American Song Contest: the US Eurovision is a chaotic copycat
Mar 22, 2022
4 minutes
Across the United States on Monday evening, many Americans asked a simple question: what is the American Song Contest? The all-live NBC music competition, which aired its two-hour premiere last night, attempts to bring Eurovision to the US. That’s not necessarily an easy task; despite its track record of success overseas – you can thank Eurovision for Abba and Celine Dion – the 65-year-old annual song tournament is not widely understood in the US.
Whereas Eurovision showcases one artist ra country and offers a web of political intrigue and often untranslatable local culture, the American version, somehow , pits original songs by from all 50 US states, five territories
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