The international Eurovision Song Contest won’t include the United States in this year’s competition, but America is getting its own version. The American Song Contest, a stateside spin-off of one of the world’s largest televised events, is in the works for the 2021 holiday season.
The organizers of Eurovision partnered with Propagate Content to make this a reality, and an early promo was released to accompany the announcement.
With more than 200 million viewers tuning in annually, Eurovision has featured contestants from predominantly European nations since the first contest in 1956. It famously helped launch international singing sensation ABBA.
- The U.S version will operate by similar rules as Eurovision: artists from across the nation and across every genre will rep their state (instead of their country) and each act can consist of anywhere from 1-6 members. Each will perform original songs during the live television event with musicians first going head-to-head with competing state representatives in the qualifiers. Those will then lead to the semi-finals and the Grand Finale.
- Last year, Duncan Laurence of the Netherlands emerged the victor, though this year’s event was canceled in light of the global coronavirus pandemic. Eurovision can be seen on Netflix this year as it is the new home for U.S. fans who want to watch the competition.
