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Forum Song Contest #37
Host	San Francisco, USA
Date	March 2, 2012
Entries	40
Winner	Turkey
Debuting countries	Indonesia
Returning countries	Brazil; Portugal
Withdrawing countries	Italy
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The Host City[]

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. Located at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula, San Francisco is about 47.9 square miles (124 km²) in area, making it the smallest county—and the only consolidated city-county—within the state of California. With a density of about 18,581 people per square mile (7,174 people per km²), San Francisco is the most densely settled large city in California and the second-most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City. San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous city in the United States—with a census-estimated 2016 population of 870,887. The city and its surrounding areas are known as the San Francisco Bay Area.

A popular tourist destination, San Francisco is known for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, Fisherman's Wharf, and its Chinatown district. San Francisco is also the headquarters of five major banking institutions and various other companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., Dropbox, Reddit, Dolby, Airbnb, Pinterest, Twitter, Uber, Mozilla, Wikimedia Foundation, and Craigslist. It has several nicknames, including "The City by the Bay", "Fog City" and "Frisco".

The Venue[]

AT&T Park Stadium has served as the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2000. The park also hosts the annual Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, a college football bowl game, and other occasional sporting and musical events. For the 2011 season, the park served as the home of the California Golden Bears football team.

Capacity: 42 000 people.

The Hosts[]

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, magician, singer, and composer, known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles. On television, he is known for playing the title character on Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993), Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014), for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards), and Count Olaf on A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Harris has hosted the Tony Awards in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013, for which he won several special class Emmy Awards. He also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2013, and hosted the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, thus making him the first openly gay man to host the Academy Awards. Harris was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. He is married to David Burtka. In 2010, they got twins through surrogacy.

Ellen DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. DeGeneres starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003.

DeGeneres has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys. She has authored three books and started her own record company, Eleveneleven. She has won 29 Emmys, 20 People's Choice Awards (more than any other person), and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.

The Show[]

Recap:

Draw	FSC jury	Performer	Song	Place	Points
01	Macedonia	Nokaut	Znaes kade da me najdes	36	21
02	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Neda Ukraden ft. Clea & Kim	Nije ti dobro (Girls Night)	35	29
03	Spain	Luar Na Lubre & Diana Navarro	A miña amiga	8	94
04	Germany	Luxuslarm	Atemlos	3	114
05	Ireland	Lisa Hannigan	Knots	11	76
06	Australia	Matt Corby	Brother	9	90
07	Austria	Trackshittaz	Grullarei	37	18
08	Poland	Doda	Gra Temidy	38	17
09	Turkey	Aynur Aydın	DNA	1	153
10	Serbia	Joey Negro & Gramophonedzie ft. Shea Soul	No Sugar	25	40
11	Estonia	Rolf Roosalu	Kirg On Saatus	16	59
12	Sweden	Shades of Jade	Keep On Moving	23	42
13	USA	Halestorm	Here's to Us	2	125
14	Indonesia	Ayu Ting Ting	Sik asik	20	54
15	Israel	Maya Buskila	Ahava acheret'	10	77
16	Greece	Peggy Zina	Ego tha tragoudiso	28	38
17	Ukraine	Max Barskih	Fuck Off	12	70
18	Hungary	Kasza Tibor	Nekem igy Jo	27	39
19	Cyprus	Marian Georgiou ft. Roberto Casalino	Abbracciami (Afto ine agapi)	34	31
20	Slovenia	Nika Zorjan	Cac za nas	32	35
21	Belarus	Angelika Agurbash	Prosto tak	29	38
22	France	Vanessa Paradis & -M-	La Seine	7	94
23	Norway	Marit Larsen	Don't Move	14	65
24	United Kingdom	Emeli Sande	Heaven	6	98
25	Brazil	Cansei de Ser Sexy	I Love You	40	9
26	Belgium	Intergalactic Lovers	Shewolf'	21	46
27	Portugal	David Carreira	Esta Noite	31	37
28	Morocco	Rwapa Crew ft. Babel	Feels So Right	39	9
29	Czech Republic	Mandrage	Mechanik	17	57
30	Bulgaria	Vessy	Work of Art	33	35
31	Canada	Carly Rae Jepsen	Call Me Maybe	4	107
32	Taiwan	Jam Hsiao	Wild Dreams'	22	43
33	Denmark	Lukas Graham	Drunk in the Morning	5	100
34	Croatia	Severina	Grad Bez Ljudi	13	69
35	Mexico	Edith Marquez	No te preocupes por mi	15	63
36	Russia	Velvet	Vsjo zabudetsia	30	38
37	Romania	Zero feat. Dan Bittman	Ingerul Meu	24	41
38	Azerbaijan	Nikki Jamal	Crush on You	18	56
39	Albania	Klajdi & Flori	Lutem Une Sot	26	39
40	Switzerland	Anna Aaron	Sea Monsters	19	54