FSC 03

May 2009 sees the 3rd edition of Forum Song Contest (FSC), held in Brussels, Belgium after Lasgo's win in the previous, second edition. 
21 countries participated in the third FSC, meaning a new record. Israel and Portugal made their first appearance while Sweden returned to the contest. On the other hand Finland and Malta withdrew from the competition, with the latter only returning roughly four years later.
After a third-to-last finish in FSC 2, the United Kingdom rose back to fame and celebrated its second FSC victory, thanks to Lily Allen and her song "Not Fair". Spain and Russia completed the top three. On the other side of the scoreboard, Poland scored its second "red lantern" in its second participation. 
== The Host City ==
Brussels is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium.  Brussels has grown from a 10th-century fortress town founded by Charlemagne's grandson into a metropolis of more than one million inhabitants. Since the end of the Second World War, Brussels has been an important center for international politics. It hosts the main institutions of the European Union, and the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Thus, Brussels is the polyglot home of many international organisations, politicians, diplomats and civil servants. Although historically Dutch-speaking, Brussels has become increasingly francophone. Today most inhabitants are native French-speakers, although both languages have official status.
==The Hosts==
Peter Van de Veire is a well known radio personality in Flanders. In 1993 Van de Veire started working for a local television station before moving on to host Studio.KET on the children's channel Ketnet. In 1999 he became host of De Afrekening, a popular chart show on the youth-oriented channel Studio Brussel. After a brief period where he presented the lunchtime slot on that same channel he was offered his own morning show, De Grote Peter Van de Veire Ochtendshow, which he presented up until September 2008. He briefly returned to television to host De Provincieshow, followed by his own music-themed chat show, Peter Live, which began airing in October 2008 on één. Outside of his radio career, Van de Veire performs live with Gerrit Kerremans in De Peter Van de Veire Love Show.
Maureen Louys may be familiar to some ESC fans as she was the host of the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She was an obvious choice as her hosting 4 years ago was very well received and Maureen said in an recent interview that she is honored and proud to be selected as the host for the May edition of the FSC event.
==The Show==
Draw	FSC jury 	Performer 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Germany 	Silbermond 	Irgendwas bleibt 	8 	67
02 	Greece 	Annett Artani 	Alive 	5 	77
03 	Romania 	Morris 	Desire 	7 	68
04 	Bulgaria 	Deep Zone 	Addicted to You (feat. Mike Fresh)	10 	56
05 	Denmark 	The Broken Beats 	The Rules 	6 	72
06 	Poland 	Ramona Rey 	Znajdź i weź 	21 	22
07 	Serbia 	Jelena Tomašević 	Med i zaoka 	12 	55
08 	Belgium 	Sylver 	I Hate You Now 	9 	64
09 	Macedonia 	Toše Proeski 	Don't Hurt the Ones You Love 	13 	52
10 	United Kingdom 	Lily Allen 	Not Fair 	1 	91
11 	Ireland 	Fight Like Apes 	Something Global 	20 	30
12 	Portugal 	Fingertips 	Do It (Magic colors) 	14 	51
13 	Israel 	Maya Buskila 	Nishmati 	4 	79
14 	 	t.A.T.u. 	You & I 	3 	87
15 	Norway 	Tone Dalmi Aaberge	I Know 	19 	36
16 	Netherlands 	DJ Jose 	Like That 	17 	42
17 	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen 	Bez trunke srama 	18 	38
18 	Sweden 	John ME 	Love is My Drug 	15 	43
19 	Ukraine 	Tina Karol 	Ne boysya 	11 	56
20 	Spain 	La Quinta Estación	Que te quería 	2 	89
21 	Turkey 	Safiye 	Come Come 	16 	43
==The Results==
The Detailed voting grid could unfortunately not be retrieved.
==The Winner==
Lily Allen - Not fair:
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