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We may have American Idol, The Voice and The Masked Singer, but America has never had a singing competition like Eurovision, the long-running show that unites performers from countries across the globe to perform original music every year. But according to Variety, that’s about to change, because we’re set to get our very own US version of the long-running European show.
The American Song Contest, which is set to premiere next holiday season, will operate much like Eurovision, but instead of countries, performers from all 50 states will compete. Professional singers, duos and musical groups up to six members will perform original songs across genres for the event, which will air on live TV.
Artists will compete against other state representatives in the first round, then head on to the semi-finals, and eventually the Grand Finale. The American Song Contest Academy, a group of professional musicians across genres and all from the US, will act as juries. Both the jury and audience voters will determine who moves on to the next round.
America first got a taste of Eurovision earlier this year, thanks to Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams, through the Netflix comedy, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Although it doesn’t exactly work as a Eurovision documentary, the satire was an introduction to Eurovision for many American viewers who hadn’t seen or heard of the contest despite its decades-long history.
Ben Silverman, executive producer on American Song Contest, has successfully imported other European shows to America in the past, including Big Brother, The Weakest Link and of course, The Office. “I’ve spent 20 years trying to pursue this,” Silverman told Variety, adding, “When America is more fractionalized than ever and we are dealing with so many issues that divide us, the one [thing] that truly unites us is our culture. … It can unite it by celebrating its diversity, its distinctions and in pulling everyone around its love of music and its love of song.”
