Low-Vision Song Contest – Views International

Grand Finale of the 2nd International Low-Vision Song Contest 2023

Views Volontaire — Tue, 30 May 2023 12:07:53 +0000

The International Low-Vision Song Contest, ILSC is a music contest for blind and partially sighted artists and music fans from all over the world!

Organized by the German Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (DBSV) and VIEWS International, the first ILSC took place in 2021. You can find (in German) a summary of the first ILSC here.

This year’s ILSC took place on 12th of May, in which 17 musical acts from three continents competed. The viewers had the change to vote in real-time their favorites. This culminated with the winner being Liza Moskalenko with the song “My Ukrainians”.

Each partaking organization represented its country, and nominated a song to compete in the Grand Finale. The audience chose the winner via online voting.

The ILSC strives to be an inclusive, multicultural event that provides a global platform for blind and visually impaired musicians to share their art and talent, to inspire and entertain.

If you wish to watch the the final show which was broadcasted live during the event, you can watch it here, on YouTube.

For more info on the event, click on this link: https://www.dbsv.org/ilsc.html

We have included the list of all the participants, their songs and their representing associations down below:

Countries, organizations, artists and songs in the order on the voting

Winner of the ILSC, Ukraine: Pravo Vibora and Liza Moskalenko with “Ми українці (My Ukrainians)”
Spain: ONCE and Catiana with “No te imaginas“
Slovenia: ZDSSS – Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia and Zara with “V temi nisi sam (Light in the Dark)”
Turkey: EGED – Association of Visually Impaired in Education and Burak Bozteke with “Tutsak (Captive)“
Greece: KEAT – Centre for Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Anastasia Moustakatou with “Αυτό που λέει η καρδιά σου (What your Heart says)”
Poland: PZN – Polish Association of the Blind and Zuzia Mulec with “W dal (In the Distance)”
Italy: Sara Blanca with “El Mundo de mis Sueños (The World of my Dreams)”
Nepal: NAB – Nepal Association of the Blind and NAB Low Vision Band with “No one speaks for the poor People of Nepal”
Lithuania: LASS – Lithuanian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired and Grazzy with “Watch me now”
Cyprus: POT – Pancyprian Organization of the Blind and Nikoletta Livadioti with “Με της ψυχής μου τα φτερά (With the Wings of my Soul)”
France: apiDV – Accompany, Promote, Integrate the Visually Impaired and Maxime Lokietek with “Just breathe“
Sweden: Synliga with “We’re gonna have a Party tonight”
Finland: Näkövammaisten Kulttuuripalvelu – Cultural Services for the Visually Impaired and Hannele Juutinen with “Hapanta ja makeaa”
Czech Republic: SONS – Czech Blind United and Radek Žalud & Michaela Jeklová with “Oremus Dominum – Cíl je v nás (Let’s pray to God – the Goal Is Within Us)“
UK: Look UK and The Thunderbolts with “Victory”

Canada: CNIB – Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Jade Ondrik & Measha Brueggergosman-Lee with “Common Ground”
Germany: DBSV – German Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted and rockloader with “loser”

Belgian Preselection – International Low-Vision Song Contest 2023

Views Volontaire — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:58:30 +0000

Preselection of Belgian participants

If you live in Belgium and you are interested in participating in the International Low-Vision Song Contest 2023 edition, please find below more details about the participation regulation and the selection process.

To participate :

there is no age restriction. However, participants under the age of 18 must provide parental (or legal guardian) consent;
the song must be a creation of the participants;
at least the author or composer and one of the actors is blind or partially sighted;
the song must contain lyrics, in any language and any musical style;
the maximum duration of the song is 4 minutes;
the musical performance must be submitted as a video or audio file with photos (which means that it will not be live);
by taking part in the competition, participants accept all the conditions of the competition. They agree that, if selected, their audio, video and photos will be broadcast and published on the Internet. They must also be available for a short live interview for the final show, scheduled on 12th of May, 2023.

Good to know:

One band/musician per country will go to the final;
don’t forget to provide the following information: description of yourself and/or the band, presentation of the song. Contact of the person responsible for the pre-selection (name, surname, address, email, phone number and website). This person must ensure that all participants are aware of and accept the terms of the competition.

If you are interested in participating, please send a message to office@viewsinternational.eu until 28th of February, 2023.

Preparations to this great project are running and we will send you more details as quickly as possible and publish them under this page.

International Low-Vision Song Contest 2023

Views Volontaire — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:35:50 +0000

Who will be the winner of International Low-Vision Song Contest 2023?

Dear readers, VIEWS International AISBL and DBSV are scouting for potential partner organisations to take part in the 2023 edition of the international music competition. For the first time, the contest it’s open not only to European musicians, but to artists from all over the world.

As a partner organization you will decide which blind or visually impaired musician will represent your country in the grand finale taking place online on May 12th 2023. The method of choosing your participants is entirely up to you. In the past, our partners hosted video conferences or streamed the music to determine who will represent them.

The tasks of the partner organisations are:

Make the event public in their country
Collect candidacies for the contest (at national level and process to the selection for the International final).

Songs may take part in the contest, if:

at least the lyrics’ author or the composer and one of the musicians is blind or partially sighted;
it is maximum 4 minutes long or is faded out at that mark;
it is sent as a video or an audio file with additional photos;
participants agree with all conditions of participation. They agree – in case they are selected – that their audio, video and foto material will be streamed and published on the internet and they are available for a live interview during the final show.

If your organisation is interested in participating, please send a message to ilsc@dbsv.org or visit https://www.dbsv.org/ilsc to receive further information.