Forum Song Contest 81
| Forum Song Contest 81 | |
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| Dates | |
| Month | September 2009 |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 45 |
| Withdrawing |  Iceland Moldova
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| Songs | |
| Changed |  Oceania Turkey
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | ESC style |
| Penalty | -24 points penalty for non voting countries |
| Winning song | |
| Group | Florence + The Machine |
| Title | "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" |
| Country |  United Kingdom (8)
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| Language | English |
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| Thread of songs | |
| Thread of results | |
| Forum Song Contest | |
| ◄80 82► | |
The Forum Song Contest 81 was the eighty-oneth edition of the Forum Song Contest.
Final
| Draw | Country | Artist | Title | Place | Points |
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| 1 |  Arab Countries |
Randa Hafez | Ya alby erta7 | 32 | 31 |
| 2 |  Armenia |
Anahit Simonyan | Siro husher | 23 | 52 |
| 3 |  Asia |
Laure Shang & Yu Quan | Xin yi wei zhen | 39 | 17 |
| 4 |  Austria |
Panjapol | Das Licht am Ende | 45 | 7 |
| 5 |  Azerbaijan |
Sevda Ələkbərzadə feat. Emma | Daha istəmirəm | 17 | 61 |
| 6 |  Belarus GF |
Stary Olsa | Dryhula | 9 | 87 |
| 7 |  Belgium |
Leki & The Sweet Mints | Love Me Another Day | 10 | 80 |
| 8 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Fagget Fairys | Oči | 11 | 79 |
| 9 |  Croatia |
Urban & 4 | Hiroshima | 43 | 9 |
| 10 |  Cyprus |
Despina Olympiou | Pano stin agapi | 17 | 61 |
| 11 |  Czech Republic |
Charlie Straight | Platonic Johny | 36 | 23 |
| 12 |  Denmark |
Nephew | Va fangool! | 4 | 119 |
| 13 |  Estonia |
Marko Matvere & Liisi Koikson | Tuulevaiksel ööl | 32 | 31 |
| 14 |  Finland |
Mikael Gabriel | Viiltoja | 31 | 32 |
| 15 |  France |
Christophe Willem | Berlin | 11 | 79 |
| 16 |  Georgia |
Korali | Martosuli | 26 | 46 |
| 17 |  Germany |
eleVate | Time will fly | 21 | 54 |
| 18 |  Greece GF |
Eleana Papaioannou | Makari | 5 | 116 |
| 19 |  Hungary |
Bori Péterfy & Love Band | Téged nem | 21 | 54 |
| 20 |  Ireland |
Tiny Magnetic Pets | I Wasn't Here | 20 | 55 |
| 21 |  Israel |
Ninet | Medabrim | 15 | 65 |
| 22 |  Italy |
Andrea Paci feat. Andrea Love | Kiss me | 2 | 131 |
| 23 |  Latvia |
Musiqq | Klimata Kontrole | 37 | 22 |
| 24 |  Lithuania |
Mantas | Stok! | 35 | 27 |
| 25 |  Macedonia |
Lambe Alabakoski | Ljubovta mi treba | 24 | 49 |
| 26 |  Malta |
Dian Bland | Ġenerazzjoni | 44 | 8 |
| 27 |  Montenegro |
Perper | Zastave | 41 | 13 |
| 28 |  Netherlands |
Babette van Veen | Vrouwen aan de macht | 34 | 29 |
| 29 |  North & Central America |
Lights | Saviour | 15 | 65 |
| 30 |  Norway |
Sirenia | The Mind Maelstrom | 14 | 72 |
| 31 | Oceania BACKUP |
Sarah Blasko | No Turning Back | 42 | 11 |
| 32 |  Poland |
Robert M. & Dirty Rush | Free | 27 | 44 |
| 33 |  Portugal |
Blind Zero | Slow Time Love | 30 | 39 |
| 34 |  Romania |
Claudia Cream | Beautiful Lies | 6 | 112 |
| 35 |  Russia |
Duet Kofe | Ürüŋ xaar, xara tüün | 28 | 43 |
| 36 |  Serbia GF |
Lajkó Félix | A bokorból | 3 | 122 |
| 37 |  Slovakia |
Lavagance | Blood from God's Side | 29 | 41 |
| 38 |  Slovenia |
Pinknruby | Jakinafield | 13 | 75 |
| 39 |  South America |
Ana Cañas | Na multidão | 38 | 20 |
| 40 |  Spain |
La Quinta Estación & Marc Anthony | Recuérdame | 8 | 101 |
| 41 |  Sweden |
September | Leave It All Behind | 6 | 112 |
| 42 |  Switzerland |
Annakin | I Feel for You | 19 | 60 |
| 43 | Turkey BACKUP |
Kaçak ft. Esin Iris | Slogan Yok | 40 | 15 |
| 44 |  Ukraine |
Daha Braha | Oy za lisochkom | 25 | 47 |
| 45 | United Kingdom GF |
Florence + The Machine | Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) | 1 | 163 |
GF denotes that this song was selected for the Grand Final 2009
BACKUP denotes that this song is the backup entry. The previous song did not meet the eligibility criterias
Changed entries
| Reason | Country | Artist | Title | Comment |
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| Too old | Oceania |
Kate Miller-Heidke | The Last Day on Earth | Too old |
| Too old | Turkey |
Suren Asaduryan | Nazlı Kız | Too old |
Scoreboard
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| Arab Countries |
32 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Arab Countries
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| Armenia |
23 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Armenia
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| Asia |
39 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Asia
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| Austria |
45 | 7 | 7 | Austria
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| Azerbaijan |
17 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | Azerbaijan
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| Belarus |
9 | 87 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Belarus
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| Belgium |
10 | 80 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | Belgium
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
11 | 79 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Croatia |
43 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Croatia
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| Cyprus |
17 | 61 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | Cyprus
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| Czech Republic |
36 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | Czech Republic
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| Denmark |
4 | 119 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | Denmark
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| Estonia |
32 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | Estonia
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| Finland |
31 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | Finland
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| France |
11 | 79 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | France
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| Georgia |
26 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Georgia
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| Germany |
21 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | Germany
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| Greece |
5 | 116 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | Greece
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| Hungary |
21 | 54 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | Hungary
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| Ireland |
20 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Ireland
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| Israel |
15 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | Israel
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| Italy |
2 | 131 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 4 | Italy
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| Latvia |
37 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | Latvia
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| Lithuania |
35 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | Lithuania
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| Macedonia |
24 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | Macedonia
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| Malta |
44 | 8 | 8 | Malta
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| Montenegro |
41 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Montenegro
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| Netherlands |
34 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Netherlands
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| North & Central America |
15 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | North & Central America
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| Norway |
14 | 72 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Norway
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| Oceania |
42 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Oceania
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| Poland |
27 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Poland
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| Portugal |
30 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | Portugal
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| Romania |
6 | 112 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Romania
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| Russia |
28 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Russia
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| Serbia |
3 | 122 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Serbia
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| Slovakia |
29 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | Slovakia
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| Slovenia |
13 | 75 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | Slovenia
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| South America |
38 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | South America
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| Spain |
8 | 101 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | Spain
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| Sweden |
6 | 112 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | Sweden
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| Switzerland |
19 | 60 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Switzerland
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| Turkey |
40 | 15 | 7 | 8 | Turkey
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| Ukraine |
25 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | Ukraine
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| United Kingdom |
1 | 163 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | United Kingdom
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The 7 points is missing in the vote from Oceania.
Number of votes / 12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another and number of votes received.
★ marks the best result reached so far by this country, for this number of "12 points"/number of votes received in final.
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| Number | Contestant |
| 24 | United Kingdom
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| 21 | Romania
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| 20 | Italy
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| 18 | Greece
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| 17 | Serbia
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| 16 | Sweden
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| 15 | France
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| 13 | Norway
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| 12 | Belarus
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| 11 | Israel
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| Georgia
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| 10 | North & Central America
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| 9 | Macedonia
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| 8 | Cyprus
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| 7 | Portugal
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| 6 | Netherlands
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| 5 | Lithuania
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| 4 | Estonia
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| 3 | Montenegro
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| 2 | Turkey
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| 1 | Malta
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| 4 | United Kingdom |
Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden |
| Greece |
Armenia, Cyprus, France, Switzerland | |
| 3 | Italy |
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, Ukraine |
| Belarus ★ |
Asia, Croatia, Macedonia | |
| 2 | Serbia |
Hungary, Montenegro |
| Denmark |
Belgium, Ireland | |
| Sweden |
Estonia, Malta | |
| Spain |
Georgia, Turkey | |
| Slovenia |
Azerbaijan, Italy | |
| Norway |
Netherlands, North & Centra America | |
| North & Central America |
Arab countries, Poland | |
| Cyprus |
Czech Republic, Israel | |
| 1 | Romania |
Finland |
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Spain | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Slovenia | |
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Portugal | |
| Azerbaijan |
Germany | |
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Romania | |
| Ireland |
Belarus | |
| Germany |
United Kingdom | |
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Austria | |
| Macedonia |
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Greece | |
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Serbia | |
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Denmark | |
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Oceania | |
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Latvia | |
The podium
| Winner | Second | Third |
| United Kingdom
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Italy
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Serbia
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