AINVision Cattala 2013

AINVision Cattala 2013 is the name of the 7th Semi-Annual AINVision Song Contest which is to be held in the summer since the winning of AINVision 2012 came down to Cattala with Run Run Run by Celeste Buckingham. The show has currently been planned to air around June, but it has not been confirmed officially.

With the song contest bringing many changes to the series, such as the return of 3 hosts and the broadcasting of the local broadcaster instead of AINTV for the first time as well as other aspects. The voting format was not mentioned Cattala is thought to be keeping the past format of the 0-7 points and the top 3 points of 8, 10 and 12.

Location


The location for the first time since the start of the competition has been chosen to be given the honour from a bidding system since the start of the contest with Petrova being the only bidder and winning the contest. But for this contest, the bidding has been regional with multiple major towns being up for the bid to host in Cattala. The final 2 were narrowed down to Jennai and Celeste. On the 17th of March, the bidding from each city started with Jennai and Celeste scheduled to release their bids at any time.

Celeste Bid
Celeste's bid focusses on the Aziens district of Celeste with the potential winning being described as a positive for the Amosseri Governor, Jeremia Swarn, who is hoping for this to draw in more tourists to the city. The stadium that is proposed to host it would be the Dionysus Arena, which would need regeneration to get it to international event hosting standards. An alternative proposed would be the Lady Eliza stadium in the same district, which is selected, will be the 2nd venue in AINVision history to be open air.

Celeste's drawback is it's lack of infastructure compared to it's rival Jennai being in public transport and rail access that Jennai's arenas have had for years. But the bid is backed by the Celestine Chambers of Culture.

Jennai Bid
Jennai, which is the home of the winner Celeste Buckingham, is also in the running. Before the RMI announced a bidding process, public opinion swayed to Jennai to host the contest. The cities infrastructure is better than Celeste's with a main airport, the best rail and bus services in Cattala and an underground network. The stadium has not been released but has been hinted that it;s infrastructure is "second-to-none".

Jennai though has been criticized that the contest would not be put on the map because of its infrastructure which is already in place and it's image as a tourist destination is already renowned, unlike Celeste.

AINTV vs RMI Events Case
After Cattala's representative at the 2012 AINVision Song Contest in Corraile, Celeste Buckingham, won the competition, RMI, the state broadcaster, 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, would go towards paying for the costs of the contest being held in Cattala.

AINTV, the production company and rights owner of all previous Contests, took RMI Events to the High Court in Cattala in February 2013. 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".

The 2013 AINVision Song Contest will now be the first independently-produced broadcast of the concert, with the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sport acting in an advisory and managerial capacity alongside RMI. AINTV will have no role in the contest.

Presenters
Along with other significant changes in the contest, the presenters line-up has also been reverted back to a Petrovar system. In previous contests, there was one host, usually the representative to the hosting country in AIN, whereas in the first few contests there were multiple co-hosts and the respresentative to AIN for the country was not involved. In Cattala 2013, this format has been brought back, although the presenters have not been announced to the media as of yet or leaked, but the 3 presenter format has been confirmed by RMI.

Participating Countries
Official released participation has not been spoken of yet, with the participation application being put up in April or May. But some leaks have revealed in interest, including Kingston and Boyce coming back for a 2nd year, and new country Histalpol taking interest in joining with rumours of internal song selection in the local broadcasting union of the artist and the song.