AstroVision America Song Festival 2

"United As One"

## Dates

Semi Finals : November, 12th 2023

Grand Final : December, 5th 2023

## Host

Venue : Bridgestone Arena Nashville, United States

Hosts : Carson Daly, Kelly Clarkson & Terry Crews

Broadcaster : NBC

## Participants

Number of entries : 36

Debuting countries : American Samoa , Bahamas , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Greenland , Guam , Indonesia , Paraguay , Saint Lucia

Returning countries : None

Non-returning countries : Algeria , Barbados , Bolivia , Costa Rica , Saint Kitts & Nevis , Suriname

## Winner

Winner : **Venezuela** Mystery Skulls - *"Dream Come True"*

Points : 199

The **AstroVision America Song Festival #2**, often shortened **AVASF #2**, is the second edition of the American spin-off of the AstroVision Song Festival, a European-based fan contest.

This edition will be hosted in the United States by the American national broadcaster NBC.

## Host & Organization

Following the win of the **United States**  in AVASF #1 brought by Bad Omens with their song "The Death Of Peace Of Mind", it was announced that the United States would host the next edition of the AstroVision America Song Festival.

After their confirmation as the host for the edition, the national broadcaster NBC began on October, 18th 2023 their internal search for their venue. Many venues submitted a candidature, including several ones from a same city, but 10 venues were retained for discussion with only one venue allowed per city. On October, 19th, it was announced that five of these venues made it through the second phase of the selection process, and then two were retained for the last phase : the Delta Center of Salt Lake City and the Bridgestone Arena of Nashville.

 Selected venue for hosting AVASF #2

 Venue which was eliminated in the third phase of the selection process

 Venue which was eliminated in the second phase of the selection process

 Venue which was eliminated in the first phase of the selection process

     After the internal voting process, on October, 20th 2023 it was announced that the second edition of the AstroVision America Song Festival would be hosted in the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, United States.

         On the same day, the broadcaster revealed both the theme art for this edition. The theme represents the map of the United States, host country of this edition, represented with many light blocks, some of these shining with distinct colors and linked to two chains of blocks representing in a minimalistic way the rest of America and the World connecting together with the USA for the time of the show. The slogan of this edition is "United As One" ("Unis Comme Un" in French), which refers to the artwork and this edition's message of unity for not only the 50 states but the whole world. The stage design is composed of a 35-meter-long and 12-meter-high curved background screen with projectors incrusted in it and surrounded by three LED frames of the same shape. It is along with two suspended LED bows and four LED bars on top of it, all going through the audience. The ground part is composed of another massive LED bow, and a standing part made out of two circular-shaped podiums made of screens and surrounded by LED circles, as well as a trapezoidal-shaped catwalk also made of screens and surrounded by LEDs which goes through the audience and finishes the stage design. The American broadcaster NBC justifies this stage design as *"simple yet sublime, a perfect balance to produce a show of high quality as the United States know how to do them"*.

## Contest

### Returning Artists

Five artists were confirmed to take part again to an AstroVision contest.

### Semifinals

The AVBU announced that 36 countries would participate in the second edition of the AstroVision America Song Festival.

**American Samoa** , **Bahamas** , **Dominican Republic** , **Ecuador** , **El Salvador** , **Greenland** , **Guam** , **Indonesia** , **Paraguay**  and **Saint Lucia**  enter the contest for the first time.

**Barbados** , **Bolivia** , **Costa Rica** , **Saint Kitts & Nevis**  and **Suriname**  announced their withdrawal from the contest.

**Indonesia**  was announced as this edition's Guest Country by the broadcaster NBC, taking over last edition's Guest Algeria .

On November, 11th 2023, the AVBU revealed the running orders for the two semifinals of the AVASF #2. They have been decided through three randomizations : 5 pots, 4 halves and 2 official running orders.

The two Semifinals open on a postcard of the United States. Before every song, a postcard of an American city is displayed. Each country had a specific city attributed to them, according to their population size. Each city shown in these clips is the largest city of its respective state in terms of inhabitants.

 Peru  | Philadelpha, Pennsylvania

Results for the semifinals were revealed on November, 26th 2023. 10 countries qualified from each semifinal.

#### Semi Final 1

 Qualified for the Grand Final

Not qualified for the Grand Final

 Last place in the Semifinal

 -75% points penalty

#### Semi Final 2

 Qualified for the Grand Final

Not qualified for the Grand Final

 Last place in the Semifinal

 -75% points penalty

### Grand Final

On November, 27 2023, the AVBU revealed the running order for the Grand Final of the AVASF #2. It has been decided through three randomizations : 4 pots, 2 halves and 1 running order

The voting scores reveal changed for this edition : each country got awarded their global score, with then the jury/televote repartition, all in one phase.

After every country received their global scores, it was announced that **Venezuela**  was the winner of the second edition of the AstroVision America Song Festival, with a global score of 199 points. **Falkland Islands**  finished in second place with 198 points. **Canada** File:Caanda.png finished in third place with 172 points, followed by **American Samoa** , **Brazil**  and **Puerto Rico**  to complete the top 6, which will be prequalified for the upcoming AVASF #3 Grand Final.

 Country which finished in first place

 Country which finished in second place

 Country which finished in third place

 Country which is prequalified for the next edition

 Countries which are tied in points

 Country which finished in last place

 -50% points penalty