Adriaticvision Song Contest

The Adriaticvision Song Contest, often simply called Adriaticvision, is an international song competition held between the members of the Mediterranean Broadcasting Union that surround the Adriatic Sea. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner. At least 7 countries are eligible to compete.

The most recent winners are Hurricane from Montenegro who won the third edition with the song "Folir'o".

History
On 17 August 2019, Aris Odi, the executive supervisor of the MBU, created the Adriaticvision Song Contest, a spin-off of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest that would be held between the members of the MBU that surround the Adriatic Sea.

Format
The format of the contest has changed over the years, though the basic tenets have always been thus: participant countries submit original songs, performed live on a television program broadcast across the Mediterraneanvision Network by the MBU simultaneously to all countries. A "country" as a participant is represented by one television broadcaster from that country: typically, but not always, that country's national public broadcasting organization. The program is hosted by one of the participant countries, and the program is broadcast from the auditorium in the host city. During this program, after all the songs have been performed, the countries then proceed to cast votes for the other countries' songs: nations are not allowed to vote for their own song. At the end of the program, the song with the most points is declared as the winner. The winner receives, simply, the prestige of having won—although it is usual for a trophy to be awarded to the winning songwriters, and the winning country is formally invited to host the event the following edition.

The program is invariably opened by one or more presenters, welcoming viewers to the show. Between the songs and the announcement of the voting, an interval act is performed.

As national broadcasters join and leave the Adriaticvision feed transmitted by the MBU, the MBU and Adriaticvision logos are displayed.

Participation
Any full member of the MBU that surrounds the Adriatic Sea, including San Marino, is allowed to send an entry to the Adriaticvision Song Contest. The following countries are eligible to participate:

Host country
After the first contest was hosted by Croatia, it was decided that henceforth the winning country would host the contest the next edition.

Adriaticvision logo and theme
The logo, which was created by Aris Odi, was introduced in the first edition already and received a revamp in the fourth edition. The logo features the name "Adriaticvision", below that the words "Song Contest" and below that, the name of the host city appears along with the number of the edition. The word "Adriaticvision" is formed in the font "Forte" while the letter "v" has been replaced by a heart where the flag of the host country appears. The logo heavily resembles the logo of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest.

Slogans
Since the first edition already, slogans were used for the contest. In each edition, the host broadcaster is in charge to decide on the slogan of the edition and based on it, develop the contest's theme and visual design.

Rules
The rules are mostly the same as the rules of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. The only different rule is that entries that have participated in previous Mediterraneanvision editions are not allowed to participate in Adriaticvision. Entries that have entered Adriaticvision are also not allowed to participate in further Mediterraneanvision editions.