Miss USA 2020 (Jayverse)

Miss USA 2020 will be the 69th Miss USA pageant. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was originally slated for spring 2020, but now will be held on November 10, 2020 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Solid Gold 2K20 Host Nicole Scherzinger and Allie LaForce will serve as hosts, while Katie Anway, Cheslie Kryst and Susie Castillo will serve as backstage commentators. Cheslie Kryst of North Carolina will crown her successor at the end of the event. The winner will go on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2020 competition.

UBC will broadcast the pageant for the 51st consecutive year for the United States with a live simulcast which will air on radio on Rhythm Radio, CTV will get the Rights to Telecast the event in Canada for the 40th consecutive year. The competition will mark the first year that a new crown made by jeweler Mouawad will be used at Miss USA, effectively retiring the Mikimoto Crown.

For a third consecutive year, the competition will be held concurrently alongside the Miss Teen USA competition.

Location
On August 30, 2020, The city of Memphis announced on their schedule that the competition would be held on November 10. The MUO later confirmed that the competition will be hosted at Memphis, and this will be the first time since 1983 the state of Tennessee hosting the pageant.

Host, Performers and Troupe Announcement
On an October 17, 2020 episode of Solid Gold, it was announced that the competition would be hosted by Nicole Scherzinger and Allie LaForce, while Cheslie Kryst, Katie Anway and Susie Castillo would serve as backstage correspondents. Scherzinger was the Host for Solid Gold and a Judge on The Masked Singer on UBC, while LaForce formerly was crowned Miss Teen USA 2005, and has worked as a sports reporter for UBC Sports.

On the same day, American Idol alum Haley Reinhart was announced as the musical guest and will be part of the troupe in addition a Number of American Idol Alumni will be in the troupe as well including Season 16 Winner Maddie Poppe as well as a Special Guest Appearance by Season 3 Masked Singer Winner Kandi Burruss which will take place later as the Swimsuit Competition goes down to the wire.

Selection of Contestants
Delegates from 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020. The first state pageant was Texas, held on September 1, 2019 and the final pageant was Kentucky, was held on February 1, 2020. Nine of these delegates are former Miss Teen USA state winners, six of them are former Miss America state winners, one delegate is former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state winner and one is former Miss Earth United States winner who competed at Miss Earth 2017.

One state titleholder was appointed as a replacement after the original titleholder was unable to compete. Katie Bozner, the original Miss Wyoming USA 2020, resigned three weeks before Miss USA 2020 due to her academic obligations in optometry school. She was replaced by Lexi Revelli, who was the first runner-up of the Miss Wyoming USA 2020 pageant.

Preliminary round
Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed the preliminary competition, which the judges and a presentation show where they competed in swim wear and evening gown. It was held on November 6 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis hosted by Allie LaForce and Cheslie Kryst.

Finals
For the first time since 2012, the number of finalists will increase to 16, up from 15 in previous years. The 16th finalist will be determined as the online vote winner.

Judges

 * Carolyn Aronson – businesswoman and hairstylist
 * Lynnette Cole – Miss USA 2000 from Tennessee
 * Abby Hornacek – U Nation journalist and media personality
 * Gloria Mayfield Banks – motivational speaker, author, and entrepreneur
 * Kimberly Pressler – Miss USA 1999 from New York
 * Susan Yara – businesswoman and social media personality

Musical Performances
Opening Number - "Don't Start Now" by Cheslie Kryst and the 2020 Miss USA Contestants, "Break My Heart" by Taylor Fondie & Justice Enlow & "Be The One" by Cheslie Kryst & Justice Enlow (All Cover Versions of 3 Dua Lipa Songs)

Swimsuit Competition - "Wet" by Nicole Scherzinger, "Bad Guy" by Olivia Ximines (with Backup Vocal Solos by Jonet Nichelle & Troupe Member Emily Suttle) (Cover Version originally sung by Billie Eilish), "Physical" by Justice Enlow & Kelly Hutchinson (Cover Version originally sung by Dua Lipa) & "Don't Think I'm Not" by Vicky Nyamuswa (Troupe Member) & Taylor Fondie and Guest Vocalist Kandi Burruss

Halftime Performance - "If You Had My Love" by Madison Williams (Troupe Member) & Imani Blackmon

Evening Gown Competition - "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Haley Reinhart, "I Hope You Dance" by Gabby Barrett (Troupe Member) (Cover Version originally sung by Lee Ann Womack), "Like Everybody Else" by Grace Enlow (Troupe Member) (Cover Version originally sung by Lennon Stella), "Colors of the Wind" by Justice Enlow (Cover Version originally sung by Vanessa Williams)

Final Look - "Dangerous Love" by Katerina Villegas

Crowning Moment Song when Asya Branch was named Miss USA 2020 - Feelings by Justice Enlow & Cheslie Kryst (Cover Version originally sung by Lennon Stella) & "We Are The World" by Cheslie Kryst, The 2020 Miss USA Contestants & Troupe with Nicole Scherzinger