Pacivision Song Contest 2022 (Pacifica)

Pacivision Song Contest 2022
Reach for the Stars
Dates
Final	28th Feb 2022
Host
Venue	Century Arena Gralois, Ikoania
Presenter(s)	Estella Casvellez Marco Zarez Polla Altez
Musical director	Martain Aljenez
Directed by	Porto Aporez
Executive supervisor	Paro Ytti
Executive producer	Valora Dillaez Onree Porez
Host broadcaster	Ikoanian Avarez Television Broadcasting (IATB)
Participants
Number of entries	4
Debuting countries	Template:Country data Arnchow Esfalsa Frost Empire Ikoania
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	New Itomorii
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8-3 points to the other 8 songs through televoting. Juries in each country also rank the other 8 songs in the categories "Best Lyrics", "Best Performance" and "Most Original". Based on the overall score, each country receives an additional 2-8, 10 or 12 points in each category.

The Pacivision Song Contest 2022 is set to be the 2nd edition of the Pacivision Song Contest. Following the Sedunnic victory in the 2021 contest in Südtor, GI-Land with the song "Never wanted this to end" by Illkrom Blenienn and Rila Jok, the Pacivision Executive Board (PEB) has accepted hosting bids from all countries eligible to participate. The bid for Gralois, Ikoania has won the bidding phase. The contest is due to be organised by the PEB and the host broadcaster Ikoanian Avarez Television Broadcasting (IATB), the contest will be held at the Century Arena. The final will be held on the 28th of February 2022. The final will be presented by Ikoanian presenter Estella Casvellez, Singer Marco Zarez and Actress Polla Altez.

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

Location

The 2022 contest will take place in Gralois, Ikoania, following the country's bid. It is the first time that Ikoania hosts the contest, as well as the first Pacivision to be held in Bailtem. The selected venue is the 9,500-seat Century Arena, which serves as a venue for events and has annually hosted the Live IATB TV Awards.

According to the rules, the host broadcaster of the winning song would receive the rights to host the next edition of the contest, but this rule was introduced after the conclusion of the 2021 edition. Sedunn did not enter a submission, hence not becoming the next host.

Bidding phase

On 20 September 2021, 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 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.

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. Over the following weeks many countries expressed interest in hosting the event.

Until 26 October 2021, no other city or broadcaster has presented a bid book to the PEB, thus Gralois was announced as the host city of the 2022 contest on 2 November 2021.

Key:  †  Host venue

Country	City	Venue	Notes
Template:Country data Beepee	N/A	N/A	Expressed their interest in hosting right after the results of the 2021 contest were announced
Ikoania	Gralois	Century Arena †	Hosts the Live IATB TV Awards, more commonly known as 'The Avarez'
Izaakia	Polar City	Taiga Technology Dome Arena
Transsuneria	Niulandsheim	Fronde Miisbek

Other sites

The Pacivision Village is the 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 set to be located in Gralois's 3rd district.

Format

Visual 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 is inspired by minimalistic shapes that can be seen when looking at the visual presentation.

Presenters

Estella Casvellez, Marco Zarez and Polla Altez are the host of the 2022 contest with Polla Altez also being the host for the green room.

Casvellez is known for her role as a presenter in the Ikoanian version of the hit TV gameshow, Countdown. Casvellez is known to be able to speak Alman fluently thus filling the role of the Alman speaking presenter. Zarez is known for his pop song "Ulterior Motives" which hit the top of the Ikoanian Music Tops charts for 2017 and winner of the 2018 IATB Music Award. And Altez is known for her role in many roles in Ikoanian movies and have won the Avarez for two times in a row, the only person to ever do so.

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. 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 Ytti, the head of broadcaster IATB, Opan Avarez, and the mayor of Gralois, Arneslo Valpelez.

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. Template:Country data Beepee - Map of the World, Setian
4. Izaakia - Strait of Seall
5. Besern - IAC (Intelligence Arts College), Gralois
6. Sedunn - Tierp Beach, Labesse Island
7. Template:Country data GI-Land - Formes Point (Southernmost point of Bailtem Proper)
8. Esfalsa - The Shorez (Garden of Peace), Miened
9. Snolland - Fis Beach, Gralois
10. Ikoania - SU (Setian University)
11. Template:Country data Arnchow - Benloc Street, Cartos

Participating countries

Participating countries had until 31 January 2022 to submit their applications for participation in the contest. Eleven countries have applied for the contest and were allocated a starting position in the competition on 13 February 2022. Until 15 February 2022 any participant still has the option to withdraw their application without facing financial sanctions.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)
01	Transsuneria	Frank Beker	"Tonight"	Austral
02	Frost Empire	Mei Natsukawa	"Nada sousou"	Hinomoto
03	Template:Country data Beepee	Teddy Behr	"Shine"	Austral
04	Izaakia	Una Kissa	"Hotter than Hell"	Austral
05	Besern	Studio 90	"Tej lekcrad"	Boudican, Besernian
06	Sedunn	Ati Hunnienn and Maks Trammienn	"Care a little less"	Austral
07	Template:Country data GI-Land	Frauke Westra	"Onbezonnen"	Friean
08	Esfalsa	izc	"How long can We stand Here"	Austral
09	Snolland	Rio Kaff	"Queen of Larasin"	Austral
10	Ikoania	Pordano Sejejes	"More of Me"	Austral
11	Template:Country data Arnchow	The Workshop	"Jīnxī ài xìn"	Austral, Mandarin, Malay

Spokesperson

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

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

Other countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the Pacivision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active PEB membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Pacivision network. The PEB has issued invitations of participation in the contest to all active members.

• Eareamland - Have not confirmed on participating in the 2022 contest.
• Template:Country data Mauquibie - Have not confirmed on participating in the 2022 contest.
• New Itomorii - Have not confirmed on participating in the 2022 contest.

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators

All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing an insight about the show and voting information to their local audience. Some non-participating broadcasters may want to air the contest. These are the broadcasters that have confirmed their broadcasting plans and/or their commentators:

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Notes
Template:Country data Arnchow	RTA	Huang Shun-kai, Nathanael Sianturi
Template:Country data Beepee	BONC	Sam Ping
Besern	BBS	Magda Langer and Korbinian Weimann
Esfalsa	AstraTV	William Hepsworth
Frost Empire	Ken Morioka	Heiji Kawamatsu and Rimi Harukawa
Template:Country data GI-Land	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

External links

• Official website