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Forum Song Contest #35
Host	Limassol, Cyprus
Date	January 3, 2012
Entries	38
Winner	Sweden
Debuting countries	none
Returning countries	none
Withdrawing countries	none
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The Host City[]

Limassol is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the eponymous district. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus, with an urban population of 160,000–176,700. Limassol has been ranked by TripAdvisor as the 3rd up-and-coming destination in the world, in its Top 10 Traveler’s Choice Destinations on the Rise. The city is also ranked 87th worldwide in Mercer's Quality of Living Survey.

Limassol is known for the centuries-old Limassol Castle, home to the Cyprus Medieval Museum and its collection of pottery and tombstones. On the seafront is the Prokymea (Molos) Sculpture Park, with sculptures by Cypriot, Greek and international artists. To the northeast is the Limassol Archaeological Museum, exhibiting artifacts from the Neolithic to the Roman periods.

Limassol is famous in Cyprus for its festivals, like the Carnival and Wine Festival. The Limassol Carnival festival lasts for ten (10) days, with jolly and amusing masquerading. Other festivals are Yermasogeia Flower Festival (May), Festival of the Flood (June), Shakespearean nights and Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. The sixth Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in Limassol, in the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre.

The Venue[]

The Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center, is the biggest and the most imposing multi dynamic indoor athletic arena in Cyprus. It is named after the late president of Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou. The venue was built in 2005 and since it's already hosted such events like the FIBA Europe all-star game (2006 & 2007) and JESC 2008.

Capacity: 6255 people.

The Hosts[]

Andreas Georgiou was born on April 18, 1982 in London, England. He is a British/Cypriot actor and director.

Christiana Aristotelous is a Cypriot radio host.

The Show[]

Recap:

Draw	FSC jury	Performer	Song	Place	Points
01	Bulgaria	Monyx	Can't Get Enough	33	23
02	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Mile Kitić	Pukni srce	38	13
03	Ireland	Little Green Cars	My Love Took Me Down to the River	19	53
04	Hungary	Kiraly Linda ft. RH3 & Pras	Untried	29	33
05	Serbia	Igor Garnier ft. Minja	Love is Taking Control	20	50
06	Poland	Maryla Rodowicz	Drugi but	36	19
07	Estonia	Ines	Pilvepiir	23	42
08	Albania	Elvana Gjata	Kudo qe jam	34	21
09	Australia	Bobby Andonov	Call Me	31	32
10	Israel	The Young Professionals	20 Seconds	22	45
11	Denmark	Asynje	Njord og skade	7	91
12	Morocco	Golden Crew ft. Brick & Lace et Lynnsha	In Love With the Music	37	17
13	Greece	Nikos Oikonomopoulos	Deuterolepta tha meino	26	36
14	Romania	Alexandra Stan ft. Carlprit	One Million	15	55
15	Slovenia	Maja Keuc	You're a Tree and I'm a Balloon	4	118
16	The Netherlands	Waylon	The Escapist	6	92
17	Norway	Maria Mena	Am I Supposed to Apologize?	3	131
18	Russia	Plazma	Angel of Snow	12	65
19	Belarus	Veronica Gordievskaya	Place that I Belong	25	37
20	France	Julien Doré	Glenn Close	27	35
21	United Kingdom	Matthew Raymond Barker	Trash (tout le monde jump sur le bar)	13	64
22	Turkey	Funda	Stand Up	18	53
23	USA	Colbie Caillat	Brighter Than the Sun	2	145
24	Germany	Raffaela Wais	Heaven Only Knows	5	105
25	Taiwan	Peggy Hsu	Magical Boutique	24	42
26	Ukraine	INDI	Holodnyi dozhd'	9	68
27	Azerbaijan	Azad Shabanov	Tenha Radio	28	34
28	Spain	Revólver	No hay mañanas	10	68
29	Croatia	Jacques Houdek	Srecom imam tebe	16	54
30	Belgium	Arid	The High Life	32	24
31	Austria	Half Past Whatever	Bye Bye Love	21	47
32	Sweden	Molly Sanden	Spread A Little Light	1	192
33	Cyprus	Loucas Yiorkas	Gia proti fora	14	58
34	Mexico	Paulina Rubio	Sabes que te amo	17	54
35	Italy	Marco Mengoni	Tanto il resto cambia	8	70
36	Macedonia	Viktorija Loba & Robert Bilbilov	Ti si vinovna	30	32
37	Brazil	Marisa Monte	O que você quer saber de verdade	35	19
38	Canada	Adaline	Stereo	11	67