WorldVision Song Contest 114

114th WorldVision Song Contest

Host Information
Date	June 3, 2024
Venue	EcoDome Chiton, Beepee
Presenters	Tom Fullery
Executive Supervisors	WorldVision Committee
Executive Producer	Ms Fanny Golightly
Host Broadcaster	BONC
Website	worldvision.tv/event/worldvision114
Participants
Number of Entries	20
Debuting Nations	Mimetica, United Mandaran States
Returning Nations	Vartugia, Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic, Britonisea, Carrelie, Plangainer
Non-returning Nations	Elejamie, Placely Placington, Adab, Mister X, Missus X, Mother CupcakKe, Suurna, Ugunnustan, Pais Occitans, Robloxian Robloxia, CangutaRub
Vote
Voting system	Each national jury awards their top 10 points, from 12, 10, 8-1. A proportional televote is then given out, amounting to the same total as the jury.
Winning song	Gallicelèstia Eleanora "Tutto O Niente"
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The 114th WorldVision Song Contest was held on 3rd June 2024, in Chiton, Beepee. Organised by the International Broadcasting Alliance (IBA) and host broadcaster the Beepeean Occasional News Corporation (BONC). The contest took place in Chiton, Beepee and held in the EcoDome. The live show was presented by Tom Fullery.

This was the second time that Beepee hosted the contest, having done so for the 97th Edition of the contest, held in Norfolk Pinewoods.

Twenty countries competed. Gallicelèstia with the song "Tutto O Niente" by Eleanora, marking their first win in the contest. Plangainer won the jury votes but overall places second, just one point behind, their best placing to date. Malta Comino Gozo placed third, The Alezian Union fourth and Saint Monkey achieved their best result to date completing the top five.

Location

The state capital of Catenham, Chiton, has been transformed over recent years from a small, but well heeled, town into a large economic powerhouse driven by the lucrative uranium mining industry in the nearby Catenham Hills.

The city skyline has grown over the past 4 years and is now punctuated with large modern skyscrapers being headquarters of major mining corporations.

Major mining corporations have headquartered in Chiton and wield significant influence over state policies and development projects, contributing to both prosperity and debates over corporate power. Indeed, the influx of wealth from the uranium industry has led to a cultural renaissance, with the city boasting modern art galleries, theaters, and vibrant nightlife in downtown Chiton.

Whilst the city has embraced cutting-edge technology in uranium extraction, with advanced mining equipment and eco-friendly practices to mitigate environmental impact. The city also grapples with environmental challenges and public debates over the ecological impact of uranium mining, leading to increased advocacy for sustainable practices. The Green Energy Initiative, a local movement, seeks to balance economic growth with environmental preservation. Closed mined areas are rehabilitated focusing on reforestation, soil remediation, and wildlife habitat restoration, resulting in large national parks surrounding the main city.

The recent growth of the city has seen a diverse influx of residents, from miners to academics, creating a dynamic social fabric, with a multicultural, cosmopolitan scene. Chiton's neighborhoods range from bustling urban districts to suburban areas, reflecting the varied lifestyles of its inhabitants

Host Bidding Process

Only two host bids were received by the WorldVision Committee, with the ballot for voting being held between 7 and 13 May 2024 between member broadcasters.

Acina, StrayaRoos

The city of Acina was bidding for the first time to host the contest. The bid was the fifth from StrayaRoos, who had previously hosted the 103rd Edition in Richmond, StrayaRoos.

Previous Bids

• Pale, WorldVision 95
• Circunses, WorldVision 96
• Richmond, WorldVision 103
• Acaua, WorldVision 107
• Acina, WorldVision 114

Chiton, Beepee

By contrast, Chiton was bidding for the second successive cycle, having lost to Light City, Saint Monkey the previous edition. Beepee had bid on 7 prior occasions and had previously hosted the 97th Edition in Norfolk Pinewoods, Beepee.

Previous Bids

• Norfolk Pinewoods, WorldVision 85
• Banksia, WorldVision 89
• Hercules, WorldVision 95
• Norfolk Pinewoods, WorldVision 97
• Hercules, WorldVision 98
• Norfolk Pinewoods, WorldVision 112
• Chiton, WorldVision 113
• Chiton, WorldVision 114

In addition to the above, Sion entered a host city bid for WorldVision 111. This bid was withdrawn prior to the deadline as a result of Beepee's hosting of World Hit Festival 73.

Results

The WorldVision Committee published the outcome of the ballot on 14 May 2024, announcing that Chiton, Beepee would host the 114th edition of the WorldVision Song Contest.

Key:  †  Host city

Venue	Capacity	City	Nation	Place	Points
Acina Music Center	20,000	Acina	StrayaRoos	2nd	74 points
EcoDome	36,000	Chiton	Beepee	1st	80 points

Venue

The EcoDome is a large 55,000 maximum capacity multi-sports and arena building, constucted over the past 4 years, as part of Chiton's growth and opened on 1 January 2024.

For the purposes of WorldVision, capacity was reudced to 36,000. This is to allow for green room, backstage and commentators boxes.

The staging consists of three separate LED stages connected by a broad ramp: a main stage with a giant, curved widescreen; a rhombic middle stage; and a rectangular stage that along with the ramp forms a T-shape at the middle of the floor. The stages feature various visuals and effects throughout the show.

The production aides consists of smoke machines, PixMob LED bracelets, light beams, confetti shooters, coordinated serial lights, pyrotechnics, and hydraulic platforms. The middle rhombic stage has mobile blocks that can elevate to form different platform shapes throughout the show.

Presenter

Beepeean television host and comedian, Tom Fullery, and is best known outside of Beepee for hosting the 114th WorldVision Song Contest.

Fullery has regularly worked for BONC since 2018, hosting comedy, reality and quiz shows such as Celebrity Squares, Farmer wants a Husband and Married at First Glance.

Contest Overview

The contest was opened by host, Tom Fullery, who after a brief introduction to the show presented the opening Act "Another Music Show", performed by Geōrgios Kunz.

The schlager song, written by Otto Tune, was a lighthearted take on the similarities between the WorldVision Song Contest and other music contests. The song received praise from some nations, however bewildered others.

Following the opening number, Fullery returned to the stage to introduce the entrants through the Parade of Nations. After which the first entrant, Carrelie, performed. Host interventions were held sporadically throughout the show to allow participating broadcaster to air commercial breaks.

The first host Intervention occurred after the 6th entrant, from Furballland. Host, Tom Fullery, provided a short history of the first ever WorldVision, and then reminded viewers to vote only after they had seen all the acts. The second host Intervention occurred after the 13th entrant, from Cassanges. Fullery interviewed WorldVision 97 host, Harry Balsac, reminiscing on his hosting experiences. Then, Fullery reminded audiences of the WorldVision App for a wider digital experience. The third host Intervention occurred prior to the Alinghi performance where Tom Fullery reminded viewers of the fourteenth WorldVision Song Contest. The final host interventionovcurred after the 29th entry (Axuva), where the most WorldVision wins leaderboard was presented with a clip of Polkopia (the current leaders) last performance played, before Fullery informed viewers they could purchase the DVD of tonight's show.

The contest saw two returning acts: The Crustyland Soccer Fan Choir representing Crustyland and Fakawi representing Malta Comino Gozo who both competed in WorldVision 106 respectively.

Number	Country	Singer	Song	Place	Points
01	Carrelie	Karolien	Child Of Hers	17th	58
02	Plangainer	Stefanie Feliciano	Žydroje	2nd	216
03	Furballland	Ophelia Naibakvar	Constellation	16th	71
04	Saint Monkey	Jazz Box	How Mighty	5th	172
05	Crustyland	Crustyland Soccer Fan Choir	The Beepee Song	14th	77
06	Malta Comino Gozo	Fakawi	Urban Jungle	3rd	192
07	Kinqueven	Ka Uma	Live On	18th	54
08	StrayaRoos	Zak	Ngalawa dyi	10th	122
09	United Mandaran States	Trisna Mirayani	Tak Ingin Lagi	15th	76
10	Beepee	Gigi Zahors	Until Daylight	11th	109
11	Waisnor	Eva	Sestrichki	12th	88
12	Mimetica	Wilma Fingerdoo	Snow White	13th	87
13	Achaean Republic	Yadira Polanco	Yo Lo Sé	6th	170
14	Alezian Union	MUSA/ADAM ft. Laura Kottier	Amicably Respected, Respectfully Avoided	4th	173
15	Federal-Democratic Republic of Alinghi	DJ Joo'tha & Klinne Emersan Morina	Atlantis is so much Beautiful	19th	19
16	Vartugia	AImy GENERATOR	Our entry is formated like this for some reason	20th	11
17	Gallicelèstia	Eleanora	Tutto O Niente	1st	217
18	Kalosia	Bruno Baľarti	Luna	8th	125
19	Britonisea	Roksie Rakas & RYBACK	Party Animal	7th	160
20	Aenglide	ANTERYTOVER, Sannus, Dukasettelskågen	Lettængelsgött	9th	123

Detailed Voting Results

  Winner

Split results of WorldVision 114

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Gallicelèstia	217	Plangainer	115	Gallicelèstia	104
2	Plangainer	216	Gallicelèstia	113	Plangainer	101
3	Malta Comino Gozo	192	Malta Comino Gozo	103	Alezian Union	96
4	Alezian Union	173	Saint Monkey	80	Saint Monkey	92
5	Saint Monkey	172	Britonisea	78	Achaean Republic	92
6	Achaean Republic	170	Achaean Republic	78	Malta Comino Gozo	89
7	Britonisea	160	Alezian Union	77	Britonisea	82
8	Kalosia	125	Kalosia	62	Aenglide	73
9	Aenglide	123	Beepee	57	StrayaRoos	70
10	StrayaRoos	122	StrayaRoos	52	Kalosia	63
11	Beepee	109	Aenglide	50	Beepee	52
12	Waisnor	88	Furballland	48	Mimetica	52
13	Mimetica	87	United Mandaran States	46	Waisnor	47
14	Crustyland	77	Waisnor	41	Crustyland	41
15	United Mandaran States	76	Crustyland	36	United Mandaran States	30
16	Furballland	71	Mimetica	35	Kinqueven	27
17	Carrelie	58	Carrelie	32	Carrelie	26
18	Kinqueven	54	Kinqueven	27	Furballland	23
19	Alinghi FDR	19	Alinghi FDR	19	Alinghi FDR	0
20	Vartugia	11	Vartugia	11	Vartugia	0

Voting Grid

Detailed voting results of WorldVision Song Contest 114

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Televoting score	Jury Voting
					Furballland	Beepee	Gallícelestia	Mimetica	Malta Comino Gozo	Crustyland	Waisnor	Saint Monkey	Kinqueven	United Manduran States	Vartugia	StrayaRoos	Plangainer	Alinghi FDR	Kalosia	Britonisea	Aenglide	Alezian Union	Achaean Republic	Carrelie
Contestants	Carrelie	58	32	26					2		3	3	5	1	2						8		8
	Plangainer	216	115	101	10	8	10	3		6		6	6			6		8	12	8	4	6	12	10
	Furballland	71	48	23		1			8					3	12				10			10	3	1
	Saint Monkey	172	80	92	1	4	8	6	12	2			3		3	12	2	5	8	1	5			8
	Crustyland	77	36	41		7			4						10	3	4	4					4
	Malta Comino Gozo	192	103	89	12		4			5	10	10	10	7		10	3	12	2	2	10		6
	Kinqueven	54	27	27				10			7			2								8
	StrayaRoos	122	52	70		2	6		10		1	4		4			10		6	7		2
	United Manduran States	76	46	30	5		2			7	5		8				5				7	5		2
	Beepee	109	57	52	3			8		3		8	1	10	1			7		6		3	2	5
	Waisnor	88	41	47	6		5	4	3			2		6		5		1					5	4
	Mimetica	87	35	52						12					6	2				12	3
	Achaean Republic
	Alezian Union
	Alinghi FDR
	Vartugia
	Gallícelestia
	Kalosia
	Britonisea
	Aenglide

12 Points

12 points awarded by nations in WorldVision Song Contest 114

No.	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
4	Gallicelèstia	Aenglide, Saint Monkey, United Mandaran States, Waisnor
3	Alezian Union	Carrelie, Beepee, Mimetica
2	Malta Comino Gozo	Alinghi FDR, Furballland
Mimetica	Britonisea, Crustyland
Plangainer	Achaean Republic, Kalosia
Saint Monkey	Malta Comino Gozo, StrayaRoos
1	Achaean Republic	Gallicelèstia
	Britonisea	Plangainer
	Alinghi FDR	Kinqueven
	Furballland	Vartugia
	Kalosia	Alezian Union

Broadcast Ratings

Viewership by participating nations

Nation	Broadcaster	Avg. viewers (millions)	Share (%)
Alezian Union	ABA	88,48	65.5%
Britonisea	BVC	5,08	24.8%
Carrelie	STC	11,03	19.3%
Furballland	OTR	52,13	13.6%
Gallicelèstia	RTG	605,92	76.5%
Malta Comino Gozo	MCGBC	0,5	95%
Plangainer	AIM	9,66	60.7%
Saint Monkey	SMBS	7,00	37.1%
StrayaRoos	rtvS	18,90	26.2%