Pacivision Song Contest 2021 (Pacifica)
| Pacivision Song Contest 2021 | |
|---|---|
| No theme | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 30 January 2021 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Gianniwood Studio 8 Südtor, Gianatla |
| Presenter(s) |
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| Executive supervisor | Paro Ytti |
| Host broadcaster | BUS TV |
| Opening act | "Alles neu" performed by Peter Wolf Flag parade introducing the 9 participants' countries |
| Interval act | Several Gianlucian DJs and artists performed dance tracks, to which a dance group had prepared a choreography |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 9 |
| Debuting countries | |
| 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. |
| Winning song |
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The Pacivision Song Contest 2021 was the 1st edition of the Pacivision Song Contest. It took place in Südtor, Gianatla as an extension event of the Southern Gate Festival 2021 organised by the Pacivision Executive Board (PEB) together with the host broadcaster BUS TV and sponsored by the Gianlucian government and the music-streaming service Audit.[1] The contest was held in Studio 8 of Gianniwood on 30 January 2021 and presented by actress Lisa Steinburg and journalist Lukas Rahgen.
Nine countries have participated in the debut edition of the contest, with Sedunn winning the contest with the song "Never wanted this to end" by Illkrom Blenienn and Rila Jok. The song has won albeit being tied with the satirist Izaakian entry "Montacia Fall" by Landing Emraldis. Since the Sedunnic entry was able to secure more points from televoting, the victory was given to them.
Location
With the first contest being produced as a pilot for an annual event, Gianlucian public broadcaster BUS TV has chosen one of its Südtor TV studios in Gianniwood for the Pacivision Song Contest debut. The studio was able to accomodate up to 5,000 live viewers and was renamed to Südtor Concert Arena during the event.[2]
Production
The Gianlucian government and music-streaming service Audit have agreed to invest altogether 5 million TSP-$ into the event and forego any participation fees, while reserving the right to raise those in future contest. With a limited budget and the constraints given by hosting the event in a TV studio, it was only possible to provide a simple stage to the participants and deny most extravagant staging, if not paid for by the artists or the participating broadcasters themselves. The presenters, Lisa Steinburg and Lukas Rahgen, were internal selections from within the BUS TV network.
Format
The show started with a video introducing the general idea behind the contest and its logo and featured music composed by symphonic musician and DJ Max Rühl. After that an opening act by Gianlucian artist Peter Wolf played while the flags of the participating countries were presented in a "flag parade". The choreography of the parade was created by Gianlucian designer Karl Mansfeld and included a native welcoming message to each country, swinging light sticks and a projection of each flag as a parallelogram divided into triangles at the ceiling of the studio.
Postcards
While the stage was prepared for each contestant, short videos called "postcards" were shown to the audience in the arena and on TV. Each video showed a 40 second clip of the upcoming contestant having a photo shoot at different special locations all around Gianatla. The following locations were used for each participating country:
Besern - Democracy Park, Gianlucastadt
Snolland - Old City, Französisch Ort- New Itomorii - MS Charlotte, Atlantic Strait
Sedunn - Freudstadt Harbour, Freudstadt
Gianatla - Neptune's Mountain, Atlantis State- Template:Country data Mauquibie - Südtor City Centre, Südtor
- Template:Country data Beepee - Atlantis Main Station, Atlantis
Izaakia - Königspalast, Atlantis- Template:Country data Eareamland - Fish Market, Angelhaven
Participating countries
Nine countries participated in the first-ever contest. In a surprising turn of events, 1st place was tied between Sedunn and Izaakia. According to the rules, the tie was resolved by the most televote points which were in favour of Sedunn.
Results
The contest took place on 30 January 2021 at 20:15 (CCT).
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Besern
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Spigele | "Light of Hope" (Hofflicht) | Austral | 7 | 69 |
| 02 | Snolland
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Fada Rat and Lika Vahê | "Goodbye to Yesterday" | Austral | 5 | 73 |
| 03 | New Itomorii | X/DA | "POP/STARS" | Austral, Korean | 8 | 63 |
| 04 | Sedunn
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Illkrom Blenienn and Rila Jok | "Never wanted this to end" | Austral | 1 | 96 |
| 05 | Gianatla
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Hater | "Engin Miskunn" (No Mercy) | Old North Almannic | 4 | 76 |
| 06 | Template:Country data Mauquibie | Orang-Orang | "Et je pleure" (And I cry) | Austral, Mauquibian | 3 | 82 |
| 07 | Template:Country data Beepee | Florence Munthly | "Take my Heart with You" | Austral | 6 | 71 |
| 08 | Izaakia
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Landing Emraldis | "Montacia Fall" | Austral | 2 | 96 |
| 09 | Template:Country data Eareamland | Maple | "Overworld" | - | 9 | 40 |
Detailed Scoreboard
| Split results (Final) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Televoting | Jury | Total | |||
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Sedunn
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77 | Gianatla
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25 | Sedunn
|
96 |
| 2 | Izaakia
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74 | Besern
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22 | Izaakia
|
96 |
| 3 | Template:Country data Mauquibie | 61 | Izaakia
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22 | Template:Country data Mauquibie | 82 |
| 4 | Snolland
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58 | Template:Country data Mauquibie | 21 | Gianatla
|
76 |
| 5 | Template:Country data Beepee | 56 | Sedunn
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19 | Snolland
|
73 |
| 6 | Gianatla
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51 | Template:Country data Eareamland | 16 | Template:Country data Beepee | 71 |
| 7 | Besern
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47 | New Itomorii | 16 | Besern
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69 |
| 8 | New Itomorii | 47 | Template:Country data Beepee | 15 | New Itomorii | 63 |
| 9 | Template:Country data Eareamland | 24 | Snolland
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15 | Template:Country data Eareamland | 40 |
Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Country data Beepee | BONC | Sam Ping | |
| Besern
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BBS | Magda Langer and Korbinian Weimann | |
| Gianatla
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BUS TV | Günther Lesch | |
| Izaakia
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IBC, CosmosNetwork | Garry Horton | |
| Sedunn
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MV | Sedunnic: Ron Oposallu and Paksarr Tromē | |
| Snolland
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STV | Evva Zela |
References
- ↑ Introduction to the Southern Gate Festival 2021, 8 January 2021, last viewed 23 July 2023
- ↑ "We are inside Südtor Concert Arena" in [IC] - The Southern Gate Festival 2021, 27 February 2021, last viewed 23 July 2023, https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9207-post-215406.html#pid215406