Variety, The American Song Contest will be a 50-state competition modelled on the Eurovision version that will take place late next yearSimilar to the European version, the show format will see budding hopefuls go head-to-head against acts from other states in a series of televised qualifiers, with solo singers, duos or groups up to six members allowed to compete.There will be semi-finals before the main event which Variety has described as the ‘ultimate primetime Grand Finale March