Forgot Countries Song Contest 4

The Forgot Countries Song Contest 4 will be the fourth edition of the Forgot Countries Song Contest and will be hosted in the winning country of the FCSC 3, Dacla who won with the song Broken performed by Tommy Tassev and Polina. This was the first time that the country had won the contest. The song achieved a score of 103 points, 17 more points than the runner-up from  Septentria and than the 3rd from  Volbaria. Quimlandia and Kingdom of Mør Land finished on the 4th and 5th place. They're prequalifield to the grand final. The countries Athis,  Folklandia,  Holy Republic of Kyll,  Iuzea,  Juliomatia,  Kucura,  Ronaldland,  Sotora,  Tetrana and Asnela, Vijamar and Vladmanstan debuted in this contest. Gery-Land, Nightfall,  Pratola's Republic and Westeros are return in the contest, but Paradise and  Pórtou want to withdraw. Lotivia failed to submit an entry.

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.
 * 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.

Semi Final Allocation Draw
The participating countries have been split into six pots based on their voting similarity at previous editions of the contest. The voting similarity and pots were calculated by the FBU.

The following pots are updated after the 4th edition:

Automatic Qualifiers
Although these countries are automatic qualifiers for this edition, each country has still been assigned a pot.


 * Kingdom of Mør Land would have been in Pot B.
 * Dacla would have been in Pot C.
 * Volbaria would have been in Pot D.
 * Septentria and Quimlandia would both have been in Pot E.

Other Countries

 * Ciquentè announced on 14th of February that they will not debut in this edition.
 * Eurovision Republic announced on 16th of February that they will not return in this edition.
 * Holy Britannian Empire announced on 16th of February that they will not return in this edition.

Withdrawing Countries

 * Lotivia failed to submit an entry. They can return only in the sixth edition.
 * Paradise announced on 16th of February that they will not be competing in this edition. They said it before the deadline, but after the allocation draw. They were in the first semi final. They can return in the fifth edition.
 * Pórtou announced on 11th of February that they will not be competing in this edition. They have a lot of works. They will return in the future.