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The Story of Fire Saga also introduced viewers to the Eurovision format and its popularity in Europe. The film became the most-streamed content on Netflix in the U.S. However, because of the contest's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was released a month later, on June 26. The OTT platform planned to release the musical comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga together with the 2020 contest. Netflix licensed the video-on-demand rights for the 20 contests.

WJFD-FM, a commercial radio station in New Bedford, Massachusetts, broadcast the 20 finals with English and Portuguese commentary. Viewing figures were low, ranging from 52,000 viewers in 2016 to 74,000 viewers in 2018.
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cable network Logo TV broadcast the finals from 2016 to 2018, featuring commentary from Carson Kressley and Michelle Collins (2016) Michelle Visage and Ross Mathews ( 2017) and Mathews and Shangela (2018). The contest was later broadcast in both areas for the 20 contests. Two years earlier, the contest was telecast in Puerto Rico for the first time. The earliest known telecast of Eurovision in the continental U.S. It ranks among the world's most-watched non-sporting events every year, with hundreds of millions of viewers globally. The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956, which features participants representing primarily European countries. The viewer votes were weighted, with each state and territory being worth 12 points much like in Eurovision, thus giving all regions equal voting power while preventing populous states like California and Texas from dominating the voting process. The final results were presented in Eurovision style, with each jury member awarding their maximum 12 points then adding in the viewers' points. The same selection process was facilitated in the semi-finals to determine the 10 acts that competed in the final. After the qualifying rounds, the jury selected two "redemption songs" to join in the semi-finals, thus a total of 22 acts remained in the competition.

In each qualifying round, a 56-member jury of music industry professionals (one for each state and territory) selected one song to advance to the semi-finals, while three songs also advanced after a 35-hour viewer voting period, which consisted of a combination of jury and fan votes. There were five episodes of qualifying rounds, followed by two episodes of semi-finals and one final. įor the first season of the competition, each representative performed an original song in a live television program broadcast across the country. Acts could consist of solo artists, duos, bands or a DJ. The participating territories were American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories and the nation's capital and federal district of Washington, D.C. By May 2021, the format had been expanded to include all five populated U.S.
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As initially announced in August 2020, the competition would feature professional musical artists such as solo singers, duos, or groups of up to six members from each of the 50 U.S. The winning act earns the title of Best Original Song.
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The American Song Contest puts artists head-to-head against other representatives in a series of qualiying rounds, leading to the semi-finals and the prime time final in a " March Madness" style. Reception for the first season was largely mixed, with many critics noting that it did not live up to its Eurovision origins. Promotion for the series was organized by NBC and included a commercial during the Super Bowl and a sweepstakes for listeners on iHeartRadio stations. The first season of the contest was won by Oklahoma with the song " Wonderland" performed by AleXa. Four public vote songs and one jury panel song from each semi-final were then sent to the ten participant final. Two "redemption" picks were also sent to the semi-finals based on streams. The 56 entries were divided into five qualifying rounds with the top three songs determined by a public vote and top two determined by a jury panel from each round proceeding to one of two semi-finals. The show is hosted by Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson.

The first and to date, only season of the show consisted of eight episodes airing between March 21 and on NBC. compete for the title of Best Original Song. states, five territories, and Washington, D.C.
