List of countries in Eurovision Choir
Eurovision Choir is a choral competition held biennially from 2017. The contest was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and is the latest competition in the Eurovision Family of Events. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. Nine countries took part in the inaugural contest.
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Participants
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on 8 August 2016 that a new competition was to be launched, which would involve choirs representing countries who have member broadcasters within the EBU, to compete for the title "Choir of the Year".[1] The official launch was announced on 28 February 2017.[2] Nine countries took part in the inaugural contest.[3]
Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:[4]
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Country[5] | Debut year | Latest entry | Entries | Wins | Broadcaster(s) |
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ORF | ||||
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RTBF (French) | ||||
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DR | ||||
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ERR | ||||
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WDR (ARD) | ||||
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MTVA | ||||
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LTV | ||||
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NRK | ||||
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BBC Alba | ||||
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RTV SLO | ||||
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SVT | ||||
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RTS (SRG SSR) | ||||
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S4C (UKIB) | ||||
Other EBU members
The following list of countries have Active EBU Membership and are eligible to participate in Eurovision Choir, but have yet to make their début at the contest.[5]
Albania Algeria Andorra Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Egypt Finland France[lower-alpha 1] Georgia Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Morocco Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania[lower-alpha 2] Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Spain Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England[lower-alpha 3] Northern Ireland[lower-alpha 3]
Vatican City
Participating countries in the decades
Table key
- Winner – Country won the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Second place – Country ranked second in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Third place – Country ranked third in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Remaining places – Country ranked between forth and second-to-last in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Last – Country ranked last in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Undecided – Country has confirmed participation in the Eurovision Choir of the Year. However, the competition has yet to take place.
- Debutant – Country made its debut in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Did not participate – Country did not participate in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
- Disqualified or withdrawn – Country was going to participate in the Eurovision Choir of the Year, but was later disqualified or withdrawn from participation.
- A cross (X) means that the country participated in the Eurovision Choir of the Year.
Broadcast in non-participating countries
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Year(s) |
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RTSH 1[9] | 2017 |
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SBS[10] | |
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NRK2[11] | |
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RTS2[9] | |
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Radio Ukraine[12] | |
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Arte Concert[13] | |
France 2[14] | 2019 | |
Host cities
Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years |
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Riga | Arena Riga | 2017 |
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Gothenburg | Partille Arena | 2019 |
List of winners
By contest
Year | Date | Host city | Winner | Song(s) | Choir |
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2017 | 22 July | ![]() |
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"Ta Na Solbici" / "Adrca" / "Aj, Zalena je vsa gora" | Carmen Manet |
2019 | 3 August | ![]() |
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"Viola" | Vocal Line |
By country
The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.
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Total | Years won |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- French broadcaster France Télévisions was originally announced as a debut participant for the 2019 contest but later withdrew from the competition due to logistical problems with the selected choir.[6]
- Despite their participation being initially confirmed,[7] on 18 December 2018 the final list of countries did not include Romania. It was later revealed that the Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) had declined an invitation to participate.[8]
- Following the debut of Wales which has participated for the first time independently from the United Kingdom, it is possible that the remaining Home Nations may also be eligible to participate as individual states.
References
- Granger, Anthony (8 August 2016). "EBU to launch "Choir of the Year" contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- Granger, Anthony (28 February 2017). "Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 officially launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- Granger, Anthony (27 February 2017). "Seven countries to compete in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- Trustram, Matthew. "Choir of the Year 2017". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- Herbert, Emily (21 May 2019). "France Withdraw from Eurovision Choir 2019". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Romania: Corul Symbol to Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- Granger, Anthony (18 December 2018). "Romania: TVR Declined EBU Invite to Participate in Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- Jordan, Paul (19 July 2017). "How to watch Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovisionchoir.tv. EBU. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- Granger, Anthony (24 September 2017). "Australia: SBS airs Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- Granger, Anthony (30 March 2018). "Norway: NRK To Broadcast Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- Granger, Anthony (20 July 2017). "Ukraine: Radio Ukraine to broadcast Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- Granger, Anthony (20 July 2017). "France: Arte Concert to broadcast Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- "L'Eurovision des Choeurs 2019 - Télé-Loisirs". Retrieved 5 August 2020 – via www.programme-tv.net.