In the US equivalent, participants from 50 states, 5 US territories and the capital Washington, DC will compete with their respective music entries.
The program will be broadcast in 2022 and will be like a mix between the Melodifestivalen and Eurovision with competitions, semi-finals and a large final broadcast.
Anders Lenhoff, Peter Settman, Christer Björkman and Ola Melzig acquired the rights to the American format from the EBU (which owns the rights to the Eurovision song contest).
It is now clear that the competition will be broadcast via the TV channel NBC, the EBU writes in a press release.
Critical fans
The producers and the TV company are satisfied:
"We are excited to showcase the universal power of music through a spectacular, multi-week music event," said Jenny Groom of NBC Universal Television and Streaming.
But many of the fans seem less satisfied, on instagram the comment field for Eurovision's posts is filled with dissatisfaction: “Oh no.
Hope they don't ruin it. "
writes one of many critics.