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'American Song Contest' Semifinals 1: Twitter defends Oklahoma's AleXa over lip-syncing claims

'Alexa really said 'Tell me I’m lip-syncing now I dare you'. Her mic was ON #americansongcontest', tweeted a fan

It's now crunch time for the artists on 'American Song Contest' as the show enters the semifinals segment. The semifinals are divided into two parts, with the first round featuring 11 artists performing the same original number again. The jury will then only send one artist to the final round.

The audience also has the power to vote for four other performances that will then make it to the finals. Taking on the stage in Semi-Finals 1 are Alabama – Ni/Co, Colorado – Riker Lynch. Kentucky – Jordan Smith, Massachusetts – Jared Lee, Michigan – Ada LeAnn, Montana – Jonah Prill, New Hampshire – MARi, Oklahoma – AleXa, Rhode Island – Hueston, Washington – Allen Stone and Wyoming – Ryan Charles.

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Oklahoma's AleXa was certainly bringing a lot of energy to the show, seeing that she even made a TikTok dance challenge for her song, 'Wonderland', which had everyone grooving to it. She explained that she hoped to be among some of the great artists from Oklahoma, such as Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks. When it came to her performance, fans were fiercely supportive of AleXa, seeing that there were claims being made that she was lipsyncing.

"I just know there would still be people that would say "that ain't live vocals" Just accept the fact that there are really talented artists that can sing while flying and dancing. And AleXa is one of those! " tweeted a fan. "alexa was out of BREATHE while singing and dancing intense choreography and yall are saying she was lip syncing??? respectfully stfu!! #AmericanSongContest" added another. "Alexa really said “Tell me I’m lip syncing now I dare you”. Her mic was ON #americansongcontest" tweeted a fan. "people should just accept that AleXa is a great performer with great live vocals #AleXaOnASC @AleXa_ZB #AmericanSongContest" added another. "Id be less mad @ ppl accusing Alexa of not singing live if their wasnt HUNDREDS of vids of her doing even harder choreo and singing live, she has performed live all over Asia, yall refuse to give her benefit of the doubt. Consider the career that has made her #AmericanSongContest" tweeted a fan.

'American Song Contest' airs on Mondays, at 8/7c on NBC. You can vote for your favorite performances on the NBC website, the NBC app, and TikTok. You can also stream your favorite artists' songs on your preferred music streaming app.