Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe long-gestating American Song Contest series is getting close to fruition and is now targeting a debut during the holiday season 2021.
There is no network yet.American Song Contest was announced in May 2019 when Nordic Entertainment Group-backed Brain Academy struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the format rights.The American Song Contest project had been developed by Brain Academy’s Anders Lenhoff and Peter Settman alongside Christer Björkman and Ola Melzig, who have worked on over 20 Eurovision Song Contests between them.
They are now joined by Ben Silverman of Propagate Content. As previously reported, American Song Contest will feature musical artists and bands from each.
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