CarolinaVision Winter 2016

CarolinaVision is a song contest that will be held throughout the latter part of October and early-mid December, which will determine the contestant the goes to AINVison in Mikenstein. It operates semi-under the AINVision, with the same rules that apply to AINVision also applying to CarolinaVison. However the format will follow that of American Idol with 2 semi-finals, a finals and then a final performance by the top two candidates before the results are announced. This will be the first semi-annual CarolinaVison.

Location
CarolinaVison will be held in Nashville, Tennessee which is often considered a worldwide music capital. The contest will be held at Bridgestone Arena, the same arena where the CMA Awards take place.

Corporate Sponsorship
Bank van Carolina BMW Group Chamberlay Hotel Group Coca-Cola Carolinian Airlines FedEx The Home Depot Publix Supermarket

Participating States and Contestants
Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd Florida-Jake Owen Georgia-Little Big Town Georgje-Luke Bryan Mississippi-Faith Hill North Carolina-Scotty McCreery Qualla-Jana Mashonee South Carolina-Darius Rucker South Florida-Pitbull Tennessee-Kelsea Balerini Warsiene Islands-Havana Brown West Tennessee-Maddie & Tae

Host
On October 16, 2016, Carolina Broadcasting Worldwide announced that Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley would host CarolinaVision.