Season 25

The **Regions Song Contest 25** was the **25th** edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. The contest took place in the city of **Bergen**,  Vestland after  **Vestland**'s win in Season 24 with the song “House of Cards”.

It was the **second** time Norway , had hosted any versions of the contest, the first time being in  Oslo for Season 07. This season consisted of two semi-finals held on July 9 and the grand final on July 20, 2022. For the first time in RSC was hosted a Community Region voting, which this season decided of the song representing  California

All the live shows were hosted on YouTube as well as presented on the Discord server. Fifty-One entries took part in the **twenty-fifth** season of the contest. Each region had to compete with one song.

The winner was Oxyo, the HoD of  **Småland** with the song **"Cash Flow"** performed by **Nadia Tehran** with **153** points.

### Participating Regions

**10** regions debuted in this edition:  Addis-Ababa,  Bamako,  Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén,  Francisco Morazán,  Geneva,  Medenine,  Prešov,  Saint Pierre du Bois,  Sulaymaniyah,  Vestfold og Telemark

**3** countries debuted in this edition:  Mali ( Bamako),  Honduras ( Francisco Morazán) and  Iraq ( Sulaymaniyah)

The Top 05 juries of the twenty-fourth edition was part of the **Big 05** and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The Big 05 regions were:

* **Vestland - Host Region**
* Geneva
* Metro Manila
* Sulaymaniyah
* Medenine

### Hosting Informations

#### Host City

After  Vestland's win in Hong Kong, the  Vestland delegation very quickly announced that the **25th** season would well be hosted in **Bergen**.  Bergen is a city and municipality on the west coast of Norway. As of 2021, its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county.

#### Arena

**Grieg Hall** is a 1,500 seat concert hall located on Edvard Griegs' square in **Bergen**,  Vestland. Grieghallen was named in honor of Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who served as music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882. It serves as the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. The building was designed in modernist architecture style by the Danish architect Knud Munk. Construction began in 1967 and was finished by May 1978. Grieghallen is used each year for a series of concerts, ballet and opera performances. The facility has featured symphonic, choir, jazz and pop music. Grieghallen is also a conference and exhibition center. Grieghallen has hosted seminars and lectures as well as national and international congresses.

It hosted the **Eurovision Song Contest in 1986**, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in mid-winter. The recording studio is also known within the black metal community, as several of the more popular Norwegian black metal albums were recorded there, with Eirik Hundvin as sound technician.

#### Hosts

The hosts of the **25th** edition were :

* **Nicolas Muñoz**,  chilean- norwegian singer-songwriter from Bergen. Under the **Boy Pablo** music project, he represented  Vestland in the 18th Regions Song Contest, finishing 16th in Final.
* **Kygo**, born Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll is a  Singapore born,  norwegian DJ and music producer. He garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his December 2014 single "Firestone" (featuring Conrad Sewell). In late 2015, he became the fastest artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, and by June 2016, he had reached 2 billion streams on Spotify. Throughout his life, Kygo has lived in  Brazil,  Japan,  Kenya and  Egypt.

* **Elsie Bay**,  norwegian singer and songwriter from Kvinnherad,  Vestland. She first gained notoriety as part of the duo "Elsa & Emilie", and has made an appearance in Melodi Grand Prix 2022 with "Death Of Us", reaching the top 2.

### Results

#### Semi-Final 01

The 1st Semi-Final took place in Grieg Hall on July 09, 2022. 23 songs competed in it, and 2 of the 5 prequalified regions voted ( Medenine and  Sulaymaniyah), as well as having their song presented. 2 of the participating regions failed to vote, and a total of 13 sets of televotes were counted.

#### Semi-Final 02

The 2nd Semi-Final took place in Grieg Hall on July 09, 2022. 23 songs competed in it, and the last 3 of the 5 prequalified regions voted ( Metro Manila,  Geneva and  Vestland), as well as having their song presented. 1 of the participating regions failed to vote, and a total of 12 sets of televotes were counted.

#### 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  Prešov was declared a finalist.