UNMF 8

The United Nations Music Fest will be the 8th edition of the contest. It will take place in Ville Savoye following Galia's victory at the UNMF 7 at Bliss City, Galia, with the song "A Million Years", performed by Mariette. This is the first time the contest will take place in Galia, it will consist in a semifinal from may 27 to june 2, and a grand final from june 1 to june 6.

42 countries participated in the contest.

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
The Ville Savoye Stadium at Ville Savoye, has been confirmed as the venue for the edition, with a capacity of 5,000 people



Presenters
The presenters will be:

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.

The allocation draw and the running order will be made on 26th May by the host broadcaster. Countries are divided in 6 different pots according to their general results throughout all the competition. The seeding was based on the General Ranking of may 2018. The registered delegations were seeded into six pots:

Direct Finalists

Semifinal 1

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

18 countries will participate in the first semi-final. Galia, Greysland and  República de Catistán will vote in this semifinal. Ten countries will qualify directly to the final.

Semifinal 2

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

19 countries will participate in the first semi-final. Galia, Reino de Nerissa and  República Guaraní will vote in this semifinal. Ten countries will qualify directly to the final.

Grand Final

 * Playlist
 * Voting form
 * Recap

12 points
Countries in bold gave the maximum 12 points to the specified entrant.