EuroRegion Song Contest 6

The EuroRegion Song Contest 6 was the sixth edition of the EuroRegion Song Contest. Sápmi was announced as hosting region. They decided to organise the edition in Tromsø. It was the first time that Sápmi hosted the contest.

Wales was announced as winner after the voting. It was their second victory in the contest. It was the first time in the history of the contest that a country won multiple editions. Catalonia and Brittany completed the top three.

14 regions took part in this edition, the same number of participants as in the previous edition. Arbëreshë debuted however Gamilaraay withdrew because of the bad result in the previous edition. The Sorbs wouldn't take part anymore with their name referring to their inhabitants, but they changed it to the region where they live: Lusatia.

Location
At the end of the previous edition, the EBU announced that they would select a host region internally. Later on, it was clear that Sápmi was selected. According to some rumors, this region was chosen because of their victory, referring to the rules about the host country in the EuroMusic Song Contest. This was denied by the EBU. They said that they selected Sápmi because of their strong connection with the contest.

Tromsø was selected as host city. The venue was the Tromsøhallen, with a capacity of 3.000 people.

Format
The most important thing was that the entries were peformed to show the ethnical background of the nation or the people groups. The EBU prefered that the songs were sung in a minority language, but this was not obbligaroty.

After that all the participating regions have sang their song, each single region awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more regions receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

In this contest, also regions from Australia and the United States are able to take part.

Returning artists
The contest featured one representative who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same region.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/552409/euroregion-song-contest-6---sapmi

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

Debuting regions

 * Arbëreshë.jpg Arbëreshë - The EBU announced that these people group was going to take part in this edition. It is after Gamilaraay, the Sorbs and the Rusyns the fourth people group to take part in the contest.

Withdrawing regions

 * Gamilaraay.jpg Gamilaraay - Because of the last place in the previous edition, the region decided to withdraw from the competition.