Canada will take part within the Eurovision Tune Contest in 2027, the organizers of the worldwide music competitors introduced on Wednesday.
“Canada is the primary new nation to affix the Eurovision Tune Contest since Australia in 2025 and can compete within the Semi-Finals after they be part of the competitors subsequent yr,” the European Broadcasting Union stated in a press release.
CBC/Radio Canada will share particulars on how the nation’s entry might be chosen later this yr, the EBU acknowledged. The competition subsequent yr might be hosted in Bulgaria after it gained the competition for the primary time in Could.
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The garish and normally good-natured competitors involving pop acts from nations throughout Europe and past, now in its seventieth yr, was plunged into disaster this yr by a dispute over Israel’s navy offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led assault on October 7, 2023.
Eurovision participation is just not strictly restricted to geographic Europe however as an alternative to members of the EBU, a broadcasting alliance that features nations past the continent. Australia’s broadcaster SBS is an affiliate member, which enabled its authentic invitation.
Final week CBC/Radio-Canada introduced it had change into a full member of the EBU, making it eligible to take part within the contest’s 71st version subsequent yr.
