United States in 30 Years of the EuroMusic Song Contest: Let's celebrate!

The United States participated in the celebrate edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. It was the first appearance of the United States at a EuroMusic Song Festival contest since their participation in Sweden in the 19th edition.

In the EuroMusic Song Contest
The United States participated ten times in the EuroMusic Song Contest, archieving good results. Placing twice first, twice second and three times third, the USA are one of the best competing countries in the contest. Although the country didn't participate after the 19th edition due to lack of the broadcaster. The country made its return to the celebrate edition.

Selection process
For this celebrate edition the American broadcaster, NBC, decided to held a national final to select their entry. Each country had to send one of the song that represented them before in the contest. The NBC decided to hold a national final with all the ten songs that represented the USA in the contest, competing for the ticket to the celebrate edition.

The selection process existed of two semi-finals and one final. The semi-finals were divided based on the results that the entries archieved on their contests. The two best scoring entries of both semi-finals qualified for the final which was completed with a wildcard selected out of the remaining six semi-finalist.

The participating songs were:

At EuroMusic Song Contest
Due to the high number of participating countries, the organisation first held a qualification round to select 21 semi-finalists. From this semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the final.

Voting
The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.