American Song Contest

American Song Contest
Genre	Music competition
Created by	European Broadcasting Union
Based on	Eurovision Song Contest
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ben Silverman
Producers	Christer Björkman, Anders Lenhoff, Ola Melzig and Peter Settman
Production locations	TBD, United States
Running time	TBD
Production companies	Propagate Content Universal Television Alternative Studio
Original release
Network	NBC
Related
Eurovision Song Contest

The American Song Contest is an upcoming American adaptation of the Eurovision Song Contest which will see all fifty states, five territories and Washington, D.C compete for the title of Best Original Song. Christer Björkman, Anders Lenhoff, Ola Melzig and Peter Settman will serve as producers with Ben Silverman as executive producer. The contest is tentatively scheduled for a mid-season or summer premiere in 2022 on NBC.

Production

The European Broadcasting Union announced NBC had acquired the rights to broadcast the competition on May 14, 2021. NBC announced the American Song Contest would have a midseason premiere in 2022 after releasing their fall schedule for the upcoming 2021–22 network television season.

Christer Björkman and Ola Melzig acquired the rights to produce an American adaptation of the Eurovision Song Contest from the European Broadcasting Union and serve as producers alongside Anders Lenhoff and Peter Settman. Ben Silverman will serve as executive producer for the program. Propagate Content and Universal Television Alternative Studio will serve as the production companies for the program.

Format

Original songs representing a participating state, territory and Washington, D.C., the national capital and a federal district of the United States, will be performed in a live television program broadcast across the country. Acts can consists of solo artists, duos, bands or DJ. The competition will feature Qualifying Rounds followed by Semi-Finals then a Grand Final. The winning act will win the title of "Best Original Song."

Participants

Location	Type	Artist	Song	Language
Alabama	State
Alaska	State
American Samoa	Territory
Arizona	State
Arkansas	State
California	State
Colorado	State
Connecticut	State
Delaware	State
Florida	State
Georgia	State
Guam	Territory
Hawaii	State
Idaho	State
Illinois	State
Indiana	State
Iowa	State
Kansas	State
Kentucky	State
Louisiana	State
Maine	State
Maryland	State
Massachusetts	State
Michigan	State
Minnesota	State
Mississippi	State
Missouri	State
Montana	State
Nebraska	State
Nevada	State
New Hampshire	State
New Jersey	State
New Mexico	State
New York	State
North Carolina	State
North Dakota	State
Northern Mariana Islands	Territory
Ohio	State
Oklahoma	State
Oregon	State
Pennsylvania	State
Puerto Rico	Territory
Rhode Island	State
South Carolina	State
South Dakota	State
Tennessee	State
Texas	State
U.S. Virgin Islands	Territory
Utah	State
Vermont	State
Virginia	State
Washington	State
Washington, D.C.	Federal district
West Virginia	State
Wisconsin	State
Wyoming	State

See also

• ABU Song Contest
• AfriMusic Song Contest
• Eurovision Asia Song Contest
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Turkvision Song Contest