https://www.thedailybeast.com/american-song-contest-is-so-bland-not-even-kelly-clarkson-can-save-it

The Eurovision Song Contest, says Kevin Fallon, is "a feast of outrageous entertainment: an annual, global delirium of joy. So leave it to America to take away all the fun. American Song Contest, NBC’s much-promoted, historic U.S. version of the competition, premiered Monday night, and was a fascinating thing to judge—though not in ways you would think if you read that first paragraph. (Where! Were! The! Turkey! Puppets!?) It’s a reality music competition that does fix what have grown to be the genre’s most exhausting problems as each network desperately attempts to recreate the magic the original run of American Idol had. Yet, with two glaring exceptions—one in the form of Kelly Clarkson, the other a sure-to-be viral hit of lunacy called 'New Boot Goofin’'—the whole endeavor was egregiously bland for something so ambitious, let alone with such cheeky, anything-goes roots." ALSO: American Song Contest is a chaotic and haphazard copycat (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/22/american-song-contest-eurovision-nbc-copycat).

American Song Contest fails to top American Idol (https://variety.com/2022/tv/ratings/american-song-contest-premiere-ratings-nbc-eurovision-1235211344/)

The premiere of NBC's answer to Eurovision, hosted by Idol alum Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg, drew 2.892 million to Idol's 5.1465 million Monday night.

American Song Contest is superior to American Idol and America's Got Talent, but its ratings were a disaster (https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2022/05/american-song-contest-winner-season-1-review/)

NBC's answer (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/127414-american-song-contest/page/3/) to Eurovision, which aired its finale last night, "has a tremendous amount of talent, both in front of the camera and behind it. I like it so much better than American Idol, and it’s eons better than NBC’s own America’s Got Talent, which has just become excruciating to watch," says Andy Dehnart, adding that hosts Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg "deserve Emmys for their unpretentious and perfectly calibrated interaction." But the ratings were terrible, thanks in part to its generic name and going up against American Idol. "Why split the audience for live singing competitions?" he asks.

ALSO:


American Song Contest winner AleXa on being a K-pop singer representing Oklahoma (https://www.tvguide.com/news/american-song-contest-winner-alexa-on-representing-oklahoma-and-k-pop)
Go behind the scenes of American Song Contest (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/arts/television/american-song-contest-final.html)