Mondovision

About

Mondovision is structured as a parody of Eurovision — a glamorous, ridiculous global song contest played out in full improv style. Each performer represents a country and a musical genre, delivering their entry in grammelot: improvised sounds and syllables that capture the phonetic feel of a language without using real words. A dedicated MC hosts the entire event, introducing each country, managing transitions, conducting the audience vote by applause, and crowning a winner — who earns the honour of reprising their song one final time, now in the actual language of the room. The game depends on a musician or sound operator with genre-matched instrumental tracks ready for each competing country. The combination of musical performance, committed character work, and mock-competitive framing makes it reliably high-energy entertainment that audiences love. Player count: 1 MC (host, does not compete) plus 3 to 6 performing players. Each performer receives a country and a genre as their assignment.

How to Play

1. 1

   Before the show, assign each performing player a country and a musical genre — drawn from the audience, pre-prepared, or decided on the spot. The sound operator prepares one genre-appropriate instrumental track per country.

2. 2

   The MC opens the show: welcome the audience to Mondovision, establish the stakes, and briefly set the rules in character as the host.

3. 3

   The MC announces the first country. The musician or sound operator starts the instrumental track for that genre.

4. 4

   The performer takes the stage and delivers their entry — approximately one minute of singing in grammelot, with full character and physical commitment.

5. 5

   The MC thanks the performer, offers brief in-character commentary, and transitions to the next country. Repeat for all competing countries.

6. 6

   After all entries, the MC conducts the audience vote by applause, going through each country one at a time. The MC judges the winner by volume.

7. 7

   The MC announces the winner with appropriate fanfare. The winning performer immediately reprises their entry — this time sung in the actual local language of the room (e.g. English, Romanian), so the previously unintelligible lyrics suddenly make sense.

8. 8

   The MC closes the show.

Variations

• -Live assignment: Instead of pre-assigning countries and genres, the MC asks the audience to name a country and a genre for each performer just before they take the stage. This keeps the game spontaneous and gets the audience invested from the start.
• -Jury scoring: Before the applause vote, the MC calls on two or three audience volunteers as official jury members, who deliver their scores in mock-televised style — complete with a satellite-link pause and a dramatic national announcement.