EuroRegion Song Contest 5

The EuroRegion Song Contest 5 was the fifth edition of the EuroRegion Song Contest. Tatarstan was announced as hosting region. They decided to organise the edition in Kazan. It was the first time that Tatarstan hosted the contest.

Vegard Bjørsmo, from Sápmi, won this fifth edition with his song in the Northern Sámi language. It was their first victory. The hosting region finished at the second place followed by Wales. Beside Sápmi, Gagauzia, Galicia achieved their best result. The debuting region, Rusyns finished seventh.

14 regions took part in this edition, two more than the previous edition. Also the most in the history of the contest like in the second edition. The Rusyns debuted and Gamilaraay and the Sorbs returned. Meänmaa withdrew because of the lack of interested singers to represent the region.

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 Tatarstan was selected. According to some rumors, Wales was also a contender to organize this edition.

Kazan was selected as host city. The venue was the Kazan Volleyball Centre, with a capacity of 5.000 seats.

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 one representative who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same region.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/504987/euroregion-song-contest-5---tatarstan

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

Debuting regions

 * Rusyns.jpg Rusyns - This region was announced by the EBU as 'newcomer'.

Returning regions

 * Gamilaraay.jpg Gamilaraay
 * Sorbs.jpg Sorbs

Withdrawing regions

 * Meänmaa.jpg Meänmaa - This region was not at the official list of participating regions.