Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year

Wales
Member station Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances 2
First appearance 2017
Best result 2nd (2017)
Worst result 2nd (2017)
For the most recent participation see
Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017

The participation of Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year began 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 were selected on 9 April 2017 during a national final show entitled Côr Cymru (English: Choir of Wales). This was the second time in any of the Eurovision Network events that the United Kingdom has not participated as a unified state after 1994.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[3] The mechanism to select their representative will be done via a national selection show entitled Côr Cymru (English: Choir of Wales), to be held on 9 April 2017 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, in Aberystwyth, Wales.[4]

Participation

Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Choir Song(s) Language Place Points
2017 Côr Merched Sir Gâr[5] "O, Mountain, O" Czech 2
"Mil harddach" Welsh
"Wade in the Water" English
2019[6]

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.[7]

Year(s) Commentator
2017 Morgan Jones and Elin Manahan Thomas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (8 August 2016). "EBU to launch "Choir of the Year" contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Trustram, Matthew. "Choir of the Year 2017". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (3 April 2017). "Wales confirms participation in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (5 April 2017). "Wales: Selects for Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 on April 9". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (9 April 2017). "Côr Merched Sir Gâr to Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Granger, Anthony (15 June 2018). "Wales: Confirms Participation in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2019". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony (28 February 2017). "Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 officially launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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