Mearthvision Song Contest 218

The **Mearthvision Song Contest 218** was the nineteenth edition of the annual Mearthvision Song Contest. It took place in Sydinie, Bisini, following the country's victory at the 217 contest with the song "Cover It in Black" by Izzy and Dig. Organised by the International Broadcasting Union (IBU) and host broadcaster the Bisinish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Sydinie Arena, and consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 11 May and a final on 14 May 218. The two live shows were hosted by television presenters Amelia Colling, Emilia Holt, Ariana Barrett, Ava Hughes and Olivia Fox. Colling and Holt previously presented the 201 and 217 editions while Barrett also presented the contest in 217.

Thirty-one countries took part in the contest, a record increase of ten. Aimol, Borikamsk, Brumund, Chepulisk, Kirovkaria, Kumeretsia, Levocia, Roznikia, Warelern and Yurod made their debut, all having gained independence in 217. A pre-qualifying round consisting of the ten debuting countries, in which five qualified for the final, was held to compensate for this sharp increase.

The winner was Dania with the song "Un chœur du cœur", performed by Lucille Delcroix and written by Delcroix, Alex Pascal and Jennifer Poincaré. This was Dania's first victory in the contest, having participated in every single previous contest – its win ended a 19-year winless drought, the longest any country had to wait for a victory – this record had previously been achieved by Lincly in 214 – leaving South Yelsiva as the only country to have taken part in every contest without winning. Warelern, Brumund, Russanplon and Jolivan rounded out the top five, with Warelern scoring the best position ever for a debuting country (discounting 200). Jolivan also achieved its tenth top-five placement in a row, and fifteenth overall. Bisini finished in tenth place, thereby achieving the worst result for a host country since 213.

Dania, in addition, achieved the most points for a winning song, with 446, compared to the previous record of 372 achieved by Bisini in 217. However, these points are not comparable due to the increase in participants from 21 to 31 between these editions, as well as the fact that not every participating and voting country took part in the final. This was the first time since the introduction of the televote in 215 that the winner placed first in jury voting but not televoting; Warelern was the televote winner. Both Dania's jury and televote score of 236 and 210 and Warelern's televote score of 241 also broke records, the latter being the most televoting points received in the contest's history to date.

The IBU reported that the contest had a record-breaking television audience of 350 million viewers in 29 markets, an increase of 20 million viewers from the previous edition, with an increase of five percent in the 15–24 year old age range. This vast increase has been attributed to the introduction of the PQR as well as the 10-country increase in participants. A total of 40 million viewers watched the contest online on YouTube and Vuzu.

## Location

The 218 contest took place in Sydinie, Bisini, following the country's victory at the 217 edition with the song "Cover It in Black" performed by Izzy and Dig. It was the third time that Bisini hosted the contest, having previously done so for the 201 and 217 contests, held in Sydinie and Wesilu respectively. The selected venue was the 16,000-seat Sydinie Arena, a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Eastern District, which serves as a venue for events including concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences and sports (mainly basketball and netball). Sydinie Arena hosted multiple games of the 210 IFBA World Cup, including the final.

In addition to the main venue, the host city also organised side events in tandem with the contest. The Mearthvision Village was the official Mearthvision Song Contest fan and sponsors area during the event weeks, where it was possible to watch performances by contest participants and local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. It was located in Ron Delgado Plaza and open from 7 to 14 May 218. The MearthClub, which took place across seven different locations in Sydinie, hosted the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. The "Turquoise Carpet" and Opening Ceremony events, where the contestants and their delegations were presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at the Sydinie Cruise Terminal on 8 May 218.

### Bidding phase

By tradition, Bisini received the right to host the Mearthvision Song Contest after the country won the competition in 217. As the country had hosted that contest, there were predictions that the BBC did not want to have to deal with the finances for another contest. However, soon after their win, the BBC announced that Bisini would host the 218 contest.

Between 23 and 29 May 217, many cities across Sydinie expressed interest in hosting the contest. Representatives, including mayors and council members, from the cities of Wesilu, Sydinie, Maldisive, Silversands, Linqua and Harriton, voiced their interest, with Julia East, the mayor of Wesilu, announcing that they were interested in hosting the contest again at Two Wesilu, underlining plans to reuse much of the production used in the 217 edition, such as the stage or green room, to save on costs. The port city of Tarkatta joined the bid stage on 14 June 217, with renovation work on the Tarkatta Dome planned, while Jadea joined on 28 June.

Host broadcaster the BBC launched the bidding process on 7 July 217. In the first phase of this process, any interested cities were to present their bid by 12 July, after which the BBC and the IBU would proceed to send all of them a bid book with more detailed requirements for the cities to submit their plans for review.

On 13 July 217, the BBC announced that 8 cities had submitted their bid for hosting the contest and would be provided the following day with the bid books. They had until 4 August 217 to draft and submit their detailed plans, which 5 cities did. On 24 August 217, it was reported that Sydinie and Wesilu would be the cities that remain in the running to host the contest.

The choice among them was meant to be announced by the end of August; however, this did not happen, and in mid-September it was announced that there were delays and the BBC wanted "make 100% sure that they hade made the right decision". On 8 October 218, the IBU and the BBC announced Sydinie as the host city with the Sydinie Arena as venue.

**Key:**
 †  Host venue
 ‡  Shortlisted
     Presented the bid book

## Participating countries

On 20 October 217, the IBU announced that 31 countries would participate in the 218 contest. The list included all countries that participated in the 217 contest, along with Aimol, Borikamsk, Brumund, Chepulisk, Kirovkaria, Kumeretsia, Levocia, Roznikia, Warelern and Yurod, who made their debut. These ten countries accepted the IBU's "independence present", allowing them to participate in two consecutive editions without becoming an Active Member of the IBU. The broadcasters of Belorenovo, Morgut, Novomkia and Raknusia did not accept the offer.

### Returning artists

The contest featured seven representatives who also previously performed as lead artists for the same countries. Bernhard Schubert represented Plos in 214; Sonia del Valle, Sofia Sanhueza and Maria Isabel Castrillón represented the United Republic in 213; Luna Romero represented Yelsiva in 212 alongside Alfonso Santander and Ruben Paéz; and Fólk and Oddsteinn Ástbjörnsson represented Tontin in 209 and 208 respectively, the latter of which performed alongside Victor Þjóðreksson. In addition, Maurycy Rozwadowski, who had provided backing vocals for Karolina Mielcarek, Zdzisława Kowalczyk and Wanessa Gwozdz in 215, 216 and 217, respectively, returned as a lead artist.

## Production

The Mearthvision Song Contest 218 was produced by the Bisinish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Much of the production team of the 217 contest returned, including Samuel Balton and Julia Cross as executive producers and Matthias Franklin, Ingrid Blake and Georgia O'Ree as the directors of the two live shows. Harold Wilkins replaced Marjorie Smith-Sampson as head of the show, while Marc and Daniel DeLeese served as deputy executive producers, replacing Jessica Brooks, Sarah Frankson and George Stanford and Jack Andreas served as artistic director for the opening and interval acts.

The budget of the show was around $27 million, with $10 million allocated in case of cost overruns. $3 million of this budget was leftover money from the 217 contest. Unspent money is intended to be distributed to multiple businesses and municipalities in and around the Sydinie area.

### Visual design

The theme art and slogan for the contest, "Us", was unveiled on 21 January 218. The slogan is based on multiple factors, such as community and teamwork. There was also influence taken from Bisini's three victories, all of which had come from duos (Izzy and Dig and Joel and Donna), and how working together is "an essential factor at the Mearthvision Song Contest". "Us", at only two characters, is the shortest slogan at the contest, a purposeful decision to represent how "it is not necessary to say much to mean a lot". As with 217, Wesilu-based graphic design company Bloxi designed the contest's theme art, and is purposely vague with multiple interpretations, such as a group hug or a huddle. Bloxi noted that it was "completely different" from 217's art, which they attributed to the contest's evolution and uniqueness.

### Presenters

Television presenters Amelia Colling, Emilia Holt, Ariana Barrett, Ava Hughes and Olivia Fox were the presenters of the 218 contest. Colling and Holt presented both the 201 and 217 editions of the contest, while Barrett also presented the 217 edition. Hughes and Fox had co-presented BBC One's *The Tunes Down Under* between 212 and 216. The announcement was made in a special video on 2 February to celebrate 100 days until the final, after Ingrid Blake confirmed the presenters would be revealed that day on 29 January. With five presenters, the contest had the most in the history of the contest.

The "Turquoise Carpet" and Opening Ceremony events were hosted by Marcus Richonci, Caroline Caterine, Charles Preston and Laura Peal. Preston and Peal also moderated the contest's press conferences.

### Stage design

The stage design for the 218 contest was revealed on 18 February 218. Designed by Wesilu-based stage designer Francine Parkins (who had also designed the stage for the 217 contest), its features took influence from the contest's visual design and slogan. For example, a runway, modeled after two hands, reached out from the sides of the stage, the palms serving as a small second stage. In addition, the design featured a giant LED screen which was able to be manipulated into different shapes and opened to allow people to go to and from the green room. Parkins also served as a design consultant for the stage designs for the 201, 207, 208 and 215 contests.

### Opening and interval acts

On 30 April 218, the IBU released information about the opening and interval acts.

The pre-qualifying round was opened by a musical number performed by the Sydinie Philharmonic Orchestra relating to the theme of community and unity, while the interval featured a medley of "For Your Eyes", "Skeleton Man" and "Watermelon" performed by DJ Dusti alongside singers Pat Browner and Christian Lake, and Joel and Donna performing their winning song "Acceptatie".

The final was, similarly to 217, opened by "Welcome", performed by Outside In. It accompanied the traditional flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, and co-presenters Ava Hughes and Olivia Fox also performed a medley of remixes of Rob Green's "Skies" and XPlayYa's "Road to the World". Both were be remixed by Dusti. The interval acts included Izzy and Dig performing their winning songs "Animals" and "Cover It in Black" as well as their new single "Your Broken Spirit", Alice Quin performing "Killing Me More" and Gabriella Anderson performing "One in a Million".

Both the intervals of the pre-qualifying round and the final included "Mearthquizzion", a two-part short video parodying game shows such as *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?* and *Money Pit,* presented by Julia Stanley, the most recent host of the Bisinish version of *Millionaire.* It featured a "contestant" called Jon (portrayed by comedian Brad Bucky) who claimed to be the "biggest Mearthvision fan this side of Porta Bay". Jon was questioned on very obscure Mearthvision facts, most of which were considered to be almost impossible.

## Format

### Pre-qualifying round

With a sharp increase in debuting countries, the IBU announced on 20 October 217, the same day that the list of participating countries was revealed, that a pre-qualifying round would be held. The 21 countries who took part in 217 automatically qualified for the final, while the 10 debuting countries took part in the PQR. All 31 participating countries voted, and 5 countries qualified for the final, bringing the participating countries in the final to 26.

### Change in voting system and presentation

On 28 April 218, the IBU announced that the voting system would be altered for the pre-qualifying round, as the voting system awarding two sets of 12, 10 and 8–1 points from each country in the jury and televote would not work with only ten countries. Instead, the voting system used was the same basic principle as is used in the preliminary rounds of *The Song of Lincly*: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 points would be presented to seven songs. Two sets of these points were awarded by each country, the first from a professional jury and the second from viewers. The voting system did not change in the final.

To save time in the final, each spokesperson only announced the countries scoring 8, 10 and 12 points, with the points ranging from 7–1 immediately appearing on screen. To increase suspense and consider the five countries that did not qualify, the spokesperson from each country's jury announced their country's 8, 10 and 12 points in an order randomised by an algorithm, although Bisini, as host country, presented their points last. In addition, the previous year's host is intended to present their votes first in the future; since Bisini hosted the contest twice, this did not happen for 218.

### Allocation draw

The draw to determine the participating countries' halves took place on 25 January 218 at 12:00 BST, in the Southwest Wing of Sydinie City Hall. Both the countries automatically qualified to the final and the debuting countries taking part in the PQR were allocated into halves in two separate draws. The ceremony was hosted by Patricia Wane and Peter Granger. It included the ceremonial passing of the host city insignia from Julia East, the mayor of previous host city Wesilu, to Edgar Beatrice, the mayor of Sydinie.

### Postcards

The "postcards" were 40-second video introductions shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next contestant to perform their entry. Filmed between February and April, and directed by Killian Orchard, the 218 postcards were based on the "Us" theme of the contest. The BBC produced the postcards in co-operation with Stanston-based amateur film company Tiger Films. The filming locations were unique to each country and, for the automatic finalists, differed from their 217 postcards. Each participating artist took part in various activities in their community, such as athletics competitions and sandcastle building. The following locations were used for each country:

* Aimol – Pranden, Nosini
* Avino – Silversands Beach, Silversands, East Kingsland
* Bisini – Tarkatta Dome, Tarkatta, West Kingsland
* Borikamsk – Seunda Abbey, Seunda, Georgia
* Brumund – Mount Basen, Sandsta Valley
* Canadina – Aquatics and Watersports Centre, Maldisive, Nosini
* Chepulisk – Afrada, Hansvania
* Dania – Linqua South Stadium, Linqua, Nosini
* Easatloa – Eylina, Southwestern Bisini
* Fernit – Linclana Suburbs, Sydinie, Nosini
* Jolivan – Miracla Rock Castle, Miracla, Hansvania
* Joliwe – Rewaham Solar Plant, Rewaham, East Kingsland
* Kirovkaria – Luisa Tower, Wesilu, Bisinish Capital Territory
* Kumeretsia – Monteva National Park, East Kingsland
* Levocia – Romiana, West Kingsland
* Lincly – Mall of Bisini, Sydinie, Nosini
* Lincon – Gawlaide Square, Wesilu, Bisinish Capital Territory
* Maro – Tarkatta Village, Tarkatta, West Kingsland
* Noda – Rowana Plaza, Sydinie, Nosini
* Northern States of Caronana – Leahana, Nosini
* Plos – Basen Falls, Mount Basen, Sandsta Valley
* Porta – Sydinie Promenade, Sydinie, Nosini
* Rinasine – Ghastly Rocks, Georgia
* Roznikia – Monty Ray's Park, Maldisive, Nosini
* Russanplon – Dokakasi Salt Flats, Dokakasi, Sandsta Valley
* South Yelsiva – Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydinie, Nosini
* Tontin – Turason, Georgia
* United Republic – Malamalama, Sandsta Valley
* Warelern – Maldisive Gardens, Maldisive, Nosini
* Yelsiva – Maca Ruins, Maca and Petora, Georgia
* Yurod – Bardon, St. Marco, Hansvania

## Contest overview

### Pre-qualifying round

The pre-qualifying round took place on 11 May 218 at 21:00 (BDT). Ten countries participated in the round. Those countries plus the automatic qualifiers voted in the round. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

     Qualifiers

### Final

The final took place on 14 May 218 at 21:00 (BDT). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all thirty-one participating countries eligible to vote.

     Winner

## Detailed voting results

### Pre-qualfiying round

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the final. Countries in **bold** gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries

12 points awarded by televoting

#### Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 8, 10 and 12-point scores from their respective country's national jury in the following order:

1. Lincon – John O'Harris
2. Jolivan – Tanji-kun
3. Rinasine – Aleksander Tarłów
4. Warelern – Jacoliene Smit
5. Borikamsk – Lera Fanina
6. South Yelsiva – Ernesto Nores
7. Yelsiva – Leila Japón
8. Northern States of Caronana – Eric Man
9. Porta – Lucy Cox
10. Maro – Leonilda De Luise
11. Joliwe – Juan Martin Tenorio
12. Brumund – Sara Ulvestad
13. Chepulisk – Polikarp Bury
14. Roznikia – Tikhon Perevalov
15. United Republic – Visitación Canez
16. Yurod – Lenora Pichushkina
17. Easatloa – Julius Ducke
18. Aimol – DiJana
19. Levocia – Vejas Lape
20. Canadina – Myla McCrae
21. Kirovkaria – Karl Ananyev
22. Russanplon – Adam Teretev and Ruslana Lyasina
23. Avino – Sylviane Ange
24. Tontin – Liljar Mörðsson
25. Plos – Danny Parmentier
26. Noda – Leslie Pugh
27. Lincly – Vixens
28. Kumeretsia – Alma Popova
29. Fernit – Henry Miyazaki
30. Dania – Alex Pascal
31. Bisini – Stanley Ash

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Mearthvision Song Contest*

Eligibility for potential participation in the Mearthvision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active IBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Mearthvision network, except for those who accept the "independence present", granting them participation in the contest for two editions as associate members.

### Active IBU members

* Halsivon – On 15 May 217, a week before the 217 contest, Halsivese broadcaster TV Khelsivon confirmed that they had no intention on returning in 218. Halsivon last took part in 216.

### Non-IBU members

* Belorenovo – RB, Belorenovo's public broadcaster, confirmed on 11 September 217 that they would not debut in 218 without elaborating further.
* Morgut – In September 217, Morgut's public broadcaster YİTV stated that it was unlikely that they would debut in the contest citing the high costs of participation. It was later announced on 5 March 218 that, in addition, the country broadcaster wanted to debut directly as an Active Member instead of simply accepting the "independence present", which they noted as "tedious" and meaning that they would not be able to debut in time for the deadline. However, they broadcasted the contest and aim to debut in 219.
* Raknusia – Vitaliy Uspensky, the director general of Raknusian national broadcaster Raknusian Radio and Television Corporation (RRTC), confirmed in September 217 that they were in talks with the IBU about the country debuting in 218. However, Raknusia did not appear on the final list of participants released by the IBU. While the country was offered the "independence present", they may have wanted to debut as an Active Member instead, similarly to Morgut.

## Broadcast

All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing an insight about the show and voting information to their local audience. They must broadcast both the pre-qualifying round and the final, although most broadcasters will air both shows with different programming plans (for example, the pre-qualifying round may be broadcast on a different channel to the final, or the broadcaster may choose to air only the final on radio). Similarly, some non-participating broadcasters may still want to air the contest.

The International Broadcasting Union provided international live streams of the pre-qualifying round and the final through their official YouTube and Vuzu channels with no commentary.

**Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries**

### Viewing figures

According to the IBU, in total 350 million people watched at least a minute of the television broadcasts, and 40 million people watched the online broadcasts.

## Incidents

### Rehearsal stage malfunction

During the first day of rehearsals in Sydinie on 30 April 218, Bisinish newspaper *The Waves* reported the movable LED screen was experiencing technical difficulties, with it not being able to move as freely as intended. The paper also reported that the malfunction would affect first rehearsals but would be able to be fixed in time for the second rehearsals. Several delegations were forced to temporarily revise their staging plans, and the malfunction especially affected the delegations of Borikamsk, Yurod and Easatloa, whose staging heavily utilised the LED screen.

### Accusations of bad language from Pikut

At 11:30 BDT on 13 May 218, the day before the final, Russanplonese-language newspaper *The Arts* released an interview with the Kirovkarian representative Pikut to their official website that had been recorded the night prior. He gave his opinions on each song in the pre-qualifying round as well as multiple songs in the final, including "Liar", the Brumundian entry performed by Lisa Treschow. The interview was translated into Linclian by Mearthvision fan site MearthvisionFree.com and was released at 15:30. The translation contained many spelling errors, leading many fans to believe the interview was machine-translated. Pikut's opinion on "Liar" received media attention; according to the translation, he stated that "The song good but Lisa's a bitch *[sic]*". This line was shared across the Internet, notably on social media. Pikut received heavy backlash from fans, including death threats, and his Twitter account lost over 500 followers within an hour; he had gained over 3,000 from the contest alone. At 17:00, Pikut issued a statement on his Linclian Twitter account, which was translated and published by his official translator:

> "Lisa Treschow is a very nice person. I am ashamed to have to put this out, but it is claimed that I said something bad about her. It is untrue. I deeply apologise for any inconvenience I brought to anyone, especially Lisa."
>
>

Pikut further explained in the following thread that the accusations were caused by a mistranslation. He assured people that he did not have anything against Treschow and that she was a close friend of his, and repeatedly apologised. A correct translation of the article was put out on Pikut's official website, and MearthvisionFree.com took down their translation, stating that it was indeed a machine translation and formally apologised to Pikut, Lisa Treschow, the Kirovkarian and Brumundian delegations and anyone who may have been affected by it. In a later tweet, Pikut stated that he did not have "any hard feelings" toward the fansite, calling it an "honest mistake".

## Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Mearthvision Awards were contested during the Mearthvision Song Contest 218. The OGAM, "General Organisation of Mearthvision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

### Mearthvision Awards

The Mearthvision Awards, organised since 200, honours songs in the contest's final. The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award. The winners were revealed shortly before the Mearthvision final on 14 May.

 Press Award

### OGAM

OGAM, an organisation of over forty Mearthvision Song Contest fan clubs, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 200. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 218 poll was Warelern's "Spirit" performed by Groep; the top five results are shown below.

 Dania | Lucille Delcroix | "Un chœur du cœur"
 Porta | Olivia Keating | "Mad"
 Russanplon | Nadka Komilova | "Murder"

## Official album

***Mearthvision Song Contest: Sydinie 218*** is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the International Broadcasting Union and was released by Candy Music Group digitally on 8 April 218 and in CD format on 22 April 218. The album features all 31 entries including the PQR participants that failed to qualify for the final.

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Lincon, Avino is deemed to have finished in twelfth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Maro, South Yelsiva is deemed to have finished in twentieth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Porta, the Northern States of Caronana is deemed to have finished in sixth place in the televoting due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Lincly, Avino is deemed to have finished in fourteenth place in the jury vote due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Noda, Porta is deemed to have finished in sixteenth place in the jury vote due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Despite finishing with the same number of points as South Yelsiva, Kumeretsia is deemed to have finished in nineteenth place in the jury vote due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.

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