Japan in the Worldvision Q4-2022
Japan participated in the Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023 in Barcelona, Spain with the song "Lighthouse" performed by Japanese singer Nao Aihara. The Japanese broadcaster NHK organised the national final Open Nippon Q1-2023 in order to select the Japanese entry for the Q1-2023 contest. Six entries competed in the national final, and the winner was announced on 10 June 2022 following the combination of votes from a seven-member international jury panel and international public vote.
| Worldvision Q4-2022 | ||||
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| Country | Japan | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Open Nippon | |||
| Selection date(s) | Final: 10 June 2022 | |||
| Selected entrant | Nao Aihara | |||
| Selected song | "Lighthouse" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th pl., 105 p. | |||
| Japan in the Worldvision Song Contest | ||||
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Open Nippon Q4-2022 was the 1st edition of the Japanese music competition and took place between 6 June 2022 and 10 June 2022 in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium). The winner of the contest will be eligible to represent Japan at Worldvision Song Contest Q4-2022.
Format
Open Nippon Q1-2023, organised by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK World), was held in the format of one final with the participation of six invited compositions released no earlier than 1 January 2021.
Voting
Six members of the jury and the public took part in the voting. Each of the six members of the jury had a set of points: 10, 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1 point. This year curators from Hungary, Kazakhstan, North Macedonia, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States were invited to take the place of the jury, but on the last day of voting, the United States jury was replaced by a jury from Thailand due to the impossibility of voting. The audience could leave their ratings for each of the selection songs on a specially created poll on the app.webask.io platform. The results of the public vote were translated into a system of points: 20, 14, 10, 3, 2 and 1 point.
Final
Voting took place from 6 to 8 June 2022.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Jury | Public | Total | Place | |||||||
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| 01 | Queen Bee | King Bitch | Japanese a | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 27 votes / 185 | 30 | 5 | |
| 02 | NiziU | Chopstick | Japanese, English | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 votes / 185 | 17 | 6 | |
| 03 | Milet | Fly High | Japanese, English | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 33 votes / 185 | 43 | 3 | |
| 04 | AleXa | Xtra | English, Korean | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 35 votes / 185 | 46 | 2 | |
| 05 | Pabllo Vittar feat. Rina Sawayama | Follow Me | English | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 30 votes / 185 | 32 | 4 | |
| 06 | Nao Aihara | Lighthouse | Japanese, English | 10 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 votes / 185 | 56 | 1 | |
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