Season 10

The **RSC10** was the **10th** edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. It took place in the city of Charleroi,  Wallonia, Belgium  after  Wallonia's win in Season 09 with the song “Force Et Amour”.

It was the **second** time Belgium  had hosted the contest, the first time being in Season 02, in Brussels . It consisted of two semi-finals held on August 04th & 06th, and the grand final on 22 August 2020.

All the live shows were hosted on YouTube as well as presented on the Discord server.

Fifty-Three entries took part in the **tenth** season of the contest. Each region had to compete with one song.

This edition was also the first to be ever held by the **RBU** (Regions Broadcasting Union).

The Top 05 of the 09th Edition was part of the Big 05 and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final. These regions were :

* **Wallonia, Belgium  - Host Region**
* Masovia, Poland
* Illinois, United States
* Munster, Ireland
* British Columbia, Canada

The winner was  **Alabama** in  **United States** with the song **"You Belong To Me"**, performed by **Cat Pierce**, with **157** points.

## Venue

### Host City

On The July 5th, three  walloon cities were announced as possible host cities. These were :

* **Charleroi**
* **Liège**
* **Namur**

Then, On July 06th, it has been announced that the contest will be held in **Charleroi**. **Charleroi** is a city and a municipality of  Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium . By January 1, 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,462 square kilometres (564 sq mi) with a total population of 522,522 by January 1, 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in  Belgium after  Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, and Ghent.

The municipality contains an industrial area for electrical engineering and the production of iron, steel, glass and chemicals.

The city was chosen as host city of the **10th Regions Song Contest** because :

* It is the largest city in Wallonia .
* It is the **only** city out of the 03 mentionned before, capable to host the contest in an indoor and big enough arena.

### Arena

**The DÔME** is an indoor arena that is located in Charleroi,  Wallonia, Belgium . It currently can seat 6,300 spectators (5,440 fan seats, 160 lodge seats, 700 business seats). It is mainly used to host indoor sporting events such as tennis and basketball and concerts; as well as conferences, seminaire, entreprise dinner.

### Hosts

The hosts of the **10th Edition** were :

* **Charlotte**,  Belgian singer, songwriter, and **winner of the ninth Regions Song Contest** for Wallonia
* **Blanche**/Ellie Delvaux,  Belgian singer and songwriter. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in  Ukraine with the song "City Lights", finishing in fourth place.
* **Angèle**, Belgian singer-songwriter and musician. She was one of 2018's biggest breakout acts in French and Belgian pop. She represented  Brussels, Belgium  **twice** in the Regions Song Contest, in Seasons 01 and 09 not qualifying both times.

## Participating Regions

**Debuting Regions :** Alabama, Aveiro, Basque Country, Bishkek, Caracas, Crete, Lancashire, Liberec, Pardubice, San Juan, Trenčín, Utrecht, Vaud, Washington.