È una bellissima giornata a Torino. Benvenuti al FSC
It's a beautiful day in Turin. Welcome to the FSC!
Before we start this month, thank you to franklex for his fantastic hosting duties last month.
Now you must endure my basic presentation
Our most recent winner is jio who easily outdistanced the competition with this tune:
The Kolors, Elodie - Pensare Male
It's a beautiful day in Turin. Welcome to the FSC!
Before we start this month, thank you to franklex for his fantastic hosting duties last month.

Now you must endure my basic presentation

Our most recent winner is jio who easily outdistanced the competition with this tune:
The Kolors, Elodie - Pensare Male
This is Italy's sixth win! jio had the delightful idea to host in Palermo, but they already won the bid for the 99th FSC, so we traverse to Turin instead. Turin is no stranger to international competition, having hosted the Winter Olympics back in 2006.
There is plenty to do in Turin and it ranks up there as one of Italy's more popular places to visit - part of the appeal may be from those who make a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin, a sheet which supposedly covered Jesus. Is it real? Is it fake? Who knows, but it is world famous. There's also the royal residences of Savoy, which are now World Heritage sites.
Is neither of those is your thing, you can always stop at a cafe and grab an espresso with gianduiotto, a Turin chocolate-hazelnut specialty. Just don't give yourself such a chocolate coma, you forget to vote!



RULES
01. This is a monthly contest, modeled after Eurovision. You need to have at least 10 posts to your credit to take part.
02. You can pick any country in the world.
03. The artist you choose has either to be a citizen of the country they'll represent or to have been born there. At least HALF of the people from your act must be from the country you choose.
04. Your song must be 10 years old at the most. For 2020, eligible entries must have been released after December 31st, 2009.
05. Eurovision entries are not allowed. Songs from concurrent Eurovision heats are not allowed either.
06. The song cannot have been a UK/US Top 40 hit, as it would give it an unfair advantage.
07. The song can be a remix.
08. The song cannot be a cover version.
09. If your song features a sample, please state it early enough, so the other contestants can decide whether it is acceptable or not by poll.
10. You cannot vote for your own country.
11. Discussion about one's favourites during the contest is NOT ALLOWED, as it has the potential to influence the voting.
12. PLEASE try and choose a song not everyone would know, the point is to discover new artists.
13. If a song becomes or is found to be ineligible at any time before the voting is over, it will be disqualified.
14. Make sure you understand all the rules before you take part. You will need to devote about 2 hours of your time to this game to listen to all the entries at least once. Do a little research on your entry before you present it, be sure that it doesn't violate any rules, and check here to see if it has taken part before.
TIMELINE
01 - 14/6 | RESERVE & PRESENT: Present your entry or just reserve your country. Last month's top 5 get their choice from last month reserved, so nobody may choose these countries until they let them go:
01. Italy (jio)
02. Finland (trebor)
03. Germany (Mainshow)
04. United Kingdom (KindOf)
05. South Korea (Colbie)
14 - 15/6 | PRESENT: Pick any country that hasn't been presented yet and present your entry (ALL reservations are now expired). A maximum of 30 confirmed entries in total will be accepted.
16 - 28/6 | VOTE! Whoever fails to vote during this period will be subject to the penalties described under Late Vote and Very Late Vote
29/6 | Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 10 points penalty.
30/6 | Very Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 15 points penalty. Whoever fails to vote by this date (Turin time ) will be disqualified.
30/6 | Results
ALL RULES AND PENALTIES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED
ENTRIES:
Albania (ConstantinosV) | Eleni Foureira - YAYO
Australia (Affillate) | Starley - Been Meaning To Tell You
France (Colbie) | Vitaa & Slimane : Ça va ça vient
Germany (trebor) | Tim Bendzko - Hoch
Ireland (cheapthrills) | Orla Gartland - Did It To Myself
Israel (jio) |בוא תכיר את אבא ילד I הרב יגאל כהן I ביצוע: עידן בקשי
Jamaica (Top10) | Lila Iké - I Spy
Japan (KindOf) | Rina Sawayama - XS
Lebanon (franklex) | Anthony Touma - Over You
Malaysia (Spiral) | Misha Omar - Sampai Bila
Mexico (Leo) | La Garfield - Love
Netherlands (CandyPerfumeBoy) | Loula - I Just Can't Fall In Love
New Zealand (westhammer) | Theia - Celebrity
Philippines (xtofer) | Lesha - Ciao, Bella
Spain (mondflug) | Delaporte - Clap Clap
Switzerland (heppolo) | Hathors - Give It Away
Syria (maroon) | TootArd - Moonlight
Trinidad and Tobago (JSparksFan) | Destra - Rum and Soca
Ukraine (Mainshow) | Khayat - Hovoryla
United Kingdom (navi) | Lazy Day - All the Time
United States (Thriller) | Sofi Tukker - Fantasy
Uruguay (Spartan) | El Cuarteto de Nos - Gaucho Power
Tagging those of you who participated this year - let me know if you don't want to be tagged in future FSC posts:
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