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## UnitedVision Song Contest September 2022

**UnitedVision Song Contest 17**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest September 2022**, was the seventeenth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event was held at the Sacramento in California on September 24, 2022. The show was hosted by Advisko.

6 States took part in the contest. The states that took part in this contest were California, Florida, Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota. No states debuted or came back. 1 state withdrew, which was Tennessee.

The contest was originally going to be in Texas, after Texas won with Boys World but the Head of Delegation didn't wanna host the event, so the UBU asked the 2nd placer, California if they wanted to host it and they said accepted to host the event in favor of Texas's win in August 2022. The contest was organized by the UBU. The event wasn't sponsor by UNICEF.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Sacramento**, capital of the U.S. state of California, lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and American River. The district of Old Sacramento harkens back to the city’s Gold Rush era, with wooden sidewalks and wagon rides. One of several museums in Old Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum depicts the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, one of the country’s earliest technological feats.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan was "We Are United". The official logo and branding was revealed on September 4, 2022; designed by Advisko. The text logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest". The official logo was a multi-colored butterfly. The background had similar colors. The UBU said "The meaning for this month is that even if we are all different, we all still come together and become united through music. Each wing of the butterfly has different colors and patterns, which is meant to represent everyone in their own way."

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. The televote had a point upgrade to match the bottom of the Jury Points people give out 3 amount of points; which included 3, 5, 8 Points. Each point had to be given to different states and couldn't be all given to 1 state.

### Opening and interval acts

The Interval Acts were confirmed by California's Delegation to be the winners from last edition, Boys World. They didn't mention the 2nd Interval Act in their announcement but later on the California's Delegation decided that they would have, Boys World for both Interval Acts. Their winning songs from September 2021 and August 2022 would be played at the Main Show.

### Stage design

The stage was decorated with the colors from the logo, there were no 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. UBU still allowed people at the contest, but only if people proved a negative Covid-19 test in the past 48 hours, all guests still had to wear face coverings. The show had limited it's seating due to Covid-19.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on September 4, that the applications would open for the 17th edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest. On September 10, applications closed and the UBU revealed the next day on September 11 that 6 states would be participating. The 6 States were California, Florida, Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota.

2 states had returning artists, both Florida and Massachusetts. Florida had, Fiji Blue which participated before in January 2022, with their song "Wait!". Massachusetts had, Alex Sampson which participated before in August 2022, with his song "Stay Here".