WorldVision Song Contest 98

Worldvision Song Contest 98
Venue	VadTK Arena
Host City	Keterig, Aenglide
Host Broadcaster	ÆTV (Aenglish Television Networks)
Presenters	Kere Johanssen, Lere Hveda
Participants	33
Debuting Countries (4)	Erie-Arcadia of Wombats, Gaillimh Ciarrai, Linnebourg, Vlavia
Returning Countries (5)	Ertzei Kishim, Moorland, Norrp, StrayaRoos Barrier Islands, These American States
Non-returning Countries (1)	Kasanova-Koratica	Withdrawing Countries (-)	-
Winning Country	-
Winning Song	-
Winning Artist	-

The 98th Worldvision Song Contest was the 98th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It was hosted in Keterig, Aenglide, in the VADtk Arena, by national broadcaster ÆTV.

Host Bidding

In this edition, three cities placed a bid for hosting rights. They were Duomji, StrayaRoos Barrier Islands, Hercules, Beepee and Keterig, Aenglide. This was both Aenglide's and StrayaRoos Barrier Islands' first bid, while this was Beepee's fifth bid. Beepee also had bidded and hosted the previous contest, which was the Worldvision Song Contest 97, in an attempt to be the first country to host the Worldvision Song Contest two or more times in a row.

City	Country	Place	Points
Duomji	StrayaRoos Barrier Islands	03	80
Hercules	Beepee	02	104
Keterig	Aenglide	01	116

Host

The host city was Keterig (Kéterig in Aenglic), which is both the capital and largest city of Aenglide, with roughly around 693,000 people living in and around the Keterig City and District. Being the capital and largest city, A lot of Aenglide’s cultural aspects can be found in Keterig, and is the gateway for every tourist and international hub of the country. Formed by Aenglish Viking culture, the city gets its roots from Nordic-like traditions and history and has always been the largest city of Aenglide since the Kingdom of Aenglide's formation in 1870.

City of Keterig, overlooking the City Centre onto Brjdo Bay and Alexandra Hill.

Keterig's VADtk Arena (which can be spelled as both VadTK or VADtk) is a great venue to host large events like Worldvision in due to its sizeable capacity of approximately 70,000 seats for viewing. VADtk is the largest and most popular venue for events in Aenglide. VADtk has hosted a countless number of indoor sports like basketball and indoor tennis, and other local events too, such as an indoor marketplace that had nearly 600 people selling items in on one sunday morning, and even the local district governments meeting up. For Worldvision, VADtk was transformed by adding a stage set and adding seating and the LED lights already fixated into the back wall were used, and a stage floor LED screen was also installed for the contest, and remains a permanent part of the arena afterwards.

VadTK Arena, Keterig

Theme and Designs

The Theme of this Worldvision Song Contest was about the Nature of Music, as also told by the motto of the contest "The Nature of Music", as well as the prominent motif "hakjelíle" which is a simplified version of an Aenglish Dandelion which is shown throughout the branding and logos of Worldvision 98. The theme describes Aenglide's natural world, from geographical nature (mountains, forests etc.), to ecological nature (animals), to cultural beauty, to other natural sights that would be seen within Aenglide. The nature is represented on each country's postcard, along with the word of that said piece of nature in the Aenglic language, the official language of Aenglide. The hakjelíle is also featured on the postcards, in five shapes in the colours and (somewhat of) the stylisation of the respective country's flag.

Example postcard, showing the host country Aenglide's postcard in Worldvision 98.

Postcard List

Number	Country	Postcard	In Aenglic
01	StrayaRoos	Tundras	Túnduren
02	Norrp	Flowers	Blömkjsen
03	Moorland	TBA	TBA
04	Carrelie	Northern Lights	Nárdelisen
05	Kalosia	TBA	TBA
06	Scotatrova	Ice Caves	Ískæven
07	Britonisea	TBA	TBA
08	Achaean Republic	Fjords	Fjörden
09	Illdonya	Glaciers	Ískjölden
10	Elejamie	Waterfalls	Vasföjsen
11	These American States	Mountain Falcons	Válkenien
12	Tödlichebujoku	Icebergs	Ísbérgen
13	Linnebourg	Islands	Öyjen
14	Waisnor	TBA	TBA
15	Hööra	Mountains	Fýljen
16	Alezian Union	Northern Wolves	Nárdeúlven
17	Adab	TBA	TBA
18	StrayaRoos Barrier Islands	Hot Springs	Vúkulden
19	Malta Comino Gozo	Lakes	Insoken
20	Ertzei Kishim	Polar Bears	Ísböejrnen
21	Placely Placington	Volcanoes	Volkænen
22	Antahbrantahstan	TBA	TBA
23	Vlavia	Stave Churches	Stévjakírkjen
24	Erie-Arcadia of Wombats	Hills	Kinokjen
25	Pemecutan	Cliffs	Kléjpen
26	Plangainer	TBA	TBA
27	Vartugia	Forests	Skuöen
28	Polkopia	Mosses	Mosíeaken
29	Crustyland	Rivers	Aibjánen
30	Aenglide	Stones	Kílainen
31	Mister X	Caves	Kæven
32	Beepee	Mountain Parrots	Fýljapæroten
33	Gaillimh Ciarrai	Rocks	Krágen
34	Missus X	Djáluen	Valley

Non-Participation Acts

The opening act was Erá Mojyk and the Aenglish National Orchestra, performing the original piece “Vján de gaúðin blöver nær méj”, which translates to "When the wind blowers near me" in Aenglic. The opening parade was titled “The Grand Opening - Aenglish Mix” and was used as a combination of songs for the opening parade, where all of the artists walk out onto the stage before their performances. The interval act between the last performance from ___ and the beginning of the jury votes was Akjefuldin rock band The Mercantiles, who performed their song "Benevolent Frequencies", which was the Aenglish entry for Worldvision 98 in Norfolk Pinewoods, Beepee, who came second.

Hosts

The hosts of Worldvision 98 was Kera Johanssen, a TV personality in Aenglide, and Lere Hveda, a singer, songwriter, actor, and TV personality in Aenglide. Lere Hveda had represented Aenglide in the 95th Worldvision Song Contest in Nakom, Yvesia as mononymously Lere.

Participating Countries and Results

Number	Country	Singer	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	StrayaRoos	ZoLo & Lucky	BURN	English	-	-
02	Norrp	Alina Fischer (ft. The Mad Hatter)	Mad Hatter's Street	-	-	-
03	Moorland	-	-	-	-	-
04	Carrelie	Monica	Burn	English	-	-
05	Kalosia	-	-	-	-	-
06	Scotatrova	Mia Lazaro	Shadow Deep	-	-	-
07	Britonisea	-	-	-	-	-
08	Achaean Republic	Louis Lacalle	Apología	Spanish	-	-
09	Illdonya	Salamá	Unhappiness	English	-	-
10	Elejamie	Suture	Doomsday	-	-	-
11	These American States	Jackson Carter	Off To War Again	English	-	-
12	Tödlichebujoku	Sisu Hákkánen	Ammu	Taploukki	-	-
13	Linnebourg	Noëlle & Marie de Kaëlsch	Our Lucky Day (Gléck)	Linnebourgish, English	-	-
14	Waisnor	VIRA/MAINA	Pustoy sosud	Russian	-	-
15	Hööra	Oksidentäälikvëaka	Lavläj’ëë	Hööra	-	-
16	Alezian Union	Hafizaruddin	Di Bawah Langit Yang Sama	Indonesian	-	-
17	Adab	-	-	-	-	-
18	StrayaRoos Barrier Islands	The Woggles	Painful Noises	English, Italian, French, Mrrp	-	-
19	Malta Comino Gozo	5ive	Faultlines	Maltese	-	-
20	Ertzei Kishim	Melis Bileh	Judas	English, Hebrew	-	-
21	Placely Placington	E Oe	Uoiauai	-	-	-
22	Antahbrantahstan	-	-	-	-	-
23	Vlavia	Vivvi V.	An Alloy	-	-	-
24	Erie-Arcadia of Wombats	arboretum	scared	English	-	-
25	Pemecutan	Ayu Sekar	Berlian	Pemecutan Malay	-	-
26	Plangainer	-	-	-	-	-
27	Vartugia	Please skip its loud AF	Almost 6 minute of cute music <3	English,	-	-
28	Polkopia	Anton Virnov	Zasvyet	Polkopian	-	-
29	Crustyland	Gen Z Hits and the Crustyland Choir	The Kids are Just Vibin'	-	-	-
30	Aenglide	Jannix & Eva Kújlora	Way Of Life	-	-	-
31	Mister X	Entourage	Searching For My Vindication	English	-	-
32	Beepee	Horace Cope	Next To Me	English	-	-
33	Gaillimh Ciarrai	Dòrn Iarainn	Ná eagla saoirse	Irish, English	-	-
34	Missus X	Rick Leg	I Will Survive	English	-	-