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Forum Song Contest #16
Host	Hamburg, Germany
Date	June 2, 2010
Entries	27
Winner	Denmark
Debuting countries	none
Returning countries	Albania ; Australia ; United Kingdom
Withdrawing countries	Finland ; Russia ; Slovakia
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The Host City[]

Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, is connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. It's crossed by hundreds of canals, and also contains large areas of parkland. Near its core, Inner Alster lake is dotted with boats and surrounded by cafes. The city's central Jungfernstieg boulevard connects the Neustadt (new town) with the Altstadt (old town), home to landmarks like 18th-century St. Michael’s Church.

Hamburg is the second-largest city of Germany and is generally taken to be commensurate to its state with a population of roughly 1.8 million people.

The city is a tourist destination domestically and internationally. It ranked 18th in the world for livability in 2016. Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015.

Hamburg is a major European science, research, and education hub, with several universities and institutes. Its creative industries and cultural sites include the Elbphilharmonie and Laeisz concert halls, art venues, music producers, and artists. It gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule and paved the way for bands including The Beatles. Hamburg is also known for several theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Pauli's Reeperbahn is among the best-known European entertainment districts.

The Venue[]

HSH Nordbank Arena was chosen as the the FSC venue.

The Hosts[]

Hans "Hape" Kerkeling (born 9 December 1964, in Recklinghausen, Germany) is a well-known German actor, presenter and comedian. In a survey by the television station Kabel 1 in 2005, Kerkeling made it into the top ten favourite faces on German television. In April and May 2006 he presented the live TV show Let's Dance, a German version of Celebrity Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars, with Nazan Eckes. In 2001 Kerkeling went on a pilgrimage, following the Way of St James for 650 kilometres (400 mi) to Santiago de Compostela. In June 2006 his book "Ich bin dann mal weg" ("I'm off for a bit, then"), his diary of this pilgrimage, was top of the Spiegel magazine non-fiction bestseller list. By May 2008 it had sold 3 million copies.

Gülcan Kamps (born 20 September 1982 in Lübeck, Germany) is a German TV presenter (a.k.a. VJane) of Turkish descent. Gülcan was born on 20 September 1982 in Lübeck. In 2004, teaming up with Mustafa Sandal she got onto the European top 10 music charts with Aya Benzer. In 2004, she placed 2nd in Maxim Magazine's women of the year in television. She also placed 60th in FHM Germany's 100 sexiest women and 71st for 2005. Since 2004, Gülcan has been involved in many charitable purposes such as with UNICEF for the "1 Viennese Tulip Ball". On 7 July 2007 she was a host at Live Earth.

The Show[]

Draw	FSC jury	Performer	Song	Place	Points
01	Germany	Monrose	Like a Lady	5	81
02	Austria	Saint Lu	Here I Stand	9	73
03	Spain	Pignoise	Todo me da igual	17	59
04	Denmark	Alphabeat	DJ	1	95
05	Greece	Kostas Martakis	Dyskolo na sagapo	11	71
06	USA	Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars	Billionaire	23	31
07	Canada	Christa Borden	Tonight	16	60
08	Albania	Miriam Cani	Mos me ndal	18	52
09	Azerbaijan	Mirror Mind Project	She	27	7
10	Poland	Czesław Śpiewa	Pożegnanie Małego Wojownika	4	82
11	Estonia	WKA	Suvi	20	42
12	Ireland	New Sunset Hotel	The Bitter End	6	77
13	Macedonia	Kaliopi	Zasekogas	19	48
14	Japan	Capsule	What do You Want to Do	8	73
15	Bulgaria	Andrea	Neblagodaren	3	90
16	Portugal	Lucenzo ft. Big Ali	Vem dançar kuduro	14	61
17	Brazil	Sandy Leah & Nerina Pallot	Dias iguais	25	17
18	Australia	Guy Sebastian ft. Jordin Sparks	Art of Love	7	75
19	Belgium	Danzel	Under Arrest	22	33
20	Israel	Lihi Atar	Lirkod	12	67
21	Norway	Stage Dolls	Eye of My Heart	21	38
22	Turkey	Şebnem Ferah	Yalnız	10	72
23	United Kingdom	Marina and the Diamonds	Hollywood	2	93
24	Romania	Alexandra Stan	Lollipop	24	30
25	France	Sexion d'Assaut	Désolé	15	61
26	Serbia	Tanja Banjanin	Pamtim	26	12
27	Ukraine	MilosskaYA	Letat'	13	66