Belgium in Eurovision Choir

The participation of Belgium in Eurovision Choir began in Riga, Latvia, at the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017. Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) 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 are Les Pastoureaux.

Belgium
Member stationRTBF
National selection events
  • Internal selection
    2017
Participation summary
Appearances2
First appearance2017
For the most recent participation see
Belgium in Eurovision Choir 2017

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. 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 27 February 2017, the Belgian national broadcaster, Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), announced that they would be making their Choir of the Year debut at the 2017 edition in Riga, Latvia on 22 July 2017.[3] RTBF revealed in an interview with Télépro that for future participation they would opt to use a national selection and allow the public to choose their representatives. The pre-selection shows would be organised in conjunction with Musiq'3 and La Trois.[4]

Participation
Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Choir Song(s) Language Place
2017 Les Pastoureaux "Dans la troupe"
"Ensemble"		 French N/A
2019[5] Almakalia "Made in Belgium" English, French N/A

Broadcasts

Commentators

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Eurovision Choir of the Year website eurovisionchoir.tv and YouTube. The Belgian broadcaster, RTBF, send their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the French language.[6]

Year(s) Commentator
2017 Camille De Rijck[7]
2019 Patrick Leterme[8]

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. Granger, Anthony (27 February 2017). "Seven countries to compete in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. Granger, Anthony (10 April 2017). "Belgium pre-selection possible for future Eurovision Choir of the Year's". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. "Belgium: RTBF Commits to Eurovision Choir of the Year & Eurovision Young Musicians - Eurovoix". Eurovoix. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  6. Granger, Anthony (28 February 2017). "Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 officially launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. Granger, Anthony (4 July 2017). "Belgium: Camille De Rijck Announced As Eurovision Choir of the Year Commentator". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  8. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2019). "Belgium: Patrick Leterme to Commentate on Eurovision Choir 2019". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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