LiuVision 1

Liuvision Song Contest 01, often referred as LVSC 01, was the debut edition of the Liuvision Song Contest. The edition was held in Kaunas, Lithuania chosen after a bidding process was held.

Thirteen countries participated in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it was the first edition.

The winner of the edition was Italy with the song "Che Vita Meravigliosa" performed by Di0dato, which scored 118 points, thirteen points over the runner-up, Morocco. The top 5 was followed by Ireland, Belgium and Australia. The host country, Lithuania, placed 6th.

Location
This edition was hosted in Lithuania but also co-hosted by the fictional country of Wigland. Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. The Žalgiris Arena was in charge of hosting the event with a maximum capacity of 20,000 spectators.

Bidding process

By the 8th of August, bidding for the first ever LiuVision host city began. Multiple bids were suggested.

Romania was the first to announce their bid to host, bidding with the central Transylvanian city of Sibiu.

Israel posed a country-wide bid, however this was disqualified due to a lack of interest in participating in the LiuVision contest.

When bidding began, eight different countries made it to the shortlist.

Eventually, the bids from Italy, Australia and Greece were dropped for various reasons, leaving only 5 bids.

Ultimately, late at night on the 8th of August, 2022, Wigland-Kaunas was selected as the host city for the first LiuVision Song Contest, with the formal host city being Kaunas.

Preparations for the show began almost immediately, and the host venue was selected as the Žalgiris Arena at a later point in time.

Participating countries
Thirteen countries participated in the first edition of the contest. The submissions for the first edition opened on 8 August 2022. Every country should choose their desired country for the contest. Only countries that participated at least once in Eurovision where allowed to participate.

North Macedonia almost participated but it withdrew at last minute and was later replaced by Germany.

Production
The first edition of Liuvision Song Contest was organised mainly by the Liuvision Team (composed back then by Abe, Baddy, Hannah & Irene). Likely based on the organisers' fan mini-contest "Who is the Most Tasteful?" (of which the winner was Sonya), the idea of the hosting of another fan contest within the server that was larger and more based around Eurovision was made right away and this resulted in this edition.

 Presenters 

Lithuanian singer and representative of her country in Eurovision 2022, Monika Liu, was in charge of hosting the main show. She was accompanied by the green room host, also known for their work in hosting the Belgian NF on the same edition, Waffle Guy. This host was the last to be revealed since it was kept as a secret until the start of the Grand Final.

 Opening, breaks and interval acts 

The Grand Final was opened by LT United, which was their 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry We Are The Winner. This was followed by the flag parade and the hosts reveal. Every each 4 acts, an small interview occured to a contestant. The contestants that got interviewed where K3 (representatives of Belgium), Tim Bendzko (representative of Germany) & Kylie Minogue (representative of Australia)

The band Solo Ansamblis with their song Moteris served as the interval act of the Grand Final, which was played just after the first recap played.

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's vote in the grand final: