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Forum Song Contest #38
Host	Antalya, Turkey
Date	April 1, 2012
Entries	39
Winner	Slovenia
Debuting countries	none
Returning countries	none
Withdrawing countries	Albania
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The Host City[]

Antalya is the fifth most populous city in Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province. Located on Anatolia's flourishing southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast with over one million people in its metropolitan area.

The city that is now Antalya was first settled around 200 BC by the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, which was soon subdued by the Romans. Roman rule saw Antalya thrive, including the construction of several new monuments, such as Hadrian's Gate, and the proliferation of neighboring cities. The city has changed hands several times, including to the Byzantine Empire in 1207 and an expanding Ottoman Empire in 1391. Ottoman rule brought relative peace and stability for the next five hundred years. The city was transferred to Italian suzerainty in the aftermath of World War I, but was recaptured by a newly independent Turkey in the War of Independence.

Antalya is Turkey's biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera. Large-scale development and governmental funding has promoted tourism. A record 12.5 million tourists passed through the city in 2014.

The Venue[]

The structure of the Aspendos Antique Theater belongs to the Roman period and dates back to 2 AC. And it is still in good shape so that you can join the summer concert festival of Aspendos every summer.

Aspendos is one of the most well preserved ancient theaters in the world providing seating for 15.000 spectators. The structure with an extraordinarily perfect acoustics hosts every year international and local concerts and festivals and testify to the architect’s success.

The Aspendos Theater was built by the famous Aspendosian architect Zenon,in Marcus Aurelius’time (second half of 2AD). The theater is in better conditions than all other theaters built in the ancient times and has been able to survive to this days without losing almost any of its original qualities.

Today, the site is the most ancient and solid sample of the Roman Theatres in Anatolia.

The Hosts[]

Özgü Namal (born 28 December 1978 in Istanbul) is a Turkish actress, singer, songwriter, director and screenwriter. She became the most famous by debuting as Güllü (Serap) in Turkish TV series "Hanımın Çiftliği", which become one of the most watched TV series in Turkey.

Namal made her film debut in Sır Çocukları in 2002. Since then, she has appeared in several other films such as Anlat İstanbul, Büyü, Organize İşler, Polis, Beynelmilel and O... Çocukları. She was awarded the Golden Orange for Best Actress for her performance in Mutluluk in 2007.

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, born 27 October 1983 in Adana, is a Turkish actor, U18 basketball player and model who has received two Golden Butterfly Awards for Best Actor, and a Yeşilçam Cinema Awards for Best Actor. Tatlıtuğ won the pageants Best Model of Turkey and Best Model of the World in 2002. He is of Turkish descent. He has also attracted praise from international directors such as James Cameron. He graduated from Istanbul Kultur University in 2013.[16] He married stylist Başak Dizer on 19 February 2016 at the Turkish embassy in Paris.

The Show[]

Recap:

Draw	FSC jury	Performer	Song	Place	Points
01	Austria	Bunny Lake	Young Lovers	11	79
02	Russia	Stas Pieha	My rasstalys' s toboy	7	95
03	Cyprus	Polina Christodoulou	Anantikatastatos	6	98
04	Croatia	Gazde & Vedrana Vukojević	Dat će Bog i bolje dane	22	50
05	Switzerland	Webba ft. Steff la Cheffe	Churzschluss	16	70
06	Belgium	Nelson	Let Me Be Myself	20	53
07	Belarus	Litesound	See You In Vegas	13	75
08	Morocco	Yasmine Tazi ft Monime Yasse	Lyoum rje3	38	2
09	Macedonia	Maja Sazdanovska & DNK	Disko Jungla	38	2
10	Bulgaria	Divna ft. Miro & Krisko	I ti ne mozhesh da me spresh	35	24
11	Serbia	Ana Perisic	Ja te ne volim	10	81
12	Denmark	Choir Of Young Believers	Nye nummer et	27	43
13	Greece	Dimension-X ft. Giouli Asimakopoulou	Na M'agapas	18	63
14	Czech Republic	David Deyl	Lež a nech si lhát	34	25
15	Hungary	Zséda	Legyen ú ugy'	29	38
16	Taiwan	William Wei	I'll Still Be	32	34
17	Brazil	Filipe Guerra ft. Jullie	After All	30	37
18	France	Skip the Use	Ghost	3	105
19	Romania	LuKone & deMoga feat. Liviu Teodorescu	Electronic Symphony	8	87
20	Spain	Amaral	Robin Hood	9	83
21	Estonia	Hannah	Falling Away	19	61
22	Israel	Avihu Shabat	Achshav at yo'da'at	15	71
23	United Kingdom	The Wanted	Warzone	4	102
24	Australia	The Jezebels	Endless Summer	2	107
25	Azerbaijan	Khayyam Nisanov	Bakı-Moskva	33	30
26	Portugal	David Carreira	Falling Into You	21	51
27	Indonesia	Tulus	Sewindu	37	17
28	Slovenia	Omar Naber	Remember Me	1	147
29	Mexico	QPO	Si tú no estás	24	44
30	Ireland	Róisín O	Muid ar chomham	28	40
31	Ukraine	Mika Newton	Don't Dumb Me Down	5	98
32	Germany	Die Ärzte	zeiDverschwÄndung	23	45
33	Poland	Nosowska	Nomada	25	44
34	USA	Ingrid Michaelson	Fire	17	69
35	Norway	Martine Lund Hoel	Crystals Are Falling	12	77
36	Sweden	Syster Sol	Karleksrevolt	31	34
37	Bosnia & Herzegovina	DJ Shone feat. Anabela & Elitni Odredi	Beograd	36	22
38	Turkey	Göksel	Acıyor	26	44
39	Canada	Feist	The Bad In Each Other	14	73