Season 14

The **RSC14** was the **14th** edition of the discord contest Regions Song Contest. It took place in the city of Lille,  Hauts-de-France, France  after  **Hauts-de-France**'s win in Season 13 with the song “Redmoon”.

It was the **second** time France  had hosted the contest, the first time being in the **very first season** of the contest, in Toulouse, Occitania . This fourteenth season consisted of two semi-finals held on January 05th & 07th, and the grand final on 23 Jan 2020.

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

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

Since  Vale Of Glamorgan's withdrawal for a lack of interest into the competition, their Big 05 spot was given away by a draw, to one of the 27 applying Participants. This draw's results were shown in the Discord Server, and Biel was declared winner of this Big 05 spot. On the 23rd December,  Minas Gerais was announced as replacement of  Vale Of Glamorgan. So after the  Vale Of Glamorgan withdrawal, the Top 04 of the thirteenth edition was part of the **Big 05** and so on, was automatically qualified for the Grand Final. These regions were :

* **Hauts-de-France, France  - Host Region**
* Merseyside, England
* North Ayrshire, Scotland
* Närke, Sweden
* Minas Gerais, Brazil

For this fourteenth edition, the **Regions Broadcasting Union** decided that a special **twist** would take place. After a voting period with the RBU members, it was decided that the juries participating in this season would have to take a region from their **own country.** Concerning the songs rules, no overused rule were applied for this season.

Due to a big **participation demand** and after a **waiting list** was made possible during Season 13, a **Pre-Qualification Round** was announced to happen every season starting from Season 15. Then, **the bottom 05** placing participants of both semi-finals this season would take part in the **Season 15** Pre-Qualification Round

 The winner was  **Dalarna** in **Sweden**  with the song **"Let Me Know"**, performed by **Winona Oak**, with **212** points.

## Debuting Regions

 Dalarna ,  Durham,  Fier,  Isfahan,  Izmir,  Liguria,  Metro Manila,  Minas Gerais,  North Lanarkshire,  Podlasie,  Region Metropolitana,  Riga,  Western Visayas,  Žilina

## Venue

### Host City

Right after Donamaria's win in California , it was made official that **Lille** would host the fourteenth edition of the contest. **Lille** is a city at the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the Deûle River, near France's border with  Belgium, it is the capital of the  **Hauts-de-France** region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. As of 2017, Lille had a population of 232,787 within its administrative limits; and Lille is the first city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille with a population of 1,146,320, making it the fourth-largest urban area in  France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille.

### Arena

The **Zénith de Lille** (still known as Zénith Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Lille,  France. Its ability to seat up to 7,000 people makes it one of the largest venues in Lille. The arena mostly hosts concerts, it was chosen to host the **14th Regions Song Contest**

### Hosts

The hosts of the **14th** edition were :

* **Woodkid**, is a  French music video director, graphic designer and singer-songwriter. He represented  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the second edition of the contest with the song "Iron", ending on the 9th place in final.
* **Yseult** is a  French singer-songwriter and model. She represented  Île-de-France 03 times in the regular contest : with her masterpiece "Corps" in Season 02, with Claire Laffut and their song "Nudes" in Season 11 and with another amazing song, "Bad Boy" in Season 13. Yseult also won the First All Stars Season of the contest with "Corps".
* **Slimane**, is an  Algerian- French male singer and songwriter. Slimane won the first season of the contest with "Viens On S'aime" for  Brussels, and came back to the competition with Vitaa in Season 08.
* **Vitaa** is a  French singer, who represented  Grand Est along with Slimane in the Season 08. They finished 21st in Semi-Final with "Pas Beaux".