UnitedVision October 2021

The UnitedVision Song Contest October 2021 was the eighth edition of UnitedVision Song Contest. It was held at the Lowery Auditorium in Texas on October 30, 2021. The Winner was North Carolina with 24 points.

The contest was organised by Advisko and it consisted of a preview of all the songs from all 4 states, then the presenter reading out all the points from each state.

Four States took part in the contest; Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia. Georgia made their debut this edition. Iowa withdrew from the contest. This was the third time that 4 states participated, the UBU went through with the contest due to fans and user's support.

Host City
Allen is a city in Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas, and a northern suburb of Dallas. According to the 2020 U.S. census its population was 104,627, up from 84,246 in 2010. Allen is located approximately twenty miles north of downtown Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.

Visual design
The contest's slogan, "Feel the Joy". The official logo and branding was revealed on October 21st 2021 ; designed by Advisko. The logo font was inspired by the "Eurovision Song Contest" logo. The logo had Texas's flag in the middle of the heart on the logo, which spelled "UnitedVision Song Contest". The logo consisted of a green hand with a little darker green hand in the middle of the bigger hand.

Voting
Each state had to present their points; 3, 5, 8 points. Each point had to be given to each state. Televote wasn't made available this edition due to issues with the televote.

Opening and interval acts
The Opening Interval Act was the winner from last edition, "Boys World" perfroming their winning song "Something In The Water". The Ending Interval Act that was last editions runner-up "Conan Gray" with his song "People Watching".

Stage design
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The stage was decorated with green 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. For the first time, UBU allowed 70% capacity at the contest (previously only 30%), 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.

Participating states
The UBU announced on October 22nd, that the applications closed. On October 24th, UBU said that 4 States would be participating in the eighth edition of UnitedVision Song Contest and the states that were participating were Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia.