Season 24

The **Regions Song Contest 24** was the **24th** edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. The contest took place in the city of **Hong Kong**  Hong Kong, China  after  **Hong Kong**'s win in Season 23 with the song “Parasite”.

It was the **first** time China , had hosted any versions of the contest. This season consisted of two semi-finals held on June 19th and the grand final on July 2nd 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-fourth** season of the contest. Each region had to compete with one song.

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

* **Hong Kong - Host Region**
* Caracas
* Suffolk
* East Sussex
* Tel Aviv

The winner was Jeff, the HoD of  **Vestland** with the song **"House Of Cards"** performed by **Hannah Storm** with **230** points.

### Debuting Regions

 Analamanga,  British Virgin Islands,  Busan,  Kaunas,  Khammaouane,  Maharashtra,  Niamey,  Paramaribo,  Pavlodar.

### Hosting Informations

#### Host City

After  Hong Kong's win in Uzhhorod, the  Hong Kong delegation very quickly announced that the **24th** season would well be hosted in **Hong Kong**, after a 5 months hiatus in the RSC organisation.  **Hong Kong** is a city and a, disputed, special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South  China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world.

#### Arena

**AsiaWorld–Arena** (亞洲國際博覽館 Arena) is the largest indoor seated performance venue in  Hong Kong. It has a total floor area of 10,880 square metres (117,100 square feet), a maximum capacity of 14,000 seats/16,000 standing+seats and high ceiling clearance of 19 metres. It is located next to the  Hong Kong International Airport. It plays host to many concerts, sporting events, and other forms of entertainment.

#### Hosts

The hosts of the **24th** edition were :

* **Mxmtoon**,  American singer-songwriter and YouTuber of  **Chinese**,  German and  Scottish origin. She is known for singing and playing the ukulele, and is from Oakland,  California. Her 2018 self-released EP, Plum Blossom, recorded on her laptop in her parents' guest bedroom, has been streamed over 100 million times. She released her debut album, The Masquerade, in September 2019, followed by the twin EPs Dawn and Dusk in 2020. Her second studio album, Rising, was released on May 20, 2022.
* **Zhu**, born Steven Zhu is an  American electronic music producer and singer who has been active since the beginning of 2014, signed to Mind of a Genius Records. Of  **Chinese** heritage, Zhu remained anonymous until 2014, asking to be judged by his music alone. His debut album, Generationwhy, was released on July 29, 2016 and first premiered at Coachella during his closing set in the Sahara Tent. Zhu's Coachella performance was praised, with a writer for the New York Observer suggesting that he could be "the next Daft Punk".
* **Sofya Wang** is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from  Los Angeles. A classically trained pianist and cellist, she taught herself songwriting and music production upon deferring from Berklee College of Music. Growing up as a first generation  **Chinese**- American, finding roots in **Shanghai** and **Beijing**, Sofya unapologetically defied tradition to pursue and share a vulnerable and true version of herself through music & by being an active, vocal member of the LGBT community.

### Results

#### Semi-Final 01

The 1st Semi-Final took place in AsiaWorld-Arena on June 19, 2022. 23 songs competed in it, and 2 of the 5 prequalified regions voted ( Hong Kong and  East Sussex), as well as having their song presented. All the participating regions sent their votes, and a total of 7 sets of televotes were counted.

#### Semi-Final 02

The 2nd Semi-Final took place in AsiaWorld-Arena on June 19, 2022. 23 songs competed in it, and the last 3 of the 5 prequalified regions voted ( Caracas,  Suffolk and  Tel Aviv), as well as having their song presented. 2 of the participating regions failed to vote, and a total of 14 sets of televotes were counted.

#### Golden Ticket

Following a vote between the **RBU** members, it was declared that the **Golden Ticket** would, from Season 24, replace definitely the Wildcard. 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, **37** members voted and  New South Wales was declared a finalist.