List of countries in the Eurovision Choir of the Year

Participation since 2017:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although eligible to do so

The Eurovision Choir of the Year 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.

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 will take 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]

Table key
  Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.
Country[5] Debut year Latest entry Entries Wins Broadcaster(s)
 Austria
2017
2017
1
0
 ORF
 Belgium
2017
2019
2
0
 RTBF (French)
 Denmark
2017
2017
1
0
 DR
 Estonia
2017
2017
1
0
 ERR
 Germany
2017
2017
1
0
 WDR
 Hungary
2017
2017
1
0
 MTVA
 Latvia
2017
2017
1
0
 LTV
 Romania
2019
2019
1
0
 TVR
 Slovenia
2017
2017
1
1
 RTV SLO
 Sweden
2019
2019
1
0
 TBA
 Wales
2017
2019
2
0
 S4C

Other EBU members

The following list of countries have Active EBU Membership and are eligible to participate in the Eurovision Choir of the Year, but have yet to make their début at the contest.[5]

  •  Albania
  •  Algeria
  •  Andorra
  •  Armenia
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belarus
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Croatia
  •  Cyprus
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Egypt
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Georgia
  •  Greece
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  Jordan
  •  Lebanon
  •  Libya
  •  Lithuania
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Macedonia
  •  Malta
  •  Moldova
  •  Monaco
  •  Montenegro
  •  Morocco
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Russia
  •  San Marino
  •  Serbia
  •  Slovakia
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
  •  Tunisia
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Kingdom
    •  England[a]
    •  Northern Ireland[a]
    •  Scotland[a]
  •   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.

2010s

Host cities

Contests Country City Venue Years
1  Latvia Riga Arena Riga 2017
 Sweden Gothenburg Scandinavium 2019

List of winners

By contest

Year Date Host city Winner Song/s Performer Points Margin Runner-up
2017 22 July Latvia Riga Slovenia Slovenia Ta Na Solbici / Adrca / Aj, Zalena je vsa gora Carmen Manet - - Wales Wales
2019 3 August Sweden Gothenburg

By country

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total Years won
 Slovenia 1 0 0 1
 Wales 0 1 0 1
 Latvia 0 0 1 1

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (8 August 2016). "EBU to launch "Choir of the Year" contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (28 February 2017). "Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 officially launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Granger, Anthony (27 February 2017). "Seven countries to compete in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Trustram, Matthew. "Choir of the Year 2017". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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