UVSC 19

## 19th UnitedVision Song Contest

**UnitedVision Song Contest 19**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest November 2022**, will be the nineteenth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event will be held at the UT Student Union Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 26, 2022. The show was hosted by Advisko.

8 States took part in the contest. Minnesota, Massachusetts, California, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. No States debuted or withdrew from the contest, but New Hampshire returned to the contest after 1 year of non-participation.

The contest will be organized by the UBU.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Knoxville** is a city on the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee. Downtown, the Market Square district has 19th-century buildings with shops and restaurants. The Museum of East Tennessee History has interactive exhibits plus regional art, textiles and Civil War artifacts. James White’s Fort, built by the Revolutionary War captain, includes the reconstructed 1786 log cabin that was Knoxville’s first permanent building.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan was "Celebrate Diversity". The official logo and branding was revealed on November 7, 2022; designed by Advisko. The generic logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest" with the host state and edition number at the bottom right. The official logo was a multicolored peacock. The background had similar colors, as well as white lines behind the peacock. The UBU said "The meaning behind the multicolored peacock is that we need to respect and be open-mindedness for other cultures. Celebrating our differences, as well as our common interests, helps unite and educate us."

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. The televote had people give out 3 amount of points; which included 1, 3, 5 Points. Each point had to be given to different states and couldn't be all given to 1 state.

### Opening and interval acts

Usually the Opening Interval Acts are both the Winner and Runner-Up from last edition, but the UBU decided on the winner from last edition, as well as Tennessee's first participant from UVSC12, John K as the ending Interval Act.

### 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. Everyone that went to the contest in person had to have a negative Covid-19 test in the past 48 hours. The show had limited it's seating due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on November 6 that the applications would open on November 8 and close on November 14, only giving each state a week to send in their entry. On November 15, it was revealed that 8 states would take part in the 19th edition of the contest; Minnesota, Massachusetts, California, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. New Hampshire returned after not participating for a year.