UnitedVision January 2022

The UnitedVision Song Contest January 2022 was the eleventh edition of UnitedVision Song Contest and the first edition to be held in 2022. It was held at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in California on January 22, 2022. The Winner was California with 61 points.

The contest was organised by Advisko 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.

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

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.

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 no heart, meaning there was no flag in the logo. 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" perfroming 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 UBUfelt 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
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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.

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.