FSC 97

Following yet another win by Norway in FSC 96, we gather for another Norwegian hosting. This time, however, the host city is the small Russian mining town of Barentsburg, on the Svalbard Islands. This is in recognition of Russia's close second place in the previous edition.
This edition sees the debut of India in FSC, as well as the return of Ireland, Malaysia and Morocco. The only country to withdraw is Brazil, giving a total of 32 participants.
For the second time in FSC history, Morocco emerged as the winner. Second place went to Italy and Croatia came third.
== The Host City ==
Barentsburg is a small predominently Russian coal mining community on the island of Spitsbergen in the island group of Svalbard in the arctic region, which is part of the Kingdom of Norway. We meet here in neighbourly friendship and positive fraternization , after a very competitive FSC 96-edition & Russia’s near-win.
Named after Dutch explorer Willem Barents, Barentsburg is a mining town, situated on the eastside of Grønfjorden, with coal mining conducted by the Soviet company Arktikugol since 1932. 
Although Svalbard is under Norwegian sovereignty, the unique Svalbard Treaty of 1920 allows citizens of signatory countries equal rights to exploit natural resources. Russia , along with Norway maintains mining operations on Svalbard as a result. Russia maintains a consulate in Barentsburg , northernmost diplomatic mission of any kind, in the world. 
Barentsburg started as a Dutch mining town in the 1920s. In 1932 the Dutch sold their concession to the Soviet Union. The town relies entirely on mainland Russia , for food and coinage. The population has declined over the decades; in its heyday over 1000 citizens inhabited Barentsburg while today’s population , is about half of that, around 500 persons according to the latest figures.
The town has mostly old Soviet style architecture, a Culture center and a Community center that caters for some activities for the local residents and visitors. It also has a school , a library , an old church , a sports center , docks, a hotel, a souvenir shop and several monuments (most famous the world's second northernmost Lenin-statue, and a monument to coal/mining).
== The Venue ==
The venue for FSC March 2017 is the Barentsburg Kulturhus. It is mostly used by Russian and Ukrainian residents & visitors, but also some Norwegians and others visiting the settlement. It's very popular for smaller events, like Christrmas celebrations for families and children but is at times also used for bigger cultural events & some concerts. They are proud to host this FSC Show from their Culture Center, an intimate but warm & welcoming concert hall , & are happy to welcome all participating countries, artists & delegations to Barentsburg.
== The Hosts ==
Our lovely hosts this evening are Kygo and Julia Savicheva.
Kygo (or Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll), born 1991, is a Norwegian DJ, EDM-artist & record producer. He has accumulated 300 million+ views on his music on SoundCloud and YouTube , and world attention & success in recent years. In 2014, he released the single ‘Firestone’ which was a huge success. Since then he has released several other popular songs, featuring guest vocalists & also an album in 2016 . He has had a worldwide tour and continues to impress world audiences. 
Julia Savicheva, born 1987, is a Russian singer, best known in the West for having represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Turkey. She was born into a family of musicians in the city of Kurgan on the edge of Siberia east of the Ural Mountains. In 2003 she took part in Star Factory, a Russian talent show. Her first album was released post-ESC in 2005 . In the following years, she performed in concerts , and released more albums with some success and popularity . Her latest albums were released in 2012, and in 2014.
== The Show ==
Nr.	Jury	Artist 	Song 	Rank	Points
01.	 	Sody 	Sorry 	16 	60
02.	 	Samu Haber ft. Niila 	A hundred years 	26 	41
03.	 	Lecca 	Believe 	24 	45
04.	 	Idan Amedi 	Part of the time 	12 	68
05.	 	Catalyst 	Howl 	6 	90
06.	 	Sabina Ddumba 	Time 	4 	105
07.	 	Christina Grimmie 	Invisible 	20 	56
08.	 	Halott Pénz ft. Agebeat & Kovary	Élnünk kellett volna 	29 	36
09.	 	BÖ & Serhat Durmus 	Sari Gelin 	21 	53
10.	 	A.R. Rahman & Sanah Moidutty 	Tu Hai 	9 	76
11.	 	Aura 	Love Somebody 	8 	77
12.	 	Lena Fayre 	Cry 	10 	75
13.	 	Grete Paia 	Öö meid saadab veel 	27 	36
14.	 	Sonar 	Vaga 	32 	16
15.	 	Zhana Bergendorff 	Dokray 	11 	70
16.	 	831 	Roll your eyes 	22 	49
17.	 	Shila Amzah ft. Alif Satar 	Selamanya Cinta 	28 	36
18.	 	Hanne Vatnøy 	Elysium 	15 	60
19.	 	Delia 	Cine m-a facut om mare 	13 	62
20.	 	Ceca 	Nevinost 	7 	80
21.	 	The Hardkiss 	Antarktida 	5 	101
22.	 	Angela Vero 	Work it 	31 	23
23.	 	Jesse Clegg ft. Shekhinah 	Breathing 	14 	61
24.	 	Milena & Natasha Treya 	M for Milena 	23 	49
25.	 	Isaiah Firebrace 	It's gotta be you 	17 	60
26.	 	Bouchra 	Blanc ou noir 	1 	131
27.	 	Maika Makovski 	Makedonija 	30 	26
28.	 	Severina 	Kao 	3 	105
29.	 	Giusy Ferreri 	Fa talmente male 	2 	125
30.	 	257ers 	Holz 	25 	43
31.	 	Coeli ft. Miguel Guico 	Magkaibigan o Magka-ibigan	19 	57
32.	 	Saint Sister 	Tin man 	18 	58
== The Results ==
== The Winner ==
Bouchra - Blanc ou Noir:
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