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Forum Song Contest #06
Host	Łódź, Poland
Date	August 1, 2009
Entries	24
Winner	Bulgaria
Debuting countries	Cyprus ; Switzerland
Returning countries	Canada; Croatia
Withdrawing countries	Greece ; Iceland ; Italy ; Sweden
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In August, we visit the Polish city of Łódź for the 6th edition of the Forum Song Contest.

For this edition, the number of contestants remains constant at 24. This includes the debuts of Cyprus and Switzerland, as well as the return of Canada and Croatia. Four countries also withdraw, namely Greece, Iceland, Italy and Sweden.

This time, the victory goes to Bulgaria, followed by Russia in 2nd place and the USA in 3rd.

The Host City[]

Łódź is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 753,192 in 2007. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat, it alludes to the city's name which translates literally as "boat".

Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332 document giving the village of Łódzia to the bishops of Włocławek. In 1423 King Władysław II Jagiełło granted city rights to the village of Łódź. From then until the 18th century the town remained a small settlement on a trade route between Masovia and Silesia. In the 16th century the town had fewer than 800 inhabitants, mostly working on the nearby grain farms.

With the second partition of Poland in 1793, Łódź became part of the Kingdom of Prussia's province of South Prussia, and was known in German as Lodsch. In 1798 the Prussians nationalized the town, and it lost its status as a town of the bishops of Kuyavia. In 1806 Łódź joined the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw and in 1810 it had 190 inhabitants. In 1815 Congress of Vienna treaty it became part of Congress Poland, a client state of the Russian Empire.

The Hosts[]

Dorota Rabczewska (born February 15, 1984), more commonly known as Doda, is a Polish musical artist, among the most successful Polish artists ever in terms of number of prizes won. She was first known as a member of the Polish rock band Virgin. After the group disbanded she continued with a solo career releasing an album in 2007 called Diamond Bitch and another album The Seven Temptations which is due for release in 2010. She was featured on CNN, as the tenth most famous Pole.

Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka (born May 14, 1976) - lead singer of "Zakopower", folk musician. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Kraków. In 2008 he won the poll, "Viva! Najpiękniejsi"

The Show[]

Draw	FSC jury	Performer	Song	Place	Points
01	Bulgaria	Slavi ft. Ruslana	My Love	1	103
02	Serbia	Mika Kostić	Moja noć.	16	50
03	Belgium	Milk Inc.	Blackout	7	69
04	Denmark	Nephew	Va fangool!	12	57
05	United Kingdom	Girls Can't Catch	Keep Your Head Up	15	51
06	Ukraine	Goryachiy Shockolad	Choovstva	8	67
07	Hungary	Crystal	Ne ébressz fel (Álom voltál)	5	70
08	USA	Owl City	Vanilla Twilight	3	81
09	Poland	Candy Girl	Yeah!	13	55
10	Macedonia	Adrian Gadza ft. Robert Bilbilov	Veruvav	21	27
11	Russia	Sergey Lazarev	Stereo	2	101
12	Austria	Valerie	Es geht nicht	14	54
13	Israel	Offer Nissim ft. Maya	I Should Have Known	4	73
14	Ireland	Bell X1	The Geat Defector	20	35
15	Switzerland	Stahn Uf	Baschi Bligg Ritschi Seven Stress	17	42
16	Croatia	Franka Batelić	Možda volim te	9	63
17	Romania	Morandi	Colors	11	59
18	Norway	Donkeyboy	Ambitions	19	40
19	Turkey	Beduk	Gel aska	24	14
20	Cyprus	Thanos Petrelis	Eno Dio Tria	23	16
21	Canada	Buffy Sainte-Marie	No No Keshagesh	6	70
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Regina	Zvacu te pile moje	10	59
23	Spain	Cycle	You Talk Too Much	18	41
24	Germany	Marquess	Arriba	22	17