Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year
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| Member station | Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) |
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 1 |
| First appearance | 2017 |
| Best result | 2nd (2017) |
| Worst result | 2nd (2017) |
 For the most recent participation seeWales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 |
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The participation of Wales in the Eurovision Choir of the Year will begin 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 will be selected on 9 April 2017 during a national final show entitled Côr Cymru (English: Choir of Wales). This will be the first time in any of the Eurovision Family of Events that the United Kingdom has not participated as a unified state.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
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