FSC 169

== The Host City ==
The Host city for this FSC #169-edition is Graz, Austria. It is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. The population is around 332.000. In the Graz larger urban zone around 650.000 people live. In 1999 the city's historic center was added to to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Situated in a cultural borderland between Central Europe, Italy and the Balkan States, Graz absorbed various influences from the neighbouring regions, and thus received its exceptional townscape. Today the historic centre consists of over 1000 buildings, their age ranging from Gothic to contemporary. It includes the Clock Tower, a famous iconic symbol of Graz at the top of the Castle hill.
An extensive public transport network makes Graz an easy city to navigate without a car. The city has a huge bus network, complementing the Graz tram network. The Schlossbergbahn, a funicular railway, and the Schlossberg vertical lift link the city centre to the Schlossberg. Graz also has plenty of hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops and all modern amenities for locals, visitors, and guests.
Culturally, Graz hosts the annual festival of classical music Styriarte, founded in 1985 to tie conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt closer to his hometown. Events have been held at different venues in Graz and in the surrounding region. The city has many museums including Schloss Eggenberg with Alte Galerie, Museum im Palais, Neue Galerie, Natural History Museum and the Kunsthaus art sections.
== The Venue ==
The Host venue for FSC #169 March 2023 is the Kunsthaus Graz in Graz, Austria. Sometimes also called Graz Art Museum or "Blaue Blase" it was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in the city. Its exhibition program specializes in modern and contemporary art from the 1960s onwards. The building’s design sought to be deliberately provocative, an innovate museum design by offering a less institutional approach to organising exchibition spaces and employing new materials and manufacturing techniques. The building is an example of blob architecture (with its organic, amoeba-shaped building form) and has a skin made of iridescent blue acrylic panels that also double as photovoltaic panels. Architecture, design, new media, internet art, film, and photography are united under one roof. It was developed as an institution, to stage international exhibitions of multidisciplinary modern
and contemporary art from the 1960s to the present day. It is a multi-purpose venue which stages diverse cultural performances and events. They are proud to host this evening’s edition of the FSC.
== The Hosts ==
Our wonderful Hosts this evening are Tori Reichel, KeKe and Oliver Stummvoll.
Tori Reichel is an Austrian journalist, host and creative conceptor based in Vienna who is creating documentaries, and video content, on topics of socio-politics and subculture for media like VICE, Noisey, and A1Now. He is very proud to co-host this evening’s edition of the Forum Song Contest.
KeKe (Kiara Hollatko) is an Austrian singer and rapper (and former FSC representative) from Vienna. Her debut single “Donna Selvaggia” was released in summer 2018 and she has become popular in Austrian music. She is very proud to co-host this evening’s edition of the Forum Song Contest.
Oliver Stummvoll is an Austrian fashion model based in Vienna. He is best known for being the winner of cycle 6 of Austria's Next Topmodel in 2014. He has appeared in editorials in several magazines since that win. He is very proud to co-host this evening’s edition of the Forum Song Contest.
== The Show ==
Nr.	Jury	Artist 	Song 	Rank	Points
01.	 	Aisha Retno 	Sutera 	01. 	136
02.	 	Eylem 	Telgrafin Tellerine 	20. 	53
03.	 	Fatmir Sulejmani & Lidija Bačić 	Sjaj 	27. 	29
04.	 	Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør 	Oh, Lover 	04. 	97
05.	 	Roxie Wegiel 	Ciche Szepty 	18. 	55
06.	 	Laila av Reyni & Jens Marni Hansen	Kollafjarða sangurin 	33. 	16
07.	 	Paramore 	The News 	23. 	48
08.	 	Rocío Márquez & BRONQUIO ft. 41V1L	De mi (Rumba) 	22. 	50
09.	 	The Scratch 	Another Round 	02. 	128
10.	 	Tove Lo 	Borderline 	03. 	109
11.	 	ZIAN 	Life Of Lies 	08. 	76
12.	 	Miro & Alma 	Poveche 	07. 	77
13.	 	ARAI 	Little Stupid Boy 	16. 	59
14.	 	Calin 	Hannah Montana 	09. 	75
15.	 	An-Marlen 	Kaoks 	30. 	18
16.	 	Meteor Airlines 	AHA (Forever) 	25. 	36
17.	 	La Ross Maria & Leon Leiden 	Mereces Menos 	29. 	23
18.	 	Di-Rect 	Through The Looking Glass	12. 	71
19.	 	100lytsya 	Pryvit 	15. 	63
20.	 	Princess Ai ft. TRASH 	The End is Coming 	19. 	54
21.	 	Lloyiso 	Speak 	05. 	93
22.	 	Nikolija 	Dodole 	17. 	56
23.	 	Sisters On Wire 	Keistas Pasaulis 	14. 	64
24.	 	Lazza 	Cenere 	10. 	75
25.	 	Paulo Gonzo 	Não Dá 	31. 	17
26.	 	Bunda Corla 	Mana Bunda 	32. 	17
27.	 	Waterflower 	Mycelium (Step By Step) 	28. 	26
28.	 	Tarja Turunen 	Eye Of The Storm 	13. 	70
29.	 	Mekselina 	Elendiniz 	26. 	35
30.	 	Ether 	Tu sve novo počinje 	21. 	52
31.	 	Jeyhun Samedov 	Getme 	06. 	84
32.	 	Pan Pan ft. Kalliopi Mitropoulou 	Anisopedi Disco 	11. 	74
33.	 	Nina Chuba x Chapo102 	Ich hass dich 	24. 	36
==The Results==
==The Winner==
 Aisha Retno - Sutera:
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