition. The seeding was based on the General Ranking of June, 2018, and they will be as follows:

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

Participating countries
47 countries are contesting on this editi. A.R.L. Chorradonia, R.U. Animalandia and SenZan Ville will debute, Sãu Kao and Eveun will return to the contest.

National finals
10 countries chose their contest entrance through national finals, the rest made internal selections.
 * Rooseland: Roosfest
 * Coleenk: Heartbeat Festivalen
 * R.N.E.D.U.: Nuestra Canción
 * Cyzaar Republic: Donovan Fest
 * Reino de Nerissa: Fortissimo
 * Extrangia: Grand Husleprix
 * Santiago: Santiago Fest
 * Ristán: Ristán Music Fest
 * Bohemia: A Song for UNMF
 * Reino de Corfú: Hypernova

Returning artists

 * Dara: Represented YeiBei in UNMF 3 with the song «Недей» (Nedei), getting a 18th place with 42 points at the Grand Final
 * İdo Tatlıses: Represented Mirthan in UNMF 5 with the song «Sen», getting a 11th place with 69 points at the Grand Final

Languages
From the 46 participating song, 19 of them will be interpreted in English. Tree of them will be bilingual; Reino Saharí with English and German, R.U. Animalandia with English and Korean and Reino de Corfú with English and French. Besides, 6 countries will perform their songs in Turkish, 2 songs will be performed in French, Spanish, Romanian, German, and Albanian, 1 song in Maltese, Russian, Polish, Italian, Korean, Bulgarian, Swedish and Greek.

Semifinal 1

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

21 countries will participate in the first semi-final. Suroland, Extrangia and  Sorchia will vote in this semifinal. Eleven countries will qualify directly to the final.

Semifinal 2

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

21 countries will participate in the first semi-final. Suroland, ArLo and  Bohemia will vote in this semifinal. Eleven countries will qualify directly to the final.

Grand Final

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

Véase también

 * General Ranking
 * List of songs in the UNMF
 * Rules
 * UNMF 8
 * United Nations Broadcasting Union