64th Battle of the Resorts

The 64th Battle of the Resorts was the 2023 edition of KBN's New Year's Eve TV special Battle of the Resorts, held on December 31, 2023. The show was broadcast live from the Lee Koizumi Arena in Kawawii City.
==Events leading up to broadcast==
The broadcast time was announced by KBN on September 29, 2023. It will be broadcast on December 31, starting from 8 p.m. HST and ending at 11:50 p.m. HST, with a 30-minute break for the KBN News at 9, a pledge drive for other PBS stations airing the contest, or other 30-minute programs for commercial TV stations syndicating the contest. In Kawawii Island, the broadcast will take place through KBN Television, KBN 1FM, and KUAQ-DT who will simulcast the contest with Spanish commentary provided. In the mainland US, the contest is syndicated to PBS member stations as well as commercial TV stations, primarily independent stations or station affiliated with a non-major network. KBN will also provide a live stream of the contest for audience worldwide to watch on their YouTube channel.
On November 3, KBN announced that Lily will be returning as the mediating host of the Battle of the Resorts for the 13th consecutive year. Matty Kapua, Kaelyn Rivers, Harry Suzuki, and Christina Thompson were announced as the captains for Teams Marine, City, Snow, and Mountain respectively. Additionally, this year's theme will be "Fly High" with the edition logo resembling the Nintendo 64 logo while the contest logo remains the same since 2018.
The list of participants was released on November 24 and a press conference announcing the participants took place. On December 12, Paramore was announced to appear as one of the interval acts. On December 15, the guest jury and voting method was announced with the two voting systems for the individual round voting and overall voting remaining the same as the previous year. The list of songs performing during the contest was released on December 22, along with an announcement that KBN has made an 1-year agreement with the Central Television Network allowing them to air the Battle of the Resorts on most of their stations, excluding KKWI in Kawawii Island (where KBN is based), KHOI in the Alola Region, and KHIC-TV in Hawaii. Three days later, on December 25 (Christmas Day), Taylor Swift was announced as the main interval act for the 64th Battle of the Resorts. This announcement drew a lot of attention on social media from fans of the contest and the artist, the latter of which are collectively known as Swifties. The last round of tickets were sold out in just 30 minutes. The performance order was announced on December 27.
==Presenters and participants==
===Main host and team captains=== 
*Host (Neutral): Lily
*: Matty Kapua
*: Kaelyn Rivers
*: Harry Suzuki
*: Christina Thompson
===Live commentators===
*Radio Announcers (KBN 1FM): Sylvia Hayes & Moe Sugiyama
*Spanish Announcers (Univision/KUAQ-DT): Julia Correa & Eduardo Sanchez
=== Interval acts===
*Taylor Swift
*Paramore
===Participants===
Key
	Debuting artists
	Returning artists
	Special performances
Participants of the 64th Battle of the Resorts
Team 	Artist 	Appearance 	Song 	Language 	Songwriter
Marine 	HIRIE 	 	Smooth Operator 	English 	Patricia Jetton
Marine 	Iam Tongi 	Debut 	Why Kiki? 	English 	Jamie Paulin • Luke Preston • Jake Rose • Paul Sikes • Drew Trosclair
Marine 	Kolohe Kai 	 	Hope 	English 	Roman De Peralta
Marine 	Rema and Selena Gomez 	Debut Selena Gomez previously participated once as a solo artist.	Calm Down 	English, Nigerian Pidgin 	Alexandre Uwaifo • Selena Gomez • Michael Hunter • Amanda Ibanez • Divine Ikubor • LONDON • Andre Vibez
Marine 	Wayvee 	 	Always on My Mind 	English 	Wayne Carson • Johnny Christopher • Mark James • Kei Ridge
Marine 	Zarra Lee 	 	Do You Know Where You're Going To?	English 	Gerald Goffin • Michael Masser
City 	Ark Woods 	 	On the Way Out 	English 	Noah Kaululaau • Patrick Nissley
City 	CROSSING RAIN 	Debut 	Unfamiliar 	EnglishContains several words in Hawaiian. 	Chaz Kaiolohia Umamoto • Evan Takeo Fujimoto • Jorden Kaanohiokala Kealoha-Yamanaka • Joshua Alan Stephens • Wyatt KD Kaneshiro
City 	Huey B. 	 	Velvet Skyline 	English 	Huebert Berry • Maggie Haynes • Tim Ward
City 	IVE 	Debut 	I AM 	Korean, English 	Audun Agnar Guldbrandsen • Kim Eana • RYAN JHUN • Kristin Marie Skolem • Eline Noelia Myreng
City 	P!nk 	 	Trustfall 	English 	Fred Gibson • Johnny McDaid • Alecia Moore
City 	Ryuki 	 	Gotta Catch 'Em All! 	English 	John Loeffler • John Siegler • Ryuki
Snow 	Beck and Phoenix 	 	Odyssey 	English 	Deck D'Arcy • Beck Hansen • Thomas Mars • Christian Mazzalai
Snow 	Ice Snakes 	 	Between Angels and Snakes 	English 	David Buckner • Tobin Esperance • Jerry Horton Jr. • Jacoby Shaddix
Snow 	imase 	Debut 	Night Dancer 	JapaneseAlthough the title is in English, the song itself is entirely in Japanese.	imase
Snow 	Jaylin Perez 	 	Yo No Soy Esa Mujer 	Spanish 	Jaylin Perez • Ralf Stemmann • Carlos Toro Montoro • Christian de Walden
Snow 	Myra 	 	It's Time 	English 	Laurent Brancowitz • Myra Booker • Ben McKee • Dan Reynolds • Daniel Wayne Sermon
Snow 	Owl Tree 	Debut 	Map of Thoughts 	English 	Gabrielle Horton • Tetsuro Komura
Mountain	David Kushner 	Debut 	Daylight 	English 	Edison Boon Eason • Jeremy Fedryk • Hayden Robert Hubers • David Kushner • Drake Jon Livingston Jr. • Josh Bruce Williams
Mountain	Desmond McNeil & Lily Chase	 	I Still Believe in You 	English 	John Barlow Jarvis • Lily Chase • Vince Gill • Desmond McNeil
Mountain	Luke Combs 	 	Fast Car 	English 	Tracy Chapman
Mountain	Maoli 	 	Broken Up 	English 	Devin Dawson • Kyle Fishman • Ernest Keith Smith • Mitchell Tenpenny
Mountain	Oscar Smith 	 	Under Control 	English 	Freddy Marshall • Oscar Smith
Mountain	Roxxana Ford 	 	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 	English 	Annie Lennox • Rebecca Myers • David A. Stewart
====Notes====
==Contest overview==
The 64th Battle of the Resorts will take place on December 31, 2023 at 8 p.m. HST (1:00 a.m. EST). Twenty-four contestants will participate with six contestants representing each of the four resorts of Kawawii Island. The jury, arena audience, and televote of the four Kawawii Island resorts, as well as regions outside of Kawawii Island (i.e. Alola, Hawaii, mainland United States) under an aggregated "Rest of the World" voting pool, will vote in the contest under two systems. The individual round voting uses the 6-point system (4 from the juries, 1 from the arena audience, and 1 from the combined televote) and will take place after each round and ends after the 2nd song of the next round (or for 5 minutes after the last song of Round 6) & the overall voting uses the Eurovision model (1–8, 10 and 12 points) and will take place after the individual round vote for Round 6 ends.
===Running order & results by song===
Team 	R/O 	Artist 	# 	Song 	Points 	Place
Round 1	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1
 	1 	CROSSING RAIN 	1 	Unfamiliar 	 	
 	2 	Owl Tree 	1 	Map of Thoughts 	 	
 	3 	Rema & Selena Gomez 	1 	Calm Down 	 	
 	4 	Oscar Smith 	 	Under Control 	 	
Round 2	Round 2	Round 2 	Round 2	Round 2 	Round 2	Round 2
 	5 	Iam Tongi 	1 	Why Kiki? 	 	
 	6 	Roxxana Ford 	 	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 	 	
 	7 	Ark Woods 	 	On The Way Out 	 	
 	8 	Beck & Phoenix 	 	Odyssey 	 	
Round 3	Round 3	Round 3 	Round 3	Round 3 	Round 3	Round 3
 	9 	Ryuki 	 	Gotta Catch 'Em All! 	 	
 	10 	imase 	1 	Night Dancer 	 	
 	11 	Desmond McNeil & Lily Chase	 	I Still Believe in You 	 	
 	12 	Wayvee 	 	Always on My Mind 	 	
Round 4	Round 4	Round 4 	Round 4	Round 4 	Round 4	Round 4
 	13 	David Kushner 	1 	Daylight 	 	
 	14 	Huey B. 	 	Velvet Skyline 	 	
 	15 	Zarra Lee 	 	Do You Know Where You're Going To?	 	
 	16 	Myra 	 	It's Time 	 	
Round 5	Round 5	Round 5 	Round 5	Round 5 	Round 5	Round 5
 	17 	Kolohe Kai 	 	Hope 	 	
 	18 	P!nk 	 	Trustfall 	 	
 	19 	Jaylin Perez 	 	Yo No Soy Esa Mujer 	 	
 	20 	Maoli 	 	Broken Up 	 	
Round 6	Round 6	Round 6 	Round 6	Round 6 	Round 6	Round 6
 	21 	Luke Combs 	 	Fast Car 	 	
 	22 	IVE 	1 	I AM 	 	
 	23 	Ice Snakes 	 	Between Angels and Insects 	 	
 	24 	HIRIE 	 	Smooth Operator 	 	
Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 1) 
*Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day", "Cruel Summer", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Cardigan", "Our Song", and "I Can See You"
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"	
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"	
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"	
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"	
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"	
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"	
*Paramore - "Ain't It Fun", "Misery Business", "The Only Exception", and "Hard Times"
Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley (Part 2)
*Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "You Belong With Me, "Willow", "Is It Over Now?", and "Shake It Off"
===Results by team===
Team 	Voting method 	Voting method 	Voting method 	Voting method 	Points
Team 	Individual round voting	Overall jury voting	Overall audience voting	Overall public voting	Points
Marine 	 	 	 	 	
City 	 	 	 	 	
Snow 	 	 	 	 	
Mountain	 	 	 	 	
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