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It's been a long time since Tödlichebujoku last hosted WorldVision in the 66th contest, and even longer since Äuszer's first attempt at hosting the contest in the 32nd contest all those years ago. And for the rest of the world, it's been a long year. But now, we're here. The Ametsuči Dome finally opens its doors to the many fans of WorldVision, and the pre-show music softly plays as the audience members file in and settle in their seats. A friendly hubbub steadily grows, before the lights turn down and all attention turns to the stage as the orchestra is revealed.
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Escape From Yomi
Küösti Mákelá & Üüsertsenkeiken City Orchestra
(Tune: Two Steps From Hell - "Starfall")
Behind the Üüsertsenkeiken City Orchestra, an animation plays. Fire and ice dueling for dominance, washing across the screens, scintillating effects of snow and spark sparkling and scattering... before all is awash in flame, before fading to make way for the opening act
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Ugós (Fire)
Daina Balodis ft. Grãde Nuno
(Tune: Kate DeLuna ft. Elephant Man - "Whine Up")
Daina Balodis finally makes it on the international stage! But first, Grãde Nuno is here to kick off the song. He appears atop a black plinth toward the back of the stage, sharply dressed
Let's burn it up!
Are you feeling hot?
And even if you're not
We'll heat up this house, yesim!Let's go!
Daina is illuminated in front, on the central stage, in a slim fiery red dress, naturally. Her head, facing off to the side, snaps forward as she begins to sing, a seductive smile upon her lips, surrounded by dancers clad in black
Caught your eyes upon my body
Know you like some burning heat
Come and follow if you're hungry
Gonna serve a spicy feast
I can feel our flames attracting
Rising in the wind
Each breath we're carbonizing,
The passion within
She whirls around, hand outstretched to the dancers moving around her, as if controlling them
Oh oh oh
Make 'em stop and hit the floor
Oh oh oh
Bust through the exit doors
Daina steps forward, camera close, the dancers trailing behind her. The stage is brushed in swathes of gold and orange, flickers of red beyond the center
We're building higher and higher
An unstoppable fire
I'm burnin'
That's all I feel
When you're on me, around me
Two hot bodies entwinin'
I can't believe it
But it feels so real
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's you
Ugós, ugós, ugós, with me
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's us
Ugós, ugós, ugós, burn up!
After the high-energy shots of light over the audience and synchronized dancing on the stage, Daina is found glowing in a number of spotlights as she strides forward along the projecting platform, whirling herself around every so often as she sings in Nevetasso
Més chovacaro esã ugósgrécoWe are a conflagration tonight
Bístamas, spéçígas, dabas spécoDangerous, powerful, a force of nature
Carstáci para ugono vétroHotter than a firestorm
Varã ezcausét térauda ballxosWe can melt steel beams
The dancers chase her down and they all skid to a stop at the end of the platform, Daina sliding along in a reclining position, the dancers prostrate around her. Despite the content of her lyrics, she looks cool and relaxed. Except for the smoking smile upon her face
We're building up to climax and we just can't stop
Dancing through the embers, hear them spark and pop
You feel me superheating, we're glowing like the sun
Shining through the midnight, burning long past one
Oh oh oh
Make 'em stop and hit the floor
Oh oh oh
Bust through the exit doors
A ring of orange spotlight travels around her, the camera view shooting from above and rising up. The dancers are splayed around her and also rotate, as fire begins to jet out from the stage edge around them
We're building higher and higher
An unstoppable fire
I'm burnin'
That's all I feel
When you're on me, around me
Two hot bodies entwinin'
I can't believe it
But it feels so real
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's you
Ugós, ugós, ugós, with me
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's us
Ugós, ugós, ugós, burn up!
Grãde Nuno reappears striding down the main stage, having made it back down from his perch. He's clearly having fun here, a bit of a jaunty expression as he pops about the stage edge, with Daina eventually joining him and dancing alongside
Ugós
Light up the party till it's ash and ugós
When will we stop, well nobody knows
Dance till you drop and the ceiling is smoke
Body to body and you know how it goes
Sweating in heat with our cheeks all aglow
Head feeling light and it's not just ozone
And you're feeding my flame, make me shout, "Ugós!"
The two face each other for the next lines, with more fun than affection, before going their own ways
Oh oh oh oh
We're burning!
Oh oh oh oh
Yesim!Let's go!
Fire billows out from all along the stage edge, as yellow and orange sparks rain down from the ceiling. Amidst all the heat, Daina is developing a clear sheen of sweat as she continues, but appears to be utterly unbothered otherwise. She makes her way back down the projecting platform with the dancers in tow, and Grãde Nuno bringing up the rear fist bumping the audience whenever the flames pause
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's you
Ugós, ugós, ugós, with me
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's us
Ugós, ugós, ugós, burn up!
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's you
Ugós, ugós, ugós, with me
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's us
Ugós, ugós, ugós, burn up!
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's you
Ugós, ugós, ugós, with me
Ugós, ugós, ugós, it's us
Ugós, ugós, ugós, burn up!
The lights and fire slowly dissipate into darkness as Daina continues singing, and only once she has exited the stage does she stop singing, and the last light upon her extinguish into blackness. After a pause, the lights brightening once again and the audience begins to applaud
With a great flap of wings, Ensio Aasili makes his presence known from behind the audience, slowly gliding in a lazy spiral down to the stage. He harumphs and shakes his mane, settling his wings into their resting position, before turning his attention to the audience.
"Ah, hello. Welcome to Äuszer, and welcome to the 89th WorldVision Song Contest! I am the stunningly handsome Ensio Aasili, and soon to arrive is my bestie MÜRKÜLLINEN!! Let's have a moment of silence for her to manifest." Ensio adopts a gallant posture as silence permeates the arena. He snorts.
SHE is here. Her presence slowly becomes culpable, an icy chill down the spine of every viewer and audience member. An untouchable haze builds throughout the arena, a nearly electric vibrance gathering upon the stage. Her emotions become known, a balance of dueling feelings at the tip of one's mind. Her voice is not so much heard as it is felt in shades of regret. It is sad that she is becoming less of this world. Once, her mutilated body was visible upon the Beiszendmizu stage, but now she only exists as a gaseous vapor of half-remembered life, vaguely coherent as she begins to speak.
Ensio whinnies in delight. "Great then! Our theme tonight is Ice and Fire, and of course good old Daina Balodis from the first Sinun Valintasi: Starfall has joined with Grãde Nuno for a fiery opening, and after all them entries we're about to hear, miss Nina Ebner from Sinun Valintasi 65 has an icy interval for us. We love a fun theme."
Slivers of frost are spreading along the stage floor below her hazy presence. Ensio, unbothered and slightly oblivious, shrugs and tosses his head, proclaiming, "And there we go! Good talk everyone, let's move right ahead and..."
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