WELCOME TO THE 81st WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST
WELCOME TO BOSCHKE!
Welcome to Britonisea's fifth hosting of the WorldVision Song Contest, this edition taking place in Boschke. Boschke will be hosting Britonisea's 50th-anniversary edition since joining the WorldVision Song Contest in Celeste, Russadonia, 40th anniversary since our first hosting and win and 30th anniversary since Kyvivre hosted the competition. This is the IC Thead of the competition, where you will be able to find all of the competing entries, any other commentary and finally all of the votes as we find out which nation will become the 81st winner of the WorldVision Song Contest. Here are all the necessary links you'll need...
THE OOC & DISCUSSION THREAD
Updates regarding the contest will be posted here.
THE HOST BID
Here, you can find the successful Britonish bid. The stage details are located here.
80th WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST: Marina Point, Nekoni
Do you need tips? Why not go back in time and look at the awesome WV80 in Marina Point, Nekoni!
THE PLAYLIST
The official playlist of the 81st WorldVision Song Contest can be found here! Please click on it to go to the official WorldVision. Remember, it is likely a listen-a-long will happen straight after the vote lines open.
OPENING ACT // THE ENTRIES
A MESSAGE FROM THE TEAM AT BITC
Dear WorldVision Fans,
The time for Britonisea to host the WorldVision Song Contest has come again - welcome back to our wonderful country. Our hosting of the competition marks the fifth time that we are hosting the competition after a break of fifteen editions. When we hosted back in the 66th WorldVision Song Contest in Telm, it was one of the largest and most remembered editions of the Contest in recent editions and we would love for this upcoming edition to be no different. We will be throwing everything at you this edition to make sure that you get the Britonish experience when participating. For many nations, this edition will be the first time that they will head to Britonisea for the Contest and we would love to make a good impression on them. For nations that have come to Britonisea countless times in the past, this is yet another time we will be seeing you and we cannot wait to welcome you all once again.
For us, the 81st WorldVision Song Contest is a highly important edition. It, of course, marks the 50th anniversary since Britonisea debut at the Contest at the 31st WorldVision Song Contest in Celeste, Russadonia. We believe that more than any competing nation at the 81st WorldVision Song Contest, our journey at the Contest has been one of improvement, rising from the ashses - something that we are proud of. Back at the 31st edition, we came 21st which was penultimate place. Our results remained the same throughout the whole of the decade (except for the 35th and 38th edition where we came 5th) until we hit a new low at the 40th WorldVision Song Contest where we placed 41st. For Britonisea and the broadcaster, that marked the end of that period for us at the WorldVision Song Contest, as we won our first title at the 41st WorldVision Song Contest with Mya Richardson. Our journey has shown nations that anyone is able to do well at the Contest, all it takes is drive, passion and motivation and these are qualities Britons exhibit.
The 81st WorldVision Song Contest is celebrating our successes at the Contest, a cheers to another 50 editions of Britonisea at the Contest, but also, bringing everyone together - no matter the label that is held to a certain country. We cannot wait to celebrate with you.The team at BITC
Boschke, Britonisea
There was only a minute before the start of the WorldVision Song Contest 81 taking place in the Newbury Park Arena in Boschke. Over 20,000 people were jam-packed in the arena, with all of them taking their final positions before they were to go live in front of tens of nations broadcasting the WorldVision Song Contest. For BITC, they were hoping that this would give them the chance to make WorldVision popular again in Britonisea after recent failing viewership. They think that over 11 million households will be watching the events unfold at the 81st WorldVision Song Contest and they hope that this will keep the viewers coming back for more in other editions. There was a countdown on the screens around the around; 15 seconds left until we go live. The audience counted down, "10...9...", as they all started shouting and screaming. The Britons were very well trained, after having hosted six World Hit Festivals, four WorldVision Song Contests and 25 adult Vha Mehlodhivestoile live shows, the crowd were very used to knowing what was expected of them... #
As the audience cheered, the official ident of the WorldVision Song Contest showed on the screens of the tens of broadcasters of the WorldVision Song Contest with the sound of the audience faintly in the back. Commentators from around the world welcome their viewers to the competition as we move into The Opening Sequence, which is focused on the Britonish performance at the WorldVision Song Contest...
Opening VT
The Britonish sure do love a dramatic opening VT to set the mood of the competition. This edition, the dramatic opening VT explores the past performances of Britonish acts which will be explained below.
00:00 As the music starts over the roar of the audience, the audience decreases in loudness before Garange L'Iwes showed up on the screen, trying to sing his heart out. At the bottom of the screen, there is an Aston which says "Grange L'Iwes, WorldVision Song Contest 31, 21st 19 points". The picture of Grange L'Iwes was in black and white before he faded away. We then went to Britonisea's second participant in the WorldVision Song Contest in the form of Tess Philippa who represented us with the song, "From A Man (Who Pushed Me Down The Stairs)", a song that would have many reminding them of Eleanora Buckingham's WorldVision fate. Tess placed 26th place with 31 points - another stumble for the Britons at the competition. We then saw picitures of the next two representatives from Britonisea, Neil McGodden and Mister Liamson, both acts placing in the bottom half for Britonisea.
00:16 We then moved to pictures of The Serpentents who represented Britonisea at the 35th and 36th WorldVision Song Contest, with one shot being of them performing with their 5th placing song, "Like A Serpent" before we saw shots of them at the 36th WorldVision Song Contest, crying on the sofas in Greenroom after
their shock 36th placing - a new low for Britonisea. There was a quick close-up of Mini Surrey North, who would one day come back for revenge.
00:24 After the dramatic turn in the music after Mini Surrey-North's close-up, we then saw the next representative grace the stage in the shape of Mya Richardson who scored Britonisea's first 100+ points, coming 5th. She sang her song, "Return" (to the tune of Rhythm Inside), a song that is definitely still mimicked even today. We moved to the infamous appearance of Janet Kraye and the Children of 6B in Rokkestaat, Ekoz where Britonisea scored 41st place - Britonisea's worst placement to date and probably one of the worst - if not, the worst placement of any of the participating nations to this date. We then moved to Mya Richardson's second participation at the contest for the 41st edition which was held in Quickenden. We saw images of her holding up the WorldVision Song Contest trophy, as "Mya Richardson, WorldVision Song Contest 41, 1st 113 points" showed up on the screens.
00:36 It was now the time of Abanta Fonely, Kristine Flack and World Hit Festival winner, Evangeline Hope, to be showed on the screen as we ran through those that represented us at the contest during the 40s. For the start of the decade, the results were the same as Britonisea reached an equilibrium, coming 5th, 5th and 6th over the next three editions Britonisea participated in. But it was now time for the 17th placing from the 46th WorldVision Song Contest in Oreo, which caused a stir in the country with many "I Told You So" trending in Britonisea after many fans weren't happy about the appointment of Leonardo King ft Bianca and Nasha Tants being appointed as the representatives.
00:52 We now move onto Britonisea's second win from Mini Surrey-North who was a part of the girl group, The Serpentent, now going solo. Mini Surrey-North was the first-ever winner of successful television format, Vha Mehlodhivestoile in 2016. "Mini Surrey North, WV47, 1st 139 points" showed up on the screen with the crowd going wild as they watched this. To this date, Mini Surrey-North's win 34 editions ago remains Britonisea's best ever results and biggest points haul too. We move onto Amedeo Arjan who was forgotten amongst many after placing 12th with his song "Parrot-Talk". Popular Justs Prazeres represented Britonisea at the end of the 40s decade with his song, "Liberators", scoring 6th - the best a Britonish male performed at the time.
01:04 It was time for the 50s decade as we saw Tess Philippa once again representing her country with the song, "Overtaking", coming 8th place in what was considered an alright end to Britonisea's WV50 tale. The 51st WorldVision Song Contest saw a return to Britonisea as Britonish well-known star, Rigas Jengiz sent her song "I Will Be Gone", scoring the nation's first of six 2nd place finishes. After taking a break from the 52nd WorldVision Song Contest in Mercedini, it was time for Christen and Florise who represented Britonisea at the 53rd and 54th WorldVision Song Contest, coming 11th and 10th in the competition. Christien's 53rd WorldVision Song Contest performance would be the last time Britonish finished outside of the top 10, with the 19 songs proceeding to manage to keep up Britonisea's bettering appearances.
01:20 As the music reached some sort of climax, we were gifted to the performance of Mehkl Maddox-Ajax who came 9th with his song "I'll Be There". Mehkl Maddox-Ajax remains the only Vha Mehlodhivestoile to go on to not win the WorldVision Song Contest with his 9th place performance being less than favoured by the Britonish. Some Britons remain bitter about that edition, especially as it was one by Eastern neighbour, Nightom. Next up is Sanna with her song "Na Farar". It represents the "middle" for Britonisea at the WorldVision Song Contest. Sanna's song was the first to be sent in Britonish, coming 5th place with 86 points before we head to Britonisea for a third time to Machievelihe for the 57th WorldVision Song Contest where we saw Britonisea's 2nd second place performance with Mello Cinde.
01:28 We then start the 60s with style, with the decade being hailed as Britonisea's with the nation finishing in the top 2 on five out of eight occasions. Mathias Bexley-Durand came 9th at the 61st WorldVision Song Contest with his song, "The Pink Mist" before we moved to the 62nd WorldVision Song Contest where Alisha Hagerty represented Britonisea with the song "Where I Belong" which came 2nd place. The third Britonish win came at the 63rd WorldVision Song Contest when Frida Grover represented us, with her face being shown on the screen. The audience danced in the arena as "Pyro" was played. "Pyro" is the only Britonish language winner (full text) with Vha Mehlodhivestoile winner, Taron Woods sending Britonish with his song, "Cy Ecouto Teuten Vokse" at the 64th WorldVision Song Contest. Both songs came first, with 98 and 117 points respectively. The crowd in the arena roared loudly with the song being heard over the VT. Britonisea's fortunes in the top 2 ended as Sadegh Prazeres, brother of Justs, represented the country with his song, Make Our History" which came 9th place with 70 points.
01:40 As we reached the actual climax of the song, we saw Kelsey Banques appear on the screen with her song, "Run" which came 2nd at the 66th WorldVision Song Contest, Britonisea's 4th hosting. Kelsey scored 129 points which were the highest amount of points since Mini Surrey North. Kelsey, of course, returns to the WorldVision Song Contest in Britonisea this edition. Alyxhia Willis was next up, coming 2nd with her song, "You've Wanted Me", with 96 points. She too, would come back for her revenge in a later contest.
01:48 We then saw a montage of the next few acts before we reached the end...
Suddenly, we went live into the arena in Boschke as the audience cheered one more time. The music for the Parade of Nations began as we were it was time for the Parade of Nations...
Thomas Wicks - "The Parade"
Tune : X1 (엑스원) - "Flash (Official Video)"
Thomas Wicks: Upcoming Boschkian DJ, Tom Wicks has been picked to be the official composer for the track behind the Nations Parade at the 81st WorldVision Song Contest.
More nations than expected decided to participate in the 81st WorldVision Song Contest and with the number pushing forty nations - making it the largest contest since the last time Britonisea hosted (where 36 nations posted, 33 nations in total). The Nations Parade has been pushed to its limit. What the producers have decided to do - to make sure that all nations are able to fit in the Parade, they've said that two nations will enter the stage together with one on the left of screen and the other (the nation performing after) on the right of the frame. Britonisea will appear in the Parade of Nations last.
The first acts of the evening to face the wrath of the Britons are Highly Ranked and Scotarova. Highly Ranked decided to send an entry which seemed to be pretty Anti-Britonish and as the group of Dean Boyst look-a-likes walk onto the stage, it seemed as though few members of the audience decided to give them a boo - which isn't usually heard in a Britonish hosting. The camera quickly cut to Scotatrova and the handsome figure of Diego Pousa. Diego walked on the right of the screen as the colours of their national flag showed up on the screen. The jeers slowly turned to cheers as people saw Highly Ranked leave the stage with Scotatrova being the centre of attention. It was soon time for the next two acts.
The two longest participating nations of the WorldVision Song Contest, Polkopia and Kalosia, were next to join the stage. Even though there weren't any rules about social distancing at the time of the 81st WorldVision Song Contest, the Kalosian Delegation requested there be space between the Polkopian and Kalosian act - and all acts for that matter. As the Polkopian act, Bradin, walked onto the stage, she waved to the crowd, to Ǧamilah, and anyone else who was watching, before wrapping up. The once nervous Bradin needed this very moment was what she needed to overcome the nerves she had been feeling before. The audience continued to cheer as Ǧamilah came on the stage wearing this and a face mask which did seem to perplex some members of the audience - it wasn't something they were used to. Some were wondering whether it was part of the Kalosian staging.
Up next to be on the stage are Belgaam and Elejamie - with Belgaam returning after a long hiatus and Elejamie coming back for another stab at the victory. Belgaam was the first to walk on to the stage, a few seconds in front of Elejamie. Maveria walked onto the stage smiling, before - over the music - saying, "Thank you! I love you all so much!" as the act from Elejamie came out onto the stage. They were all wearing the outfits they were going to perform in, which I'll describe in the song proper, although Cate was wearing a pair of black sunglasses as well as a brown suede jacket over her shirt. They didn't really do anything super exciting, merely just smiled waved to the crowd and the cameras. In fact, once they reached a camera at the foot of the catwalk, they stopped moving and Cate made her way to the front (with her sisters stepping aside to let her do so, of course). There, she smiled and waved harder at the camera, saying "Hi mom! Hi dad! Hi Robert!" into it as if it was her first time being on TV. The crowd smiled at the innocence of the group as we move on...
It was then time for Tödlichebujoku and Titaniumland to make their way onto the stage. Both nations were very popular in Britonisea and so as the first of the two nations were announced, Tödlichebujoku, the audience erupted into a huge roar. As group Tulisvi made their way onto the stage, they walked with Chloe from Titaniumland, smiling and waving towards the camera. Chloe too drew in a good reception with many fans in the audience going to her concert in Machievelihe.
Up next is Vartugia and Beepee. As the unnamed Vartugian representative made their way onto the stage, there was a muted response as they smiled and waved their flag. As Beepee walked out onto the stage, Betty Won't made her way on to stage to the sound of some cheers.