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.

Officially the sign ups started 20 October, but before that point, 3 nations were already confirmed to participate in the content, these being Cattala, Histalpol and Kingston and Boyce. On 20 October, sign ups for the representatives and the acts were posted along with a scheduled stating the dates of the contests.

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.

Corporate sponsorship
During the contest, multiple companies had chance to sponsor the contest while offering services to Manchester Symphony, the participants, the viewers and others. Applications for corporate sponsors started on 13 November. This included Catering, transportation and financing.

During the live performances, the companies that were sponsored during the half-time show included; Nespirah Media Group, VOX, Agricompi, Fontane, Veratlantean Cruise Lines, Aadle's fast food chain, Burleon Group, Bank of Veratlantea and RoyalHistal.

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.

Cattalian AINVision funding scale back issue
Originally, Cattala selected the group HAIM to represent them in AINVision Winter 2013 on 10 November, but 6 days later, on 16 November, it was announced that HAIM would no longer be representing Cattala in AINVision, and that the contest had been "taken away" from RMI Radio and moved up into the higher echelons of the RMI Media Centre, behind the closed doors of offices and boardrooms. Rumours were proven false that RMI would be seeking to withdraw from the contest altogether, and eventually was released that an RMI scale back in funding had reduced the cost that RMI would spend on AINVision expenses such as signing acts, travel and accommodation. it was announced that the live broadcasts have also been axed.

Participating countries
1) Ten Six, Tukaine, Sammy G & Dakei

Spokespeople
Asgard Asgard - Alecia Pettyfer Hiigara Hiigara - Zaza Napoli Leeonia Leeonia - Azariah Hunter New Duveland New Duveland - Charlie Pickering Avaiki Avaiki - Agnès Latchimy Soviyya Soviyya - Yuliya Snigir

Cattala Cattala - Nina Nesbitt Islas Verdes Islas Verdes - Selma Amaya Lemus Lovedelund Lovedelund - Sofie Gråbøl New Duveland New Duveland - Charlie Pickering Okatabawashi Okatabawashi - NPX-455 "Luna" Victorinica Victorinica - Fabrice Corenia

Histalpol Histalpol - Reggie Watts Goverland Goverland - Lars Magnussen Kingston and Boyce Kingston and Boyce - Maria MacArthur Neu Westfalen Neu Westfalen - Brandt Meyer New Holland New Holland - Mark Sewell Sainte-Croix Sainte-Croix - Omar Seydou Ngame