American Song Contest 2022 🇺🇸 | Recap Of All 56 Songs

[@andrestonorivero4951]

Over half of these wouldn't stand a chance at melodiefestivalen, let alone eurovision. So many uninspired songs. Thanks for the vid!

[@TimmmTim]

What are you talking about? This year's Melodifestivalen was horrible.

[@shybibeau8968]

Totally agree! Eurovision is my shit. And then people can sang idk wtf this crap is haha

[@jaredsmith4964]

It’s the very first iteration. Obviously it’s not going to be at Eurovision standards yet. That also means that less artists knew about it. I feel like in the next few years it’s going to be a lot better, but if you wanna hate just because it’s the U.S then go ahead

[@12_terabyte57]

Yeah, though there were a couple of bangers and songs that probably wouldn't ever exist/hasn't ever been seen in Eurovision, like any of those typical country ballads (still in love with Idaho and Maine), real caribbean reggae vibes, trap/rap (like full on, not just inspired or partial), soul as from Macy Gray and Allen Stone (not sure if that last one is even soul tbh, but it's definitly not something we'll be seeing in Eurovision), or whatever Sisqo, Jake'O (Wisconsin) and Ryan Charles (Wyoming) brought to the stage. Btw the only reason I'm not mentioning Nevada (an absolute masterpiece), Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and even the U.S. Virgin Islands (the charisma on that man!) even though they stood out greatly is because they would've actually been a couple of genuinely possible Eurovision entries, like I could actually see them on the real Eurovision stage and I'm sad they weren't. Also Kansas and Rhode Island are masterpieces, but not partically special in genre so I didn't mention them.

[@otowndude08]

To be fair 90% of eurovision songs would never be heard on American radios.

[@justinas1298]

a lot of these songs are forgettable af. it boggles me how they dropped out some gems out of the selection and picked the generic ones

[@MrHomunkulus]

because that's what works best in the US. Copy-Paste Popsongs with 0 memorability except for being "THE (summer) hit of 20xx". They really thought they could pull off something like Eurovision when America isn't nearly as (culturally) diverse as they pat themselves on the back for. It's 55 Songs in English and 1!! in Spanish that's how much the US loves their Diversity. The only thing they got going on for them is the Genre Diversity for sure but if that is the only thing then i much rather prefer Eurovision 😆

[@kllause6681]

was gonna say... there were maybe 10-12 really good ones, but the majority was either smth you hear on the christrian radio station, or was generic 2016 pop music.

[@AiraRia]

you know i would say these songs suck but i am german and we have lost like 5 times in a row so i feel i have no right to speak lmao

[@silvestrus3132]

🤣🤣🤣

[@silvestrus3132]

Next year will be with luck for sure😂

[@xNgTTTx]

6 mal in Folge! 😂😂😂

[@nehalilisays]

Actually just 4 times in a row (last or second last place) Michael Schulte was 4th place in 2018.

[@jaredsmith4964]

I mean it’s only the first contest. There are also tons of songs so it’s probably harder to manage. And lots of Eurovision songs are uninspired like toy, arcade, so on and so on

[@MartijnPennings]

Watching Eurovision I always wondered what an American Song Context would look like, thanks for this! I agree with others that the quality is not always there and some of the songs are very generic. I mean, "feel the love" and "feel your love"... "sad girl" and "bad girl"... "fire" and "fire it up".... "wonder" and "wonderland", are these songs written by ChatGPT? But fair enough, it's the first edition and it's nice to see some recognizable names like Jewel, Michael Bolton, Macy Grey and Sisqo joining. It's got potential.

[@sakurasneachta]

Oregon understood the assignment ✅

[@nehalilisays]

Let's do something funny but American style: Let's sing about money 😆

[@healingfromtraumawithdr.t2958]

Thanks! It helps me feel less stressed about who I am voting for!

[@nehalilisays]

Lowkey gives me "Eurovision in the 2000's vibes" 😄 They never did "Eurovision Asia", right? Because THAT would be either really diverse and spectacular or more like Eurovision in the 60s if they included as many countries as possible while trying not to offend anyone 😆

[@LiverIsLife]

There is actually an Asian version of Eurovision. It's called Turkvision.

[@lemonieeng2695]

As someone who is Asian (living in Asia) that watches Eurovision, I honestly don't want Eurovision to come to Asia. Because within Asia there are so much more military conflicts compare to Europe, and generally some countries just hate each other. Like China-Japan-Korea, and China's special administrative region like Hongkong and Taiwan. Plus Asians are competitive at literally everything, and would not be as united as Europeans.

[@lexezlao]

This recap putting Guam and Hawaii next to each other gives me major Eurovision in the 2000s vibes as well for some reason, specifically 2004

[@adhdGameDev]

Michael Bolton out of nowhere

[@nexwithanxx]

“We have Eurovision at home” At least my country has some type of Eurovision 😃

[@mgawalangmagawamwm]

This song selection's fine for a first edition, I dunno if the hate here is only cause it's America

[@cherrycolareal]

It probably is tbh, I really hate this country too but most of these are actually good

[@jennisaidini5395]

you should do this 1 month before eurovision and send ur winner to compete in europe. u won't stand a chance, so uninspired xD

[@ДимитърТиров]

Don't give them ideas :(

[@peternielsen3759]

What would Americans have to do In a European song contest?🤔

[@jennisaidini5395]

@@peternielsen3759 sorry but last time I checked Australia Azerbaijan Israel Armenia Georgia Russia are not European either

[@theduuuude3967]

@@jennisaidini5395 Russia is in Europe though- It's a pan continential country.

[@jennisaidini5395]

@@theduuuude3967 i think you mean transcontinental and one can argue the vast majority of the country in in North East Asia. But ok let's scratch it off the list

[@akinoz]

Oregon really understood the assigment.

[@kawtsuki]

I'm hella behind, but I was listening to Alexa's Wonderland and just got really curious and wanted to see what the other states had. Definitely glad I did because now I've found a few other singers to keep an eye out for!

[@digitool5944]

all of those country songs and yet Estonia still has the best one, yikes

[@purplehorseneigh]

Estonia's is NOT a country song. it just takes south western aesthetics. Eurovision country songs would be stuff like Netherlands 2014, Netherlands 2016, and Netherlands 2018 (no idea what's up with the dutch and sending that stuff lmao)

[@lexezlao]

​@@purplehorseneigh they're still better than all the ones here also Germany 2006 Netherlands 2012 also gets close to being country, even down to the cultural appropriation :D

[@mechaniq2188]

majority of songs sounds like melfest rejected entries or recap of national final in san marino XD

[@christopherchristianvanlan1809]

This is wonderful

[@almathomassen6447]

My favorite rock bands gonna come back soon! Buffalo:the goo goo Dolls Utah:neon trees Oklahoma:the all-American rejects Orange county:melee Louisiana:the revivalists Agoura Hills:hoobastank Los Angeles:metro station haim or the calling

[@shia4]

well done its amazing 🎉❤

[@МаксимВасильев-ж4п]

Keyone Starr 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@frandaz]

Thanks for making this! ❤️

[@finlazzi9903]

This actually feels like Eurovision, but not in a good way lol

[@ginafromcologne9281]

Ohhhh, I've only known for one minute that there is such a thing as an American Song Contest. How beautiful!!!! Where can we watch the whole show, please?

[@thermostance1815]

The last edition was in 2022. There is a YT channel for the ASC that posted the Grand final and id assume the semis. I don't know if it'll be coming back

[@kylestrain3231]

Not... Quite the same as ours in Europe.

[@soyasauce3626]

Yeah. Not to mention it’s only one country. I feel like half of the fun with Eurovision is all of the countries getting together.

[@M4CYL0L4XX]

@@soyasauce3626 yeah, its one country the size of europe though

[@soyasauce3626]

@@M4CYL0L4XX Yeah but there’s more cultural diversity. American culture doesn’t change much besides from a few regional differences when you move states

[@animallife0011]

Beautiful ❤❤❤🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@vivismissinglines1953]

most of them are so bland like 😭😭😭 only oklohoma and texas were good. everything else was either weird, uninteresting or just bad 💀 looks like they spent more money on the costumes and sets than the actual song production

[@jaredsmith4964]

Well it’s only the first one so they probably weren’t taking it as seriously

[@escalec9719]

Texas♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@lyalyalya2]

In my opinion, more than half of those would not qualify at an actual Eurovision 😅

[@shybibeau8968]

Oh btw who won??

[@eurovision-chris]

AleXa won from Oklahoma

[@BlueLazeMusic]

@@eurovision-chris it sucked too lol

[@sarahh.6923]

@@BlueLazeMusic like your sample filled songs are better?

[@BlueLazeMusic]

@@sarahh.6923 I never said my music was good haha

[@sarahh.6923]

@@BlueLazeMusic and I'm just saying, you have zero credibility to say if music is good or not. :)

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Quite an unpopular opinion, but these has much more diversity and better songwriting than the latest Melfests. It just lacks the cultural and linguistical diversity Eurovision is known for.

[@Playin_everyday]

My cousin is khalisol

[@GJ4_]

9:03 only in Ohio

[@watermelonludmilla5555]

I’m surprised, I thought America would ruin the contest but imo they made it better. Yea the music is a bit generic (I’m only adding Oklahoma and Texas to my playlist) BUT the staging is probably a thousand times better than Eurovision. I always found it so stupid that they only allow 6 people on stage. Take notes Eurovision

[@pmparda]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nehalilisays]

Allowing a little bit more people on stage could be beneficial but limitless would make it overwhelming to watch and probably more difficult to organize.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Better????

[@jackdaniel8973]

comon iowa should be slipknot

[@M4CYL0L4XX]

why does america always think they can pull off what europe does

[@MrHomunkulus]

Superiority Complex. "Must copy everything and it will be star spangling awesome bc we are the best at everything" They don't even understand why Eurovison has worked for so many decades

[@jaredsmith4964]

@@MrHomunkuluswhat are you even taking about. It’s just a song contest it’s really not that deep

[@MrHomunkulus]

@@jaredsmith4964 i gave an opinion based on years of observation. Why does it matter to you. You can disagree if u want.

[@wesleyhunt7599]

ASC songs I would put under the "rock" Umbrella. DE ID IL (narrowly) IA LA ME MN MS MO NC NV ND RI (generously) SD VT WA WV WI NC may be more on the country side of "country-rock", but is still just rock enough.

[@saudade_saudade977]

sadly only about 10 songs really stick out to me. my favourites are Florida and Alabama by far

[@MizSazz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joTNkmOvermrrKcsi=_YVVz6tuJy1vYzHo Alabama recently got engaged

[@teodormunjas2352]

I expected an American Songcontest to be much bigger and better organized - the songs are also very, very weak… Stage is nothing, costumrs are bad and there are far to many people on the stage - looks like a dancefloor at a club 🙈🙈

[@raskadzanic987]

This is god but same time weird. American song contest. ❤️

[@M4CYL0L4XX]

Eurovision is better.

[@Vroblo]

Even Turkvision was more interesting and those songs were more "memorable"

[@memeyo42]

"Worst Season Ever." "Oh no!" "Oh no!" "Oh yeah!" *crickets* "Oh yeah! Disco Stu is liking alexa's Disco Music! Mh!" Seriously tho, most of these songs are so.. bland. Only like 2-3 stood out. And honestly, I really don't think Americavision is gonna be a success. The problem with it, is the fact that it is still the same country. And that means that no matter what state you're from, the music culture is still the same, and the states has no other reason for it, than the competition. The reason Eurovision works is because of all the different cultures that is represented by each country, and the fact that we are trying to keep war away from europe as long as possible by coming together through Music. That's why Eurovision is so big and that's why America won't be as successfull as Europe in this. A for effort, but D- minus overall. 👋🇸🇪

[@emilholst9789]

It´s a little pitchy....More then half of them.

[@soyasauce3626]

Yeah… To be fair it’s exactly what Americans listen to.

[@purplehorseneigh]

for nearly all of them they deliberately picked people fairly new to the music scene. Most of the ones that faired better in advancing through are the ones with a bit more experience

[@soyasauce3626]

@@A_BungouStrayDogs_Fan Yeah it’s a popular genre but it’s by no means our only popular one

[@batmansparents3408]

i got second hand embarassment

[@wickednights3793]

And thats why the US should never be allowed to take part in Eurovision

[@otowndude08]

these songs aren't meant for Eurovision. They are meant to appeal to the American public. Multiple American artist have competed and done well at Eurovision.

[@Heromero001]

Is that real or fake?

[@alannahweygant6435]

Riker should have won

[@Aravis.]

Ok… how about you make real American song contest? Whole America. North and South. Brazil, Ecuador, Canada, USA… - one country, one representant. This doesn’t make sense and it sucks. Sorry.

[@LiverIsLife]

Well damn,even Turkvision is better than this.

[@machoke666]

Exclude all the country, swap out half of the black singers with white singers, add like three ethno-pop songs, and u've got Eurovision - all in all if their intent was to copy Eurovision they did a stellar job

[@jaredsmith4964]

They didn’t really copy Eurovision. The final was a top 10, they had 13 more entries than Europe has ever had, they split it up into 5 semi-finals. Like they did their own thing. The fact that you’re trying to gatekeep a song contest is embarrassing

[@cuckoo1110]

50 trash songs lel

[@luvzxmay]

6 good songs

[@wibbliams]

sounds about right