Season 15

The **RSC15** was the **15th** edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. It took place in the city of Leksand,  Dalarna, Sweden  after  **Dalarna**'s win in Season 14 with the song “Let Me Know”.

It was the **first** time Sweden  had hosted the contest. This fifteenth season consisted of one pre-qualification round held on February 1st, two semi-finals held on February 09th & 11th, and the grand final on 28 Feb 2020.

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

Fifty-Seven entries took part in the **fifteenth** season of the contest. Each region had to compete with one song. For this fifteenth edition, the **Regions Broadcasting Union** decided that a **Pre-Qualification Round** would happen this season. It was the first time ever in the contest

The Top 05 of the fourteenth edition was part of the **Big 05** and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final. These regions were :

* **Dalarna, Sweden  - Host Region**
* Kharkiv, Ukraine
* Western Visayas, Philippines
* Bavaria, Germany
* North Holland, The Netherlands

The winner was  **Region Metropolitana** in **Chile**  with the song **"HaYaKo HaYaKo"**, performed by **Kali Mutsa**, with **201** points.

## Debuting Regions

 Almaty,  Amhara,  Chubu,  Dubai,  Greater Manchester,  Guadeloupe,  Montecarlo,  Muscat,  Nizhny Novgorod,  Nouakchott-Nord,  Oxfordshire,  Saint Catherine,  Sjælland,  Sverdlovsk,  Wisconsin

## Venue

### Host City

After discussions between the **Regions Broadcasting Union** and the  **Dalarna** region, the city of Leksand was chosen to host the **15th Regions Song Contest**. Borlänge and Falun were also debated to host the contest, due to respectively being the largest city and the capital of the region, but Leksand was chosen because of their large arena. **Leksand** is a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in  Dalarna, Sweden , with 5,934 inhabitants in 2010. It is then to date the **tiniest city** to have **hosted** the contest. Leksand is famous for the Leksands IF ice hockey team, who have won 4 Swedish Championships. Local industry in Leksand includes Leksandsbröd, a producer of traditional Swedish Crisp bread.

### Arena

**Tegera Arena** is an arena in Leksand,  Dalarna, Sweden  primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home arena of Leksands IF. It opened in October 2005 and holds **7,650 people.** The arena was built to host to the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships together with FM Mattsson Arena in Mora. The following season, the 2007 4 Nations Cup was played at Tegera Arena. The current attendance record for ice hockey is 8,017. However, the maximum capacity has since been reduced to 7,650 due to safety regulations. The arena hosted 3 editions of the Melodifestivalen, it was chosen to **host** the **15th Regions Song Contest** on **January 23rd**

### Hosts

The hosts of the **15th** edition were :

* **Ionnalee**, is a  Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and visual director. He represented  Uppland in the twelfth edition of the contest with the song "Not Human", ending on the 10th place in final.
* **Natali Felicia** is a  Swedish singer-songwritress, based in  London. She represented twice the  Uppland region, with "Run Like The River" in Season 07 placing 18th in Final, and "War" in Season 11 placing fourth in final
* **Philip Strand**, is a  Swedish singer, and the main singer of the band Normandie. He represented  Närke along with Normandie in the thirteenth season of the contest with "Holy Water", the band ended fourth in final.