Sápmi in EuroRegion Song Contest

Sápmi is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in EuroRegion Song Contest. This cultural region, traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people, is located in Northern Europe. They debuted in the first edition. This region won the contest once.

History
Sápmi was announced as participating region for the first edition. Máddji was selected to perform in Leeuwarden. Her entry contained Northern Sámi lyrics. She finished at the 6th place. Marianne Pentha was selected to take part in the second edition, hosted by the Faroe Islands. She started the show with her song. At the end of the voting, it was clear that Sápmi finished at the second place.

In the third edition, Sápmi selected for the first time a song in the Inari Sámi language. They finished at the second place. In Sneek, their act finished at the fourth place. Vegard Bjørsmo was able to take the victory for the very first time. At the winners press conference, they announced that they would host the sixth edition. They selected the Tromsøhallen as venue. It has a capacity during concerts for 3.000 people. In Tromsø, Sápmi scored their lowest score so far: 10th. Sápmi was able to convince the EBU and were choosen to organize the next edition. This was the first time in the history of the contest that a region hosted the festival in two consecutive editions. Rovaniemi was selected as host city. They finished again at the tenth place. The same place was achieved in Wales.