OVSC2

## Voting

### System

Each country awards a set of 1 - 7 points, followed by 8, 10 and 12 points for their top 3 favourite songs

### Winner

 Denmark
 "Lights" by Alba August

After their win in Birmingham, the Californian city of Los Angeles will host the second OrbisVision Song Contest.

37 countries have so far confirmed their participation, with 20 making their debut!

The contest will consist of 3 shows, two semi-finals and a Grand Final.

The winner was Denmark with the song "Lights" by Alba August. Denmark became the first European winner of the contest and the first Scandanavian country to win.

## Location

### Host city

**Los Angeles**, city, seat of Los Angeles county, located in southern California, United States. It is the second most populous city and metropolitan area (after New York City) in the United States.

The city sprawls across a broad coastal plain situated between mountains and the Pacific Ocean; the much larger Los Angeles county, which encompasses the city, contains some 90 other incorporated cities, including Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Long Beach.

The county also encompasses two of the Channel Islands, Santa Catalina and San Clemente; Mount San Antonio, familiarly known as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, 10,046 feet high; more than 900 square miles of desert; and 75 miles of seacoast.

Los Angeles, the heart of southern California, became a world-class city very recently. At the start of the 20th century it was considered merely “a large village.”

This ascendancy is all the more remarkable considering that the city originally lacked some of the essential building blocks associated with cityhood, such as a natural harbour.

Yet it overcame natural deficiencies and established itself as an important centre of commerce, agriculture, tourism, and industry.

For more than a century it has been indelibly associated with a benign climate, extensive leisure, and outdoor recreation, as well as the special aura of celebrity associated with Hollywood.

The lifestyle of Los Angeles residents (who are called Angelenos) relies on the automobile, idealizes the single-family dwelling, and favours informality.

With notable exceptions, the skyline is primarily horizontal rather than vertical. Los Angeles is a place of extraordinary ethnic and racial diversity, owing largely to immigration, and, like other world cities, it reflects a growing gap between rich and poor.

Los Angeles has endured the barbs of many detractors. Critics refer to it either as a laid-back “la-la land” or, conversely, as a place reeling from earthquakes, fire, smog, gang warfare, and riots.

The city’s defenders admire its mild climate and geographic variety. They claim that its major social problems are similar to those of all big cities and are perhaps even less severe there than elsewhere. In fact, some observers regard it as the most modern and quintessential American city.

LA has also hosted major events such as the MTV Video Music Awards, the Super Bowl (which it has hosted 7 times and will host an 8th time in 2022), and is also a three-time Olympic city as it hosted in 1932 and 1984 and will host again in 2028.

### Venue

The Kia Forum (formerly The Forum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inglewood, adjecent to LA. It's located northwest to the newly-built SoFi Stadium, one of the main stadiums for the 2028 Summer Olympics and the Hollywood Park Casino, about 3 miles east of the LAX Airport.

The Kia Forum achieved its greatest fame as home to the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League from 1967 to 1999, when both teams joined the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers (who had played at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena) at the new Staples Center. The Forum was also the home of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks from 1997 to their 2001 move to Staples Center.

Opening on December 30, 1967, the Forum was an unusual and groundbreaking structure. Architect Charles Luckman's vision was brought to life by engineers Carl Johnson and Svend Nielsen, who were able to engineer the structure so that it had no major support pillars. This had previously been unheard of in an indoor arena the size of the Forum.

Alongside Madison Square Garden in New York City, The Forum was once one of the best-known indoor sports venues in the U.S., largely due to the Lakers' success and the Hollywood celebrities often seen there.

It was the site of the 1972 and 1983 NBA All-Star Games, the 1981 NHL All-Star Game, 1984 Olympic basketball, and the Big West Conference (from 1983 to 1988) and 1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournaments. The venue also hosted tennis and boxing matches, as well as major music concerts and political events.

It has also hosted the MTV Video Music Awards twice in 2014 and 2017, as well as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2015, 2016 and 2018. It will host the gymnastics events at the 2028 Summer Olympics.

As of April 4th 2022, the arena got a new naming rights with Korean car maker Kia and was immediately renamed as the Kia Forum.

### Bidding process

After the USA's win and NBC's immediate appointment as host broadcaster, they selected 9 venues in various cities across the United States. Later on, this was narrowed down to 3 before Los Angeles was eventually chosen by NBC as the host city for OVSC2.

The table below features the shortlisted venues, highlighted in red. The chosen host venue is highlighted in blue.

## Participating countries

### Semi-final 1

The Dominican Republic, Honduras and the United States voted in this semi-final. Qualifiers are highlighted in blue.

### Semi-final 2

Cuba, the United Kingdom and Mexico voted in this semi-final. Qualifiers are highlighted in blue.