EuroRegion Song Contest 8

The EuroRegion Song Contest 8 was the eighth edition of the EuroRegion Song Contest. Wales was announced as hosting region. They decided to organise the edition in Llandudno. It was the first time that Wales hosted the contest.

No top favorite was designated during this edition, so the voting was very diverse. Wales was almost always chasing but when the last region awarded the points, Wales jumped over Scotland with one point. Because of this they were able to celebrate their third victory. The Faroe Islands finished in third place. Once again, Ruthenia could not count on a success and, as in the previous two editions, they finished in last place.

14 regions took part in this edition, one participant more as in the previous edition. Alsace debuted while Arbëreshë withdrew. Lusatia returned after one edition of absence.

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 Wales was selected. According to some rumors, Friesland, Scotland and Wales were interested to host this edition. Wales already tried to host almost every single edition but were never choosen.

Llandudno was selected as host city. The venue was the Venue Cymru, with a capacity of 2.500 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 two representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same region.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/559590/euroregion-song-contest-8---wales

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

Debuting regions

 * Alsace.jpg Alsace - This cultural region in the eastern of France decided to take part for the first time.

Returning regions

 * Lusatia.jpg Lusatia - The region returned to the contest after one edition of absence.

Withdrawing regions

 * Arbëreshë.jpg Arbëreshë - The region was not able to find any interested singers to participate.