Regiovision Song Contest 4

The Regiovision Song Contest 4 was the fourth edition of the Regiovision Song Contest. The host country were the Åland Islands because they won the previous edition with the song Det är dit vi ska.

Location
After the victory of Åland Islands in the previous edition, they got the rights to host this edition. Directly after their victory, TV Åland announced that they would host the contest.

Format
Each region sends one song to the contest. The regions can't be independent. They also have to present some ethnical background in their region during their performance. The song can't be longer than five minutes.

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

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/289694/rsc-4

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

Debuting regions

 * Abkhazia.jpg Abkhazia - The Abkhaz broadcaster announced to debuts in the contest. Abkhazia already showed interest to debuts the past editions.
 * Lapland.jpg Lapland - Lapland decided to début due to the good results of the Åland Islands. Another reason for their début was the fact that the contest was hosted in the Åland Islands.

Withdrawing regions

 * Northern Cyprus.jpg Northern Cyprus - The broadcaster from Northern Cyprus, BRT, announced that they would not take part in this edition. The main reason for this decision were the disappointing results in the past editions.