Catalonia in Regiovision Song Contest

Catalonia 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. TV3 is responsible for the Catalan participation.

History
Catalonia debuted in the first edition. For that edition, they selected a song in two languages: Catalan and English. During the voting, the Catalan entry received 28 points. They finished 11th (out of 12 participants). However, in the next edition they even did worse. They only received 9 points, and finished at the last place.

TV3 selected the song "La la la" as their entry for the third edition in Belfast. However the high expectations of the Catalan broadcaster, they were not able to finish by the ten best countries. With 23 points, they finished at the 11th place.

Catalonia considered withdrawing from the festival in the fourth edition, due their bad results. However, they announced some days before the deadline to take part in Jomala. There they achieved their best result so far, the 10th place. Although they achieved their best result, TV3 said that they were expecting more and that they were very disappointed with the result. Because of that, there were rumors that Catalonia would take a break and withdraw from the contest. These rumors turned out to be incorrect, because the Catalan broadcaster TV3 signed up again. In Sicily they finished at the 13th place, out of 14 regions.

However the bad results, TV3 immediately announced after the fifth edition that they would also participate in the sixth edition in London. Again, they finished out of the top ten at the 11th place.

For the seventh edition, Catalonia first selected a song in the Occitan language. However the EBU disqualified this entry because it didn't comply with the language rule. Because the Occitan is only a regional language spoken in the community of Aran, and not officially in Catalonia. Later on, Catalonia selected a new song, fully in the Catalan language. With this entry Catalonia wasn't able to finish in the top ten.

However the popularity of the contest in Catalonia, TV3 decided not to select an entry for the eighth edition.