French Song Contest Asia/Oceania

Previous edition: French Song Contest #44
Following edition: French Song Contest #46

The supervisor decide to follow the wave of international editions meet a great success in the FSC community. After the World Edition & the Europe Edition, this is the Asia and Oceania who are celebrate.

Winner user of the previous edition with  Marseille, **Magda** make the choice to bring the FSC group in  **Séoul, South Korea** for this 3rd internationel edition.

39 delegations make the travel to the korean capital with one target : the trophy !

2 classic semi-finals of 14 & 15 capitals occured to determine which 8 capitals in each semi-final. Like the previous international editions, a third semi-final, compsed of 9 giveaway capitals, 5 of them could won the lasts tickets.

Thanks to the german-turkish band **EVERDEEN** Ankara won the edition with 218 points and the song *"Heart Shaped Gutter".*

Tied of 1 point,  Doha grab the 2nd place with **Dana Al Fardan** and the song *"Indigo".*

Arrived at the 3rd place, **Delta Goodrem** who eanred 187 points in the song *"Wings"* for  Christmas Island.

## Hosts

Supervisor make his choice on 3 personalities from the both continent he loves, but also 3 personalities who can be the bridges between Asia and Oceania.

**- Simu Liu**, the chinese native 🇨🇳 and 🇨🇦 Canadian actor, seen recently in the Marvel's *Shang Chi and le Legend of the Ten Rings.*

**- Dami Im**, korean 🇰🇷 singer and runner-up of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 for Australia 🇦🇺 with the song *"Sound of Silence".*

**- Chris Hemsworth**, the Aussie 🇦🇺 superstar, best know for acting in Marvel Studios, Huntsman's & Star Trek's movies.

## Slogan & logo

Held in **Seoul**, suervisor choose the korean flag as first inspiration for the theme art. He has been hijacked as way to remind the both continent in competition : **Asia & Oceania.**

🔴**The Red** : Placed in the high part, as Asiatic country is on the globe, the red is also the one who's the most in the flags of the continent.

🔵**The Blue** : Placed in the down part, as the Oceanic continent on the globe, the color is also a reminder to the flag, but also for the seas who dominate the continent.

🎏**The Koi Carp** which is one of the symbols of Asia and a marine animal species. It will be the logo of the edition.

## The Stage

This stage design is, for South Korea, a way to highlight their modernism in terms of musical live shows but also a form of simplicity through sleek architectural choices and inspirations. The main structure of the scene itself is quite simple, composed of three main screens : a central losange-shaped one surrounded by LED bars and two annex parallelogram-shaped ones. This concept insists a lot on special effects. To do so, along with smaller screens, a total of 26 RGB neon bars and tens of incrusted small projectors are present in order to give as much freedom to the delegations to exploit the stage and to create memorable performances to make the show as breathtaking as possible. Combined with the overall sober design of the componants, these effects put the visuals in the foreground for that exceptionnal edition here in Seoul!

## Countries present this edition

     **Host country**

     Giveaway countries

## Semi-Final

Color key
     **Qualified for the Grand Final**

     Dead last

### First Semi-Final

Out of the 15 participating capitals in this semi-final, 8 capitals will qualify for the Grand Final.

### Second Semi-Final

Out of the 14 participating capitals in this semi-final, 8 capitals will qualify for the Grand Final.

### Third Semi-Final

Out of the 9 participating capitals in this semi-final, 5 capitals will qualify for the Grand Final.

## Grand Final

#### Predictions for the trophy

  Tarawa-Sud
  Christmas Island
  Pékin

Color key
     **Winning city**

     Runner-up

     3rd place

     Dead last

22 capitals fought to win the French Song Contest World Edition, the 21 qualified cities from
the three semis-finals & the host  Séoul.

This is actually the biggest final ever seen in the French Song Contest history.