AINVision Winter 2013

The AINVision Winter Song Contest 2013 will be the 8th semi-annual AINvision Song Contest. The contest will take place in Kingston and Boyce, following BOY's win in the 2013 summer contest with the song "Little Numbers". This will be the first time hosting for Kingston and Boyce after their premiere in 2012 in Ascadylea.

So far two countries aside from the host country have confirmed participation. The contest will stage in the first week of December, the Semi Final would then be in that last two weeks of November.

Location
On the 29th of July, the host city and venue was announced in the Musicbox magazine to be in Manchester, Kingston and Boyce in the Symphony Building, against competiting cities of Portland, Kingston and New Berlin. In the official Statement, Katja Seidel, head of the organizing committee, declared Manchester's bid to be the winning bid, mainly due to the town's large cultural attraction. The Symphony is the second oldest building in the city, built in 1842, the house was longtime used for Opera and Theatre Plays only, however after a grand renovation between 1996 and 2004, the Stage has been turned into a multifunctional stage, allowing all kind of events, ranging from concerts to cinema shows to the AINVision.

Manchester Mayor Daniel McAllister proclaimed to be excited for the contest, as it would be the ideal city to show off the country's large cultural understanding. It will also be an event back to the roots of live music, as all halftime acts will be acoustic versions, with little or no playback tunes. If needed, participating acts can chose to have the Manchester Symphonic Orchestra as accompany. Already confirmed as half time acts are Die Toten Hosen and Imagine Dragons.

Participating countries
On 20 October, the sign ups for AINVision Winter 2013 started, stating that Cattala, Histalpol and Kingston and Boyce had already confirmed participation.

Presenters
On September 29th, KNBU announced that famous TV moderation duo Alex Reitter and Paul Brenan will be hosts in Manchester. Both will be joined by a female presenter, that is going to be announced soon. The decision to let Alex and Paul host the event has been met with many criticism, especially by Kingstonaise media, fearing the duo's bad jokes and pre-maturity. However, the Duo's choice has been defended to be a chance for both presenters and the event itself to catapult the whole show to a new level. Alex and Paul have been made famous by Kingston TV show Home on the ALL.Music channel.