Voice of Siora 8 - Videjszeme

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Siora Has Spoken: Kazemura comes on top!

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After months of anticipation, the eighth Voice of Siora Song Contest concludes in Videjszeme!

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Esof behind the stage...with a special guest!


The day of the competition opened with a showcase performance from 1584 entries Aulji taking a tour of a small part of the folk music, life, and traditions in Videjszeme:



1586 winner Aneka Balode welcomed the visiting contestants fterwards, following Aulji's performance with kind words and one of her own songs to begin the competition:



Next saw each nation - some still riding the high of having taken with them the six points from the preliminary vote and others anxiously hoping to come out as the dark horse of the competition - perform onstage with a vast range of visual and audio effects at their disposal: huge crystal screen displays, hundreds of lights, trapdoors and moving floor pieces, projectors and pyrotechnics. And of course, they brought with them their own visionary talent.


Shiri Maimon's uplifting pop vocals got the audience swaying.




Opstand returns from Oslanburg to electrify the audence once more!




As long as The Dreadnoughts keep gracing Millerainia with their presence, polka surely will never die.




You don't need instruments to be a band, as Mordvania's Srecka Band IS the instrument!




The highlands of Strathae come down to these Selji valleys courtesy of Ri Thighinn...with a modern twist.





Although every performance was spectacular in their own right, there could be only one winner at the end of the night, and that honor has been awarded to an Ostaran artist for the first time ever with Kazemura, for their entry The Hero by Esof. Esof's energetic vocals and powerful metal riffs rocked the audience, while their enthusiastic stage presence got everyone jumping to their beat. The competition saw Eretzora pull forward in the initial voting, with Strathae nippin at the heels, but over the course of the public and judge vote saw several challengers rise to meet them; Kazemura's slow clumb from the back to eventually climb from zero to hero in the closing moments to win the competition by two points ahead will certainly be a showstopping performance to remember!




And so we give another hearty congratulations to our first place winner, Esof and Kazemura! We look forward to seeing you host the ninth competition in a landmark year, 1590!

The Voice of Siora committee also extends a big congratulations to second-place winner Shiri Maimon from Eretzora, and third-place winner Opstand of Oslanburg.

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Lift your voices in celebration, Siora!

Click here to see how each nation distributed its points!