Majestic Song Contest 35

Majestic Song Contest 35 was the thirty-fifth edition of the Majestic Song Contest. It took place in Mabuhay City, Aurelian Federation. They were selected as the host nation due to winning the previous edition with the song "Lose You Again" by Tom Odell. Due to the rules introduced by the Majestic Broadcasting Network every fifth edition must be a themed edition; the theme selected for this edition was "Viral Songs" meaning all of the entries must have been viral at some point within their release.

Venue


Maharlika Stadium is an open air with retractable roof stadium and has a capacity of about 75,000 people and was built in 2019.

It was designed by a world renowned architect under his codename, Crux and was designed to shape up like the Lotus which is a primary feature of the national flag. It has the world record for being the tallest stadium and also being the stadium with the largest capacity ever built within the Federation, moreover the stadium is set to be the largest to have ever held the contest.

Its also the Federation's primary sporting venue for Football, Rugby and several other sports. The Stadium has also hosted several other non-sporting events such as the yearly Hikari Festival of Music and world tours of world famous artists such as Billie Eilish and The Weeknd. The venue is also slated to be bidded for the Olympics and other prestigious sporting events.

Stage


The stage was designed by Kenneth Cobonpue, a local interior designer well renowned and is a nominee for the National Artist title. The staging was marked with a triangular LED screen jutting from the stage to reflect the hull of the traditional Vinta boats of the Federation, these Vinta boats are in fact of important value in the indigenous culture of the Federation as they were used for migration, conquest and trade that made the Federation an economic and political powerhouse. The colorful Vintas was what made this staging possible. The stadium is also equipped with LED screen at the back of the "hull" and the green room is right in front of the island stage.

The stage is also equipped with a lighting mechanism rig that falls down when necessary and it also has a LED Screen which can reflect to whichever Delegates imagined their performance could be, moreover, the venue is equipped with state of the art modern technologies such as using AR Technology to augment and push the boundaries of broadcasting technology, in order to maximize creativity and evoke futurism as a sign of hope and progress. The AR technology is also developed in hopes of overcoming the limitations of a traditional high definition LED screens, furthermore the contests also uses wide variety of cameras some of which such as fast action drones are utilized in order to have a panoramic view of the venue and the act when necessary. 5G technology is also used in order to speed up the flow of information and data collected during the performances and also help the audiences in their signal connectivity issues and sync their phones as part of a giant light wave.

Hosts


The hosts for the events were announced by VAFBN along with the venue, Bretman Jackson and H.E.R. are contracted to become the host of the 35th edition of Majestic Song Contest. Bretman Jackson is a well known online personality part of the Aurelian Federation diaspora living abroad, he is well known for his queer - friendly and video blogs he has posted in social media forums and has now focused in making a career in broadcasting through his webseries shows. H.E.R. meanwhile is a RnB singer discovered recently and has been nominated in several of the Federation's prestigious music award shows, the singer has enjoyed relative popularity due to her hits and collaborations with fellow RnB and Rap artists. Together Bretman and H.E.R. shall face the challenge of hosting the world's most prestigious music event.

Semi Final 1
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 * Playlist
 * Recap
 * Voting
 * Spotify

Semi Final 2
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Final

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 * Recap
 * Voting
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Spokespersons

 * Lorenzo Fragola
 * Lee Evans
 * Charlotte Wessels
 * Nadine Lustre
 * Nathaniel Buzolic
 * Pau Ribes
 * Jam Magno
 * Logic
 * Jaida Essence Hall
 * Luisa Alver
 * Kylie Minogue
 * Theophanes Vinter
 * Moby


 * Carly Rae Jepsen
 * Constanza Báez
 * Shawarma Lady
 * Andriy
 * Dinu Ana-Maria Gabriela
 * Daya
 * Rimuru Tempest
 * Los Del Rio
 * Jessie J
 * Jack P. Shepherd
 * Julia Wieniawa
 * Willie Nelson
 * Alex Blair


 * Aurora Perrineau & Marcus Hansma
 * Kenny Omega
 * Justin Wellington
 * Rebecca Ferguson
 * The Minions
 * Envy Peru
 * BEHM
 * Olivia Rodrigo
 * Allie X
 * Juan Guillermo Cuadrado
 * Dermot Kennedy
 * Pablo Jaime
 * Johnny Depp
 * Jenna McDougall