UVSC 30

## Vote

### Voting system

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

### Winning song

Kentucky "Santigold - Run The Road"

**UnitedVision Song Contest 30**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest December 2023**, was the thirty edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event was held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California on December 15, 2023. The show was hosted by Advisko.

9 States took part in the contest. Texas, Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, California, Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts, and Tennessee. Ohio withdrew, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee returned to the contest and no new states debuted at the contest.

The contest was organized by the UBU. The contest was partnered with UNCEIF to help with Gaza-Israel Conflict.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Costa Mesa** is a city in Orange County, California, United States. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city, one of the region's largest commercial clusters, with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light manufacturing. The city is home to the two tallest skyscrapers in Orange County.

## Format

### Visual design

The slogan for this edition was, "Elevate your Perspective". The official theme/artwork for the event was revealed on November 27, 2023. The generic logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest" with the host state and edition number in the middle at the bottom. The official logo is a big icy mountain with two other small mountains on it's sides. The mountains are colored in different shades of blue.

The UBU said in the announcement; "California has picked this theme because in every moment, there's an opportunity to rise above the ordinary and embrace a new point of view. *"Elevate Your Perspective"* is a reminder that, amidst the challenges and joys of life, there's always a higher vantage point waiting to be discovered. Embrace curiosity, seek new horizons, and let the beauty of an elevated perspective enrich your journey."

### **Voting**

The voting was 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. Again, there was no televoters this edition, the points only came from National Juries. The Jury Points were displayed in a new way, instead of going to each state to collect their points, it was combined in a "Televote" styled of vote.

### Opening and interval acts

The Interval Acts were last editions winner, tripleS with their winning song, "Generation". The other interval act that was shown near the end of the show was all of the winners from UnitedVision in 2023, It included all 9 winners from the 21st to the 29th editions.

### 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

UBU announced on November 18, that applications opened and will be open till November 28. Three days after the applications closed it was announced that 9 states would take part in the 30th edition, the list included Texas, Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, California, Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts, and Tennessee.