Globalvision Season 21

The 21st season of the Globalvision Song Contest, also known as "Globalvision: The Emperor", that began to take place in August 2022, with a pre-sign up for selected members on the first day of the month and an official sign-up on the 8th.

Theme
This season is fully inspired by tarot cards. The logo was designed by @Glittertinks by petition of the host.

Location
The venue was revealed after kicking off with the new thread for this season. After an initial announcement of a joke venue in the woods, it was confirmed by @Nuggets, the winner of the season 20 final, that the event was going to be hosted at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. With a capacity of over 70,000 spectators, it became the biggest venue to host a Globalvision final so far, it is also the first stadium to do so.

Participating countries
Russia was initially chosen by @Marges, Indonesia by @doraemon, and Bahrain was meant to debut thanks to @Sofianer but eventually got also replaced. Armenia shortly replaced Denmark, but the choice was reverted on the same day.

Taiwan initially appeared at 34th place, but was disqualified 3 days before the final ceremony for not sending its votes on time.

Returning artists
Highasakite were the first returning artists to be announced, they represented Norway previously in season 5, making it the biggest gap between two participations with 15 seasons in between.

Max Barskih and Zivert have both returned to Globalvision after appearing in two different occasions separately, the first one representing Ukraine in season 18 and the other one Russia in season 15.

Suzane last took part in season 15, but she also took part in the 1st World Cup which actually took place a few months before this season.

Elodie previously appeared in season 15 aswell and right after in All Stars 1.

GDRN makes her second appearance in the game, being her first participation in season 12.

Nancy Ajram is the last returning artist of the season, she previously appeared once in season 17.

Uniqueness Award
For the full list of recipients of the award, see Uniqueness Award Japan with over 50% of the votes...

Other participants

 * @Bellatrix confirmed his complete withdrawal from Globalvision for personal reasons.


 * @SamanthaC once again participated as a jury member.


 * @Cello considered joining as a participant but in the end joined as a jury member.


 * @chromatic puzea returns as a jury member.


 * @Aleks confirmed his absence for a second season in a row for personal reasons but promised a comeback in the near future.


 * @RadioIsOurs were meant to return for this season but was disqualified for not sending their votes on time. They chose to represent Taiwan with the singer A-Mei and her song Bad Boy. According to the host, it was 33rd with 29 points by the time of the official deadline, with a few votes missing from the final results score.