American Song Contest
The American Song Contest is an American music reality competition television series based on the Eurovision Song Contest. It sees all 50 U.S. states, five territories, and Washington, D.C. compete for the title of Best Original Song. The contest takes place between March 21 and May 9, 2022, and airs on NBC. The show is hosted by the rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg and the singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality Kelly Clarkson.
Some of the competitors are famous singers include: Allen Stone (famous soul and R&B singer and musician from Chewelah, Washington), Michael Bolton (famous New Havener singer), Christian Pagán (winner of Idol Puerto Rico), Jordan Smith (famous singer from Harlan).
The latest winner (and first) of the American Song Contest is K-pop idol AleXa of Oklahoma, achieving her state's first win of the contest (and first of the competition) in Universal City, California in 2022, with her song "Wonderland".[1]
The American Song Contest was postponed in favor of the America's Got Talent: Extreme due to COVID-19 related concerns involving the Omicron variant.
List of winners
| Year | Country | Song | Performer | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22x20px Oklahoma | "Wonderland" | AleXa | ASC 2022 |
Highest placings of non-winning countries
| Best placing | Country | Most recently | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Performer | Article | ||
| 2nd | 22x20px Colorado | "Feel the Love" | Riker Linch | ASC 2022 |
| 3rd | 22x20px Kentucky | "Sparrow" | Jordan Smith | ASC 2022 |
| 4th | 22x20px Texas | "Mr. Independent" | Grant Knoche | ASC 2022 |
| 5th | 22x20px Washington | "A bit of both" | Allen Stone | ASC 2022 |
| 6th | 22x20px American Samoa | "Full Circle" | Tenelle | ASC 2022 |
| 7th | 22x20px Connecticut | "Beautiful World" | Michael Bolton | ASC 2022 |
| 8th | 22x20px Alabama | "The Difference" | Ni/Co | ASC 2022 |
| 9th | 22x20px North Dakota | "Tu esi vasarā" | Dzintars Čīča | JESC 2003 |
| 10th | 22x20px Tennessee | "Seventeen" | Tyler Branden | ASC 2022 |
International broadcasting
The show is also set to be broadcast in multiple European countries, as well as in Canada:
- 22x20px Australia – SBS Viceland
- 22x20px Austria and 22x20px Germany – ServusTV
- 22x20px Austria, 22x20px Germany, 22x20px Liechtenstein, 22x20px Luxembourg and 22x20px Switzerland – Red Bull (on demand)
- 22x20px Canada (Hamilton) – CHCH-DT
- 22x20px Denmark – DR
- 22x20px Estonia – TV3
- 22x20px Finland – Yle TV2 and Yle Areena
- 22x20px Greece – ERT
Iceland – RÚV
Montenegro – RTCG- 22x20px Norway – NRK
- 22x20px Portugal – RTP
- 22x20px Serbia – RTS
- 22x20px Slovenia Slovenia – RTVSLO
- 22x20px Spain – RTVE Play
- 22x20px Sweden – SVT1 and SVT Play
- 22x20px United States – Peacock
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American Song Contest Media
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Map of states and territories competing in the qualifier rounds. Qualifiers 1 Qualifiers 2 Qualifiers 3 Qualifiers 4 Qualifiers 5
Related pages
- Eurovision Song Contest (original contest)
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest (Junior version of Eurovision)
- Eurovision Asia Song Contest (Asian version of Eurovision)
- Eurovision Canada (counterpart and Canadian version of Eurovision)
- AfriMusic Song Contest (African contest based in Eurovision)
- Turkvision Song Contest (Turkish contest)
- Bundevision Song Contest (similar former contest made by ProSieben)
References
- ↑ Terry, Connor (May 10, 2022). "The American Song Contest: Oklahoma's AleXa wins the very first edition of the contest". escunited.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
Other websites
- Official website
- Casting website Archived 2021-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
- American Song Contest on IMDb