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## UnitedVision Song Contest April 2022

**UnitedVision Song Contest 13**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest April 2022**, was the thirteenth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event was held in the Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California on April 23, 2022. The show was hosted by Advisko.

Six States took part in the contest; Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia, California, Tennessee. No states withdrew, returned, or debuted. The UBU revealed that Illinois was going to return but failed to apply in time.

The contest was organized by the UBU. The event was sponsored by UNICEF.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Los Angeles** is a sprawling Southern California city and the center of the nation’s film and television industry. Near its iconic Hollywood sign, studios such as Paramount Pictures, Universal and Warner Brothers offer behind-the-scenes tours. On Hollywood Boulevard, TCL Chinese Theatre displays celebrities’ hand- and footprints, the Walk of Fame honors thousands of luminaries and vendors sell maps to stars’ homes.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan, "Sound of Beauty". The official logo and branding was revealed on March 27, 2022 ; designed by Advisko. The text logo spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest". The official logo was a multicolored crystal orb with sound waves surrounding the back of the crystal orb. The background had the similar colors as the logo part. The UBU said "The design is literally based on the the sound of beauty, as the patterns behind the crystal orb represent sound waves. From the piano to the guitar, every sound is beauty."

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 0, 4, 7, 9, 12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. 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 winners from last edition, "Ke1per" performing their winning song "WA DA DA". The Ending Interval Act that was last editions runner-up "John K" with her song "ALOT".

### Jury Show

The UBU re-introduced the Jury Show on April 15th after not having one for the 12 edition of the song contest in February. 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 April 15th & 16th. 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 pink and purple for the event and 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 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 900 guests inside, compared to the original size of 1,800 due to Covid-19.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on April 10th, that the applications closed and that 6 states would be participating in the thirteen edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest and they were Georgia, California, Minnesota, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Texas. The UBU also announced that the songs and the artists will be revealed at the Jury Show on April 15th.

Minnesota's Representative, Caro Emerald has participated before in UnitedVision, back in November 2021, she scored 4th place with 35 points. She got 6th place with 14 points on April 23, 2022.

Texas's Representative, Jamala is the first person that will sing Ukrainian in UnitedVision. Her song is speaking out the deportation in Ukraine in the 1940s. She later won the event on April 23, 2022.