States

## The History of States

Since March 2021, 17 states have competed in the UnitedVision Song Contest at least once. The first states to ever compete were Massachusetts, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, and North Carolina. Illinois won the first ever edition.

Since May 2021, 9 states have competed in the Junior UnitedVision Song Contest at least once. The first states to ever compete were Texas, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Illinois. Texas won the first ever edition and continued that winning streak by winning 4 Junior UnitedVision Song Contests, but in the 5th edition, Texas came up 1 point short and Minnesota took the crown and defeated the winning streak by Texas.

Here are the records that each state has.

* **Texas** holds several records, the most wins in the Junior contests with 5 and the Adult contests with 8. Adding all wins together brings a total of 13 victories. In addition, Boys World was the only winner to win the tournament more than once and twice. Just recently in January 2024, they crowned the first Moroccan winner in the UnitedVision Song Contest.
* **North Carolina** has an impressive record of always finishing in the top 5 at the contests.
* **Wisconsin** has the record for the longest non-participation in the contest, 30+ months.
* **Massachusetts** has the record of having 2 broadcasters, as well as the longest off and on participation wait for a win, 27 months
* **Minnesota** has the record for the longest wait for a win in the contest, at 14 months. As well as a tied record for the lowest total score in the competition, with 6 points with Ohio.
* **Illinois** was the first state to win the contest.
* **New Hampshire** has the record of being the first state to be suspended from the competition after their delegation didn't hand in their Jury Points.
* **New Mexico** has the record of being the first state to host the UnitedVision Song Contest.
* **Colorado** hasn't participated enough to have a record.
* **Iowa** hasn't participated enough to have a record.
* **Georgia** has the record of receiving the highest amount of points, with 83.
* **California** has multiple records, like the record of getting 2nd place 4 times in a row, and the record of winning 3 times in a row. Another record is that they have crowned the first Chinese artist, Korean artist, and Japanese artist to win the UnitedVision Song Contest. As well as the only state to finish in the top 2 every edition. Lastly, the most wins with 8.
* **Tennessee** has the record for having the shortest number in their winning song.
* **Florida** has the record of the first ever African-American to win the UnitedVision Song Contest.
* **Ohio** has the record for the worst debut of any state, as well as the first state to place 9th in the contest. As well as being tied with Minnesota for the worst score in the contest at 6 points.
* **Kentucky** has the record for being the first state to win the contest without a Official Music Video or Lyric Video. This comes after the rule allowing songs to have the Audio version present instead of the MV.
* **Michigan** hasn't participated enough to have a record.

## States Information

* The first UnitedVision Songs were released On March 4th.
* UBU had Confirmed on March 13, 2021 That The Contest Would Come Back In April To Illinois.
* After The Applications Closed On April 9, 2021. It Was Announced That Wisconsin wouldn't participate In UnitedVision April 2021.
* In April 2021, Minnesota & Texas both won the 2nd UnitedVision Song Contest and were the first and last ( Joint-Winners ).
* After the April 2021 contest, a Tie-Breaker rule was made, meaning that there would never be a Joint-Winner ever again.
* In May 2021, North Carolina won the 3rd UnitedVision Song Contest.
* Also in May 2021, Minnesota Hosted Both UnitedVision Song Contest & The first ever Junior UnitedVision Song Contest.
* Wisconsin Decided to come back but a week later, withdrew from the contest on June 17, 2021.
* On June 27, 2021 UBU announced that Colorado will be competing in July 2021.
* On July 9, 2021 UBU announced that Iowa will be competing in July 2021.
* On July 17, 2021 Texas won the 5th UnitedVision Song Contest.
* On August 20, 2021 Minnesota won the 6th UnitedVision Song Contest
* On September 7, 2021 UBU announced that Illinois is banned from the contest until November 2021.
* Also On September 7, 2021 UBU announced that New Hampshire would not take part in September 2021.
* On September 17, 2021 Texas won the 7th UnitedVision Song Contest
* On October 1, 2021 UBU announced that Georgia and New Hampshire would take part in JUVSC October 2021.
* On October 8, 2021, Texas won the 2nd Junior UnitedVision Song Contest. Making it the only state to win JUVSC.
* On November 20, 2021 North Carolina won the 9th UnitedVision Song Contest.
* On December 13, 2021 UBU announced that California would take part in the 10th UVSC in December 2021.
* On December 18, 2021 California won the 10th UnitedVision Song Contest, The state is the only state (besides Illinois) to win on their debut edition.
* On December 30 & 31, 2021 UBU had a party to celebrate the year of UVSC in 2021. The party consisted of All the songs, winning moments, and more.
* On January 22, 2022 California won the 11th UnitedVision Song Contest, The state was the first state to win above 60 points.
* On February 19, 2022 California was the first state to win three times in a row. The won the 12th UnitedVision Song Contest and beat their own record of how many points scored at UVSC with 63 points, in April 2022, Texas beat that record with 64 Points.
* 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!
* On April 23, 2022, Texas won the 13th UnitedVision Song Contest, beating out California's winning streak and becoming the state with the most points giving out to a single state with 64 Points.
* On May 29, 2022, Texas won the 4th Junior UnitedVision Song Contest, winning 4 times in a row. The UBU had to make a rule that limits each state to only winning 3 times in a row, due to Texas winning the contest 4 times.
* On June 26, 2022, Georgia won the 14th UnitedVision Song Contest, and beat the highest record of how many points scored at UVSC with 82 Points. Also the event had the highest participation ever, beating the 6 participations that had been with almost every edition.
* On July 30, 2022, Florida won the 15th UnitedVision Song Contest, and is another state winning for the first time. The state of Florida was leading with 10 points and won the contest with 70, the highest for Florida. The UBU announced that due to increase in participation, they would continue with UVSC until the end of 2022.
* On August 17, 2022, Texas won the 16th UnitedVision Song Contest, the state now has the most wins out of any other states with 5 wins total. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th placements were all 1 point behind each other, it was the closest race to win in the history of the contest. The winning group, Boys World, was the first group to win 2 times in the contest, first in September 2021 and now in August 2022.
* On September 24, 2022, California won the 17th UnitedVision Song Contest. It was tied with Florida, but after counting how many "12 Points" both states received, California had 2 more sets of "12 Points" then Florida and won.
* On October 22, 2022, Tennessee won the 18th UnitedVision Song Contest. This is Tennessee's first win the song contest. They won with 68, 8 points ahead of the runner-up, California.
* On November 5, 2022, Minnesota won the 5th and final Junior UnitedVision Song Contest, beating Texas by 1 point and defeating Texas's winning streak and crown of JUVSC. This was the last edition of the Junior UnitedVision Song Contest and the UBU made that clear.
* On December 4, 2022 UBU announced that Ohio would take part in UVSC December 2022.
* On December 13, 2022 The Georgia Delegation left and became inactive. Later on that day, Georgia won the 20th edition of the song contest.
* On January 7, 2023 UBU announced that Minnesota would take over hosting duties for Georgia's delegation for the 21st edition in January 2023.
* On January 19, 2023 UBU revealed the new generic logo for 2023.
* On January 20, 2023 UBU announced that Kentucky would take part in UVSC January 2023. The UBU also announced that California wasn't going to participate in the upcoming contest.
* On January 28, 2023 Minnesota won the 21st edition of the song contest.
* On February 25, 2023 Texas won the 22nd edition of the contest, and securing their 6th overall win with the group that now has won 3 times, Boys World.
* On April 17, 2023 UBU announced that Georgia & Kentucky would take part in UVSC April 2023.
* On April 29, 2023 Kentucky won the 23rd edition and their first ever win in the contest.
* On May 16, 2023 UBU announced that California would return to the contest after 5 Months.
* On May 27, 2023 California won the 24th edition and their first ever win in over 5 months, as well as their first win in 2023.
* On June 13, 2023 UBU announced during the participation list for the 25th edition that Michigan would debut for the first time.
* On June 25, 2023 Massachusetts won the 25th edition and their first ever win in the contest, waiting more than 27 months for a win.
* On July 22, 2023 Texas won the 26th edition, getting their seventh win in the contest.
* On August 25, 2023 California won the 27th edition, getting their seventh win in the contest and tying with Texas for the most wins.
* On September 23, 2023 Massachusetts won the 28th edition of the contest, getting their second win after winning their first win three months ago.
* On October 25, 2023 California won the 29th edition of the song contest, getting their eighth win at the contest, more wins than anyone else.
* On December 1, 2023 UBU announced that Illinois would be returning after not participating since November 2021.
* On December 15, 2023 Kentucky won the 30th edition of the song contest, receiving their 2nd win in the competition.
* On January 19, 2024 Texas won the 31st edition of the song contest with the first Moroccan artist to win the contest, receiving 52 points and securing their 8th win.