The show will broadcast on the US network NBC and run for eight weeks before a finale on May 9.

It will feature performers – solo artists, duos or bands – from all fifty US states along with one from the capital Washington and five from US territories.

“I am honoured to host American Song Contest alongside my lil sis Kelly Clarkson, aka Miss Texas,” said the rapper Snoop Dogg in a statement.

Clarkson was the first ever winner of the long-running song competition “American Idol.”

“I have been a fan and love the concept of Eurovision and am thrilled to bring the musical phenomenon to America,” she said in a statement.

“I’m so excited to work with Snoop and can’t wait to see every state and territory represented by artists singing their own songs.'”