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## UnitedVision Song Contest November 2021

**UnitedVision Song Contest 9**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest November 2021**, was the ninth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event was held in the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 20th, 2021. The show was hosted by Advisko.

Six States took part in the contest; Minnesota, Illinois, New Hampshire, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina. New Hampshire returned as well as Illinois, they returned after being banned from the contest in August 2021.

The contest was organized by the UBU and it consisted of a preview of all the songs from all 6 states, then the presenter reading out all the points from each state.

North Carolina's representative, "**JC Stewart**" with his song *"**Break My Heart**"* turned out to be the winner of the contest with 57 points. He was the tenth winner of UnitedVision and North Carolina hosted the next edition in December 2021.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Winston-Salem** is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In 2020, the population was 249,545 making it the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the fifth most populous city in North Carolina, the third largest urban area in North Carolina, and the 89th most populous city in the United States. With a metropolitan population of 679,948 it is the fourth largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly known as the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan, "Fly Freely". The official logo and branding was revealed on November 15th 2021 ; designed by Advisko. The logo font was inspired by the "Eurovision Song Contest" logo. The logo had North Carolina's flag in the middle of the heart on the logo, which spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest". The logo consisted of a pair of purple/dark wings.

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 0, 4 ,7 ,9 ,12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. Televote made a come back but was different this time, states could now participate in televote, viewers could still cast their Televote but as well as the states could as well.

### Opening and interval acts

The Opening Interval Act was the winner from last edition, "ZiBBZ" preforming their winning song "Stones". The Ending Interval Act that was last editions runner-up "LOVA" with his song "Insecurities".

### Stage design

The stage was decorated with purple for the event and also 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 70% capacity at the contest, people were only let into the venue if they were fully vaccinated or proved a negative covid-19 test in the past 24 hours, All guests still had to wear face coverings.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on November 15th, that the applications closed. On November 16th, UBU said that 6 States would be participating in the eighth edition of UnitedVision Song Contest and the states that were participating were Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire.