JUVSC 4

## Junior UnitedVision Song Contest May 2022

**Junior UnitedVision Song Contest 4**, often referred as **Junior** **UnitedVision Song Contest May 2022**, was the fourth and first edition of the Junior UnitedVision Song Contest in 2022. The UBU decided to renew the Spin-Off edition for it's one year anniversary.

The event was held at the Moody Performance Hall in on May 29, 2022, the same date as the first contest. The show will be hosted by Advisko.

Five States took part in the contest; North Carolina, Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas, and Georgia. Tennessee made their debut this edition.

The contest was organized by the UBU. The event was sponsored by UNICEF. On May 26, the UBU put out an announcement about the Uvalde Texas School Shooting, that took place in Texas on May 24, 2022. The UBU insured that the event will still take place in Texas but will be upping the security at the event on May 29th. The UBU also provided a link to donate to the families during the event.

Texas's representative, "**Maléna**" with her song *"**Qami Qami**"* turned out to be the winner of the third contest with 53 points, beating North Carolina by 1 point. Maléna was the 4th winner of Junior UnitedVision. The 4 JUVSC editions was only won by one state, Texas.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Dallas**, a modern metropolis in north Texas, is a commercial and cultural hub of the region. Downtown’s Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza commemorates the site of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. In the Arts District, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Crow Collection of Asian Art cover thousands of years of art. The sleek Nasher Sculpture Center showcases contemporary sculpture.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan, "Make Peace". The official logo and branding was revealed on May 1, 2022; designed by Advisko. The logo had no heart, meaning there was no flag in the logo. The text logo spelled "Junior UnitedVision Song Contest". The official logo was a pink and green peace symbol with a gray, green, and pink background and spirals around the peace symbol.

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 4, 7, 9, 12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. The UBU said that there was going to be Televote and was the first Junior edition to use the 3 televote point system, having 1, 3, 5 points.

### Opening and interval acts

The Opening Interval Act was last editions winner "Enzo" preforming his winning song "Tic-Tac". There was also an Ending Interval Act which was last editions Runner-Up "Jovana and Dunja" with their song "Children's Eyes".

### Stage design

The stage wasn't decorated for the event for the first time since March 2021, they 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 24 hours, All guests still had to wear face coverings. The show only had some guests inside the auditorium due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on April 27, 2022 that applications would be open on May 6, 2022. The applications closed on May 13, 2022 and it was revealed that 5 states would take part in the 4th Junior UnitedVision Song Contest, the states were North Carolina, Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas, and Georgia. The UBU also announced that the songs and the artists will be revealed at the Jury Show on May 20th.

North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee are all bringing a first to the contest with all bringing a new language that has been sung in JUVSC or UVSC. Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian, and German haven't been used in the adult or the junior editions.