American Song Contest 2022: Artists and Songs

On March 3rd NBC and the EBU revealed the 56 artists and bands that had been cast for the inaugural edition of the American Song Contest. The list is expansive and features a number of well known artists like KPop Idol AleXa, Folk/pop star Jewel, Voice winner Jordan Smith, former Blackjack frontman Michael Bolton, and “Thong Song” singer SisQó. Many of the other artists are local grown indie or aspiring artists, and ASC will be one of the biggest moments of their careers.

The 2022 Participants

The full list of artists is as follows:

• Alabama :  Ni/Co – “The Difference”
• Alaska : Jewel 󠁵󠁳󠁡- “The Story”
• American Samoa :  Tenelle – “Full Circle”
• Arizona   Las Marias – “La Finikera”
• Arkansas : – Kelsey Lamb – “Never Like This”
• California : Sweet Taboo – “Keys to the Kingdom”
• Colorado : Riker Lynch – “Feel the Love”
• Connecticut  : Michael Bolton – “Beautiful World”
• Delaware : Nitro Nitra – “Train”
• Florida : Ale Zabala – “Flirt”
• Georgia  : Stela Cole – “DIY”
• Guam : Jason J. – “Midnight”
• Hawaii : Bronson Varde – “4 You”
• Idaho : Andrew Sheppard – “Steady Machine”
• Illinois : Justin Jesso – “Lifeline”
• Indiana : UG skywalkin ft. Maxie – “Love In My City” 
• Iowa : Alisabeth Von Presley – “Wonder”
• Kansas : Broderick Jones – “Tell Me”
• Kentucky : Jordan Smith – “Sparrow”
• Louisiana : Brittany Pfantz – “Now You Do”
• Maine : King Kyote – “Get Out Alive”
• Maryland : Sisqó – “It’s Up”
• Massachusetts : Jared Lee – “Shameless”
• Michigan : Ada LeAnn – “Natalie”
• Minnesota : Yam Haus – “Ready to Go”
• Mississippi : Keyone Starr – “Fire”
• Missouri : HALIE – “Better Things”
• Montana : Jonah Prill – “Fire It Up”
• Nebraska : Jocelyn – “Never Alone”
• Nevada : The Crystal Method – “Watch Me Now”
• New Hampshire : MARi – “Fly”
• New Jersey : Brooke Alexx – “I Don’t Take Pictures Anymore”
• New Mexico : Khalisol – “Drop”
• New York : ENISA – “Green Light”
• North Carolina : John Morgan – “Right in the Middle”
• North Dakota : Chloe Fredericks – “Can’t Make You Love Me”
• Northern Mariana Islands : Sabyu – “Sunsets and Seaturtles”
• Ohio : Macy Gray ft. the California Jet Club and Maino – “Every Night”
• Oklahoma : AleXa – “Wonderland”
• Oregon : courtship. – “Million Dollar Smoothies”
• Pennsylvania : Bri Steves – “Plenty Love”
• Puerto Rico : Christian Pagán – “Loko”
• Rhode Island : Hueston – “Held On Too Long”
• South Carolina : Jesse LeProtti – “Not Alone”
• South Dakota : Judd Hoos – “Bad Girl”
• Tennessee : Tyler Braden – “Seventeen”
• Texas : Grant Knoche – “Mr. Independent”
• U.S. Virgin Islands : Cruz Rock – “Celebrando”
• Utah : Savannah Keyes – “Sad Girl”
• Vermont : Josh Panda – “Rollercoaster”
• Virginia : Almira Zaky – “Over You”
• Washington : Allen Stone – “A Little Bit of Both”
• Washington, D.C. : NËITHER – “I Like It”
• West Virginia : Alexis Cunningham – “Working on a Miracle”
• Wisconsin : Jake’O – “Feel Your Love”
• Wyoming : Ryan Charles – “New Boot Goofin”

The Qualifier Rounds

Below is the list of which qualifier episode the artists will perform on based on their social media and press releases. Bolded names have qualified to the next round of the competition.

Episode One (March 21st) – Arkansas , Connecticut  , Indiana , Iowa , Minnesota , Mississippi , Oklahoma , Puerto Rico , Rhode Island Wisconsin , Wyoming

Episode Two (March 28th) – Kansas , Kentucky , Maine , Montana , Nebraska , New York , North Dakota , Ohio , Oregon , U.S. Virgin Islands , Virginia

Episode Three (April 4th) – Alabama , Alaska , Colorado , Delaware , Florida , Louisiana , New Jersey , Northern Mariana Islands , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas

Episode Four (April 11th) – Arizona , Georgia  , Hawaii , Massachusetts , Missouri , Nevada , New Hampshire , Pennsylvania , Utah , Washington , Washington, D.C. , West Virginia

Episode Five (April 18th) – American Samoa , California , Guam , Idaho , Illinois , Maryland , Michigan , Missouri , New Mexico , North Carolina , Vermont

The Semi-Finals

Semi-Final One (April 25th) – Alabama , Colorado , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Michigan , Montana , New Hampshire ,Oklahoma , Rhode Island , Washington , Wyoming

Semi Final Two (May 2nd) – American Samoa , California , Connecticut  , Georgia  , Kansas , New York , North Carolina , North Dakota , Puerto Rico , Tennessee , Texas

The Grand Final

Grand Final (May 9th) – Alabama , American Samoa , Colorado , Connecticut  ,  Kentucky , North Dakota , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas , Washington

American Song Contest 2022 Winner – Oklahoma’s AleXa!

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