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American Song Contest: The voting format of the contest!

The representatives of Minnesota, Yam Haus hosted a TikTok live where they answered questions about the American Song Contest and gave information about their song and the voting format.

  • There will be 3 ways to vote: NBC website, an unknown app for now, and TikTok.

  • 11 songs will perform on March 21 and 4 will move on to the semi-finals.

  • 5 Quarter-finals with 4 moving on from each semi-final, leading to 2 semis of 10 and the final.

  • The voting will follow the Eurovision format, with each state giving their own ranked votes.

  • Each individual voter will rank all the songs when they vote, so it’ll basically be the Eurovision jury voting format for the televote as well.

  • They said there are some very experienced people working on the staging.

  • Those who make it to round 2 get custom in-ear pieces.

  • Yam Haus will be performing a song called “Ready To Go” that was originally a lo-fi track but is now a rock and roll song.

  • Each representative will be going to Los Angeles a week before the show, so we’ll be able to figure out the contestants of the first week soon.

he American Song Contest 2022 will start on Monday, March 22 and will last 8 weeks, until the big winner is announced on May 9. The competition will be attended by the 50 US states, the five overseas US possessions and the capital, Washington. Grammy-winning pop superstar Kelly Clarkson and multi-platinum music icon Snoop Dogg will host the show.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding American Song Contest!

Source: Reddit