Pacivision Song Contest 2026 (Pacifica)

Pacivision Song Contest 2026
Being Free
Dates
Final	30 January 2026
Host
Venue	Geweldig Arena Havanen, Holy Free
Presenter(s)	Basten de Hond Bas Sieb-Westerman
Musical director	Siske Wibier
Directed by	Siert van Gerresheim
Executive supervisor	Paro Ytti
Executive producer	Pieter-Jan Timmermans
Host broadcaster	Het Radio Frei Helsi (HRFH)
Opening act	TBD
Interval act	TBD
Participants
Number of entries	TBD
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	None
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8-1 points to the other 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.
Winning song	TBD

The Pacivision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 3rd edition of the Pacivision Song Contest. Following the cancellation of the 2023 contest in Calicea, Stoinia, the host broadcaster Het Radio Frei Helsi (HRFH) approached the Pacivision Executive Board (PEB) to host the 2026 contest as a 5th year anniversary of the 2021 contest, the PEB accept the proposal, the contest is to be held at the Geweldig Arena. The final will be held on the 30 January 2026. The final will be presented by Freian presenter Basten de Hond and Bas Sieb-Westerman

Eleven countries participated in the contest, with Arnchow, Esfalsa, the Frost Empire and the host country Ikoania participating for the first time. Eareamland, Mauquibie and New Itomorii have announced their non-participation due to several reasons.

The winner was Gianatla with the song "Onbezonnen" by Frauke Westra. Being the first time a country from Cordillia winning the contest.

Location

Geweldig Arena, Havanen- host venue of the 2026 contest.

Preparation phase

According to the rules of the inaugural contest, the host broadcaster of the winning song would receive the first rights to host the next edition of the contest, however after the cancellation of the 2023 edition of the Pacivision Song Contest. On 20 September 2021 PEB therefore launched a bidding process for hosting the Pacivision Song Contest 2022, publishing a list of criteria and requirements for the host city and venue. Interested broadcasters were to submit bids on behalf of the city through postal means, 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 26 October 2021 to draft and submit their detailed plans.

Over the following weeks many countries expressed interest in hosting the event. On 22 September 2021, on behalf of the city of Gralois, Ikoania officially announced its bid, proposing the Century Arena as a possible venue to host the event. The arena normally serves as a venue for annual events, notably the live IATB TV Awards.

Key:  †  Host venue

Country	City	Venue	Notes
Holy Free	Havanen	Geweldig Arena †

Production

The Pacivision Song Contest 2026 was produced by the Freian public broadcaster Het Radio Frei Helsi (HRFH). The Freian government allocated around 10 million TSP-$ as part of the budget needed to host the event on the condition that participation fees were levied.

Visual and Stage design

TBD

Presenters

Basten de Hond and Bas Sieb-Westerman, presenters of the 2026 contest

TBA

Format

Allocation draw

The running-order was determined by producers of HRFH on 16 January 2026 and sent to the PEB on the same day. The PEB decided against a random draw per the 2023 edition decision.

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. The following locations were used for each participating country:

1. Transsuneria - Port Fortelo, Miened
2. Frost Empire - Presidential Museum, Gralois
3. Beepee - Asaz Street , Gralois
4. Izaakia - Strait of Seall
5. Besern - IAC (Intelligence Arts College), Gralois
6. Gianatla - Formes Point (Southernmost point of Bailtem Proper)
7. Sedunn - Tierp Beach, Labesse Island
8. Esfalsa - Enfi Tower, Ricubai, Esfalsa
9. Snolland - Fis Beach, Gralois
10. Ikoania - The Shorez (Garden of Peace), Miened
11. Arnchow - Benloc Street, Cartos

Participating countries

The PEB initially announced on 1 February 2022 that 11 countries would participate in the 2022 contest, with Arnchow, Esfalsa, the Frost Empire and the host country Ikoania participating for the first time. Eareamland, Mauquibie and New Itomorii being non-returning countries from the previous contest. The winner was Gianatla with the song "Onbezonnen" by Frauke Westra.

Results

The contest will be taking place on 30th January 2022 at 17:00 (UTC-2).

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Transsuneria	Frank Beker	"Tonight"	Austral	8	65
02	Frost Empire	Mei Natsukawa	"Nada sousou"	Hinomoto	4	80
03	Beepee	Teddy Behr	"Shine"	Austral	6	74
04	Izaakia	Una Kissa	"Hotter than Hell"	Austral	7	71
05	Besern	Studio 90	"Tej lekcrad"	Boudican, Besernian	10	44
06	Gianatla	Frauke Westra	"Onbezonnen"	Friean	1	114
07	Sedunn	Ati Hunnienn and Maks Trammienn	"Care a little less"	Austral	2	104
08	Esfalsa	izc	"How long can We stand Here"	Austral	3	96
09	Snolland	Rio Kaff	"Queen of Larasin"	Austral	9	64
10	Ikoania	Pordano Sejejes	"More of Me"	Austral	5	78
11	Arnchow	The Workshop	"Jīnxī ài xìn"	Austral, Mandarin, Malay	11	24

Spokesperson

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's public televote in the following order:

1. Gianatla - Lukas Rahgen (Host of the 2021 contest)
2. Snolland - Lika Vahê (Participant in the 2021 contest)
3. Sedunn - Hejerr Opalen
4. Transsuneria - Maxz
5. Esfalsa - Cedric Kopplin
6. Beepee - Bob Uppen-Downe
7. Izaakia - Anunciata
8. Frost Empire - Shou Hino
9. Besern - Albrecht Waltz
10. Arnchow - Chiang Su-fen, Hendri Iman Setiawan, Stephen Ching Hsu-ping
11. Ikoania - Atonin Sopresez (Head delegation of Ikoania in the 2021 contest)

Scoreboard

Detailed Scoreboard

Split results (Final)
Place	Televoting		Jury		Total
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Gianatla	89	Frost Empire	25	Gianatla	114
2	Esfalsa	86	Gianatla	25	Sedunn	104
3	Sedunn	84	Besern	22	Esfalsa	96
4	Beepee	64	Ikoania	20	Frost Empire	80
5	Ikoania	58	Sedunn	20	Ikoania	78
6	Izaakia	56	Transsuneria	16	Beepee	74
7	Frost Empire	55	Izaakia	15	Izaakia	71
8	Snolland	53	Snolland	11	Transsuneria	65
9	Transsuneria	49	Beepee	10	Snolland	64
10	Arnchow	24	Esfalsa	10	Besern	44
11	Besern	20	Arnchow	0	Arnchow	24

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Notes
Arnchow	RTA	Huang Shun-kai, Nathanael Sianturi
Beepee	BONC	Sam Ping
Besern	BBS	Magda Langer and Korbinian Weimann
Esfalsa	AstraTV	William Hepsworth
Frost Empire	Ken Morioka	Heiji Kawamatsu and Rimi Harukawa
Gianatla	BUS TV	Günther Lesch
Ikoania	IATB	Opasni Avarez
Izaakia	IBC, CosmosNetwork	Garry Horton
Sedunn	MV	Sedunnic: Ron Oposallu and Paksarr Tromē
Snolland	STV	Evva Zela
Transsuneria	TRF	Karel Lister

Incidents

TBA

External links

• Official website