America's Best

America's Best is an American talent competition television series broadcast on MBS. It premiered during the spring television cycle on April 11, 2012, and expanded into the fall cycle with the premiere of the second season on September 25, 2012.
The winner is determined by audience voting and receives $250,000, and the ability to return the following season as a guest judge.
There are five judges, each a singer, but the fifth judge is different every episode. However, the panel changes depending on if the judges leave the series at some point, and are then replaced.
== Contestant selection ==
===Top 50===
A contestant from each state travels to Los Angeles to perform for the four judges and each judge gives a score from 1-10, while the "Panel of Representatives" (a professional singer from each state) gives a yes or no vote, and the scores are added together, for a maximum score of 100. The top 30 move on.
===The Callbacks===
The top 30 then return for a second performance, though this time only the judges give scores. The top 24 move on.
===Top 24/16===
The top 24 perform against each other in a series of twelve competitions. The judges then vote on who they want to continue, though each judge (except the guest judge) can save one of the eliminated. The top 16 peform solos once again and four are eliminated.
===Live shows===
Beginning with the top 12, each show is live. With the top 12, the bottom four perform (2 v 2), and the winners move on. The top 10 is similar, with the bottom four performing, and the winners moving on. However, with the top 8, after each performs, duets are formed, and the top 4 move on to the finale, with the bottom four getting no chance to come back.
With the finale, each finalist performs two songs: an "encore" performance of their most popular performance on the show, and an original song. The winner then receives $250,000 and their original song is immediately released as a single.