Welcome to Peeto, the capital city of Polkopia and host city for the 87th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest!
The time had nearly come to start the show and people were still flooding the Stadion Hanisova, eager to get to their seats in time for the show to begin. Many attendees wore Worldvision merchandise acquired just outside of the interior of the arena during the pre-party, with memorabilia ranging from modest T-shirts or flags to costumes with intricate details sketched out on the fabric and face and body paint covering the entirety of the wearer's skin. Even before the show began, anyone could see that it was going to be a very high-energy event tonight, and the noise level in the building only further affirmed this. Inside the arena, every other seat was blocked off in order to keep certain social distancing regulations implemented, with exceptions being made for members of the same party being allowed to sit next to one another. Despite the arena only seating a fraction of the amount of people it would normally accommodate, the people inside were still determined to have fun, and the Polkopian team would do everything in their power in order to ensure that guests could, just for one night, let loose for a bit and enjoy themselves.
Once inside, members of the audience could see a clear view of the stage, which, at the moment, was empty. The LED screen at the back of the stage showed the official logo for Worldvision 87, with the outer rings spinning slowly in alternate directions as the timer in the center counted down. Staff members walked about the arena wearing face shields, offering members of the audience glowing bracelets at no charge. These bracelets would illuminate in-sync with certain spotlights used to light up the stage and were designed to coordinate with same colors used. At the moment, they remained a generic white color, but would immediately change once the opening act began.
More and more people entered the arena and soon enough it was time to start the show. The level of noise picked up almost immediately as soon as the timer in the middle reached 60 seconds and began to count down from there. When it dropped below 30, one could hear people start to count down, and once it reached 10, the lights around the arena immediately dimmed and members' bracelets followed suit. The outer and inner 'wheels' of the logo now began to spin in a jagged motion in-sync with the countdown, until it reached 0 and they rapidly begun to spin. Every single light turned off in the arena and the audience cheered excitedly in anticipation for the show to begin.
The group, Breakdown, was to open the show. The group consisted of over 50 men and women of all ages and their shows usually revolved around high-energy beats mixed with a simplistic, yet entertaining stage performance to keep the energy high. It's no wonder that the group would be chosen to open the show and lay the foundation for a night filled with energy. To begin the performance, the stage had turned completely dark in the small intermission between the countdown timer and the start of the song. Once the song began, the stage remained completely dark as one of the lead singers, Maša Žuškova, began to sing. As the first verse carries on, a singular spotlight illuminates Maša, who is standing center-stage. The light is a golden hue and by the last line, she is completely illuminated, as well as the LED lights around the outside of the stage, which are also colored in a similar hue.
Every second feels like forever,
But tonight you know that it's now or never,
To show the world what you've got now,
Come and join us, everyone's watching
As the beat picked up during this next bit, the lights around the arena illuminated and dimmed in-sync with the beat, though it never got overwhelmingly bright. Onstage, there appeared to be dancers wearing the same bracelets that the audience members all wore, only they had one around each wrist, and one on each ankle. Their bracelets, along with the audience's, brightened and dimmed in-sync with the rest of the lighting in the building, though for now, that was all that was visible onstage apart from Maša.
From Britonisea to Natanya
You've gotta find the music inside you.
Se soyevi' naš sevodnaJoin us now
Se soyevi' naš sevodnaJoin us now
The lights dimmed and illuminated rapidly now so that the audience could hardly see in front of them. Fog and smoke erupted from the perimeter of the stage and covered the edge of the stage in it as the lights continued to flash.
Play the music Mister DJ
Help me dance all night and day
Play the music Mister DJ
Help me dance all night and all day
The lights immediately shut off and dozens of dancers flooded the stage, each wearing white tracksuits with neon trims. Each person's trim represented the colors of one participating nations' flag. For example, one woman onstage had trims in cream and orange, representing Belgaam, whereas someone else wore the Carytonian, wearing bright blue, white, and gold trims to their suit. When they all entered the stage, they entered from every possible entrance, from the back-left of the stage, the back-right, and even some from a hidden entrance on the stage islands! They marched toward the center of the stage in a militaristic, regimented style, and all of them stepped and moved their arms in-sync with one another and the beat. As Maša sang the next verse, the people on-stage all took their places, all of them standing six feet from one another in a perfectly uniform formation. All of them raised one arm to the side, looked toward it, before bringing it back down to their side, shifting their feet, and doing the same toward the other side.
Watch the sunrise from the dancefloor
We'll dance 'till we can't dance no more
Move your body, lose your mind here
For this one night, we're in the clear
As the music started to die down, every member on-stage picked up a roman candle that was conveniently left on the stage-floor next to each dancer. They then raised their arms up at once and shot one above them. Every firework was colored in gold, white, or black, resembling the Polkopian flag colors. Special camera effects made it so that the fireworks up above coincided together to illustrate a Polkopian flag above the stage, before the fireworks dimmed and the 'flag' disappeared from view. For those who were at the arena, they didn't get the same show, but still gave an enthusiastic cheer at the sight of fireworks being shot up in the air.
The dancers all turned toward the middle of the stage and began walking again, maintaining the same regimented-style walk as they had done before, only they were moving past one another (Similar to this). This happened until everyone had moved to the other side of the stage, and by that time, this verse had concluded. Maša herself had not moved an inch; the dancers had all walked around her and she remained standing in the same position that she had stood in during the entire performance thus far.
Every second feels like forever,
But tonight you know that it's now or never,
To show the world what you've got now,
Come and join us, everyone's watching
As Maša sang the first line, spotlights illuminated the "Achaean" and "Axuvan" dancers, who were each standing on opposite sides of the stage. They jumped forward as they were shown, but when the lights returned back to normal, they returned to their previous positions. Afterwards, all of the dancers began doing a choreography involving overhead claps, running in place, and high kicks, before moving to more advanced choreographic movements like summersaults, flips, and cartwheels.
From Achaea to Axuva
You've gotta find the music inside you.
Se soyevi' naš sevodnaJoin us now
Se soyevi' naš sevodnaJoin us now
Spotlights rapidly moved around the entire stage and the dancers all stood in their places, fistpumping as Maša sang this bit. As the song started to fade out toward the end, the camera faded into black and the audience from home would catch a glimpse of the dancers all turning around to run toward the back of the stage. Maša stayed put at the front of the stage, but would not be visible from the cameras from here on out.
Play the music Mister DJ
Help me dance all night and day
Play the music Mister DJ
Help me dance all night and all day
During the first line, the cameras remained black, but as soon as the beat started up, the camera moved to the back of the stage where the countries' background dancers would be raised up by column-like pedestals. The first dancer, located in the very middle, was the Scotatrovan dancer, who had lost her tracksuit, but she was wearing a two-piece swimsuit decked out in the Scotatrovan colors. She had her hands on her hips and moved her hips from side to side in-sync with the beat as she was raised up by the pedestal. Then, when the next beat sounded, the Scotatrovan pedestal stopped at 10 meters high and two pedestals moved up (One on each side of the previous one). On the left pedestal stood a male dancer in a pale pink and white speedo representing Antahbrantahstan, and he did similar movements as the Scotatrovan dancer. To the right of the original pedestal, a woman in Gold, white, and black danced while also being raised up, representing Polkopia. The Anturian and Polkopian dancers were lifted at a height of about 9 meters. Then, on either side of those, five more pedestals were each raised, representing 10 of the other nations who competed in the previous Worldvision, and were stopped at 6 meters, then on and on until all of this edition's participants were all accounted for.
For this one night, we'll go, we'll go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
Once the music stopped, a quick burst of fireworks signaled the end of the performance and the camera faded into black as the Polkopian team readied the stage in order to prepare for the Parade of Nations, scheduled to begin immediately after.
The band, SEKZTA, was set to perform the Parade of Nations for the 87th Worldvision Song Contest. The band had performed at the 85th edition in the contest and placed 8th in Malta Comino Gozo with their song, Party Dance. Since their Worldvision appearance, the band remained immensely popular throughout Polkopia for their comical, satirical style of performing, and the decision from the PNB to select them to perform at Worldvision 87 came as a surprise to nobody. They were recognized by virtual every Worldvision fan and their performance in Malta Comino Gozo remained iconic in the eyes of many. For this performance, the two main members of the group stood at the front of the stage while they sang. Partway through their performance, they would stop and move side-to-side as the nations' performers were introduced. When the first nation's entrant was introduced, they appeared at the left side of the stage and walked toward the island on the right. Two Polkopian performers stood on either side of the entrant, each carrying large flags of that country- in this case, Caryton. The entrant would then stand far away on the island, before being escorted through an entrance underneath the stage. Then the same would be done for the next entrant, only they would start on the back-right of the stage and walk to the island on the left. The order would switch up every time a nation was introduced.
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______________________________WELCOME, THE SPIRITUAL REPUBLIC OF CARYTON!______________________________
______________________________ÇAÏETA, CARRELIE!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, ELEJAMIE!______________________________
______________________________WELKOM, SOUTH ALEZIA!______________________________
______________________________TERVE, TÖDLICHEBUJOKU!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, RHIM FLAVEZZTOWLAND!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, TOHOTOKAI!______________________________
______________________________DOBRO SE POŽIVAET, POLKOPIA!______________________________
______________________________VAMLÜS, OQMET!______________________________
______________________________SELAMAT DATANG, ANTAHBRANTAHSTAN!______________________________
______________________________WILKOM, BRITONISEA!______________________________
______________________________KÍVÖŻAT, BELGAAM!______________________________
______________________________MARHABA, NORTH ALEZIA!______________________________
______________________________..., PLACEY PLACINGTON!______________________________
______________________________WILKOM, ESTOGIUM!______________________________
______________________________BUDAWA, BEEPEE!______________________________
______________________________OM SWASTIASTU, PEMECUTAN!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, TALVEZOUT!______________________________
______________________________PRYVITANNE, WAISNOR!______________________________
______________________________BONGU, MALTA COMINO GOZO!______________________________
______________________________BENVENITU, KALOSIA!______________________________
______________________________BIENVENUE, NEKONI!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, ELECTRUM!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, ELECTRUM DIPLOMATIC OFFICES!______________________________
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Stand on the stage for me
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______________________________WELCOME, NORTHERN BEEPEE!______________________________
______________________________VÆLKOMIN, CRUSTYLAND!______________________________
______________________________BRUCHIM HABAIM, ERTZEI KISHIM!______________________________
______________________________BIENVENUE, NORMANDY AND PICARDY!______________________________
______________________________BIENVENIDOS, ACHAEAN REPUBLIC!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, ZEGANAS!______________________________
______________________________VAMLUŠ, HAFAMARIMËT!______________________________
______________________________WITAMY, SAINTRABINA!______________________________
______________________________WITAMY, CHRISTARNEA!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, SAVIERA!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, MISTER X!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, LLALTA!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, MISSUS X!______________________________
______________________________WELCOME, ETHANE!______________________________
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This editions' hosts, Tatiyana Mašpin, Lana Vernova, and Dima Bogdanović, all walk to the front of the stage from the back, waving and smiling toward the cheering crowd. It takes a few moments for the crowd to quiet down, but once they do, the hosts begin to speak.
Tatiyana: "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Polkopia!"
The crowd erupts in a frenzy of cheers once more, and again, it takes a few moments for them to quiet down.
Dima: "Sounds like we're all excited to be here and start the show! We'll do that in just a minute, however it's our job as hosts, to be here and to do the very difficult job of guiding the show along its way in order to give you, our viewers, the best experience possible."
Lana: "Of course, we know that Worldvision fans are some of the most passionate in the world and we spared no expense in order to bring the show to you with state-of-the-art Polkopian technology!"
A sound erupts from the back and a studio light falls from the ceiling onto the stage floor, resulting in a loud crash. The three hosts flinch and turn to see what had caused the sound, before turning back to face the camera awkwardly.
Lana: "Well... we'll do our best at the very least!"
Tatiyana: "In just a few moments, artists from fifty three nations will take to the stage, but only one nation will win the 87th Worldvision Song Contest! Last year, Scotatrova won the contest for the very first time but this edition it's anyone's game!"
Dima: "Ladies... I think it's time we give the people what they want, don't you? Are you guys ready to start the show?!"
The crowd responds in a series of screams and enthusiastic whistles, hoots, and hollers. Tatiyana laughs, Lana covers her ears, also laughing, while Dima turns his head to the side and cups his ear facing the crowd.
Dima: "I think they're ready guys, what do you say?"
Lana: "I think they're as ready as we are to get this show on the road! Now guys, you know the drill, just like we rehearsed..."
Dima, Lana, and Tatiyana: "Ladies and gentlemen, let the 87th Worldvision Song Contest begin!"
