Univision Song Contest

The Univision Song Contest is a triannual song competition held by the Univision Broadcasting Union among its member nations. Each participating community member decides which country he wishes to send entries from and may submit up to 3 songs. Entries are then voted on by other participating countries and, if any non-participating forum member wishes to vote, jury members. In the first two editions of the contest, they could also be voted on by off-forum jury members, usually friends of participants. The contest is generally organized by Yqt1001 however other members may contribute to the contest, and the host is given some responsibilities. The contest began in June 2013 with 11 participating members and 28 entries. The sixth and next edition is planned for February 2015.

A spin-off contest, the Univision Second Chance Contest, was held during January in Kap'atŋpiri, Oesa, in which only songs which placed 11th or worse were eligible for participation.

History

The origins of the contest date largely to the interest of the Eurovision Song Contest by members of the Universe Sandbox Forum community during the spring of 2013. Interest was abound after the Eurovision 2013 Final and remained high throughout May. The name "Univision" was suggested by Mudkipz and was quickly adopted. After many weeks of pressure, the contest began on June 13th 2013. The contest is mostly based on the Eurovision Song Contest.

Initially the contest was never expected to reach large proportions. The founder, Yqt1001, was initially expecting only 10 entries at most, not prepared for the 28 that were actually entered. Due to its popularity, the contest went on for nearly 2 weeks, with the winner being announced by June 26th 2013.

Edition to edition, changes were planned to improve the contest's function and experience for the following time. From the first to second edition, the voting rules were changed. Countries were now able to vote for 10 songs instead of 5, with a point scheme that more closely resembled the Eurovision Song Contest. A country could award their first place song 15 points, their second 12, third 10, fourth 8, and then 6-1 points for the rest, in descending order. In the second edition, a Eurovision-styled scoreboard was implemented and has been used in all subsequent editions of the contest. In the third edition, the off-site jury was eliminated. Members of the Universe Sandbox Forum are still allowed to participate in voting, even if they did not enter a song into the contest. Since the third edition, the contest rules and function have been relatively constant.

After the fourth edition's long broadcast, with 41 entries, discussion of a semi-final system began. It was decided that if there were a significant number of entries in a future edition, semi-finals might be considered and organized so as to shorten the required commitment time to participate in the contest. As of yet, they have not been used.

In the fifth edition, Shmupland, Wyverncliff, and Auspikitan were involved in a voting controversy. Shmupland was found to have a high voting bias towards, and similarity to, the nation of Wyverncliff. Investigation commenced throughout the contest and resulted in the UBU banning Shmupland from the contest indefinitely, and gave Wyverncliff and Auspikitan both a 3-edition ban. They will be eligible to participate in the eighth edition.

Participants

12 countries have participated in the contest. Countries which have switched hands between users will list a debut for the user. For users switching nations, the country will be listed again if it returns at a later date. As of yet, both of these scenarios have only occurred once. Returning nations which do not qualify under either of the aforementioned scenarios will be marked in italics.

Edition	Debuting countries
I	Aahrus (Yqt1001), Aeridani (FiahOwl), Aiyota (swonx), Blaist Blaland (Bla), Bongatar (blotz), Czalliso (vh), Ethanthova (matty406), Shmupland (Notshmoopysomovealong), Solea (atomic7732), Tjedigar (Tuto99), Wyverncliff (TheMooCows)
II	Bielosia (Naru523), Shmupland (gagnant)
III	Aiyota (swonx)
IV	Red Rainbow (Bla), Auspikitan (PandaMania), Darvincia (Darvince), Czalliso (vh)
V	Blaist Blaland (Bla)
VI	Aegakwet (Lord_DC), Red Rainbow (Bla), Czalliso (vh)

Data

Number of Songs by Country

Country	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	Tot.
Aahrus	3	3	3	3	3	3	18
Ethanthova	3	3	3	3	3	3	18
Solea	3	3	3	3	3	3	18
Tjedigar	3	3	3	3	3	3	18
Aeridani	2	3	3	3	3	3	17
Bongatar	2	3	3	3	3	3	17
Bielosia		3	3	3	3	3	15
Wyverncliff	3	3	3	3	3		15
Shmupland	3	3	3	3	3		15
Blaist Blaland	3	3	3		3		12
Kallisto	2	3		3		2	10
Auspikitan				3	3	3	9
Darvincia				2	3	3	8
Red Rainbow				3		3	6
Aiyota	1		1	3			5
Aegakwet						3	3
Total	28	33	31	41	36	35	204

Points Earned by Country

Key
	First place
	Second place
	Third place
	Disqualified

Country	I	II	III	IV	V	Tot.
Aahrus	107	122	88	121	102	540
Wyverncliff	76	208	125	123	0	532
Solea	28	119	124	141	60	472
Aeridani	30	92	38	105	82	347
Bielosia		151	68	35	33	287
Ethanthova	44	99	60	48	23	274
Tjedigar	18	103	71	43	33	268
Shmupland	20	64	77	79	0	240
Bongatar	10	70	38	58	49	225
Blaist Blaland	12	40	27		44	150
Kallisto	36	53		34		123
Auspikitan				56	35	91
Darvincia				18	63	81
Aiyota	38		10	18		66
Red Rainbow				42		42

Points given and received by country

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Hosting

Hosting is a privilege given to the winning country of the previous contest. Winners are required to create a profile for their nations and are allowed to influence the graphics of the contest. Host members are also allowed to submit proposals on how the contest should be run while it is hosted there.

Host cities

Edition	Host City	Host Venue	Host Country
I	Aahrus	Crystal Hall	Aahrus
II	Aahrus	Crystal Hall	Aahrus
III	Vorlor	Vorloran Mooing Hall	Wyverncliff
IV	Vorlor	Vorloran Mooing Hall	Wyverncliff
V	Saelunavvk	hikútíkana aginekei sekępna	Solea
VI	Aahrus	UBU Hall	Aahrus

Editions

There have been five editions of the Univision Song Contest, with winners from 3 countries.

Edition	Host Country	Date	Winner	Entry	Points	Runner-up
I	Aahrus	June 2013	Aahrus	Ani Lorak - Shady Lady	66	Ethanthova
II	Aahrus	October 2013	Wyverncliff	Lifehouse feat. Natasha Bedingfield - Between the Raindrops	78	Bielosia
III	Wyverncliff	February 2014	Wyverncliff	OneRepublic - Counting Stars	72	Solea
IV	Wyverncliff	June 2014	Solea	Owl City - Gold	76	Aahrus
V	Solea	October 2014	Aahrus	Indila - Dernière Danse	68	Aeridani
VI	Aahrus	February 2015

Threads

• Univision I

I - Results

• Univision II

II - Results

• Univision III

III - Results

• Univision IV

IV - Results

• Univision V

V - Results