Nuestra Canción

Nuestra Canción (English: Our Song) is a Blendisonian television program, which serves as a preselection to choose the song that represents Blendison in the Majestic Song Contest. The contest consists of a national final, which is broadcast by ATV 24. Applicants are chosen through a national casting, conducted by a jury of musical experts. The finalists compete in a live program, which has the participation of the public and international juries. The artist who receives the most points wins the right to represent Blendison in the Majestic Song Contest.

Background
For many years, the ATV has produced television programs in a music competition format. These competitions got a good response from the public. Some local artists even achieved great national projection from their appearance in musical competition programs.

For the vast majority of Blendisonian artists, the media such as radio and television are an important platform to make themselves known in the country. Many artists began their careers on television shows and reality shows. The great call that these television events get, were a trigger for ATV 24 to decide to produce Nuestra Canción.

From Blendison's debut in Majestic Song Contest, the initiative arose to create a contest that would serve to choose the song representing the country in the contest. Many attempts to formalize the project were carried out, however, after the country withdrew from the competition after its debut, plans to formalize a local competition were halted.

With Blendison's return to international competition, the idea of creating a national Blendisonian final was resurfaced. ATV formalized the decision in April 2020, however, the budget cuts suffered by the television station during the first quarter of the year caused it to be postponed again.

In August 2020, ATV announced the realization of the first edition of Our Song, which was intended to select the Blendisonian entry for Majestic Song Contest 25. The Announcement was made by the Head of the Blendison Delegation, who formalized the registration before the MBU.

Format
5 songs make up the National Blendison Final. The songs are chosen by a jury of musical experts, who select the entries according to personal evaluation criteria, and according to the rules of the contest.

The songs are presented live through ATV 24. In this program, the public is free to vote and choose the song that they like best. The votes of the public are counted. The country that obtains the most votes receives the amount of points equal to the number of jurors present (generally 40 points). The rest of the songs receive a score proportional to the number of votes received.

The song that receives the most points is declared the winner and obtains the right to represent Blendison in the Majestic Song Contest.

Production
The television show is produced by ATV, through its ATV Music, which is the division in charge of all the television's musical projects. The program is carried out in ATV studio 14, in the city of Veta. The company is also in charge of producing the visual identity and promoting the show on social networks.