Forum Song Contest 156

Forum Song Contest 156
Dates
Final	21 December 2015
Host
Venue	Tottenham
Presenter(s)	Nayma
Host broadcaster	BBC
Participants
Number of entries	40
Withdrawing	New Zealand Slovakia Ukraine
Vote
Voting system	10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants.
Winning song	Australia "Till I Found You"

The 156th 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	United Kingdom	Chvrches	"Clearest Blue"	8	79
2	Russia	IOWA	"Byot bit"	37	22
3	Ireland	Celtic Woman ft. Oonagh	"Tír na nÓg"	2	111
4	Italy	Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino	"I love Italia"	17	60
5	Netherlands	Armin van Buuren ft. Kensington	"Heading Up High"	12	70
6	Australia	Josef Salvat	"Till I Found You"	1	124
7	Germany	Alligatoah	"Denk an die Kinder"	39	10
8	Israel	Shiri Maimon	"Avir"	20	55
9	Poland	The Dumplings	"Nie gotujemy"	36	25
10	Turkey	Merve Özbey	"Yaş Hikayesi"	23	50
11	United States	Crywolf	"Shrike"	33	33
12	Portugal	André Viamonte	"Heartland"	26	49
13	Serbia	Adil	"Ista ja"	14	64
14	Spain	Ylenia	Pégate	28	37
15	Bulgaria	Desi Slava	"Zapochvame na chisto"	13	70
16	Greece	Antonis Remos	"Lene"	10	76
17	Iceland	Dikta	"We'll Meet Again"	3	95
18	Macedonia	Maka Grozdanovska Panceva	"Noki bez kraj"	34	28
19	Armenia	Deti Picasso	"Madárka, madárka"	19	59
20	Hungary	Youlï	"Freedom of Love"	22	52
21	Norway	Sondre Justad	"Riv I hjertet"	21	53
22	France	Julie Zenatti	"Les amis"	24	50
23	Belarus	Pawa	"Žyta"	7	81
24	Belgium	Lara Fabian	"Ma vie dans la tienne"	15	63
25	Lithuania	Daddy Was A Milkman	"Seasons"	4	92
26	Estonia	Maarja	"Tulilinnud"	11	72
27	India	ZAMEE	"Prošeta se Jovka Kumanovka"	27	43
28	Malta	Miriana Conte	"Reality"	38	11
29	Morocco	Oum	"Nia"	18	60
30	Croatia	Songkillers ft. Nikola Marjanović"	"Svijet za sebe"	29	37
31	Finland	Johanna Kurkela	"Ingrid"	6	90
32	Austria	Zoë	"Mon cour a trop aimé"	31	34
33	Albania	Bleona	"Take you over"	25	50
34	Czech Republic	N.O.H.A.	"Speechless"	35	28
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Denial Ahmetović	"Godine prolaze"	32	34
36	Romania	Fallulah	"Sorrow Is A Shadow"	9	77
37	Denmark	Eivør	"Sílvitni"	5	92
38	Sweden	Petra Marklund	"Gråta i neon"	30	36
39	Azerbaijan	Natavan Həbibi	"Dinlə"	16	62
40	China	Sa Dingding	"Play"	40	4

Scoreboard

		Results
		Total
	United Kingdom	79		8					5					2	8				2				3		2			5	6		8			7		4		6	3		1
	Russia	22			8												4					2		2			4	2
	Ireland	111		1			6			7			7	8	3		12			7				12			12			12		1								5
	Italy	60	8					1												6	3						8				12		12	1
	The Netherlands	70	1	5				4					1						8					8			2				4	6		6	7
	Australia	124		6	5	8			2	12		2			7		6		7							3		1	7		1	4			3	7	5		8	12
	Germany	10								3																																7
	Israel	55		7			8					6	1					3					1													3	3	3			12	8
	Poland	25				5		2		1												6	4						8				4				4		5			1
	Turkey	50			2											4		8				1			1	12	3						5	8	2					4
	USA	33		3				6							4	2			6										4									8
	Portugal	49				3	12	7								1		5			2																	2	1	7
	Serbia	64							4							12		7		12	6			3			1				7	1										2
	Spain	37							7									1		5				4						3			8
	Bulgaria	70			4		3							4						1					1		7			4			3				6				7	12
	Greece	76										3			1	6	8		3	3	8		8	1		6	6				6		1	12	4
	Iceland	95	1				2	8	3								1				1	12						12		7	5	7			1	1			7
	Macedonia	28					5											4								7	5			1					6
	Armenia	59				1	4			4				12	12							3									3		7	4
	Hungary	52			1		1		6				5				7		4						4			7				5					2			1
	Norway	53	5					3				1							5			1						8	12		1			2	1						5
	France	50	3	4		1							4						1	4	7	5			12	2		1													6
	Belarus	81		1		7	7	5				4	3		1		2			8										1				5			1	5			8	5
	Belgium	63								1		1	2	5				1						6						6		12				5		4		2
	Lithuania	92	12					1	1					1	6	1	5		12	2		8			6			3					6	3	5				1			1
	Estonia	72		12	7		1			5											5					1				8		8				2		7	6		1
	Malta	11			3				8
	Morocco	60				12				2				7		5		12															1			12
	Croatia	37	7							6										1	1				8				2											1	2
	Finland	9	6		12							7									12	7		1		1		4										12	4		3	3
	Austria	34			1								8	3		3								5								3				8				3
	Albania	50							12								1	6				4						6		5					12						4
	Czech Republic	28			6					8			6		5								2						1
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	34														8							7			5						2			8							4
	Romania	77		2		2			1					1									5	7	7				1				2			6			2	8		6
	Denmark	92	2			6						8		6			3	2	1				1		5	4			5					1			12		12	6
	Sweden	36	4									5	12										6														8	1
	Azerbaijan	62										12				7							12		3	8											1	1
	India	43				4		12							2						4									2	2					1	7
	China	4																									1		3

12 points

Josef Salvat, winner of FSC 156

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	Ireland	Bulgaria, France, Lithuania, Morocco
3	Finland	Armenia, Denmark, Ireland
	Morocco	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Italy
2	Albania	Czech Republic, Germany
	Armenia	Portugal, Serbia
	Azerbaijan	Norway, Turkey
	Australia	Azerbaijan, Israel
	Denmark	Romania, Sweden
	Iceland	Macedonia, Spain
	Italy	Austria, Croatia
	Lithuania	Iceland, United Kingdom
	Serbia	Macedonia, Spain
1	Belgium	Finland
	Bulgaria	China
	Estonia	Russia
	France	Belarus
	Greece	Albania
	India	Australia
	Israel	India
	Norway	Malta
	Portugal	The Netherlands
	Sweden	United States
	Turkey	Belgium