User:NotGuyFieri/sandbox AmerivisionIRLHistory
The Amerivision Song Contest (Spanish: Festival Amerivisión de la Canción) was first held in 1956, originally conceived as an experiment in transnational television broadcasting. Following a series of exchange broadcasts in 1955, the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) commissioned an international song competition after the success of the Eurovision Song Contest.
A total of 48 contests have been held since its first edition, and 904 songs representing 39 countries have been performed on the Eurovision stage as of 2003. The contest has seen many changes since its inauguration, such as the introduction of relegation in the 1990s, and subsequently semi-finals in the 2000s, as a response to growing numbers of interested participants. The rules of the contest have also seen multiple changes over the years, with the voting system and language criteria being modified on several occasions.
The 2020 edition of the contest was the first to be cancelled, as no competitive event was able to take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Competition overview
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Contest themes and slogans
[edit]An individual slogan has been associated with each edition of the contest since 2004. This slogan is decided by the host broadcaster and is then used to develop the contest's visual identity and design. This slogan is typically used by the producers in planning and formulating the show's visual identity, and is channelled into the contest's stage design, the opening and interval acts, and the "postcards": short videos interspersed between the entries which usually highlight the host country, and in many cases introduce the competing acts. The slogan of the 2023 Eurovision contest, "United by Music", was announced on 14 November 2023 for the to be retained for future editions of both Eurovision and Amerivision as part of its global brand strategy.
| Year | Host city | Slogan |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Los Angeles
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Color Your Life |
| 2005 |  Managua
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Ascending |
| 2006 |  Monterrey
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Tonight, The Stars Shine Bright |
| 2007 |  Fort-de-France
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One and the Same |
| 2008 |  Bridgetown
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Roll It Everyone |
| 2009 | TBA | In Motion |
| 2010 | TBA | Crossing Borders |
| 2011 | TBA | Feel the Wind Blow! |
| 2012 | TBA | Shine On! |
| 2013 | TBA | Let It Blossom |
| 2014 | TBA | This Is The Place |
| 2015 | TBA | The Beat of Our Hearts |
| 2016 | TBA | The Night of a Lifetime |
| 2017 | TBA | A Celebration for Everyone |
| 2018 | TBA | Bliss |
| 2019 | TBA | Keep On Dancing |
| 2021 | TBA | The Fire of Love |
| 2022 | TBA | Our Rhythm, Our Moment |
| 2023 | TBA | We Are... |
| 2024– | TBA | United by Music |
Hosts
[edit]Every year, the contest is hosted by at least two people, originally, it was only one, but since 1986 it became a tradition for the contest to be hosted by two people, normally, a man and a woman.
Performers that participated of both Amerivision and Eurovision
[edit]Some artists participated of both contests, the first one to do so was Los TNT, that participated of Amerivision in 1960 for Uruguay and of Eurovision in 1964 for Spain. Humphrey Campbell is the only artist to participate of both Amerivision and Eurovision on the same year, doing so in 1992.
| Performer | In Amerivision | In Eurovision | Country of origin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Song | Country | Result | Year | Song | Country | Result | ||
| Los TNT | 1960 | "Eso, eso, eso" |  Uruguay
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1st | 1964 | "Caracola" |  Spain
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12th |  Italy / Uruguay
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| Raphael | 1965 | "Casi, casi" |  Panama
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1st | 1966 | "Yo soy aquél" | Spain
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7th | Spain
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| 1967 | "Hablemos de amor" | 6th | |||||||
| Kali | 1990 | "Ti kanno" | Martinique
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6th | 1992 | "Monté la riviè" |  France
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8th | Martinique
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| Ruth Jacott | 1990 | "Teygo makandra" |  Suriname
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20th | 1993 | "Vrede" |  Netherlands
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6th | Suriname
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| 1995 | "Onderweg naar morgen" | 15th | |||||||
| Humphrey Campbell | 1992 | "You're So Good" | Suriname
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18th | 1992 | "Wijs me de weg" | Netherlands
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9th | Suriname
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| Joëlle Ursull | 1994 | "Joujou" |  Guadeloupe
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5th | 1990 | "White and Black Blues" | France
|
2nd | Guadeloupe
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| Debbie Cameron | 1996 | "Dust It Off" |  Bahamas
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18th | 1981 | "Krøller eller ej" |  Denmark
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11th |  United States
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| Trijntje Oosterhuis | 1997 | "Touch Me There" (Part of Total Touch) | Suriname
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1st | 2015 | "Walk Along" | Netherlands
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14th (SF) | Netherlands
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| Glennis Grace | 2003 | "Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now" | Suriname
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3rd | 2005 | "My Impossible Dream" | Netherlands
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14th (SF) | Netherlands
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| Natasha St-Pier | 2006 | "Un ange frappe a ma porte" |  Canada
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6th | 2001 | "Je n'ai que mon âme" | France
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4th | Canada
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