American Song Contest
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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[change | change source]
| Year | Country | Song | Performer | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  Oklahoma |
"Wonderland" | AleXa | ASC 2022 |
Highest placings of non-winning countries[change | change source]
| Best placing | Country | Most recently | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Performer | Article | ||
| 2nd |  Colorado |
"Feel the Love" | Riker Linch | ASC 2022 |
| 3rd |  Kentucky |
"Sparrow" | Jordan Smith | ASC 2022 |
| 4th |  Texas |
"Mr. Independent" | Grant Knoche | ASC 2022 |
| 5th |  Washington |
"A bit of both" | Allen Stone | ASC 2022 |
| 6th |  American Samoa |
"Full Circle" | Tenelle | ASC 2022 |
| 7th |  Connecticut |
"Beautiful World" | Michael Bolton | ASC 2022 |
| 8th |  Alabama |
"The Difference" | Ni/Co | ASC 2022 |
| 9th |  North Dakota |
"Tu esi vasarā" | Dzintars Čīča | JESC 2003 |
| 10th |  Tennessee |
"Seventeen" | Tyler Branden | ASC 2022 |
International broadcasting[change | change source]
The show is also set to be broadcast in multiple European countries, as well as in Canada:
Australia – SBS Viceland
Austria and 
Germany – ServusTV- Austria, Germany,
Liechtenstein, 
Luxembourg and 
Switzerland – Red Bull (on demand) 
Canada (Hamilton) – CHCH-DT
Denmark – DR
Estonia – TV3
Finland – Yle TV2 and Yle Areena
Greece – ERT
Iceland – RÚV
Montenegro – RTCG
Norway – NRK
Portugal – RTP
Serbia – RTS
Slovenia Slovenia – RTVSLO
Spain – RTVE Play
Sweden – SVT1 and SVT Play
United States – Peacock
Related pages[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- ↑ 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.