Regiovision Song Contest

The Regiovision Song Contest (RSC) is a competitive music festival between European regions, where every participating region sends a song to compete in the event. At the end, the results are made by a jury and televoting.

History
The origins of the contest date back to 2019. The idea was extended to the Eurovision Song Contest and the Our Two Song Contest.

England got the honour to host the first edition of the contest. The decided to let London host that edition. The venue was the Royal Festival Hall. This venue has 2.900 seats. This first edition was won by the Åland Islands with the song Nu eller aldrig. Because of their victory, the Åland Islands hosted the second edition. They selected Mariehamn as host city. Northern Ireland received 116 points, what was enough to win the second edition.

The third edition took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Thirteen regions took part. The song from the Åland Islands, Det är dit vi ska, won this edition with 113 points. It was the second victory for the region at this contest. This means that the Åland Islands were the first to win the contest twice.

Jomala was chosen to host the fourth edition. Sicily won this edition. Three regions awarded the winning song with the maximum of 12 points. Because of the Sicilian vicotry, Palermo hosted the fifth edition. Teatro Massimo was selected as venue. England won this edition with the song "Tears".

The English broadcaster selected London as host city for the sixth edition. It was the second time that England hosted the contest. When the voting was over, it was clear that England again won the contest. This was the first time in the history of the contest that a region won the festival in two consecutive editions. It was also the first time that a region won in their home soil. London hosted the seventh edition aswel. Here the Canary Islands finished at the first place.

Because of their victory, the Canary Islands hosted the eighth edition in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. A record of 15 regions took part. During the voting it was a neck-and-neck-race between England and debuting region Madeira. When all the regions awared their points, it was clear that England won the contest for the third time.

Format
Every region send one song to the contest. At least there are 12 countries. The regions can't be independent. They also have to present some ethnical background in their performance.

After the sixth edition, the EBU looked again at their rules about participating in the contest. They decided that a region is only eligible to participate if it has an own state. Because of this rule, Lapland is no longer eligible to participate in the contest. Lapland isn't a political region and has no state. In the seventh edition the region had to withdraw after three consecutive participations.

Number of victories and hosting


The rules say that a region who wins the contest, gets the first choice about organizing the next edition. If this region rejects the offer, the EBU will select another host.

For the first contest, the EBU invited the regions to submit a bid. From all those bids, the EBU selected England as host for the first edition which was won by Åland Islands.

The following edition was held in Mariehamn, Åland Islands. 12 regions participated and the contest was won by Northern Ireland.

To date there are two regions who won the competition more than once. These regions are Åland Islands and England.

Statistics
Here you can see the top 10 prestations from each region. For extra information: Statistics of the Regiovision Song Contest
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 * Withdrawn – Regions who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.