Hey it's Kristin! I’m so excited for the brand new competition show "American Song Contest" co-hosted by Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg that premieres tonight at 8 on NBC 10! And I'm honored to have been chosen as one of the jurors for the show! I'll be representing Rhode Island!
The show is inspired by the Eurovision contest and features live performances by representatives of each of the 50 US States, our nation's capital Washington D.C. and five US territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands.) All will be performing for your votes! Jury rankings and America's votes will combine to determine who moves on to the semi-finals and ultimately who is crowned the winner!
The next big hit song could come from your hometown! Over the next eight weeks check out 56 live performances from up-and-coming acts along with some household names like Jewel, who is representing Alaska, Ohio's Macy Gray and the representative from Connecticut, Michael Bolton.
Tonight on the premiere, Rhode Island artist Hueston will perform an original song. Check out all the ways you can vote below!
Here’s the list of performers!
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
Photo: NBC
Photo: NBC