Wales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Wales participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 and 2019. Welsh broadcaster Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) is responsible for the country's participation in the contest.

Wales
◄ United Kingdom
Member stationS4C
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances2
First appearance2018
Last appearance2019
Best result18th: 2019
External links
S4C page
Wales's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Wales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

In 2018 and 2019, S4C selected their artist through the televised national final Chwilio am Seren (English: Search for a Star), with the song selected internally.[1] In both years, the competition was held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno.[2]

History
Main article: United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Wales previously took part in the contest as part of the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2005, with ITV being responsible for their participation. S4C had also shown interest in participating in the 2008 contest in Limassol, Cyprus, but in the end decided against participating.[3]

S4C announced that they would debut in the 2018 contest on 9 May 2018.[4] The country was represented by the song "Perta" performed by Manw, placing last in a field of 20 songs with 29 points. Wales did participate in the 2019 contest, represented by the song "Calon yn Curo" performed by Erin Mai and finished 18th with 35 points.

On 14 July 2020, it was confirmed that Wales would not participate in the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with hopes of returning to it in 2021.[5]

Contestants
Table key
◁
 Last place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2018
 Manw "Perta" Welsh 20 ◁ 29
2019
 Erin Mai "Calon yn Curo (Heart Beating)" Welsh 18 35

Commentators and spokespersons

The Welsh broadcaster, S4C, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Welsh language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Wales. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2018.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2018 Trystan Ellis-Morris (Welsh) and Stifyn Parri (English)Gwen
[6]
2019 Cadi
[7][8]

See also

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (9 May 2018). "Wales: Debuts in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. "Manw is the winner of Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision". S4C Press. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. Kuipers, Michael (20 April 2008). "Junior Eurovision 2008: United Kingdom to return to JESC?". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  4. "Chwilio am Seren". junioreurovision.cymru. S4C. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. Farren, Neil (14 July 2020). "Wales: Withdraws From Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. Herbert, Emily (22 November 2018). "Wales: Trystan Ellis-Morris to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. Granger, Anthony (22 November 2019). "Wales: Trystan Ellis-Morris to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2019". eurovoix.com.
  8. Filippidou, Ifigeneia (24 November 2019). "These are the Junior Eurovision 2019 spokespersons". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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