Forgot Countries Song Contest 1

The Forgot Countries Song Contest 1 will be the first edition of the Forgot Countries Song Contest.

Venue
On 1 November, TVPT decided that the city of Cidade Invicta will serve as the host city of the 1st edition. The contest will be held in the Palácio de Cristal (Crystal Palace). The stadium was opened in 2004 with a capacity of 45,500 people, the second largest in Pórtou.



Hosts

 * The hosts will be Mikolas Josef, Filomena Cautela and Sara Sampaio.
 * Mikoláš Josef known professionally as Mikolas Josef, is a Czech singer, songwriter, music producer, music video director and choreographer based in Vienna, Austria. He represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Lie to Me" and he reached the 6th place. In April 2018, he signed an international recording contract with Sony Music and RCA Records. He represented the Czech Republic in Forgot Song Contest in Bern, with the song "Me Gusta" and he won.
 * Filomena Cautela is a Portuguese television presenter and actress. Cautela started her acting career in the theatre in the year 2000. In 2004 she made her debut in the cinema and in 2005 she was cast as a presenter by MTV Portugal.
 * Sara Pinto Sampaio is a Portuguese model best known for being a Victoria's Secret Angel, Giorgio Armani beauty ambassador and working for Calzedonia, as well as her appearance in the 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, a first for a Portuguese supermodel, for which she won Rookie of the Year.

Format

 * All competing countries submit an entry chosen either internal. The entry has to follow the rules given by FCSC. The council have the right to decline the entry if they feel that the entry chosen do not fulfil the rules of the contest.
 * An entry can not have been competing in a previous edition of FSC.
 * The contest will consist of a grand final, and in the case when there are more participants than can reasonably compete in one show, semi-finals will be introduced. The winning country will host the next edition and therefore be pre-qualified to the final as the hosts. In those cases where a country decline to host the contest, they can become pre-qualified as the winning country along with the host of that respective edition.
 * The number of competing countries will decide the number of semi-finals, automatic finalists and qualifiers from each semi-final according to the rules of the contest.
 * There are no limits to how many times an artist can participate in the contest. But there are limitations when it comes to how often an artist can participate in the contest.
 * If an artist has participated once, it must wait at least 2 rounds before it can return to the competition.
 * If an artist has participated more than once, it must wait at least 4 rounds before it can return to the competition.

Final

 * Playlist
 * Recap
 * Voting Form