Regio Songfestival (Netherlands their take on Eurovision for our provinces)
 

so far

the final is November 4th in Utrecht

we have one song

Drenthe:



and one artist announcement

Flevoland: Abtin Salem
https://images.flevopost.nl/pfl/inco...in%20Salem.jpg



Friesland (Fryslan) have a selection final called Sjongfestival Liet 2023 (October 12th)

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The song festival is a initiative of 13 Dutch regional broadcasters to raise interest within minority dialects and languages. The broadcasters are the following: Omrop Fryslân (Friesland), RTV Noord (Groningen), RTV Drenthe (Drenthe), RTV Oost (Overijssel), Omroep Gelderland (Gelderland), RTV Utrecht (Utrecht), Omroep Flevoland (Flevoland), NH (Noord-Holland), Rijnmond (Zuid-Holland), Omroep West (Zuid-Holland), Omroep Zeeland (Zeeland), Omroep Brabant (Noord-Brabant) and L1 (Limburg)

basically to give minority dialects and languages a bigger stage to shine


and no, turkish isn't allowed even if there are many turks living here ;) and neither is arabic even though we have syrians, moroccans living here


learn the dialect/language where you currently live in what province

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regio_Songfestival
https://i.regiogroei.cloud/552x310/1...9107bb99a7.jpg



Limburg info on their selection final
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i myself quite like this idea of my nation, we have so many different dialects/languages anyway


also am curious what my province Brabant will go for, we have a lot of musical talent too :love: including a past ESC winner (Lenny Kuhr, de troubadour, whom is from my city too)

Limburg's choice Emmy Ackermans




and we also have South Holland's choice, pop group LIEN





meanwhile selections continue

Fryslan advanced to round 2
whats among these acts according to Liet president Frans Veltman


Groningen has 3 acts in contention
https://www.rtvnoord.nl/regiosongfestival

Jan Henk De Groot with ''Stiltecoupé''

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the rap duo Wat Aans with ''Wakker in Grunn''

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mother daughter duo Irene Wilkens & Suze with ''Ongeoorloofde Gedachten''


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Noord Holland has 8 acts in contention

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here in my province Brabant, submitting of entries had opened end of July, but tbh we're also currently busy with collecting votes for the Top 900 of 2023

maybe when that vote is closed, they can also announce who are in contention for this

Gelderland's selection has 6 acts

translation behind them

https://www.gld.nl/songfestival

one of their jury members is prominent nederpop producer Emile Hartkamp, whom produced songs for the likes of Rene Froger, Andre Hazes, Frans Bauer, Marianne Weber, but also foreigners like Dana Winner in belgium, The Trammps in the US, scoring a no.1 even in denmark with Jan & Anny the volendam duo their hit ''take me to ibiza''

as things are looking now, i might vote for Drenthe, what an absolute tearjerker of a gem of song, listen to it many times now :love:

my province Brabant's entry

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whew what a serve of a oldschool timeless ballad, so melancholical

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regio_Songfestival

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one of the presenters is this girl who represented Greece in 2021 at ESC



https://i.regiogroei.cloud/0a65301a-...42419528284236

am a proud brabander myself with our entry


think Portugal 2017, small and fragile but very emotional, also very similar melancholical as Het Dorp by Wim Sonneveld, one of my nations classic nederpop hits



Abtin Salem is a Flevolands Ed Sheeran and Kleurenblind is a real catchy earwurm bop



Gelderland with Alex, similar to Boudewijn de Groot's style, also a bit same as Rob de Nijs, very real relatable lyrics, about a train ride



Zeeland's entry is similar to any song by their most famous band Blof, in a good way, very nice pop-rock sound

so looking forward to this next saturday


also our interval act is a ABBA tribute act, featuring We Want ABBA band which includes former Frizzle Sizzle eurovision singer Mandy Huydts

2 more days :dance2:

tonight's the night of the show :love: :love: **** strictly, this and every song contest i prefer to some silly dancing

Have a good night. :love:

Limburg is the overall winner

my province Brabant was the jury winner

Groningen won the televote


was a great show, i say yes to make this another song contest tradition of ours :love:

Does this winner represent Netherlands in the upcoming Eurovision?

No, but AVROTROS are keeping an eye on this, so you never know in the future


most provinces have enjoyed this first eurovision-fied edition of this festival

anyway if there'll be a second edition, it'll be in Limburg and likely in Maastricht (as the MECC was one of the shortlisted venues for the intended 2020 (ultimately 2021 due to covid) hosting job up against Rotterdam's Ahoy)



small budget wise, not a too bad hosting job from the 13 provinces/regions, also pretty neat produced postcards/intro videos for each province their act

Ahhh ok. Sounds fun though. Love Eurovision style comps.

think we already know who our entry is gonna be lol


The Jordan (formerly known as Caro Emerald) really different style nowadays than the electro swing as Caro, now more depressing sad ballads a la Anouk