Season 2: Showdown

"Showdown" is the second season on for . The season started on May 9, 2023, and ended on July 12, 2023. The season is themed around the and sees five of the Danceverses competing in a Eurovision-style contest.
==New Songs==
Song 	Artist 	Year	Mode 	Icon	Original Game
SloMo1 	Chanel 	2021	Trio 	 	
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)1 	Sylvester 	1978	Solo 	 	
Give That Wolf A Banana 	Subwoolfer 	2022	Duet 	 	
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)(Campfire Dance)	Ylvis 	2013	Duet 	 	
Euphoria 	Loreen 	2012	Solo 	 	
Waterloo 	ABBA 	1974	Quartet	 	
TOY 	Netta 	2018	Solo 	 	
Beggin’ 	Måneskin 	2017	Solo 	 	
Applause(Stage Version) 	Lady Gaga 	2013	Solo 	 	
Trenulețul 	Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers 	2021	Trio 	 	
Why Oh Why 	Stephane Huguenin, Yves Sanna & Christian Padovan(Love Letter)	2007	Duet 	 	
 SloMo and You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) were free to play without a subscription for 9 days from May 9, 2023, until May 17, 2023.
==Playlists==
===The Greatest Show===
The playlist was made available on May 9, 2023, and lasted until July 12 of that year. songs featured in this playlist were free to play for 9 days until May 17, 2023.https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/6q4khSRxMeXPbPj5DwbhRS/just-dance-2023-edition-season-2-showdown-with-eurovision-song-contest-launches-may-9
Song 	Artist 	Year	Mode	Icon	Original Game
Don’t Stop Me Now 	Queen 	1978	Solo	 	
Te Dominar 	Daya Luz 	2016	Trio	 	
Human 	Sevdaliza 	2016	Solo	 	
(Stage Version) 	Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis	2008	Solo	 	
SloMo 	Chanel 	2021	Trio	 	
Locked Out of Heaven	Bruno Mars 	2012	Solo	 	
Danger! High Voltage	Electric Six 	2002	Solo	 	
===Eurovision Song Contest===
The playlist was made available from June 15, 2023, and lasted until July 12, 2023.
Song 	Artist 	Year	Mode 	Icon	Original Game
Waterloo 	ABBA 	1974	Quartet	 	
TOY 	Netta 	2018	Solo 	 	
Think About Things 	Daði Freyr 	2020	Solo 	 	
Flash (Just Dance Version)	Bilal Hassani with Sundy Jules, Paola Locatelli & Sulivan Gwed	2021	Solo 	 	(France)
MA ITŪ 	Stella Mwangi 	2019	Solo 	 	
Euphoria 	Loreen 	2012	Solo 	 	
===Showdown===
The playlist was made available from July 6, 2023 and will remain on for the foreseeable future.
Song 	Artist 	Year	Mode	Icon	Original Game
SloMo 	Chanel 	2021	Trio	 	
Give That Wolf A Banana	Subwoolfer 	2022	Duet	 	
Euphoria 	Loreen 	2012	Solo	 	
Beggin' 	Måneskin 	2017	Solo	 	
Trenulețul 	Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers	2021	Trio	 	
==Voting phase==
From June 27 to June 29, 2023,https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1673361737024696321 an online poll was open for users to vote, with one vote per Danceverse.https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1673360753724628999 After the votes were tallied and the Star Player jury were conferred,https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1674329922272149505 the results were announced on June 30, 2023.https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1674810138933297155 The total number of accumulated votes was 5,549.
Placement	Song	Danceverse 	Jury votes	Public votes	Total votes
1ST 	 	Sun Horizon 	200 	1978 	2178
2ND 	 	Eternyx 	165 	1450 	1615
3RD 	 	Wasterra 	30 	645 	675
4TH 	 	WackyGroove 	65 	550 	615
5TH 	 	Melosia Realms	20 	446 	466
==Rewards==
Unlock 	Name 	Type 	Rarity 	Level
 	In the spotlight 	Border 	Classic 	1
 	Kan'Dake 	Avatar 	Classic 	2
 	Melody Coast Fiesta 	Background 	Classic 	3
United by Music 	United by Music 	Alias 	Classic 	4
 	Showdown 	Badge 	Classic 	5
 	On a roll! 	Emote 	Classic 	6
 	Festive Hearts 	Border 	Epic 	7
 	Maneater's Dark Alley 	Background 	Classic 	8
 	Over the moon! 	Emote 	Classic 	9
 	Confetti 	Scoring Effect 	Epic 	10
 	PandaFan 	Avatar 	Classic 	11
 	Discoballs 	Border 	Classic 	12
 	Festive Vibes 	Victory Celebration	Epic 	13
 	Candy Cornucopia 	Background 	Classic 	14
 	Totally star-crossed...	Emote 	Epic 	15
Light Your Fire 	Light Your Fire 	Alias 	Classic 	16
 	Souk of Serpents 	Background 	Classic 	17
 	Sparkling atoms 	Border 	Classic 	18
 	Showdown 	Badge 	Classic 	19
 	Nest 	Avatar 	Classic 	20
 	Marks of the totems 	Border 	Epic 	21
 	Firework 	Scoring Effect 	Epic 	22
 	Disco Necropolis 	Background 	Classic 	23
 	What a pity 	Emote 	Classic 	24
The Sound of Beauty	The Sound of Beauty 	Alias 	Classic 	25
 	Pillars of Flow 	Background 	Epic 	26
 	Crystal 	Avatar 	Classic 	27
 	Golden victory 	Border 	Legendary	28
 	The Burning Kraken 	Background 	Classic 	29
 	Join the party! 	Emote 	Epic 	30
 	Streets of Cyberfunk 	Border 	Epic 	31
 	Butterfly's Crypt 	Background 	Epic 	32
 	Glitter 	Scoring Effect 	Epic 	33
 	Wood of Wonders 	Background 	Epic 	34
 	Showdown 	Badge 	Classic 	35
 	Better play that sax! 	Emote 	Legendary	36
 	Ancient waterfalls 	Border 	Legendary	37
 	Coliseum of Heroes 	Background 	Epic 	38
 	Estrella 	Avatar 	Legendary	39
 	Celebration Lights 	Victory Celebration	Legendary	40
==Trivia==
* is the first season in the history of to be a collaboration with a real-life event.
*On May 5, 2023, a remix of ’s "Te Deum" (the official anthem of the Eurovision Song Contest) was released on music services to promote the season, thus making the first season in the history of to have an official anthem.
**This remix is titled "Te Deum Eurovision Theme - Remix", and The Just Dancers are credited as the artists.
*During the final of the on May 13, 2023, the official Twitter account live-tweeted the event, posting several memes involving coaches edited onto the performances.https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1657462255959539712
*Wannabe was originally announced as one of the legacy songs to be released during the season, with May 25, 2023 being its official release date; however, on May 19, announced that the song would have been replaced by Toy and Waterloo.https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1659589744274153475 This marks the first time a map (either new or returning) is removed from the schedule of a season after its initial announcement.
**This also makes the first season in the history of to receive changes in its release schedule in terms of featured content.
***It is the sixth season to receive changes of any kind, after Season 2: Feel The Power, Season 3: Festival!, Season 14 of , Season 2: Surreal, and Season 1: Lover Coaster. Season 14 of had a release postponement (namely, Dare to Live was moved to Week 1 of the following season), whereas the others had advances or postponements in terms of dates.
**As a consequence of the removal of Wannabe from the schedule, its preview gameplay was made private, along with those for Euphoria and Why Oh Why. However, the previews of the latter two maps were made public again after a few days.
*In the press release for the season, Satellite and Uno were announced to be part of the Eurovision Song Contest playlist, but they were ultimately not released along with the playlist itself.
*The season is affected by a bug that gives double points to players who are not subscribed to .https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1163626911236957&set=pcb.1163627037903611:File:Jd2023 s2 points bug.jpg
*From May 16, 2023 to June 30, 2023, Ubisoft held an online vote for the songs and their representing Danceverses, with profile pictures, wallpapers, banners and extended lore released for the winner. Weekly polls that features bits of information for each representing Danceverse were distributed on the official Twitter account for fans to vote, while the Ubisoft Star Players served as the jury for the competition.https://youtu.be/HBTOc1K3p8Y
**The winner was Sun Horizon.https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1674810138933297155
==Gallery==
===Game Files===
002 Showdown Logo LandscapeCursor.png|Season logo
002 Showdown Background InterSeason LandscapeCursor.png|Background 1
002 Showdown Background LandscapeCursor.png|Background 2
002 Showdown LiveBannerTeaser LandscapeCursor.png|Season banner
===Promotional Images===
Showdown_teaser.jpg|Teaser
Showdown promo art.jpg|Promotional artwork
Showdown_voting_phase.jpeg|Promotional artwork for the voting phase
Jd2023 event calendar.jpg|Full event schedule
Jd2023 s2 email asset 1.png|Email asset 1
jd2023 s2 email asset 2.png|Email asset 2
jd2023 s2 email asset 3.png|Email asset 3
Jd23-s2-showdown-logo.jpg|Profile icon
23Showdown TwitterBanner.jpg|Twitter banner
Showdown Instagram story promo.jpg|Promotional image (Instagram Stories)
Showdown wallpapers.jpg|Promotional image introducing Instagram Stories of wallpaper backgroundshttps://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17921341018722144/
Tedeum cover art.jpg|Cover art for "Te Deum Eurovision Theme - Remix"
Givethatwolf prestige promo.gif|Seasonal rewards promotional image
Jd24 ESC highlight.png|"🪩 ESC 2023" highlight cover from the Instagram pagehttps://www.instagram.com/justdancegame/
===Behind the Scenes===
jd2023 s2 promo mockup.jpg|Mockup for the promotional images
Givethatwolf bts masks.jpg|Masks from Give That Wolf A Banana
Showdown ConceptArt1.jpg|Concept art 1
Showdown ConceptArt2.jpg|Concept art 2
Showdown Colors.gif|Color showcase
Showdown LayoutVideo.gif|Layout
===Memes===
Witch edgar meme.jpg|Meme showing the Night Swan Army during "" by and 
Sweetbutpsycho eurovision meme.jpg|Meme showing The Bride during "" by 
Saveyourtears eurvision meme.jpg|Meme showing Si'Ha Nova, The Traveler and Wanderlust during "" by and Familja Kelmendi
Telephonealt eurovision meme.jpg|Meme showing the truck from Telephone (Runaway Version) during "" by 
Party eurovision meme.jpg|Meme showing Jack Rose, Sara, Brezziana, Mihaly and Wanderlust inside a box during "" by 
Driverslicense eurovision meme 1.jpg|Meme showing Dolores during "" by 
Cantstopthefeeling eurovision meme.jpg|Meme showing Discoball during "" by 
Driverslicense eurovision meme 2.png|Reaction meme showing Dolores with in reference of her song ""
Driverslicense eurovision meme 3.jpg|Meme showing Dolores and Ari during "" by 
Danceverses eurovision meme.jpg|Meme showing holding a Switch Joy-Con handset and standing in front of a television booting in reference of her song "" by the repeated line "You wanna see me dance?".
Dragosteadintei eurovision meme.jpg|Meme showing Captain Catastrofa during "" by 
Party eurovision spoof.png|Spoof of the YouTube thumbnail format for the , with If You Wanna Party as a competing songhttps://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1657037935139512327
===Others===
Showdown thumbnail us.jpg|Official YouTube thumbnail(pre-premiere)
Showdown thumbnail us updated.jpg|Official YouTube thumbnail (updated)
==Videos==
===Trailer===
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Season 2 Showdown - Launch Trailer
===Promotional Content===
Just Dance 2023- ESC Educational Video
That's right, icons. -JustDance 2023 Edition coming at you with the collab of the century x
Te Deum Eurovision Theme (Just Dance Remix) - Just Dancers
Just Dance 2023 TeDeum Remix
Just Dance 2023 Edition - What's coming in Season 2- Showdown?
==References==
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