Dear God, an American version of Eurovision is finally in preparation

Good news for anyone who has ever consumed all the sonic output of The voice, The masked singerand the resurrected body of American idol, so thought: "Yes, more competitive singing shows for me, please!" The Hollywood Reporter brings news today that the American version of European feel sensation / European singing thing consume almost entirely via Twitter hashtags Eurovision advance finally, with an eye on the launch in 2021.

An American version of the Eurovision Song Contest We have been in society for years, drawing on humanity's collective obsession with music, its disconcerting regional pride and its almost criminal shame. The American Song Contest would apparently apply a state-by-state approach to the competition model, whereby participating countries choose a song of three minutes or less to represent their most wacky citizens, most dressed in lycra, before shouting at them during the voting process. a country finally wins. (The losing country is then cut off from the mainland, towed in the middle of the Atlantic and scratched from history books; Smordanskia R.I.P.)

And if you find yourself dealing with this news and wondering, "Why, dear god, would you introduce this kind of division into the American gene pool?" Well, check the ratings: Eurovision is regularly one of the Europe's most watched non-sport televised event, combining a jokey spectacle and the chance to see another ABBA or Celine Dion (winner in 1998 for Switzerland, so to speak) take flight.

The American Song Contest is led by the Swedish production company Brain Academy, under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union. No US network has yet been announced as host of the program.