After the format and the hosts revealed, now it’s time to present the 56 artist that will compete in the first ever “American Song Contest“:
- Alabama: Ni/Co
- Alaska: Jewel
- American Samoa: Tenelle
- Arizona: Las Marias
- Arkansas: Kelsey Lamb
- California: Sweet Taboo
- Colorado: Riker Lynch
- Connecticut: Michael Bolton
- Delaware: Nitro Nitra
- Florida: Ale Zabala
- Georgia: Stela Cole
- Guam: Jason J.
- Hawaii: Bronson Varde
- Idaho: Andrew Sheppard
- Illinois: Justin Jesso
- Indiana: UG skywalkin
- Iowa: Alisabeth Von Presley
- Kansas: Broderick Jones
- Kentucky: Jordan Smith
- Louisiana: Brittany Pfantz
- Maine: King Kyote
- Maryland: Sisqó
- Massachusetts: Jared Lee
- Michigan: Ada LeAnn
- Minnesota: Yam Haus
- Mississippi: Keyone Starr
- Missouri: Brett Seper
- Montana: Jonah Prill
- Nebraska: Jocelyn
- Nevada: The Crystal Method
- New Hampshire: MARi
- New Jersey: Brooke Alexx
- New Mexico: Khalisol
- New York: ENISA
- North Carolina: John Morgan
- North Dakota: Chloe Fredericks
- Northern Mariana Islands: Sabyu
- Ohio: Macy Gray
- Oklahoma: AleXa
- Oregon: courtship.
- Pennsylvania: Bri Steves
- Puerto Rico: Christian Pagán
- Rhode Island: Hueston
- South Carolina: Jesse LeProtti
- South Dakota: Judd Hoos
- Tennessee: Tyler Braden
- Texas: Grant Knoche
- U.S. Virgin Islands: Cruz Rock
- Utah: Savannah Keyes
- Vermont: Josh Panda
- Virginia: Almira Zaky
- Washington: Allen Stone
- Washington, D.C.: NËITHER
- West Virginia: Alexis Cunningham
- Wisconsin: Jake’O
- Wyoming: Ryan Charles
The competing states are: 51 states of the USA, as well as the following 5 territories:
- American Samoa
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
Among the participants, we can find established artists, alongside some rising stars, and artists at the beginning of their careers.
One of the biggest names is the R&B soul singer Macy Gray
Macy is well known for her hit “I Try,” which was released in 1999.
Since then, she has sold more than 25 million records
Jewel, who will represent Alaska, is also one of the biggest names in the competition.
So far, she has won 4 Grammy awards and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Michael Bolton is a singer-songwriter who won multiple Grammy awards.
He is well known for performing hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He will represent Connecticut
Atlantic Records will be the exclusive music partner for the American Song Contest.
Therefore, they will be responsible for releasing all the songs in the line-up.
The songs will be released in batches, once a week (with the corresponding songs that will feature in each episode).
The first batch of songs will be released on Monday, the 21st of March 2022, at 00:00 (midnight) ET / 21:00 PT.
Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson will host the show together with music legend Snoop Dogg
The “American Song Contest 2022” will run for 8 consecutive weeks: starting on Monday the 21st of March 2022 and ending on the 9th of May 2022, just a day before Eurovision 2022 semi-final 1!
Are you excited about the “American Song Contest 2022“
You can visit the interactive map that presents each location’s representative here
