UVSC Events

## About

The UnitedVision Song Contest is a music event on Discord. It's a lot like the "Eurovision Song Contest." Every US state competes against other US states to find the best song of the month. Each state must choose the finest music to represent their state, which can range from Pop to Classical or to Rap. Then, after all of the songs have been performed at the Grand Final, each state has a National Jury that will award points to the states based on voices, rhythm, staging, and so on. The National Juries from each state are not allowed to talk to other National Juries in order to gain points for themselves or other states. Then, once the UBU announces that a confirmed result has been obtained, they will crown the winner, who will acquire the winner position on Discord and will be eligible to host the next edition. The winner has the option to decline hosting.

The UnitedVision Song Contest has had 30 editions, with 17 states participating at least once.

Since April 2021, the United Broadcasting Union (UBU) has hosted every UnitedVision Song Contest.

## Hosting States

The states that have hosted the UnitedVision Song Contest have either won it or be chosen from the host bid to host it. The first UnitedVision Song Contest was conducted in New Mexico. If a state wins, it can decline to host the event, and the runner-up in that edition can either host or decline to host. If they both decline to host then the event will proceed to a host bid in which the states from the edition can host.

The winner and runner-up did not wish to host the event again for the 21st edition. As a result, the UBU decided to conduct a "Host Bid." The bid was for any state that had previously hosted an edition, such as California, Texas, or Minnesota, to name a few. The winner of the Host Bid would be given hosting privileges. The winner was Minnesota, and they hosted the 21st edition.

## UnitedVision Slogans and Logos

1st UVSC Logo (March 2021)2nd UVSC Logo (April 2021)3rd UVSC Logo (May 2021)4th UVSC Logo (June 2021)5th UVSC Logo (July 2021)6th UVSC Logo (August 2021)7th UVSC Logo (September 2021)8th UVSC Logo (October 2021)9th UVSC Logo (November 2021)10th UVSC Logo (December 2021)11th UVSC Logo (January 2022)12th UVSC Logo (February 2022)13th UVSC Logo (April 2022)14th UVSC Logo (June 2022)15th UVSC Logo (July 2022)16th UVSC Logo (August 2022)17th UVSC Logo (September 2022)18th UVSC Logo (October 2022)19th UVSC Logo (November 2022)20th UVSC Logo (December 2022)21st UVSC Logo (January 2023)22nd UVSC Logo (February 2023)23rd UVSC Logo (April 2023)24th UVSC Logo (May 2023)25th UVSC Logo (June 2023)26th UVSC Logo (July 2023)27th UVSC Logo (August 2023)28th UVSC Logo (September 2023)29th UVSC Logo (October 2023)30th UVSC Logo (December 2023)31st UVSC Logo (January 2024)

Since March 2021, each edition of the contest has been connected with a unique slogan. Behind each edition's logo, the slogan has meaning. The general logo spells "UnitedVision Song Contest" and used to include the state and month/year, but that changed in January 2023 when they simply used the edition number instead of the month/year. The logo used to always include a heart, but was removed in the newest design due to simplifying the design and making it more recognizable to UnitedVision.

The Generic Logo has been completely redesigned for the new year of 2023. UVSC received a new unique brand typography as well as a sleek modern design. The new logo removed the "heart" from their emblem to avoid seeming like a "Eurovision" logo. There is no "heart" for the letter V, and the fonts for "Song Contest" and "State Name & Edition Number" differ from the main "UnitedVision" typeface. This typeface wasn't changed for the first time at the start of 2024.

## Voting Information

A positional voting system determines the winner of the UnitedVision Song Contest. The most recent format, which was employed in the June 2023 event, sees each participating country receive one set of twelve, ten, eight, five, three, and one points to their favorite songs, as determined by their professional panel.

The voting system is determined by the number of participating states. The system removed the "1 Point" if six states participated. If there are less than five states, the UBU will create a special voting method for that edition, such as in August and October 2021, when only four states participated.

The UBU implemented a new voting system for the UnitedVision Song Contest platform in June 2023. The National Juries receive 12, 10, 8, 5, 3, 1 points, while Televoters receive the same 12, 10, 8, 5, 3, 1 points. Prior to June 2023, the system was criticized for being unfair because National Juries had more voting power, with 39 points to vote with, while Televoters only had 9 points to vote with. ~~In July 2023, the televotes were revealed in a new way for the first time in over a year, the four states with the lowest televote points were all revealed first, followed by the top four states that had the most televote points were all revealed afterwards together. This gave the televote process less suspense though.~~

In January 2024, the UBU unofficially announced its decision to revert to the pre-July 2023 voting system. This change involves a return to the practice of collecting Jury Points from each state individually, abandoning the method of tallying them collectively and disclosing the results simultaneously. Additionally, the Televote system has been eliminated, deemed unnecessary for viewers. Consequently, only participating broadcasters will have the privilege of casting votes in this modified system.

#### **Tie-breakers**

The current tie-break process is based on who received the most 12 points. If both states obtained the same amount of 12 points, the winner will be determined by who received the most 10 points, and so on down to 1 point. If both states receive the same number of points (12, 10, 8, 5, 3, and 1), they will be declared the contest winners.

Following the April 2021 contest, in which Minnesota and Texas tied for first place, a tie-break process was implemented. They were both declared victors because there was no tie-breaking method in effect at the time. When California and Florida tied for first place in September 2022, the tie-break process had to be applied. California was declared the winner after obtaining the most "12 Points" from each national jury.

## UnitedVision Event Information

Since March 13, 2021, 17 states have participated in the UnitedVision Contest, with 194 songs entered and 31 named winners. *(Revised: December 16, 2023)*

There wasn't any UnitedVision Song Contests for some months and they included, March 2022, May 2022, November 2022, March 2023, November 2023. The events that took place during those absence months were the UnitedVision Award Show in March 2022 and March 2023, and Junior UnitedVision in May 2022, November 2022, and November 2023.

The UBU had planned only 15 editions, but after a rise in attendance in June 2022, the UBU extended the event until the end of 2022. After another surge in attendance in December 2022, the UBU extended the show until June 2023. After the 25th editions grand final, it was announced they renewed the show for 5 more editions. The UBU added after the 20th edition that "we'll see you in 2024", meaning that there will be more editions, but wasn't clear on how many more.

## Participation

Between March 2021 and June 2023, there were 25 contests in the UnitedVision Song Contest. At least 17 states have entered the competition at least once. In 2021 the contest saw 12 states debut, 2022 saw 3 new states debut, 2023 saw 2 new states debut, and 2024 hasn't seen any new states debut at the UnitedVision Song Contest.

(This is just a chart of how many states debut and not how many states participated each edition)

## Languages

In total, at least nine different languages have been utilized in the UnitedVision Song Contest's 25 contests. English is the most commonly used language, followed by Korean/English, which is exclusively used by California.

## Other Information/Details

* On April 23rd, Both Minnesota & Texas won the competition and since there was no ( tie-breaker ) rule, they both won the UnitedVision April 2021 Song Contest.
* For the 4th edition the voting system changed when the UBU decided to add 10 points to the voting system because there were 6 states instead of the regular 5 states. But then 5 days later, It was changed back to the regular 1,3,5,8 Voting System, because one of the states withdrew from the contest.
* For the 5th edition, the voting system changed from the regular 1,3,5,8 Points to 0,4,7,9,12 Points. These new points gave Texas the highest points scored at 43 Points on the leaderboard.
* For the 6th edition, UBU decided to go through with the contest after only 4 States apply for the Song Contest. The contest required at least 5 States to participate but UBU had to change the rule after *"Low Levels of Participation".*
* For the 7th edition, UBU decided to go through with the contest again with only 4 states for the song contest.
* For the 8th edition, UBU changed the voting design and it will be more realistic. As well as let another 4 states be in the contest.
* for the 9th edition, UBU designed the show differently from all the others. Also televote came back in this edition.
* for the 10th edition, N/A
* for the 11th edition, the UBU redesign the Televoting experience and gave 3 amount of points instead of just 1 amount of points. The UBU also redesign on how they would present the songs. They made a "Jury Show", which includes every song in their full length for each states jury, each state had to be at the event. The UBU design the Jury Show to give states a better chance at winning with showing their full song instead of a snippet of a song (song previews).
* For the 12th edition, the UBU kept everything the same and didn't really change or add anything. California won its 3rd contest with a higher score of 63 Points and California was the first state to win 3 times in a row.
* On February 25, 2022 UBU announced that the 13th UnitedVision Song Contest will be on hold until April 2022, as a result to hosting the UnitedVision Award Show on March 19, 2022, The UBU said they wanted to celebrate the one year anniversary of the group by awarding the songs, states and artists from the past year.
* For the 13th edition, Texas won the event and took the record of Highest Score in the contest with 64, beating California's 63. The event had 6 states and almost 7 but Illinois forgot to apply in the time given to each state.
* On April 27, 2022 UBU announced that the 14th UnitedVision Song Contest will be on hold until June 2022, because of the 1st anniversary for JUVSC and the UBU stated that JUVSC would come back in May 2022 for its 4th edition.
* On June 25, the UBU announced that the 14th UnitedVision Song Contest would be postponed to the next day, due to the Founders "Personal IRL Issues". The event was moved from the 25th to the 26th of June.
* For the 15th edition of the show, nothing really changed, the voting slightly lost the "0 Points" due to their only be 7 states and not 8 like before in June. The venue was hard to plan due to not many auditoriums in the state of Georgia.
* For the 16th edition of the show, some rules changed like the View Limit rule and a couple of others. The voting wasn't changed from the last edition. The event had 7 states and the event was won by Texas with 60 points and the same group from June 2021 and September 2021 won it a second time, making the group "Boys World" and Texas the only group and state to win with the same group twice.
* For the 17th edition of the show, the "1 Point" from both televote and juries was removed due to only 6 states participating, meaning that they only had "3, 5, 8, 10, 12 Points" and "3, 5, 8 Points" for Juries and Televote. When counting all the votes during the Live Main Show there was a 2 state tie between California and Florida, both with 58 Points. The "Tie-Breaker" rule was put into effect, which counted how many "12 Points" was given to both California and Florida and whoever had the most "12 Points" from the other juries would win. After recounting, California came out on top with more "12 Points" from other Juries. California had 2 sets of "12 Points", while Florida had no "12 Points" awarded to their state.
* For the 18th edition of the show, nothing really big changed from the previous contest. The "1 Point" from both televote and juries was re-added after Tennessee returned from not participating in the 17th edition. Another thing that happened was that Minnesota received the worst final score by any state in the contest since March 2021, getting all of the "1 Points" from the Juries (which totaled to 6 points) and getting 0 points from the Public (televote). Also a new state, Tennessee won the contest with 68 points.
* For the 19th edition of the show, nothing really big changed from the previous contest. New Hampshire returned to the contest after a year of non-participation. The state of California won the contest with 71 points and scoring their 5th overall win, which is tied with Texas for the most amount of wins in the contest.
* For the 20th edition of the show, Ohio debuted at this contest and got the worst debut result of any state, as well as being the first state to be placed 9th. The state of Georgia won the contest with 83 points and scoring their 2nd overall win, the state beat their own record of the highest score of points. The state also left the community before it was announced that Georgia won. The UBU announced the first ever "Host Bid" which would give states the chance to host the contest.
* A lot has changed in the 21st edition of the show. Kentucky, debuted for the first time. A brand new generic logo was used and the first host bid for hosting rights took place. Minnesota won the host bid and hosted the first edition in 2023. The winner ended up being Minnesota with 67 points, and the runner-up was New Hampshire with 62 points.
* The 22nd editions saw some not great participation levels, with only having 6 states participate in the contest all together. The point system had to be changed for the first time since September 2022 because of low levels of participation, the "1 Point" had to be removed so it would fit the 6 states voting. The state of Texas won their 6th edition with the famous Boys World and gave the group their 3rd win, more than another group to have ever participated.
* The 23rd edition saw the comeback of Georgia & Kentucky as well as Ohio withdrawing. The edition had it's closest tie during the points at the Grand Final, Kentucky won by just 1 point, following Florida 2nd. The edition crowned a new state (Kentucky) as the winner which hasn't been crowned since October when Tennessee won their first contest.
* The 24th edition saw Kentucky host their first contest, as well as California returning to the contest after 5 months of non-participation. Nothing major happened this month. California was crowned the winner of the 24th edition with 71 points. California hasn't won the contest since November 2022.
* The 25th edition saw California host the edition for their 7th time, as well as Michigan debuting at the contest for the first time and Tennessee returning after not participating last month. The new voting system was used for the first time, as well as no televoters voted, making the winner chosen by just the National Juries. Massachusetts won their first ever contest, after being in and out of the contest for 27 months. Massachusetts won with a ten point lead from the second place position.
* For the 26th edition, it was hosted for the first time in Massachusetts. Ohio returned to the contest, as well as Tennessee and Michigan didn't return. The contest wasn't changed much since the last edition, but the televote process was changed for the first time since it's invention, the lowest four states were revealed first then the top four states were revealed afterwards. Texas won the contest with 78 points, estimated 93% of the vote.
* For the 27th edition, it was hosted in Texas after Texas winning the contest last edition. The edition didn't experience any major changes. The edition was quoted as the least exciting edition in a while due to the song selections as well as no televote points being handed out. The contest saw the lowest winning score since December 2021, with 50 Points for the winner, California.
* The 28th didn't bring anything new to the contest. The contest was hosted in Los Angeles, California and had 8 participating states, Florida returning and Massachusetts taking home the crown for the second time. Massachusetts won the contest with 61 points, estimated 72% of the vote. There wasn't any televoters, so the winner was determined by the votes of the National Juries.
* For the 29th edition, it was hosted in Massachusetts for the 2nd time after Massachusetts won it in September 2023. The contest had 7 participating states, just Tennessee not returning to participate. The winner was California with tripleS and scoring 51 points, another low winning score for California.
* The 30th edition was the most anticipating edition due to the amount of states and the preparations for the contest. Overall, the UBU reached out to all broadcasters and ask them to participate. A total of 9 states participated, including Illinois, which hasn't participated since the 9th edition back in November 2021. The list also included Tennessee and Kentucky returning to the contest. Overall it was Kentucky to win the contest with 72 points from the Juries and leading with 20 points in front of California, which was 2nd place.