FSC 108

Forum Song Contest #108
Host	Tangier, Morocco
Date	February 2018
Entries	34
Winner	Poland
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Canada
Withdrawing countries	Brazil; Lithuania
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The 108th edition of FSC was hosted in Tangier, Morocco, following the 3rd victory of Morocco in FSC with Faouzia performing 'My heart's grave'.

In this edition, we have a total of 34 entries, down one from the previous edition. This is due to withdrawals by Brazil and Lithuania, and Canada returning.

During the results, there were a high number (six) non-voting juries, but in the end Poland was crowned as the winner. Second place went to Spain and Serbia completed the podium with a third place result.

The Host City[]

Tangier is a major city in northwestern Morocco. It is located on the Maghreb coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel.

Many civilisations and cultures have impacted the history of Tangier starting from before the 5th century BC. Between the period of being a strategic Berber town and then a Phoenician trading centre to the independence era around the 1950s, Tangier was a nexus for many cultures. In 1923, it was considered as having international status by foreign colonial powers, and became a destination for many European and American diplomats, spies, writers and businessmen.

The city is currently undergoing rapid development and modernisation. Projects include new tourism projects along the bay, a modern business district called Tangier City Center, a new airport terminal and a new football stadium. Tangier's economy is also set to benefit greatly from the new Tanger-Med port.

The Venue[]

Our venue for this event is Stade Ibn-Batouta, which is a well-known multi-use stadium in Tangier, Morocco. Built in 2003, it is mostly used for the football matches but it can be an exciting venue for the FSC hosting as well. The stadium has a capacity of 45 000 people. It serves as the new home of IR Tanger, replacing the former Stade de Marchan.

The Hosts[]

Now let's welcome our hosts! As you can see, our first host is the only representative from an african or arabic country in the Eurovision Song Contest, Samira Said, who was taking part back in 1980 with her song "Bitaqat Hub". She is an arabic music, Egyptian pop and Moroccan pop legend, and she has written many albums since her debut in music which was in 1975 when she was only 17 years young.

Our second host for tonight's event is Gad Elmaleh, a Moroccan-French stand-up comedian and actor. He was born in 1971, Casablanca. Elmaleh's first contact with cinema was the full-length film, Salut cousin! by Merzak Allouache.

The Show[]

Nr.	Jury	Artist	Song	Rank	Points
01.	Poland	Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer	Without you	1	102
02.	Sweden	Jon Henrik Fjällgren	Bovtse eatnamisnie	6	69
03.	Ukraine	Khrystyna Soloviy	Fortepiano	22	33
04.	Denmark	Lukas Graham	Off to see the world	12	56
05.	South Africa	KAHN & Karen Zoid	We could be divine	24	28
06.	Croatia	Zsa Zsa & Vanna	Tragom tvojih tragova	23	30
07.	Israel	Sapir Saban	Lo chozeret	18	40
08.	Canada	Shania Twain	Life's about to get good	19	39
09.	United Kingdom	Sigala & Ella Eyre	Came here for love	15	44
10.	Italy	Enrico Nigiotti	L'amore è	11	57
11.	Serbia	Emina feat. Željko Joksimovic	Dva aviona	3	80
12.	Switzerland	Nemo	Du	30*	51
13.	Malaysia	Nabila Razali	Pematah hati	17	41
14.	Russia	Allj & Feduk	Розовое вино	34*	14
15.	France	Orelsan	Basique	27	18
16.	Greece	Xenia Ghali	Stick around	31*	35
17.	Latvia	Jauno Jāņu Orķestris	Salti Pūta Ziemas Vēji	25	24
18.	Taiwan	aMEI	Withdrawal symptoms	28	16
19.	Germany	Michael Schulte	Falling apart	5	76
20.	Spain	Ivan Torrent & Lara Ausensi	Khan Momme	2	83
21.	Australia	Woodes	Dots	29*	68
22.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lepa Brena	Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva	7	66
23.	Morocco	Eve-Yasmine	Losing you	21	33
24.	Philippines	IV of Spades	Where have you been, my Disco?	9	61
25.	Romania	Monoir feat. Alina Eremia	Freeze	13	56
26.	Turkey	Hadise	Sıfır Tolerans	14	47
27.	Bulgaria	Dara	Nedey	26	24
28.	Azerbaijan	LEMAN	Tek Deyilem	10	58
29.	United States	Peppermint, Sasha Velour, Alexis Michelle, and Aja ft. DJ Mitch Ferrino	C.L.A.T.	33*	29
30.	Portugal	Fernando Daniel	Espera	4	80
31.	Czech Republic	CHINASKI	Venku je na nule	16	41
32.	Estonia	Miljardid	Kunagi läänes	20	33
33.	Netherlands	Nana Adjoa	Late bloomer	32*	31
34.	Norway	Kygo feat. OneRepublic	Stranger things	8	61

* Australia, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland and the USA all failed to submit valid votes before the voting deadline. They were subsequently moved to the bottom of the scoreboard, while retaining their individual scores.