Season 23

The Regions Song Contest 23 was the 23rd edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. The contest took place in the city of Uzhhorod Zakarpattia, Ukraine after Zakarpattia's win in Season 22 with the song “Witch”.
It was the third time Ukraine , had hosted any versions of the contest, the first times being in Kharkiv and Kyiv for Season 02 and Season 04. This season consisted of two semi-finals held on January 1st & 2nd and the grand final on January 16th 2022.
All the live shows were hosted on YouTube as well as presented on the Discord server. Fifty-One entries took part in the twenty-third season of the contest. Each region had to compete with one song.
The Top 05 juries of the twenty-second edition was part of the Big 05 and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final.
The Big 05 regions were :
* Zakarpattia - Host Region
* Attica
* Bay Of Plenty (replacing Nelson)
* Hong Kong (replacing Guangdong)
* Uppland
The winner was   Hong Kong with the song "Parasite" performed by Roniit, Crywolf & Away with 215 points.
=== Debuting Regions===
 Araucania, Bay Of Plenty, Canterbury, Cornwall, La Paz, Martinique, Rodrigues, Tadjourah, Yarovslavl.
===Host City===
Following Zakarpattia's win in Uppsala, the hosting of Zakarpattia was very quickly announced to happen in Uzhhorod. Uzhhorod, previously and historically known as Ungvár is a city and municipality in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is located nearly within the same distance to the three nearest seas: the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea (650-690 km) making it the most inland city in this part of Europe. It is the administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast, as well as the administrative center of the Uzhhorod Raion (district) within the oblast. Population: 115,542 (2021 est.).
===Arena===
No arena were chosen to host this 23rd edition.
===Hosts===
The hosts of the 23rd edition were :
*Artem Pivovarov, Ukrainian singer. He represented Kyiv and Kharkiv respectively in seasons 03 and 11, ending up not making it to the final and getting the 10th place in final.
*Kateryna Pavlenko is a Ukrainian singer, composer, and folklorist. She is the lead vocalist of the Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A, who got the third place for Kyiv in the third spin off.
*Grimes is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer of French, Italian and Ukrainian descent. Her music has incorporated elements of varied styles, including dream pop, electronic, R&B, and hip hop, while touching on science fiction and feminist themes. She has released five studio albums. She has represented her native British Columbia in Seasons 10 and 10, ending up on the scoreboard's left side both times.
*Rezz, Ukrainian-born, Canadian DJ and record producer from Niagara Falls, Ontario. She released her debut EP, Insurrection in 2015 through OWSLA's sub-label Nest HQ. In 2016, she signed with a record label, and released follow-ups The Silence is Deafening and Something Wrong Here. On August 4, 2017, Rezazadeh released her debut studio album, Mass Manipulation, with its follow up, Certain Kind of Magic, released in 2018. Rezz represented Florida and New York in Seasons 13 and 20, failing to qualify both times.
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===Returning Artists===
Region 	Artist 	Previous Participation
Catalonia 	Josef Salvat 	#07 / Greater London
Hong Kong 	Roniit 	#11 / Colorado
Buenos Aires 	Magdalena Bay	#19 / Florida
New Jersey 	Bea Miller 	#19 / New Jersey
Rogaland 	Aurora 	#06 / Rogaland
Zhejiang 	Everglow 	#19 / Zhejiang
Greater London	Adele 	#20 / Greater London
===Results===
====Semi-Final 01====
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place 	Pts.
01 	Merseyside 	Lie To Myself 	Zuzu 	11 / WC	110
02 	Grand Est 	Froid 	Laura Cahen 	20 	60
03 	Suffolk 	Someone Else 	Dylan 	02 	178
04 	New South Wales	Throne 	Andrew Lambrou	14 	85
05 	Hainan 	Stalker 	Fei 	18 	70
06 	Madrid 	Odiar Frontal 	VVV 	19 	64
07 	Lagos 	I Want 	Enny 	03 	149
08 	Groningen 	Stranger 	Blanks 	10 	111
09 	Minnesota 	Fighter 	Kaina 	13 	90
10 	Moscow 	Scripture 	Eartheater 	09 	114
11 	Rodrigues 	Ba*Bing 	Havana Brown 	17 	73
12 	Buenos Aires 	Mercurial World	Magdalena Bay 	05 	129
13 	Alabama 	Switch 	Stef 	21 	54
14 	New York 	Not Human 	Elegant Slims 	15 	82
15 	New Jersey 	Playground 	Bea Miller 	04 	147
16 	Ontario 	Get Down 	Fjøra 	12 	92
17 	Greater London 	Oh My God 	Adele 	06 	125
18 	Canterbury 	Bye Bye 	Theia 	07 	123
19 	Catalonia 	Paper Moons 	Josef Salvat 	08 	121
20 	La Paz 	Blssom 	Vas 	16 	82
21 	Essex 	Sink In 	Tirzah 	22 	14
22 	Tel Aviv 	Hold On 	Lola Marsh 	01 	185
23 	Baku 	Azn 	Samra 	23 	04
====Semi-Final 02====
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place 	Pts.
01 	Zhejiang 	Pirate 	Everglow 	17 	67
02 	Hovedstaden 	Fighting For Your Love	Bathsheba 	11 	100
03 	Vilnius 	Lay Me Down 	Monique 	21 	44
04 	East Sussex 	Yeah Yeah Yeah 	Fickle Friends 	02 	186
05 	Yarovslavl 	Нет Тепла 	Наша Таня 	08 	119
06 	Martinique 	So We Happen 	Hezen 	04 	141
07 	Riga 	Sieviete Dieviete 	Būū 	14 / GT	80
08 	Minsk 	Bipolar 	Dlina Volny 	18 	65
09 	Brussels 	Egérie 	Mathilde Fernandez 	16 	73
10 	Masovia 	Niemożliwe 	Kwiat Jabłoni 	23 	37
11 	Seoul Cap. Area	Woowa 	Dia 	20 	52
12 	Tadjourah 	Good Together 	Shay Lia 	15 	77
13 	Caracas 	Rita 	Valeras 	01 	231
14 	Araucania 	Throne 	Saint Mesa 	07 	120
15 	California 	Family 	Badflower 	09 	119
16 	Cornwall 	Supernova 	Haunt The Woods 	19 	61
17 	Rogaland 	Giving In To The Love 	Aurora 	03 	146
18 	Taipei 	Shiny 	Lil Mariko, Full Tac 	06 	132
19 	Lower Saxony 	Misery Loves Company 	Letters Sent Home, Joel Q.	10 	112
20 	Minas Gerais 	Por Supuesto 	Marina Sena 	12 / WC	98
21 	Shanghai 	Starry Night 	Isabelle Huang 	22 	41
22 	South Holland 	Off @ Night 	Anwar 	05 	136
23 	Famagusta 	Awake 	Gabriella Metz 	13 	83
====Wildcard====
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place	Pts.
01 	Merseyside 	Lie To Myself 	Zuzu 	02 	36
02 	Ontario 	Get Down 	Fjøra 	04 	17
03 	Hovedstaden 	Fighting For Your Love	Bathsheba 	03 	30
04 	Minas Gerais	Por Supuesto 	Marina Sena	01 	37
====Golden Ticket====
After Rogaland's disqualification due to internal problems (their taste card was invalid), the RBU decided that, this season, one more song would get its ticket for the Grand Final. Thus, a new voting was made, each delegation being able to vote for 2 songs out of all the Non-Qualified ones, and Riga was then declared a winner.
Region(s) 	Place	Pts.
Riga 	01 	09
Hovedstaden 	02 	07
La Paz 	03 	05
Alabama, Hainan, Minnesota, New York, Rodrigues 	04 	04
Madrid, Seoul Capital Area 	09 	03
Brussels, Famagusta, Minsk, Zhejiang 	11 	02
Cornwall, Masovia, Ontario, Shanghai, Tadjourah 	15 	01
Baku, Essex, Grand Est, New South Wales, Vilnius	20 	00
====Grand Final====
Draw	Region 	Song 	Artist 	Place	Pts.
01 	Taipei 	Shiny 	Lil Mariko, Full Tac 	12 	108
02 	Suffolk 	Someone Else 	Dylan 	03 	166
03 	Uppland 	Reminds Me 	Noonie Bao 	16 	94
04 	California 	Family 	Badflower 	13 	99
05 	Groningen 	Stranger 	Blanks 	20 	86
06 	Bay Of Plenty 	Matariki Tāpuapua 	Maisey Rika 	22 	83
07 	Martinique 	So We Happen 	Hezen 	08 	137
08 	East Sussex 	Yeah Yeah Yeah 	Fickle Friends 	04 	160
09 	Araucania 	Throne 	Saint Mesa 	25 	69
10 	Minas Gerais 	Por Supuesto 	Marina Sena 	21 	84
11 	Zakarpattia 	Имитация 	Erika Herceg 	27 	08
12 	Greater London	Oh My God 	Adele 	07 	141
13 	Tel Aviv 	Hold On 	Lola Marsh 	05 	160
14 	Attica 	Pali 	Marina Satti 	26 	32
15 	Riga 	Sieviete Dieviete 	Būū 	11 	110
16 	Merseyside 	Lie To Myself 	Zuzu 	06 	154
17 	Moscow 	Scripture 	Eartheater 	10 	119
18 	Hong Kong 	Parasite 	Away, Roniit, Crywolf 	01 	215
19 	Buenos Aires 	Mercurial World 	Magdalena Bay 	24 	79
20 	Canterbury 	Bye Bye 	Theia 	23 	81
21 	South Holland 	Off @ Night 	Anwar 	14 	97
22 	Yarovslavl 	Нет Тепла 	Наша Таня 	15 	95
23 	Catalonia 	Paper Moons 	Josef Salvat 	18 	91
24 	Caracas 	Rita 	Valeras 	02 	175
25 	New Jersey 	Playground 	Bea Miller 	17 	94
26 	Lagos 	I Want 	Enny 	09 	133
27 	Lower Saxony 	Misery Loves Company	Letters Sent Home, Joel Quartuccio	19 	88
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