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In August, we visit the Polish city of Łódź for the 6th edition of the Forum Song Contest.
For this edition, the number of contestants remains constant at 24. This includes the debuts of Cyprus and Switzerland, as well as the return of Canada and Croatia. Four countries also withdraw, namely Greece, Iceland, Italy and Sweden.
This time, the victory goes to Bulgaria, followed by Russia in 2nd place and the USA in 3rd.
== The Host City ==
Łódź is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 753,192 in 2007. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat, it alludes to the city's name which translates literally as "boat".
Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332 document giving the village of Łódzia to the bishops of Włocławek. In 1423 King Władysław II Jagiełło granted city rights to the village of Łódź. From then until the 18th century the town remained a small settlement on a trade route between Masovia and Silesia. In the 16th century the town had fewer than 800 inhabitants, mostly working on the nearby grain farms.
With the second partition of Poland in 1793, Łódź became part of the Kingdom of Prussia's province of South Prussia, and was known in German as Lodsch. In 1798 the Prussians nationalized the town, and it lost its status as a town of the bishops of Kuyavia. In 1806 Łódź joined the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw and in 1810 it had 190 inhabitants. In 1815 Congress of Vienna treaty it became part of Congress Poland, a client state of the Russian Empire.
==The Hosts==
* Dorota Rabczewska (born February 15, 1984), more commonly known as Doda, is a Polish musical artist, among the most successful Polish artists ever in terms of number of prizes won. She was first known as a member of the Polish rock band Virgin. After the group disbanded she continued with a solo career releasing an album in 2007 called Diamond Bitch and another album The Seven Temptations which is due for release in 2010. She was featured on CNN, as the tenth most famous Pole.
* Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka (born May 14, 1976) - lead singer of "Zakopower", folk musician. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Kraków. In 2008 he won the poll, "Viva! Najpiękniejsi"
==The Show==
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Draw	FSC jury 	Performer 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Bulgaria 	Slavi ft. Ruslana 	My Love 	1 	103
02 	Serbia 	Mika Kostić 	Moja noć. 	16 	50
03 	Belgium 	Milk Inc. 	Blackout 	7 	69
04 	Denmark 	Nephew 	Va fangool! 	12 	57
05 	United Kingdom 	Girls Can't Catch 	Keep Your Head Up 	15 	51
06 	Ukraine 	Goryachiy Shockolad 	Choovstva 	8 	67
07 	Hungary 	Crystal 	Ne ébressz fel (Álom voltál) 	5 	70
08 	USA 	Owl City 	Vanilla Twilight 	3 	81
09 	Poland 	Candy Girl 	Yeah! 	13 	55
10 	Macedonia 	Adrian Gadza ft. Robert Bilbilov	Veruvav 	21 	27
11 	Russia 	Sergey Lazarev 	Stereo 	2 	101
12 	Austria 	Valerie 	Es geht nicht 	14 	54
13 	Israel 	Offer Nissim ft. Maya 	I Should Have Known 	4 	73
14 	Ireland 	Bell X1 	The Geat Defector 	20 	35
15 	Switzerland 	Stahn Uf 	Baschi Bligg Ritschi Seven Stress	17 	42
16 	Croatia 	Franka Batelić 	Možda volim te 	9 	63
17 	Romania 	Morandi 	Colors 	11 	59
18 	Norway 	Donkeyboy 	Ambitions 	19 	40
19 	Turkey 	Beduk 	Gel aska 	24 	14
20 	Cyprus 	Thanos Petrelis 	Eno Dio Tria 	23 	16
21 	Canada 	Buffy Sainte-Marie 	No No Keshagesh 	6 	70
22 	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Regina 	Zvacu te pile moje 	10 	59
23 	Spain 	Cycle 	You Talk Too Much 	18 	41
24 	Germany 	Marquess 	Arriba 	22 	17
==The Results==
==The Winner==
Slavi ft. Ruslana - My Love:
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