{"id":192216,"date":"2021-05-21T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=192216"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:31:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:31:36","slug":"us-version-of-eurovision-now-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/us-version-of-eurovision-now-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"US version of Eurovision now a reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NBC will broadcast the US version of the Eurovision Song Contest. For many, the European music event is increasingly a pantomime, but its average audience of more than 200 million viewers is a huge draw and a big draw for advertising &#8211; and ultimately, a big money-maker. &#8220;The American Song Contest will be based on the same methodology as the original contest, with all 50 states participating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192211\" src=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Eurovisi\u00f3n\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1-973x547.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-1-508x286.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States is preparing to host its first edition of &#8220;The American Song Contest&#8221;. The rules will be the same as its European analogue, with all 50 states having a representative who can be made up of soloists, duos, groups, DJs and bands of all genres. As with Eurovision, the songs will be original and performed live. The casting is open to professionals and amateurs.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet known whether the voting system will follow the Eurovision voting system with points awarded by the audience and professional singers. On the other hand, the US contest aims for territorial exclusivity, unlike Eurovision, which includes Australia and Israel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192209\" src=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-2.jpg\" alt=\"Eurovisi\u00f3n\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-2-973x584.jpg 973w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Highxtar-eurovision-estados-unidos-2-508x305.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This new contest is produced by the same organisers of Eurovision in association with Propagate Content and Universal Television Alternative Studio. NBC will be responsible for bringing the broadcast to every home in the United States in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Eurovision will be held at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Saturday 22 May. The Spanish representative is the well-known singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blascanto_es\/?hl=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blas Cant\u00f3<\/strong><\/a> with his song &#8220;Voy a quedarme&#8221;, a simple production dedicated to his grandmother who died during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Trailer : American Song Contest (2021)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALoGzZTlK8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more content click <a href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?lang=en\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is preparing its first Eurovision Song Contest, which will be called &#8220;The American Song Contest&#8221;, for 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":192208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[604],"tags":[1633],"class_list":["post-192216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-en","tag-angela-membrado-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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