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## UnitedVision Song Contest January 2022

**UnitedVision Song Contest 11**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest January 2022**, was the tenth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest and the first edition to be in 2022.

The event was held in the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California on January 22, 2022. The show was hosted by Advisko.

Five States took part in the contest; Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia, California. No state withdrew, debuted, or returned.

The contest was organized by the UBU. The contest was overhauled to bring something fresh into 2022. The UBU did the first Jury Show, which consisted of a show before the main show that previewed all the songs in their full form instead of giving a "song preview" that showed each song for only 20 seconds. Each state had to be at this event in order to compete. The UBU decided to do two Jury Show on January 14th and 15th because they wanted to make sure everyone was able to view them even if they were busy on that day.

California's representative, "**Twice**" with their song *"**The Feels**"* turned out to be the winners of the contest with 55 points. They were the biggest group to preform and win UnitedVision. They were the twelfth winners of UnitedVision and California hosted the next edition in February 2022.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Sacramento**, capital of the U.S. state of California, lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and American River. The district of Old Sacramento harkens back to the city’s Gold Rush era, with wooden sidewalks and wagon rides. One of several museums in Old Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum depicts the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, one of the country’s earliest technological feats.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan, "Make A Splash!". The official logo and branding was revealed on January 4, 2022 ; designed by Advisko. The generic logo was redesigned and this was the first edition to feature the new generic logo. The logo had a heart but there was no state flag in the heart. The text logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest". The official logo was 3 water drops in a gradient paint style. The background has the same colors as the logo part.

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 4, 7, 9, 12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. The Televote had it's biggest change since the introduction of it. The televote had people give out 3 amount of points to each state instead of just 1 amount. The televote points 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

The Opening Interval Act was the winner from last edition, "Yamy" preforming her winning song "DaDaDance". The Ending Interval Act that was last editions runner-up "Lesley Roy" with her song "Maps".

### Jury Show

The UBU introduced the Jury Show on January 5th and said "The Jury Show will give each state to perform their full song in front of the states before voting. The UBU felt like this would give each state a better chance at winning. We will not have the little song previews, meaning that everyone participating must be at the Jury Show in order to compete."

The Jury Show took place on January 14th & 15th. The UBU gave participants the choice to see it two times for their voting decision and for their own personal life.

### Stage design

The stage was decorated with blue 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 30% capacity at the contest, people were only let into the venue if they proved a negative Covid-19 test in the past 48 hours, All guests still had to wear face coverings. The contest was lowered to 30% due to the rise of the Omicron Covid-19 Variant. The show only had 1,000 guests inside, compared to the original size of 3,867.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on January 12th, that the applications closed and that 5 states would be participating in the eleventh edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest and they were California, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, and Minnesota. The UBU also announced that the songs and the artists will be revealed at the Jury Show on January 14th.

California's song was sung all in English, but when they won the contest, they sung Korean and English in their song, which was a first in the contest.