Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year
The participation of Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year will begin in Riga, Latvia, at the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017. Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are responsible for the selection process of their participants, for their debut in 2017. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2017 EDition will be selected on 9 April 2017 during a national final show entitled Côr Cymru (). This will be the first time in any of the Eurovision Family of Events that the United Kingdom has not participated as a unified state.
Origins of the event
The Eurovision Choir of the Year is a new event being launched by the EBU, and the latest event to be launched since the Eurovision Magic Circus Show 2010. The event will consist of non-professional choirs who are members of the EBU, with the inaugural contest scheduled to take place on 22 July 2017, hosted by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), and to coincide with the closing ceremony of the European Choir Games 2017. The event will be officially confirmed on 30 November 2016 depending on a reasonable amount of interest from active members of the European Broadcasting Union.
History
On 3 April 2017, the Welsh national broadcaster, Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C), announced that they would be making their Choir of the Year debut at the 2017 edition in Riga, Latvia on 22 July 2017. It will mark the first time that the United Kingdom has not participated as a unified state in any of the Eurovision Family of Events. The mechanism to select their representative will be done via a national selection show entitled Côr Cymru (), to be held on 9 April 2017 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, in Aberystwyth, Wales.
Participation
- Table key
Year |
Choir |
Song(s) |
Language |
Place |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Côr Merched Sir Gâr |
"O, Mountain, O" |
Czech |
2 |
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"Mil harddach" |
Welsh |
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"Wade in the Water" |
English |
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Broadcasts
Commentators
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Eurovision Choir of the Year website eurovisionchoir.tv and YouTube. The Welsh broadcaster, S4C, will send their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in Welsh.
Year(s) |
Commentator |
|---|---|
Morgan Jones and Elin Manahan Thomas |
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See also
- Wales in the Eurovision Song Contest
- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest – Singing contest in which Wales competes as part of the UK.
- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest § Separate entrants
- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dancing contest in which Wales competed as part of the UK
- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for dancers aged between 16 and 21, in which Wales competed as part of the UK.
- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged up to 18, in which Wales competed as part of the UK.
- United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Singing contest for children aged between 9 and 14, in which Wales competed as part of the UK.