United States in the GreatVision Song Contest 4

The United States took part in the fourth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest which was hosted in Barcelona, Spain. The country was represented by Rachel Platten with the song "Broken Glass". The entry was selected via an internal selection by the broadcaster of the country, American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
== Before GreatVision ==
The United States selected their entry through an internal selection. ABC announced that the entrant and the song will be announced on 8 September 2017. Rachel Platten was announced as the represenatives of the country. The song "Broken Glass" was presented at the same time. During the press conference, Rachel Platten reportedly said:"It is an honor to represent my country! I'm thankful to get the chance to compete and I hope I can make the US proud!"
== At GreatVision ==
At the allocation drawn, the United States was drawn to perform in the second half of the second semi-final and were later drawn to perform at the nineteenth place. During the semi-final results, the US was annouced as on of the qualifiers and managed to keep the country's success in the contest.
During the grand final, they were drawn to perform in the second half. Later, it was decided that they would perform fourteenth. The United States received 284 Points and ended up being fourth place, which marks their second best result in the contest so far. The country received
three times 12 points by getting two sets from the Juries and one set from the Televoting. With their fourth place, the United States managed to get a place for the big six of the fifth edition.
Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by ABC. Carson Kressley and Michelle Collins 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
* France	
* Bulgaria
* Romania	
* Austria
* Finland
* Greece
* Ireland	 	
* Slovakia
* Vietnam
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
 	 	
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands	
* United Kingdom	
* Japan
Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Bulgaria
* Vietnam	
* France
* Romania	
* Greece
* Slovakia	
* Austria
* Finland	
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* China	
* Ireland	
* Singapore	
* San Marino
* United Kingdom	
* Japan
Televote 	Televote 	Televote	Televote	Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Finland	
* Greece
* Kazakhstan
* Romania
* South Korea	
* France	
* Indonesia
* Palau
* Singapore	
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Iceland
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Canada
* Czech Republic
* Italy
* Turkey	
* Austria
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Serbia
* Ukraine	
* Australia
* San Marino
* Sweden	 	
Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Romania
* South Korea	
* Finland
* Greece
* Kazakhstan
* Palau	
* France
* Iceland	
* Indonesia	
* Sweden
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Bulgaria
* Estonia
* San Marino	
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Ukraine	
* Belgium	
* Australia
* Serbia	
* Armenia
* Austria
* Luxembourg
* Norway
=== Points awarded by the United States ===
 (Jury)
Points 	Country
12 points	France
10 points	Romania
8 points 	Kazakhstan
7 points 	Estonia
6 points 	San Marino
5 points 	Greece
4 points 	Malaysia
3 points 	United Kingdom
2 points 	Slovakia
1 point 	Bosnia-Herzegovina
 (Televoting)
Points 	Country
12 points	Vietnam
10 points	Romania
8 points 	France
7 points 	Singapore
6 points 	Greece
5 points 	Estonia
4 points 	Slovakia
3 points 	Kazakhstan
2 points 	Malaysia
1 point 	Bosnia-Herzegovina
  
 (Jury)
Points 	Country
12 points	Romania
10 points	North Korea
8 points 	South Korea
7 points 	France
6 points 	Greece
5 points 	Czech Republic
4 points 	San Marino
3 points 	Kazakhstan
2 points 	Bulgaria
1 point 	Slovakia
 (Telvoting)
Points 	Country
12 points	South Korea
10 points	North Korea
8 points 	Romania
7 points 	Estonia
6 points 	Canada
5 points 	Greece
4 points 	Vietnam
3 points 	Malaysia
2 points 	San Marino
1 point 	Germany
== See Also ==
* United States
* GreatVision Song Contest 4