Michael Bolton represents Connecticut on the premiere of 'American Song Contest.' (Photo: NBC)Ī little EVSC background for the uninitiated and unfamiliar: The original Eurovision has always been untouched by time or taste, with international contenders/pretenders all decked out in Spandex-'n'-sequins outfits while executing variety-show dance moves that wouldn't have been out of place during ABBA’s famously career-launching Eurovision 1974 performance of “Waterloo.” Eurovision is perhaps the only televised talent competition more over-the-top than RuPaul’s Drag Race or The Masked Singer.
But at least Monday’s big premiere had… Michael Bolton!? But the burning, glittering question is, will American Song Contest (why it’s not called “Amerivision,” I do not friggin’ know) be as campy as its Euro predecessor? territories compete for the title of Best Original Song on NBC’s American Song Contest. So, now is the perfect time for a Stateside version of the competition, as singers representing 50 states and six U.S. The United Nations of talent competitions, Eurovision features artists from countries across Europe and Australia performing original songs on live television, and it has long been one of the most-watched broadcasts on the planet since it launched in 1956, with an annual global audience of 200 million.īut now Eurovision awareness is at an all-time high in the United States, due to several factors: In 2020, Will Ferrell’s satire Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga was a Netflix hit and nabbed an Oscar nomination for Best Song last year’s Eurovision winner, Italy’s Maneskin, became a hard-rock sensation, scoring an unlikely top 15 hit in America and performing on Saturday Night Live and the most famous Eurovision winner of all time, ABBA, recently reunited after a 40-year hiatus. Long before American Idol or The Voice - before Star Search, even - there was the Eurovision Song Contest.
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