Forum Song Contest 1

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Forum Song Contest 1
Dates
FinalJanuary 2003
Participants
Number of entries11
Debuting
Vote
Voting system10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants.
Winning song Belgium
"Sometimes"

The 1st Forum Song Contest was the monthly edition of Forum Song Contest. Following Adele's win at the 155th edition, the contest was brought to the city of Tottenham, United Kingdom. The final was held on 21 December 2015. Forty countries announced their participation in the contest, with New Zealand, Slovakia and Ukraine withdrawing.

The winner of the Contest was Josef Salvat, representing  Australia with "Till I Found You", which scored 124 points, 13 more than runner-up,  Ireland.  Iceland's "We'll Meet Again", performed by Dikta, also scored very well coming in 3rd place with 95 points.

Final

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
1  Belgium Hooverphonic Sometimes 1 79
2  Denmark Sheewa Alt hvad du tænder på 4 69
3  Germany Wir Sind Helden 11 23
4  Israel The Idan Raychel Project Bol 5 64
5  Norway Maria Mena Free 3 75
6  Portugal Pedro Abrunhosa Momentos 7 53
7  Spain Chenoa Cuando tu vas 9 49
8  Sweden The Sounds Living In America 6 59
9  Netherlands Judith When it hits home 8 51
10  Turkey Hande Yener Sen yoluna, ben yoluna 2 77
11  United Kingdom The Coral Dreaming of you 10 39

Scoreboard

Place Country Total Belgium Denmark Germany Israel Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Netherlands Turkey United Kingdom
1  Belgium 79 10 12 8 6 6 10 12 6 8 1
4  Denmark 69 12 5 10 10 5 7 7 7 3 3
11  Germany 23 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 6
5  Israel 64 5 4 6 8 10 8 10 4 1 8
3  Norway 75 6 12 3 4 2 6 8 12 12 10
7  Portugal 53 3 8 4 6 4 1 5 8 10 4
9  Spain 49 8 3 2 5 1 7 3 3 5 12
6  Sweden 59 10 7 7 1 5 3 2 10 7 7
8  Netherlands 51 7 5 1 7 12 4 3 6 4 2
2  Turkey 77 4 6 10 12 7 12 12 4 5 5
10  United Kingdom 39 2 1 8 3 3 8 5 1 2 6

12 points

Hooverphonic, winner of the first edition

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3  Norway Denmark, The Netherlands, Turkey
 Turkey Israel, Portugal, Spain
2  Belgium Germany, Sweden
1  Denmark Belgium
 Spain United Kingdom
 Netherlands Norway