FSC 03

Forum Song Contest #03
Host	Brussels, Belgium
Date	May 1, 2009
Entries	21
Winner	United Kingdom
Debuting countries	Israel ; Portugal
Returning countries	Sweden
Withdrawing countries	Finland ; Malta
	FSC
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May 2009 sees the 3rd edition of Forum Song Contest (FSC), held in Brussels, Belgium after Lasgo's win in the previous, second edition.

21 countries participated in the third FSC, meaning a new record. Israel and Portugal made their first appearance while Sweden returned to the contest. On the other hand Finland and Malta withdrew from the competition, with the latter only returning roughly four years later.

After a third-to-last finish in FSC 2, the United Kingdom rose back to fame and celebrated its second FSC victory, thanks to Lily Allen and her song "Not Fair". Spain and Russia completed the top three. On the other side of the scoreboard, Poland scored its second "red lantern" in its second participation.

The Host City[]

Brussels is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium. Brussels has grown from a 10th-century fortress town founded by Charlemagne's grandson into a metropolis of more than one million inhabitants. Since the end of the Second World War, Brussels has been an important center for international politics. It hosts the main institutions of the European Union, and the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Thus, Brussels is the polyglot home of many international organisations, politicians, diplomats and civil servants. Although historically Dutch-speaking, Brussels has become increasingly francophone. Today most inhabitants are native French-speakers, although both languages have official status.

The Hosts[]

Peter Van de Veire is a well known radio personality in Flanders. In 1993 Van de Veire started working for a local television station before moving on to host Studio.KET on the children's channel Ketnet. In 1999 he became host of De Afrekening, a popular chart show on the youth-oriented channel Studio Brussel. After a brief period where he presented the lunchtime slot on that same channel he was offered his own morning show, De Grote Peter Van de Veire Ochtendshow, which he presented up until September 2008. He briefly returned to television to host De Provincieshow, followed by his own music-themed chat show, Peter Live, which began airing in October 2008 on één. Outside of his radio career, Van de Veire performs live with Gerrit Kerremans in De Peter Van de Veire Love Show.

Maureen Louys may be familiar to some ESC fans as she was the host of the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She was an obvious choice as her hosting 4 years ago was very well received and Maureen said in an recent interview that she is honored and proud to be selected as the host for the May edition of the FSC event.

The Show[]

Draw	FSC jury	Performer	Song	Place	Points
01	Germany	Silbermond	Irgendwas bleibt	8	67
02	Greece	Annett Artani	Alive	5	77
03	Romania	Morris	Desire	7	68
04	Bulgaria	Deep Zone	Addicted to You (feat. Mike Fresh)	10	56
05	Denmark	The Broken Beats	The Rules	6	72
06	Poland	Ramona Rey	Znajdź i weź	21	22
07	Serbia	Jelena Tomašević	Med i zaoka	12	55
08	Belgium	Sylver	I Hate You Now	9	64
09	Macedonia	Toše Proeski	Don't Hurt the Ones You Love	13	52
10	United Kingdom	Lily Allen	Not Fair	1	91
11	Ireland	Fight Like Apes	Something Global	20	30
12	Portugal	Fingertips	Do It (Magic colors)	14	51
13	Israel	Maya Buskila	Nishmati	4	79
14	Russia	t.A.T.u.	You & I	3	87
15	Norway	Tone Dalmi Aaberge	I Know	19	36
16	Netherlands	DJ Jose	Like That	17	42
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	Bez trunke srama	18	38
18	Sweden	John ME	Love is My Drug	15	43
19	Ukraine	Tina Karol	Ne boysya	11	56
20	Spain	La Quinta Estación	Que te quería	2	89
21	Turkey	Safiye	Come Come	16	43