UVSC 25

## Vote

### Voting system

Every National Jury & Televoters awards 1, 3 ,5 ,8, 10, 12 points to other states.

### Winning song

Massachusetts "Benicio Bryant - I CAN'T DANCE TO THIS"

**UnitedVision Song Contest 25**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest June 2023**, was the twenty-fifth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event was held at the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City, California on June 25, 2023. The show was hosted by Advisko.

9 States took part in the contest. Kentucky, Minnesota, California, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Michigan debuted for the first time, Tennessee returned, and no states left the contest.

The contest was organized by the UBU. The contest was partnered with The Trevor Project to help LGBTQ+ people during Pride Month.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Culver City**, soaked in moviemaking history, features a buzzing dining and nightlife scene, which includes globally inspired eateries, gastropubs and cozy cocktail bars. Occupying the MGM lot, which dates back to 1924, Sony Pictures Studios offers behind-the-scenes tours of its legendary soundstages. Other cultural highlights include spare but sophisticated art galleries, playhouses and the storied Culver Hotel.

## Format

### Visual design

The slogan for this edition was, "Create Rhythm". The official theme/artwork for the event was revealed on June 13, 2023. The generic logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest" with the host state and edition number in the middle at the bottom. The official logo was a multi-colored radio wave. The background had light greens and blues as well as black coloring.

The UBU said in the announcement; "Melody, harmony, and rhythm are the three main components of music. Rhythm is the time pattern that music follows. Whatever other aspects a piece of music may contain, rhythm is the one essential element of all music. We sometimes find ourselves out of tune with life's rhythm, but as long as we generate rhythm, we will be alright."

### **Voting**

The voting this edition was changed to the newly created voting system. It included that both National Juries and Televoters have the same number of points (1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 Points), and that they both will vote individually, meaning that National Juries won't be voting with the Televoters.

Minutes before the show, the UBU announced that while counting the votes, they didn't receive any viewers or televote points during the voting window and that the winner would be determined on National Jury points.

### Opening and interval acts

The Interval acts were the winners from the 24th edition, XG and the runner-up last edition, Goth Babe. This wasn't confirmed until the actual event started.

### Stage design

The stage was decorated with the colors from the logo, there were decorations at the auditorium, the event did have a screen for the points and televote. Each state that participated this month, came up to the stage and sung there songs with the background visuals/props behind them on the stage.

## Participants

### Participating states

Because it was the 25th edition of the song contest, the UBU intended to have more states than ever before, and asked all broadcasters if they could participate. Later that week, when applications were closed, the UBU got something near to what they sought. 1 new state joined the song contest, along with 8 other previously established states, for a total of 9 states taking part, which is still the highest number of participants; the same number of participants as with the 20th edition back in December 2022.