Canada will take part within the Eurovision Track Contest in 2027, the organizers of the worldwide music competitors introduced on Wednesday.
“Canada is the primary new nation to hitch the Eurovision Track Contest since Australia in 2025 and can compete within the Semi-Finals after they be a part of the competitors subsequent 12 months,” the European Broadcasting Union stated in an announcement.
CBC/Radio Canada will share particulars on how the nation’s entry might be chosen later this 12 months, the EBU acknowledged. The competition subsequent 12 months 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 12 months, was plunged into disaster this 12 months by a dispute over Israel’s army offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led assault on October 7, 2023.
Eurovision participation will not be 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 unique 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 12 months.