Eurovision Canada Eyes 2023 Launch Following Deal Between ASC Inc. & Insight Productions
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Eurovision brand continues its North American expansion. Leading Canadian producer Insight Productions, a Boat Rocker company, has teamed with Eurovision Canada rights owners and ASC, Inc., one of the companies behind NBC’s music reality competition series American Song Contest, to debut the first-ever Eurovision Canada in 2023.
Similar to American Song Contest –– which is following the blueprint of the Eurovision Song Contest — Eurovision Canada will feature musical artists and bands from each of the 10 provinces and three territories and across every musical genre, to perform all original songs on the live televised event.
The participating artists will go head-to-head against other provincial/territorial representatives in a series of televised Qualifier Competitions, leading to Semi-Finals and the ultimate primetime Grand Finale.The move follows the recent appointment of Greg Lipstone as President and COO of ASC, Inc., joining producers Anders Lenhoff, Christer Björkman, Ola Melzig and Peter Settman in their expansion efforts, including launching local versions of the show in territories that are not covered by the Eurovision Song Contest.
In Canada, they will work with Insight’s CEO & Chairman John Brunton and Eurovision Canada showrunner Lindsay Cox, also of Insight.While not part of the Eurovision Song Contest, Canada produced one of the highest profile Eurovision winners when 20-year Celine Dion won in 1988 representing Switzerland, kickstarting her career.Canada’s long list of famous songwriters also include Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gordon Lightfoot, k.d.
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