In principle I have no issue with an American Eurovision, but what bothers me is that they aren’t copying the right things. The whole point of Eurovision is that it’s continent-wide, covering a shit-ton of different countries that have vastly different musical traditions and barely speak the same language, and they had a chance to do that! It could have been North America! We could have watched the USA discovering the much-needed humbling of footing the bill for a continental event and getting a straight pass to the final, only to get fucking trounced through political voting because everyone hates your piece of shit fascist government! There are 23 sovereign states in North America. We could have watched as the USA and Canada miserably trade votes that no one else will give them, while the entire Caribbean forms a voting block that goes head to head with a wall of Latin American countries. We could have sympathetically nodded as Israel, Australia and Azerbaijan all get added and everyone complains about whether or not they should be allowed. We could have cheered as the USA snidely mock the Haitian entry, only to watch it win as they themselves slide to a humiliating nil point loss because they fielded NSYNC doing some soulless acoustic ballad in a desperate bid to reclaim the glory days. We could have had the delight of 21 different national hosts announcing how wonderful it is to have this incredible night in which we are all united in spite of our differences before announcing voting results so heavily political that countries literally have to formally apologise to one another the next day.
But no, it’s X-Factor with a slightly flashier voting system and more flags. What a disappointment. I bet they won’t field even one vampire.