USA: American Song Contest participants unveiled

• The competing acts of the first edition of the American Song Contest have been unveiled.

  The American Song Contest which is brought to the audience by Propagate in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group is set to kick off on March 21, whilst the grand final will take place on May 9. All show will be aired live on NBC. 

  The organisers of the competition are progressively releasing all the details around the upcoming contest. After revealing the hosts of the show they have released all of the competing acts. Over three qualifying heats, semifinals and a Grand final show we will see competing acts competing and representing all 50 states, five U.S. territories and the nation’s capital Washington DC.

  Here are the competing acts of the contest: 

  • Alabama: Ni/Co

  • Alaska: Jewel

  • American Samoa: Tenelle

  • Arizona: Las Marias

  • Arkansas: Kelsey Lamb

  • California: Sweet Taboo

  • Colorado: Riker Lynch

  • Connecticut: Michael Bolton

  • Delaware: Nitro Nitra

  • Florida: Ale Zabala

  • Georgia: Stela Cole

  • Guam: Jason J.

  • Hawaii: Bronson Varde

  • Idaho: Andrew Sheppard

  • Illinois: Justin Jesso

  • Indiana: UG skywalkin

  • Iowa: Alisabeth Von Presley

  • Kansas: Broderick Jones

  • Kentucky: Jordan Smith

  • Louisiana: Brittany Pfantz

  • Maine: King Kyote

  • Maryland: Sisqó

  • Massachusetts: Jared Lee

  • Michigan: Ada LeAnn

  • Minnesota: Yam Haus

  • Mississippi: Keyone Starr

  • Missouri: Brett Seper

  • Montana: Jonah Prill

  • Nebraska: Jocelyn

  • Nevada: The Crystal Method

  • New Hampshire: MARi

  • New Jersey: Brooke Alexx

  • New Mexico: Khalisol

  • New York: ENISA

  • North Carolina: John Morgan

  • North Dakota: Chloe Fredericks

  • Northern Mariana Islands: Sabyu

  • Ohio: Macy Gray

  • Oklahoma: AleXa

  • Oregon: courtship.

  • Pennsylvania: Bri Steves

  • Puerto Rico: Christian Pagán

  • Rhode Island: Hueston

  • South Carolina: Jesse LeProtti

  • South Dakota: Judd Hoos

  • Tennessee: Tyler Braden

  • Texas: Grant Knoche

  • U.S. Virgin Islands: Cruz Rock

  • Utah: Savannah Keyes

  • Vermont: Josh Panda

  • Virginia: Almira Zaky

  • Washington: Allen Stone

  • Washington, D.C.: NËITHER

  • West Virginia: Alexis Cunningham

  • Wisconsin: Jake’O

  • Wyoming: Ryan Charles

   

  Among the contestants we see a wide variety of acts, with new talents, rising stars and internationally  acclaimed acts taking part in the first edition of the American song contest. Notably , Michael Bolton, Macy Gray, Jewel and Sisqo are among the competing acts of the competition. 

  The original songs of the American Song Contest series will be released under the label of Atlantic Records, with the first set of song to go public on Monday March 21, 2022 at 00:00 (midnight) ET / 21:00 PT, which will be repeated every week up to the Grand final show. 

  The shows are set to hit the screen live from 20:00 – 22:00 ET/PT from the Universal Lot and will unfold over 8 weeks until the Grand Final show on Monday 9 May, just one day before the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 first semi-final takes place in Turin. The show will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg.

   

  News Source: Eurovision.tv

  Image: NBC

   

   

   

   

AUTHORS

Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.