Pacivision Song Contest 2022 (Pacifica)

Pacivision Song Contest 2022
Reach for the Stars
Dates
Final	28 February 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	Onree Ztin Porez
Host broadcaster	Ikoanian Avarez Television Broadcasting (IATB)
Opening act	"Tacky" by Lolz Sovenez
Interval act	"Ulterior Motives" by Marco Zarez "Million Voices" by Styr Palvenlenka "Never wanted this to end" by Illkrom Blenienn and Rila Jok
Participants
Number of entries	11
Debuting countries	Arnchow Esfalsa Frost Empire Ikoania
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Eareamland Mauquibie New Itomorii
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8-1 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 1-8, 10 or 12 points in each category.
Winning song	Gianatla "Onbezonnen" by Frauke Westra

The Pacivision Song Contest 2022 was the 2nd edition of the Pacivision Song Contest. Following the Sedunnic victory in the 2021 contest in Südtor, Gianatla 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 won the bidding phase. Organised by the PEB and the host broadcaster Ikoanian Avarez Television Broadcasting (IATB), the contest was held at the Century Arena. The final was held on the 28 February 2022. The final was presented by Ikoanian presenter Estella Casvellez, singer Marco Zarez and actress Polla Altez.

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

Century Arena, Gralois - host venue of the 2022 contest.

Bidding 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 winning country Sedunn did decline hosting the 2022 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.

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
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

During the event weeks a site called "Pacivision Village" was introduced in Gralois' 3rd district, where it was possible for fans and sponsors to watch performances by contest participants and local artists. The live shows were also broadcasted to it from the main venue.

Production

The Pacivision Song Contest 2022 was produced by the Ikoanian public broadcaster Ikoanian Avarez Television Broadcasting (IATB). 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-$. Later the Gianlucian government and the music streaming service Audit would also add another 2.5 million TSP-$ to the budget. Participation fees were once again not levied.

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

Estella Casvellez, Marco Zarez and Polla Altez, presenters of the 2022 contest

Estella Casvellez, Marco Zarez and Polla Altez were the hosts 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 and as being 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 was the winner of the 2018 IATB Music Award. Altez is known for her role in many roles in Ikoanian movies and has won the Avarez twice in a row, the only person to ever do so.

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. 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. Due to unavailability, the Esfalsan delegation had to shoot their postcard outside of Ikoania. 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 took place on 28th February 2022 at 21:00 (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

For the first time in the contest history, a country scored null points with the Jury.

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

Frost Empire artist withdrawal

Frost Empire's artist Kevin "Kay" Shinano was supposed to participate in the contest in a duet with Mei Natsukawa in the original taping of the song "Nada sousou", Shinano fell ill shortly before the start of Pacivision and staff were unable to fix the credits of the song due to the timing of his illness.

Graphic mistakes

During the presenters listing the show's running order, the graphics switched Sedunn and Gianatla which draws 06 and 07 respectively. The mistake was corrected by the commentators and the recap later that evening showed the correct running order.

External links

• Official website