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{{Infobox song contest
| name = Pacivision Song Contest
| year = 2023
| theme = ''<div style="text-align: center;">Waves of Harmony</div>''
| logo = 
| final = 
| presenters = 
| musdirector = 
| director = 
| exsupervisor = [[Paro Ytti (Pacifica)|Paro Ytti]]
| exproducer = 
| winner = 
| vote = Each country and one "Rest of the World" jury awards one set of 12, 10, 8-1 points to the other 10 songs through televoting. Juries in each country also rank the other songs in the categories "Best Lyrics", "Best Performance" and "Most Original". Based on the overall score, each country receives an additional 1-8, 10 or 12 points in each category.
| host = Terra Pacifica
| venue = Pacifican Breeze Arena </br> Calicea, [[Stoinia (Pacifica)|Stoinia]]
| entries =
| debut = 
| return = None
| withdraw =
<!--Explanation by Gianatla: "Non-returning countries" (aka withdraw) on Wikipedia defined as "Countries that did not participate after participating in the previous event.-->
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| relegated = 
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| prev_year = 2022
| next_year = 2024
}}

The '''Pacivision Song Contest 2023''' will be the 3rd edition of the [[Pacivision Song Contest (Pacifica)|Pacivision Song Contest]]. Following the [[Gianatla (Pacifica)|Gianlucian]] victory in the [[Pacivision Song Contest 2022 (Pacifica)|2022 contest]] in Gralois, [[Ikoania (Pacifica)|Ikoania]], their broadcaster ''[[Media in Gianatla (Pacifica)|BUS TV]]'' would have taken precedence in hosting the 2023 edition of the event. However, the broadcaster declined hosting the it. Therefore the Pacivision Executive Board (PEB) once again opened a bidding to host the contest, which was won by the bid for [[Calicea (Pacifica)|Calicea]], [[Stoinia (Pacifica)|Stoinia]].<ref>''[https://thesouthpacific.org/t/pacivision-song-contest-hosting-bids/2805| PEB opens hosting bids for Pavision Song Contest 2023]'', 7 March 2023</ref> Organised by the PEB and the host broadcaster ''Terra Pacifica'', the contest will be held at the Pacifican Breeze Arena in late Summer 2023.

Unitl now ten countries have announced participation in the contest, with the host country Stoinia, [[Fauderland (Pacifica)|Fauderland]] and [[Thalapadis (Pacifica)|Thalapadis]] aiming to participate for the first time.

==Location==
===Bidding phase===

On 7 March 2023, PEB launched the bidding process and published a list of criteria and requirements for the host city and venue. Interested broadcasters were to submit bids on behalf of the city electronically, after which PEB would proceed to send all of them a bid book with more detailed requirements for the cities and broadcaster to submit their plans for review. The cities had until 24 March 2023 to draft and submit their detailed plans.

On 10 March 2023, on behalf of the city of Calicea, Stoinia officially announced its bid, proposing the Pacifican Breeze Arena as a possible venue to host the event.<ref>[https://thesouthpacific.org/t/pacivision-song-contest-hosting-bids/2805/2| Stoinian hosting bid], 10 March 2023</ref> Since PEB's minimum hosting requirements were met by the application of Terra Pacifica and no other broadcaster submitted a big book to the PEB, Calicea was officially announced as the host city of the 2023 contest on 25 March 2023.<ref>[https://thesouthpacific.org/t/pacivision-song-contest-hosting-bids/2805/3| Calicea wins hosting bid], 25 March 2023</ref>

===Other sites===

Like in Gralois, it is planned to introduce a "Pacivision Village" again, which serves as official Pacivision Song Contest fan and sponsors area during the event weeks, where it will be possible to watch performances by contest participants and local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. It is yet unknown, where the site will be set up.

==Production==
The Pacivision Song Contest 2023 will be produced by the Stoinian public broadcaster Terra Pacifica. <!--The Ikoanian government allocated around 4 million TSP-$ as part of the budget needed to host the event, while the state of Gralois contributed around 5 million TSP-$ in total. The preliminary total budget for the show was 7.4 million TSP-$.-->

===Visual and Stage design===
<!--Inspired by solar panels and modeled after the theme "Reach for the STARS", it was designed by artist and graphic designer Alcro Nehar working with stage designer Nevear Poletez. The Stage design is inspired by minimalistic shapes that can be seen when looking at the visual presentation.-->

===Presenters===

==Format==

===Allocation draw===
<!--The draw determining the running-order, in which the participating countries may present their songs to the audience was held on 13 February 2022 in the city hall of [[Gralois (Pacifica)|Gralois]]. The countries and their starting positions were drawn by two of the hosts of the event, Estella Casvelez and Marco Zarez, from two separate bowls. The process was supervised by the executive supervisor of the Pacivision Song Contest [[Paro Ytti (Pacifica)|Ytti]], the head of broadcaster IATB, Opan Avarez, and the mayor of Gralois, Arneslo Valpelez.<ref>[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10221-post-227392.html#pid227392 PSC 2022 allocation draw live from Gralois]. ''Pacivision.tv''. PEB. 13 February 2022</ref>-->

===Postcards ===

The "postcards" are short introduction videos shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next contestant to perform their entry, and are 40 seconds long.

==Participating countries==

The PEB initially announced on 25 March 2023 that 10 countries would participate in the 2023 contest. Stoinia, Fauderland and Thalapadis are aiming to debut at the contest.

===Results===
The contest will take place in late Summer 2023 at 21:00 (UTC+2).

===Spokesperson===

==Detailed Scoreboard==

==Broadcasts==

===Broadcasters and commentators===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
!Country
!Broadcaster(s)
!Commentator(s)
!Notes
|-
|{{flag|Gianatla}}
|[[Media in Gianatla (Pacifica)#Radio and television|BUS TV]]
|Günther Lesch
|
|-
|{{flag|Izaakia}}
|IBC/Cosmos Network
|Una Kissa, Garry Horton & Bobby O’Behave
|
|-
|{{flag|Snolland}}
|STV
|Evva Zela
|
|}

==Incidents==

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
<!--*[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9816-post-222620.html#pid222620|Official website]-->
{{Pacivision Song Contest}}

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