Season 26

The Regions Song Contest 26 was the 26th edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. The contest took place in the city of Jönköping, Småland after their win in Season 25 with the song "Cash Flow” by Nadia Tehran
It was the third time Sweden , had hosted any versions of the contest: the first time being in Leksand for Season 15, and the second in Uppsala for Season 22. This season consisted of two semi-finals held on August 10 and the grand final on August 25, 2022. 
For the second time in RSC was hosted a Community Region voting, which this season decided of the song representing New South Wales
All the live shows were hosted on YouTube as well as presented on the Discord server. Fifty-One entries took part in the twenty-sixth season of the contest. Each region had to compete with one song.
The winner was Mert, the HoD of Munster with the song "All Ours" performed by Talos with 197 points.
===Participating Regions===
12 regions debuted in this edition: Buzău, Dakar, Daejeon, Eastern Cape, Granma, Kwilu, Lima, Prince Edward Island, South Bohemia, Sud-Ouest, Vaduz, Western Greece, 
4 countries debuted in this edition: Cuba ( Granma), Liechtenstein ( Vaduz), Peru ( Lima) and Senegal ( Dakar)
The Top 05 juries of the twenty-fifth edition was part of the Big 05 and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The Big 05 regions were:
* Småland - Host Region
* Seoul Capital Area
* Western Greece
* Vestland
* Munster
===Hosting Informations===
====Host City====
After Småland's win in Bergen, the Småland delegation shortly announced that the 26th season would well be hosted in Jönköping, which is the largest city (by far) within the region. Jönköping is a city in southern Sweden with 139,222 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated at the southern end of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. Jönköping is an old trading centre (Köping) situated at a natural crossroads for routes following the rivers Nissan and Lagan, and the road connecting the provinces of Östergötland and Västergötland, a result of the town's geographical position at the southern end of lake Vättern, which divides the two provinces.
On 18 May 1284 Jönköping became the first City in Sweden to be granted its rights by king Magnus Ladulås, who ruled mostly from Vättern's largest island Visingsö.[clarification needed] The first part of the city's name, "Jön", is derived from a creek, "Junebäcken", in Talavid, in what is now the western part of the city. The second part of the name "köping", is, as mentioned above, an old word for a trading centre or market place.
The geographical position of the city also left it vulnerable to attack via the river routes that led south, mainly from Danes. At that time the provinces of what is today southern Sweden — Scania, Halland and Blekinge — belonged to Denmark. The city was plundered and burned several times until it was fortified during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Jönköping was known for its matchstick industry between 1845 and 1970. The phosphorus match was invented in 1831, and these matches became very popular because one could strike it against any surface to ignite it. However, the problem was that they ignited too easily, caused a lot of accidents and were toxic. In 1844, Swedish professor Gustav Erik Pasch patented a new invention, ”Safety matches - Strike against the box only”. To prevent the matches from igniting so easily, Gustav Erik Pasch separated the chemicals in the match head and placed the phosphorus on a separate surface on the outside of the box for striking ignition. Johan Edvard and Carl Frans Lundström took Pasch's patent and improved it. Later, they manufactured their new Safety matches in their factory in Jönköping. Today it is an important Nordic logistical center, with many companies' central warehouses (such as Elkjøp, IKEA, Electrolux and Husqvarna) situated there.
====Arena====
Spira Culture Center (Kulturhuset Spira) is a cultural center mainly for the performing arts in Jönköping, inaugurated on November 11, 2011. In the building, Småland's Music and Theater puts on stage performances in several genres with around 800 concerts and other performances per year. Spira Culture Center is designed by Gert Wingårdh and Jonas Edblad at Wingårdh arkitektkontor. The facade of white, clear and colored glass sweeps in a spiral shape around the building. This form gave the name "Spi'ra" as the name of the architectural proposal in the competition 2006-07. The main ideas of the architecture, with all public areas organized on the same level, were already formulated in the competition proposal and have been largely implemented in the finished building. The glass designer Ingegerd Råman has designed five lamps for the foyer . The spiral lamps are manufactured by Haboföretaget Fagerhults Belysning Sverige AB . The interactive artwork Soundflower by Milo Lavén, with five tin telephones, stands on the grassy knoll outside the house. Kulturhuset Spira is the country's first "green" cultural building and has a clear environmental profile. The venue has a capacity of 1.700.
====Hosts====
The hosts of the 26th edition were : 
*Cornelia Jakobs, born Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson is a swedish singer-songwriter from / Stockholm. Cornelia is best known for getting Sweden a fourth place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with "Hold Me Closer". Before that, Cornelia also reached the 1st place in final in the 21st Regions Song Contest, representing Uppland with "Weight Of The World".
*Omar Rudberg, born Omar Josué González is a Venezuela born, swedish singer and actor from Åsa, Halland. He was a member of the boyband FO&O between 2013 and 2017. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2017 broadcast on SVT along with the band, making it to the final with the song "Gotta Thing About You". In 2017 the band revealed that they have decided to disband. Omar launched his solo career in 2018, with the single "Que pasa". It was later revealed that he would participate in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Om om och om igen". "Om om och om igen" failed to qualify from the heats, but gave Rudberg his first solo top 20 hit in Sweden. Rudberg played Simon, a lead character in the 2021 Netflix series Young Royals. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Moving Like That", but failed to qualify from the heats.
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===Returning Artists===
Region 	Artist 	Previous Participation
Munster 	Talos 	#07 / Munster
Geneva 	Kadebostany 	#07 / Odessa, #10 / Vaud, #16 / Nisporeni
Caracas 	Arca 	#10, #17 / Caracas
Kingston 	FKA Twigs 	#16, #17 / Kingston
New South Wales	Kinder 	#22 / New South Wales
Brussels 	Mathilde Fernandez	#23 / Brussels
West Midlands 	Ellis 	#24 / Harjumaa
===Results===
====Semi-Final 01====
The 1st Semi-Final took place in Spira Culture Center on August 10, 2022. 23 songs competed in it, and 3 of the 5 prequalified regions voted ( Western Greece, Seoul Capital Area and Vestland), as well as having their song presented. 1 of the participating regions failed to vote, and a total of 14 sets of televotes were counted.
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place	Pts.
01 	South Bohemia 	Padám 	Slza, Pam Rabbit 	09 	96
02 	Dalarna 	Empire Rising 	Karin Park 	23 	27
03 	Brussels 	Walhalla 	Mathilde Fernandez, Perez 	18 	71
04 	Prague 	Leon 	Never Sol 	11 	91
05 	Hovedstaden 	Delirious 	South Haven 	16 	78
06 	Tatarstan 	Au 	Tatarka 	14 	86
07 	Sud-Ouest 	Prends Mon Coeur 	Montess 	22 	32
08 	Kwilu 	Da 	Shay 	07 	122
09 	Eastern Cape 	Promised Land 	Yanga, Amanda Black, Soweto G.C.	01 	222
10 	Chubu 	Dansu No Riyu 	Yurina Hirate 	03 	153
11 	Dakar 	Animaux Fragiles 	Zaz, Ycare 	13 	86
12 	Vaduz 	Kiss With A Fist 	Georgy 	20 	55
13 	Odessa 	Engravings 	Ethan Bortnick 	04 	139
14 	West Midlands 	Dead Man Walking 	Ellis, Grant 	10 	95
15 	Budapest 	Kék Hullám Kemping	Carson Coma 	08 	116
16 	Washington 	Loud 	Feed The Biirds 	02 	182
17 	Massachusetts 	Gemini 	Brynn Cartelli 	17 	73
18 	Amman 	El Ghareeb 	Tayar 	21 	33
19 	Flanders 	Lesthic 	Tristan 	19 	64
20 	Florida 	Red Light 	Deborah's Child 	15 	83
21 	Yerevan 	Tamam Ashkharh 	Marine Manasian 	05 	137
22 	Kingston 	Sad Day 	FKA Twigs 	06 	133
23 	Baja California	Lost At Sea 	Kat Von D 	12 	88
====Semi-Final 02====
The 2nd Semi-Final took place in Spira Culture Center on August 10, 2022. 23 songs competed in it, and the last 2 of the 5 prequalified regions voted ( Småland and Munster), as well as having their song presented. 2 of the participating regions failed to vote, and a total of 17 sets of televotes were counted.
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place 	Pts.
01 	Wallonia 	Dig Dig Deep Deep 	ZZCCMXTP, KronoMuzik 	21 	39
02 	Île-de-France 	Mauvais Rôle 	Brö 	02 	187
03 	Prince Edward Island	Archie, Marry Me 	Alvvays 	13 / GT	88
04 	Minnesota 	Monster (Under My Bed)	Call Me Karizma 	22 	39
05 	Lima 	Tenía Razón 	Daniela Lalita 	04 	164
06 	Buzău 	Sta Matia Sou 	Wrs, Andromache 	15 	75
07 	Caracas 	Cayó 	Arca 	19 	52
08 	Daejeon 	Pity Party 	Jamie 	17 	67
09 	Geneva 	Another Sunrise 	Kadebostany, Fang The Great	09 	113
10 	Queensland 	Jinx 	Sycco 	11 	103
11 	Victoria 	Attention 	NewJeans 	18 	54
12 	Kanto 	Funeral 	Wallice 	03 	173
13 	Vestfold og Telemark	Shockwave 	Eline Noelia 	12 	89
14 	Greater London 	Navy 	Gglum 	10 	109
15 	New South Wales 	Come Along 	Kinder, A.Girl 	06 	139
16 	Quebec 	Black Water 	Mayfly 	05 	150
17 	Granma 	2050 	Samantha Sánchez 	08 	126
18 	California 	Watch Out 	Portals 	07 	131
19 	North Carolina 	Due West 	Kelsey Lu 	16 	70
20 	Lazio 	Deep Fried Disco 	Tanzer 	23 	33
21 	Utah 	Whatshisface 	Oston 	14 	78
22 	Masovia 	Blood Moon 	Bokka 	01 	195
23 	Pays de la Loire 	Ride 	Lolo Zouaï 	20 	46
==== Golden Ticket====
The Golden Ticket sees compete all the songs that failed to qualify, out of which RBU members can vote for 2 songs each. This season, 36 members voted and Prince Edward Island was declared a finalist.
Region(s) 	Place	Pts.
Prince Edward Island 	01 	08
Prague 	02 	07
Daejeon 	03 	06
Massachusetts, North Carolina 	04 	05
Baja California, Brussels, Buzău, Lazio, Pays de la Loire, Queensland	06 	04
Utah 	12 	03
Flanders, Sud-Ouest, Tatarstan, Vestfold og Telemark, Victoria 	13 	02
Dakar, Hovedstaden, Vaduz, Wallonia 	18 	01
Amman, Caracas, Dalarna, Florida, Minnesota 	22 	00
====Grand Final====
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place	Pts.
01 	California 	Watch Out 	Portals 	09 	129
02 	Kanto 	Funeral 	Wallice 	13 	115
03 	Western Greece 	Look At Me That Way 	Sdms 	22 	83
04 	Chubu 	Dansu No Riyu 	Yurina Hirate 	08 	137
05 	Seoul Capital Area 	Pop! 	Nayeon 	25 	67
06 	Prince Edward Island	Archie, Marry Me 	Alvvays 	11 	125
07 	Eastern Cape 	Promised Land 	Yanga, Amanda Black, Soweto G.C.	04 	180
08 	Granma 	2050 	Samantha Sánchez 	17 	100
09 	Vestland 	Sier Ingenting 	Amalie Holt Kleive 	10 	129
10 	Geneva 	Kadebostany, Fang The Great	Another Sunrise 	24 	75
11 	Lima 	Tenía Razón 	Daniela Lalita 	06 	155
12 	South Bohemia 	Padám 	Slza, Pam Rabbit 	20 	94
13 	Kwilu 	Da 	Shay 	15 	110
14 	Washington 	Loud 	Feed The Biirds 	07 	142
15 	Île-de-France 	Mauvais Rôle 	Brö 	03 	187
16 	New South Wales 	Come Along 	Kinder, A.Girl 	21 	89
17 	Odessa 	Engravings 	Ethan Bortnick 	18 	97
18 	Småland 	Home 	Tiffany Lorentz 	26 	15
19 	Kingston 	Sad Day 	FKA Twigs 	14 	113
20 	West Midlands 	Dead Man Walking 	Ellis, Grant 	16 	102
21 	Yerevan 	Tamam Ashkharh 	Marine Manasian 	05 	158
22 	Munster 	All Ours 	Talos 	01 	197
23 	Greater London 	Navy 	Gglum 	12 	115
24 	Quebec 	Black Water 	Mayfly 	19 	96
25 	Masovia 	Blood Moon 	Bokka 	02 	187
26 	Budapest 	Kék Hullám Kemping 	Carson Coma 	23 	77
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