Amerivision Song Contest 3

**Amerivision Song Contest 3,** often referred to as **Amerivision 3, Amerivision 2018** or **Amerivision 3: Electric Beegalee** is the third edition of the Amerivision Song Contest.

The third edition was held in San José, Costa Rica after their victory in the second contest with the song "Gun to the Head" by MishCatt. The competition took place in September 2018.

All countries, as well as several territories and autonomous regions in North, Central, and South America are eligible to compete in the contest.

## Contest Trivia

This was the first Amerivision in which the time period restriction rules were lifted, allowing delegations to send any song regardless of release date. In the previous two editions, only songs released after 1 January 2015 were accepted.

As Costa Rica won Amerivision 2, they took on hosting duties for this year's contest. In July 2018, the host city was announced to be the capital city of San José.

31 countries competed in Amerivision 2018. This was the first contest in which Greenland and France d'Outre-mer had membership status with the Amerivision Broadcasting Union, and both made their debut in this edition. Also appearing for the very first time was the mysterious Special Guest Antarctica.

On Friday, 27 July, 2018, the executive supervisor of Amerivision, Turt, unveiled via the Amerivision Discord a series of logos that would be used in conjunction with Amerivision 3. As sloths are known to live in the rain forests of Costa Rica, the national flags of all possible participating countries were designed onto the body of a sloth. This design choice received high praise from fans of the show and was dubbed "Slothvision".

An example of the Slothvision logo designed for the 2018 host country, Costa Rica.
The postcard theme was taken literally in this contest - the graphic design in the song reveal show utilized tourism slogans and personalized messages from each head of delegation introducing their entry. A similar but modified version of this postcard style would be used in the 2019 contest as well.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' postcard for Amerivision 2018.Marlon Roudette won the contest with the song "Ultra Love."Three artists returned to the contest in 2018. Marlon Roudette participated for St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the second year in a row, and his victory in 2018 made him the first returning artist to ever win the Amerivision Song Contest. Au/Ra also competed for Antigua and Barbuda for the second year in a row. Nicki Minaj returned as a solo artist after participating for Trinidad and Tobago alongside Ariana Grande in the 2016 contest.

## Voting Spokespersons

The following spokespersons delivered the jury vote for each competing delegation.

* St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Kevin Lyttle
* Cuba - Pitbull
* Guatemala - Gaby Moreno
* Venezuela - Mariah Carey
* Canada - Grimes
* Barbados - Rihanna
* Trinidad and Tobago - Haddaway
* Peru - Emperor Kuzco
* France d'Outre-mer - Inspector Javert
* Jamaica - Usain Bolt
* Costa Rica - MishCatt
* Mexico - Salma Hayek
* Dominican Republic - Cardi B
* St. Lucia - Monét X. Change
* Antigua and Barbuda - Marie-Elena John
* Guyana - Leona Lewis
* Puerto Rico - Brother Nature and Canela
* Panama - El Chombo
* Buenos Aires - Lali
* United States - Life with MaK
* Ecuador - Frederico (giant tortoise)
* Bahamas - Bodine
* Uruguay - Pablo Cuevas
* Belize - a friendly toucan
* Bolivia - Bolivian Naruto
* Colombia - Stephanie Beatriz
* El Salvador - Sabi
* Greenland - a gay polar bear
* Brazil - Mulher Coité
* Special Guest Antarctica - Mount Sidley
* Chile - Ana Tijoux