Christer Bjorkman has revealed during a video Q&A with Melodifestivalen’s English Twitter, the inaugural American Song Contest will now take place in 2022 – and specific packages will be put together for Eurovision fans! Christer had the following to say: “We are, at the moment, negotiating about it […]
The Melodifestivalen 2021 Grand Final might conclude the National Finals for 2021, but the fun and frolics continue straight after the show. Join the ’12 Points From America’ for a two hour After Party from 21:00 GMT/22:00 CET/15:00 Minneapolis, USA. The team – Samantha, Derek, Erik and Danny, […]
More news about the forthcoming American Song Contest has been revealed by Ola Melzig. While initial reports suggest autumn 2021 for the Contest to take place, it may take place in spring 2022 instead. The Format & Broadcaster There will be two Semi Finals, consisting of ten songs […]
USA: Eurovision performers from across the pond Whilst Eurovision is distinctly a European, Mediterranean and Australian affair, our friends across the Atlantic have occasionally been called in to help countries with their songs. As rumours always swirls around about a US version of Eurovision, or a US broadcaster […]
Nanne Grönvall’s entry from Melodifestivalen, “Carpool Karaoke”, has been discovered by James Corden and The Late Late Show over in the United States. James Corden picked up on Nanne Grönvall’s entry after it is named after a segment of The Late Late Show. Nanne Grönvall has been invited […]
Jon Ola Sand has been discussing the possibility of the USA joining the Eurovision Song Contest line-up in the future – the traditionalists in the community might not want to hear the answer! It will all depend on whether the American Song Contest is a success. Only until […]
The American Song Contest has been revealed to have a multi-week format and will move around the country. The Contest will now have elements of both Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. Due to the number of US States, the Contest will move around the USA for the […]
It has been announced that the US streaming service Netflix, have gained the rights to stream this year’s and next year’s Contests. As of today, viewers in the USA can view the whole of this year’s Contest from Tel Aviv. Next year’s Contest in the Netherlands, will be […]
Following strong reports that Madonna will be part of the interval act during the final in Tel Aviv, USA fans will be in for a shock. Logo TV, owned by Viacom, will not be showing this year’s Contest. Logo TV first showed the Contest in 2016 – the […]
This morning, Netta made her US television debut on NBC’s The Today Show. Not only did she talk about the Eurovision Song Contest and meeting Prince William amongst other things, she also performed “Toy” live. All this can be seen in full below: Video: YouTube/Perlez41 Author: Richard Taylor […]