South Ossetia in Regiovision Song Contest

South Ossetia is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the first edition of the contest.

History
South Ossetia debuted in the first edition. They immediately announced to participate with an Ossetian song. Later on, they selected the song Bædolæ. South Ossetia finished 7th with 51 points.

In the second edition South Ossetia finished 10th. One edition later, the region reached the 8th place with the song Zardaj-zardama.

For the fourth edition, South Ossetia decided to select a song about their own region. They chose the Ossetian song Iryston, which is Ossetian for Ossetia. At the contest it went very well for South Ossetia as they managed to finish fifth, their best result so far. In Sicily, the region finished 12th out of 14 with only 18 points.

After the sixth edtion, GTRK Alania, the Ossetian broadcaster decided not to take part anymore in the contest because of the low results in the last two editions. Another reason was the lack of interest among artists to represent the nation. The broadcaster was considering a return in the eigth edition, but opted not to do so because the lack of interest among artists. The year after the broadcaster was able to find artists interested in participating in the contest. Therefore, South Ossetia immediately announced their return to the contest. In England they will participate with the song I see the light, which will be sung completely in Ossetian, despite the English title.