United States in the GreatVision Song Contest 9

The United States took part in the ninth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest which was hosted in North Korea. The entry will be selected via an national selection by the broadcaster of the country, American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
== Before GreatVision ==
=== The Voice US ===
==== Format ====
On February 20, 2018, ABC announced its participation at the 9th edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. The broadcaster also announced that first edition of The Voice US will take place.
The selection consists of a national judges panel as well as an international selection of judges. On March 2, 2018, ABC revealed that Taylor Swift and former US entrants Rachel Platten and Bonnie McKee will form the national panel. 
==== Competing entries ====
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries starting 20 February 2018. On 28 February 2018, ABC announced at a press conference at the headquarters of American Broadcasting Company that 312 songs had been submitted. 5 entries were selected to compete in the televised shows. ABC revealed the selected acts and their entries gradually via press conference on March 2, 2018.
Artist 	Song (English Translation)	Songwriter(s)
Chelsea Lankes 	"Easy" 	Chris Lyon, Kyle Shearer & Valley Girl
Jay Park feat. Yultron	"Forget About Tomorrow" 	Jay Park & Yultron
Josephina 	"Feelings" 	Josephina
Krewella 	"Alibi" 	Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf
Mimoza 	"Big Girls Cry" 	Mimoza
==== Results ====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	International Jury	US Jury	Televoting	Total	Place	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Draw	Artist 	Song 	International Jury	US Jury	Televoting	Total	Place	1	Krewella	"Alibi"	8	10	8	26	3
2 	Josephina 	"Feelings" 	4 	4 	4 	12 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Jay Park 	"Forget About Tomorrow"	10 	8 	10 	28 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Chelsea Lankes	"Easy" 	6 	6 	8 	20 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Mimoza 	"Big Girls Cry" 	12 	12 	12 	36 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Draw 	Song 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Total 	Points 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Draw 	Song 	Bonnie 	Rachel 	Taylor 	Total 	Points 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	"Alibi" 	10 	12 	6 	28 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	"Feelings" 	4 	6 	4 	14 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	"Forget About Tomorrow"	8 	8 	10 	26 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	"Easy" 	6 	4 	8 	18 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	"Big Girls Cry" 	12 	8 	12 	12 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	Detailed International Jury Votes	 	 	 	 	 	
Draw 	Song 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Total 	Points 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	"Alibi" 	6 	10 	6 	12 	10 	8 	8 	6 	66 	Points 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	"Feelings" 	10 	4 	4 	4 	4 	6 	4 	4 	40 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	"Forget About Tomorrow" 	4 	8 	10 	10 	6 	10 	10 	8 	66 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	"Easy" 	8 	6 	8 	8 	12 	4 	6 	10 	62 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	"Big Girls Cry" 	12 	12 	12 	6 	8 	12 	12 	12 	86 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu	
* Nina Dobrev
* Lenny﻿
* Ivy Quainoo﻿
* Eleni Foureira
* Sunmi
* Edyta Górniak
* BoA
* Trọng Hiếu
== At GreatVision ==
At the allocation draw, the United States as drawn to vote in the second semi-final. The United States was an automatic qualifier as a member of the big six. During the press conference for the big 6, the US was drawn to perform in the second half of the final and was later drawn to twenty-third.
The United States received 401 points and ended up being first Place. The country received seven times 12 points by getting two sets from the Juries and five sets from the Televoting. With their first place, the United States managed to host and get a place for the big six of the tenth edition.
Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by ABC. Michelle Collins and Ellen DeGeneres served as the commentators off all shows.
=== Voting ===
==== Points awarded to the United States ====
Televote 	Televote 	Televote	Televote	Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Croatia
* France
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sweden	 	
* Andorra
* Czech Republic
* Japan
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Luxembourg
* North Korea
* Vietnam	
* Hong Kong
* Israel
* Taiwan
* United Kingdom	
* Lithuania
* Spain
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Albania
* Serbia	
* Finland
* Gibraltar	
* Canada
* Greece
* Latvia
* Poland	
* Germany
* Switzerland	
* Bulgaria
Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* France
* Sweden	
* Australia	
* Andorra
* Japan
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* North Korea	
* Albania
* Hong Kong
* Israel
* Luxembourg
* Singapore
* United Kingdom	
* Bulgaria
* Poland
* Russia
* Spain
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Åland Islands
* Estonia
* Latvia
* Serbia
* Taiwan	
* Lithuania
* South Korea
* Vatican City	
* Greece	
* Canada
* Croatia
* Finland
* Switzerland	
* Norway
=== Points awarded by the United States ===
 (Jury)
Points 	Country
12 points	South Korea
10 points	Croatia
8 points 	Australia
7 points 	Singapore
6 points 	Greece
5 points 	Albania
4 points 	San Marino
3 points 	Luxembourg
2 points 	Switzerland
1 point 	Latvia
 (Televoting)
Points 	Country
12 points	Croatia
10 points	South Korea
8 points 	Australia
7 points 	Latvia
6 points 	Greece
5 points 	Singapore
4 points 	San Marino
3 points 	Albania
2 points 	Switzerland
1 point 	Luxembourg
  
 (Jury)
Points 	Country
12 points	South Korea
10 points	Australia
8 points 	Croatia
7 points 	Albania
6 points 	Greece
5 points 	United Kingdom
4 points 	North Korea
3 points 	Singapore
2 points 	Gibraltar
1 point 	Vietnam
 (Telvoting)
Points 	Country
12 points	Australia
10 points	South Korea
8 points 	Croatia
7 points 	Greece
6 points 	Singapore
5 points 	North Korea
4 points 	Albania
3 points 	Taiwan
2 points 	United Kingdom
1 point 	Canada
== See Also ==
* United States
* GreatVision Song Contest 9
== Notes ==
# She was born in Kosovo and is currently Living/working in the US to focus on continuing her story of success in the US but this time, for her own artist project.