United States

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.

In its premier season in 2022, AleXa from Oklahoma won the American Song Contest with her song “Wonderland”, gaining 710 points from the 10 jury regions and televote.

Christer Björkman, on of the organizers, announced that the United States version of Eurovision was not renewed for a second season, not of surprise due to the consistently declining viewing ratings last year. Though he expressed hope for a run in 2024. The format of ASC was not only different from ESC, but restructured constantly through the months long weekly shows, even after delaying the show four weeks from its scheduled premier.

While the contest was hosted by Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg, the viewership just didn’t watch the show as expected. The future of the spin-off is on hold for the foreseeable future as editions in Latin America, Canada, and (hopefully) Asia work on getting started. For now, however, we must say goodbye to the American Song Contest.

(Source: escxtra.com)