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## UnitedVision Song Contest August 2022

**UnitedVision Song Contest 16**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest August 2022**, will be the sixteenth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event will be held at the Walt Disney Theatre, at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida on August 27, 2022. The show will be hosted by Advisko.

7 States took part in the contest. The states that took part in this contest were Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Florida. 1 state returned which was Tennessee. No states debuted and 1 state, North Carolina withdrew for the first time since joining the contest in March 2021. New Hampshire was going to comeback after almost a 10 month break but then pulled out last minute.

The contest will be organized by the UBU as well as be sponsored by UNICEF.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Orlando**, a city in central Florida, is home to more than a dozen theme parks. Chief among its claims to fame is Walt Disney World, comprised of parks like the Magic Kingdom and Epcot, as well as water parks. Another major destination, Universal Orlando, offers Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter straddling both.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan was "Travel The World". The official logo and branding was revealed on August 5, 2022; designed by Advisko. The text logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest". The official logo was a green travel pin with the earth in the center. The background had similar colors but more darker greens in it. The UBU said "The theme represents that we should travel the world to experience other peoples cultures and to be respectful."

### **Voting**

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

### Opening and interval acts

Usually the Opening Interval Acts are both the Winner and Runner-Up from last edition, but UBU has not decided on that for the upcoming events.

### Stage design

The stage was decorated with the colors from the logo and also had graphics on the wall above the stage for the event and had 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 August 4, that the applications would open for the 16th edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest on August 7, and would be open till August 13, only giving each state to pick a entry in a week. Applications opened official on August 7 and closed as planned on August 13, The UBU revealed the next day on August 14 that 7 states would be participating and one of the first debuting states, North Carolina won't be participating ever again, UBU congratulated them and thanked for them joining the UVSC Family. The 7 States were Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Florida.

Minnesota & Florida used Profanity in their entries but the UBU edited them to be "cleaned" and not to have any profanity due to the rules.

Texas won with Boys World, which was the group that won in September 2021 with "Something In The Water". Boys World is the first group to win 2 times in the contest.