UVSC 10

## UnitedVision Song Contest December 2021

**UnitedVision Song Contest 10**, often referred as **UnitedVision Song Contest December 2021**, was the tenth edition of the UnitedVision Song Contest.

The event was held in the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 18th, 2021. The show was hosted by Advisko.

Five States took part in the contest; Minnesota, California, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina. California debuted this edition and Illinois withdrew from this edition. New Hampshire couldn't compete due to being banned from the contest due to "voting issues".

The contest was organized by the UBU and it consisted of a preview of all the songs from all 5 states, then the presenter reading out all the points from each state.

California's representative, "**Yamy**" with her song *"**DaDaDance**"* turned out to be the winner of the contest with 50 points. She was the eleventh winner of UnitedVision and California hosted the next edition in **December 2021**.

## **Location**

### **Host City**

**Greensboro** is a city in North Carolina. The Greensboro Science Center houses red pandas, sharks and a hands-on museum. Nearby, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park has displays on the American Revolution. Video re-enactments and interactive exhibits trace the civil rights struggle at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum. The Bog Garden is a wetlands area with flowers, birds and an elevated boardwalk.

## Format

### Visual design

The contest's slogan, "Everyone Is Loved". The official logo and branding was revealed on December 13th 2021 ; designed by Advisko. The logo had North Carolina's flag in the middle of the heart on the logo, which spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest".

### **Voting**

Each state had to present their points; 4, 7, 9, 12 points. Each point had to be given to each state. Televote was back for this edition and kept the same idea from last edition.

### Opening and interval acts

The Opening Interval Act was the winner from last edition, "JC Stewart" preforming his winning song "Break My Heart". The Ending Interval Act that was last editions runner-up "Luca Hänni" with his song "She Got Me".

### Stage design

The stage was decorated with orange 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 were fully vaccinated or proved a negative covid-19 test in the past 24 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, only letting vaccinated guests with all 3 shots inside the building. The show only had 250 guests inside, compared to the original size.

## Participants

### Participating states

The UBU announced on December 12th, that the applications closed. On December 13th, UBU said that 5 States would be participating in the tenth edition of UnitedVision Song Contest and the states that were participating were Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia, California.

Minnesota sent Jeremy Massersmith in April 2021 and won with their song "Little Blue World" with 21 Points.

California is the first state to feature the Chinese language in UVSC. It went to win the contest and become the first winning song to be in Chinese.