Regional Broadcasters Stop with Regional Song Festival After Three Editions

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After three editions, the Regional Song Festival, the joint song contest of the thirteen regional broadcasters, is over and done with. The broadcasters made this decision because the impact wasn't as great as hoped. The idea behind the festival was for each province to showcase its unique character with a representative singing in their own regional language. All thirteen broadcasters provided a professional jury to judge the performances. Winne…

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We don't know about you, but it hit us like a ton of bricks. Several bloggers hugged each other, crying, at the coffee machine. Not because the coffee was awful, but because the Regional Song Contest was canceled. In case you weren't aware: there was an annual Regional Song Contest (not to be confused with the one-off Dutch Song Contest in 1995, which was won by Groningen's Wia Buze, the Aretha Franklin of Termunterzijl, ed.). Three editions of …