AINVision

The AINvision Song Contest is an annual competition held among many of the active member countries of the Alliance of Independent Nations. Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and radio and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. The contest has been broadcast every year since the union's formation and is one of the longest-running events in the union. It is also the most popular non-sporting event in the alliance, with members participating from across the union and the contest broadcast live across the world via AINTV and its partner channels.

* Delayed due to Christmas celebrations in the city. ** Initially meant to be AINVision 2011, but was delayed due to the AIN website move. Branded incorrectly as AINVision 2012.

Host Cities
More Information: List of Host Cities of AINVision Song Contest

Seven cities have hosted the AINVision Song Contest, across six countries in Asia, Europe, North America, Veratlantia and Oceania. Of these only three were capital cities. The 2012 Contest in Ascadylea was initially planned to be hosted in Binghampton, Ascadylea, but was forced to move at the last minute due to a hurricane alert, to the city of Archades. Only the Illu'a contest in 2010 was hosted in an outdoors arena - all others were hosted inside venues with roofs.

It is believed that in the 2013 contest, the capital city of Cattala, Celeste, will be bidding to host the competition against the country's largest city, Jennai.



Presenters
Each AINVision has adopted two main strategies in terms of presenters. In the inaugural contest, the traditional two-presenter setup was introduced, with a third presenter in the auditorium. In Fornax, only one presenter was used in the Special Edition contest. In Petrova's second contest, the hosts went all-out with expenditure but continued to use the two+one structure they had initiated the previous year. AINTv Entertainment Reporter, Karine Abellana, Petrovar Idol host, Adam Morove and Miss Petrova AIN 2010, Marie Alyessa Luvotsky hosted the contest.

In Illu'a 2010, the contest reverted back to the Fornax setup, with union Vice President Daniel Raffaele presenting the competition from Colbitz, despite being an Arcacian national. This structure became popular after its successful use in Illu'a, with the Corraile and Ascadylea contests in 2012 both adopting a one-presenter setup.

In December 2012, RMI, the host broadcaster of the 2013 AINVision Song Contest, confirmed it would be returning to a Petrovar style of presentation after breaking away from AINTV's broadcasting division, who had previously favoured the solo presenter style introduced in Fornax.

Broadcasting
The broadcasting of the AINVision Song Contest has traditionally been by the ministry owned AINTV until 2013 with the production company being listed as the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sport and AINTV being listed as the Distributor. The runtime is on average 3 Hours and 30 Minuets depending on the amount of acts. The broadcasts have been since the start of the contest in 2009 and have been broadcasting them at 1080i (HDTV) since.

On the 2nd of March 2013, a court-case closed between the Ministry owned AINTV and the Cattalan (the hosts at the time) broadcaster RMI Events when RMI, announced its intentions to independently sell off the global rights to the 2013 Contest, which they would be hosting. The profits from the sale, expected to be around $120 million, going towards paying for the costs of the contest being held in Cattala. On the 2nd March, the judge ruled in favour of the defendant, after AINTV presented what was described as a "weak, profit-hunting case with almost predatory undertones". RMI Director General Andrew Dasnell welcomed the announcement after leaving court, criticising AINTV's approach to negotations and argued that "RMI Events is a highly experienced media entertainment group and we know that they will host the best AINVision in history in three months time, with or without the support of AINTV".

This lead to the first announcement of an independently broadcasted AINVision Song Contest in the history of the contest. The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sport were announce to be the advisor and managerial capacity alongside RMI and also that AINTV would have no role in the contest.