Season 20

The **Regions Song Contest 20** was the **20th** edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. The contest took place in the city of  Zurich, Switzerland  after  **Zurich**'s win in Season 19 with the song “Michelle Carter”.

It was the **first** time Switzerland  had hosted any versions of the contest. This anniversary season consisted of three semi-finals held on August 11th, 12th & 13th and the grand final on August 28, 2021. During the entire season, previous twists and things that made the history of the contest were brought, as to **celebrate**  the 20th season. Overmore, the year limit was set at 1970 and the view limit at 3 billion views for songs.

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

The Top 05 juries of the nineteenth edition was part of the **Big 05** and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final.

The Big 05 regions were :

* **Zurich - Host Region**
* Greater London (replacing  Tennessee)
* Northern (replacing  Hovedstaden)
* New Hampshire(replacing  Northern Territory)
* Vas (replacing  Rogaland)

The winner was  **Dubrovnik-Neretva** in  **Croatia** with the song **"Green Light"** performed by **Lorde**, with **269** points.

## Participating Regions

 **Debuting Regions -**  Abruzzo,  Atlántico,  Azores,  Cagayan Valley,  Calabria,  Central Luzon,  Copperbelt,  Cordillera,  Csongrád-Csanád,  Dubrovnik-Neretva,  Fife,  Greater Accra,  Kigali,  Northern,  Pristina,  South Eastern,  Tanger Tetouan Al-Hoceima,  Vas,  Vlorë

## Venue

### Host City

Right after  Zurich's win in Anadyr, the  Zurich delegation announced that the **20th** season would be hosted in **Zurich**, being the capital and largest city of  Zurich canton. **Zurich** is the largest city in  Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central  Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has **434,335** inhabitants, the urban area 1.315 million, and the Zürich metropolitan area **1.83 million**. Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both  Zurich Airport and its main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. The official language of  Zurich is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Zürich German. Many museums and art galleries can be found in the city, including the Swiss National Museum and Kunsthaus. Schauspielhaus Zürich is considered to be one of the most important theatres in the German-speaking world.  Zurich is among the world's largest financial centres despite having a relatively small population. The city is home to many financial institutions and banking companies.

### Arena

The **Hallenstadion** (German: *Zürcher Hallenstadion*, *Zürich Indoor Stadium*) is a multi-purpose facility located in the quarter of Oerlikon in northern  Zurich. It is home to the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL) and has a capacity of 11,200 spectators. Designed by Bruno Giacometti, it opened on November 4, 1939, and was renovated in 2004–05. Hallenstadion has been a top venue for entertainment in Switzerland as many international artists have performed at the venue, spanning a wide range of genres.

### Hosts

The hosts of the **20th** edition were :

* **Red Moon**,  Norwegian- Swiss singer and songwriter. She represented  Norway in the **Eurovision Song Contest 2015** with Mørland with the song "A Monster Like Me", and she previously participated **two times** in the Regions Song Contest, representing her native  Basel-City in the sixth and fifteenth seasons, finishing 20th and 08th in final.
* **Gjon's Tears** is a  Swiss singer and songwriter of  kosovar and  albanian origin. He is known for having represented  Switzerland with "Tout l'Univers" in the **2021 Eurovision Song Contest**, finishing third in final. Gjon also represented  Prizren in the second spin off with "Tout L'Univers", ending **second in final**.
* **Kristina Bazan** is a  Swiss,  Belarus born blogger, model, influencer and singer. She also represented  Minsk in the fifth season of the contest and in Spin Off 01, with her song "Killer", ending 20th in Semi-Final and 18th in final.