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.

Participation since 2017:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although eligible to do so
  Entry intended but later withdrawn

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]

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  Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.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
2019
2
1
 DR
 Estonia
2017
2017
1
0
 ERR
 Germany
2017
2019
2
0
 WDR (ARD)
 Hungary
2017
2017
1
0
 MTVA
 Latvia
2017
2019
2
0
 LTV
 Norway
2019
2019
1
0
 NRK
 Scotland
2019
2019
1
0
 BBC Alba
 Slovenia
2017
2019
2
1
 RTV SLO
 Sweden
2019
2019
1
0
 SVT
  Switzerland
2019
2019
1
0
 RTS (SRG SSR)
 Wales
2017
2019
2
0
 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
  •  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
  •   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

Broadcast in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Year(s)
 Albania RTSH 1[9] 2017
 Australia SBS[10]
 Norway NRK2[11]
 Serbia RTS2[9]
 Ukraine Radio Ukraine[12]
 France Arte Concert[13]
France 2[14] 2019

Host cities
Contests Country City Venue Years
1  Latvia Riga Arena Riga 2017
 Sweden Gothenburg Partille Arena 2019

List of winners

By contest
Year Date Host city Winner Song(s) Choir
2017 22 July Riga  Slovenia "Ta Na Solbici" / "Adrca" / "Aj, Zalena je vsa gora" Carmen Manet
2019 3 August Gothenburg  Denmark "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.

Country Total Years won
 Slovenia 1 0 1 2
  • 2017
 Denmark 1 0 0 1
 Latvia 0 1 1 2
 Wales 0 1 0 1

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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. "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. Herbert, Emily (21 May 2019). "France Withdraw from Eurovision Choir 2019". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. "Romania: Corul Symbol to Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  8. 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.
  9. Jordan, Paul (19 July 2017). "How to watch Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovisionchoir.tv. EBU. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  10. Granger, Anthony (24 September 2017). "Australia: SBS airs Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  11. Granger, Anthony (30 March 2018). "Norway: NRK To Broadcast Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  12. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2017). "Ukraine: Radio Ukraine to broadcast Eurovision Choir of the Year". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  13. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2017). "France: Arte Concert to broadcast Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. "L'Eurovision des Choeurs 2019 - Télé-Loisirs". Retrieved 5 August 2020 – via www.programme-tv.net.
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