Worldvision Song Contest

From IECO - International Eurofan's Countries Organisation

The Worldvision Song Contest (often shortened to WSC or Worldvision) is an international song competition which has been organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) annually since summer 2022. It is held in a different city each six months, however the same city can host the contest more than once.

At one time, the competition brings together Euro-fans and ordinary music lovers from all over the world. Now the geography of the curators of the competition includes Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, as well as those geographically residing in Poland and the United Arab Emirates.

As of 8 June 2022, twenty-eight countries will take part in the competition. Such world-famous performers as Adele, Imagine Dragons and OneRepublic took part in the competition.

Origins and history

The Worldvision Song Contest's founding stemmed from a desire to promote cooperation between euro-fans from different parts of the world. As in the previous edition, one of the ideas of the association was to include fans outside the post-Soviet zone. The new edition of the competition begins its countdown on March 6, 2022, when it was decided to transfer the activity of communication between the curators of the countries from VK to the Telegram platform.

Twenty-eight countries participated in the first contest, which included a rating-betting stage to eliminate the participating countries for the final. On 18 May 2022, the organizers of the competition decided to automatically admit Australia and Japan to the final. These countries were recognized as the founding countries of the competition.

Format

Original songs representing the participating countries must be released no later than one year from the first day of the month of the contest (thus, for the contest, the final of which took place on July 23, 2022, compositions must be released no earlier than July 1, 2021). However, in the first contest, the final of which took place on July 23, 2022, the contest organizers allowed the selection of songs with a release date no older than January 1, 2021. A "country" as a participant is represented by one curator, an IECO member and usually a broadcaster from that country.

Organisation

Participation

Winning entries

Season Date Host Winner Language(s) Points Runner-up
I Summer'22 23 July 2022 Spain, Barcelona TBA 23 July 2022
II Winter'23 TBD January 2023 23 July 2022 TBD January 2023

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