FSC 114

For the second time, we are hosted in Ukraine; this time in the city of Dnipro, following the victory of Ukraine in FSC 113 with The Hardkiss performing 'Melodiya'. This is also the second time that Ukraine has won with a song performed by The Hardkiss.
The number of participants increases to 38, the highest number since FSC 61 in March 2014, due to the return of Cyprus and Mexico, while the only withdrawing country is Australia.
Germany with Alvaro Soler performing 'La Cintura' is eventually crowned as the winner, having a large lead of 32 points over second-placed Hungary, while Malaysia reaches third place, the first time this country has obtained a top-3 placing.
== The Host City ==
The host city for the FSC #114-edition is Dnipro, Ukraine. Known before as Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth largest city, with close to one million inhabitants. It is 391 kms southeast of the capital city of Kiev on the Dnipro (Dnieper) River, in the south-central part of Ukraine . Dnipro is the administrative centre, of Dnipropetrovsk province.
It is a powerhouse of Ukraine's business and politics, as the native city for many of the country's most important figures. The city's a major industrial centre of Ukraine and has several facilities devoted to heavy industry in its many forms.
In the past it was one of the key centres of the nuclear, arms and space industries of the Soviet Union & home to the famous Yuzhmash, a major space & ballistic missile manufacturer. The city and nation itself then in the 20th century went through years, as part of the Soviet Union, and the city became a ‘closed city’ for decades, for military reasons and aerospace manufacture and was known as the ‘ rocket city ’. Only during Perestroika, was Dnipropetrovsk opened to foreigners again , in 1987.
Dnipro is today a major educational centre in Ukraine and is home to two of Ukraine's top-ten universities. Currently around 55.000 students study in Dnipro. Culturally, Dnipro has a variety of theatres (plus an Opera), & museums of interest to tourists . The central thoroughfare is the Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt and the Ekaterinoslavskiy Boulevard, with many boutiques and restaurants.
== The Venue ==
The host venue for FSC #114 August 2018 is the Dnipro-Arena. It is a football stadium in the city, that is mostly used for football matches and hosts the homes matches of FC Dnipro. The stadium, which was opened in September 2008 and is owned by PrivatBank, the largest commercial bank in Ukraine, has a capacity of ca 31.000 people. The Dnipro-Arena also staged the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Ukraine and England. It sometimes hosts other events as well, including big music concerts and similar large cultural events. It is proud to be the Ukrainian host venue , of this FSC August-edition, of the Forum Song Contest this evening.
== The Hosts ==
Solomiya Vyatcheslavivna Vitvitska is a Ukrainian TV-presenter, journalist, leading "TSN.Special" on channel 1+1 since 2008. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism, at the Lviv Ivan Franko University. She also studied several years in Germany. In 2005 she returned to Ukraine and started work as a reporter on Channel 5. Since 2011, there has been a ‘daily tabloid’ on the air “TSN Special”, a program that has secular news only, reports on cultural events, exclusive details on the life of celebrities and similar. She has also done some voice-over work for animated film. In 2013 she married a film-director. In 2016 she received an award/prize, as “Woman of the 3rd Millenium”.
Serhiy Prytula is a Ukrainian TV-presenter, actor, author, and co-producer of the folk sketch show "Faina Yukraina" (English "Great Ukraine"), host of the morning show "Pidyom" (English: "Wake up!") and the talent-show "Ukraine Does not Believe in Tears" on Novyi Kanal, a Ukrainian tv-channel. In 1998 , Serhiy passed casting for the position of a broadcaster, and in January 1999 he appeared on "Radio Ternopil 106.1 FM", nicknamed "Siryi" - "Grey". He then studied and lived in London a while.  After returning home 2006-2009, he was a resident of "Comedy Club" (Russian stand-up comedy TV ) and also in Ukraine. He has also been involved in Ukrainian ESC National Finals as a presenter and commentator. 
== The Show ==
Nr.	Jury	Artist 	Song 	Rank	Points
01.	 	Wu Qing Feng ft. 9m88 	Everybody woohoo 	38. 	15
02.	 	Cook Thugless 	Lockjaw 	31. 	38
03.	 	ROSALÍA 	Pienso en tu mirá 	29. 	39
04.	 	Fikri Karayel ft. Tolga Erzurumlu 	Yol 	09. 	78
05.	 	Bermudu Divstūris 	Roku Okeāns 	16. 	58
06.	 	Hybrydd 	Mocking BIrd 	36. 	20
07.	 	Rak Su ft. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy 	Dimelo 	13. 	66
08.	 	Måneskin 	Morirò da re 	17. 	58
09.	 	Alvaro Soler 	La cintura 	01. 	136
10.	 	AWS 	Hol voltál? 	02. 	104
11.	 	Neda Ukraden 	Kao vino i gitara 	28. 	41
12.	 	Maxenss 	Démonétisation Pt. 2 	30. 	38
13.	 	Karencitta 	No apology (Wala akong paki) 	05. 	85
14.	 	Κατερίνα Στικούδη - Katerina Stikoudi	Eνθάδε Κείται - Enthade Kite 	32. 	37
15.	 	Vesna & diVise 	Kytička 	10. 	76
16.	 	Playa Limbo 	Hoy Ya No 	11. 	75
17.	 	Leon Somov & Kaia 	Sustoja Laikas (Meile) 	22. 	51
18.	 	Kija ft. Ministarke 	Ne vracam se na staro 	20. 	58
19.	 	Daniela Mercury 	Banzeiro 	18. 	58
20.	 	Merethe Trøan 	Bånsull 	08. 	82
21.	 	Claire Laffut 	Vérité 	25. 	47
22.	 	Preslava 	Ne se iztrivash 	14. 	65
23.	 	Rhys 	Too good to be true 	07. 	84
24.	 	Željko Bebek & Oliver Dragojević 	Ako voliš ovu ženu 	34. 	26
25.	 	Martin Jensen ft. Loote 	Wait 	24. 	47
26.	 	Beatriz Pessoa 	Everyday fights 	35. 	26
27.	 	Άννα Βίσση - Anna Vissi 	Αφού - Afou 	33. 	30
28.	 	Prime Circle 	Pretty like the sun 	04. 	88
29.	 	Anna Känzig 	Dream alone 	15. 	62
30.	 	ONUKA 	STRUM 	26. 	46
31.	 	Che'Nelle 	Criminal 	03. 	100
32.	 	Omer Adam 	שני משוגעים / Shnei Meshugaim	21. 	52
33.	 	Wulf 	All things under the sun 	06. 	84
34.	 	Edyta Gorniak, DON 	Andromeda 	27. 	41
35.	 	Lepatriinu 	Up the sky 	23. 	49
36.	 	Delia & Grasu XXL 	Despablito 	19. 	58
37.	 	Like Elephants 	Video game 	12. 	68
38.	 	Okaber 	İstərsənmi?! 	37. 	18
== The Results ==
== The Winner ==
Alvaro Soler - La Cintura:
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