Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017

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Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017
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Date and venue
Final
  • 22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)
VenueArena Riga
Riga, Latvia
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Production
Host broadcasterLatvijas Televīzija (LTV)
DirectorPeter Maniura
Executive producerIeva Rozentāle (lv)
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries9
Debuting countries

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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemJury voting by a panel of three judges to decide the winning choir
Winning choirFile:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Carmen Manet
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Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 was the first Eurovision Choir competition for choral singers, which was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Interkultur. It was held on 22 July 2017, at the Arena Riga, in the Latvian capital, Riga. The event was produced by Latvian host broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) and the Riga Tourism Development Bureau.[1]

Nine countries participated, including Wales, which marked the second time that the United Kingdom has not participated as a unified state in any of the Eurovision Network events, after 1994, when Wales participated lastly in Jeux Sans Frontières. Carmen Manet of Slovenia won the contest, with Wales and hosts Latvia placing second and third respectively.

Location

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Arena Riga, venue of the inaugural Eurovision Choir.

On 14 February 2017, it was confirmed that the inaugural Eurovision Choir of the Year would take place at the Arena Riga, located in the Latvian capital.[2] The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts and holds a maximum of 14,500. This marked Latvia's first hosting of a Eurovision network event since the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place at Skonto Hall in Riga.

Format

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Competing countries who are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are eligible to participate in Eurovision Choir. Nine countries participated at the inaugural event. Each competing country was represented by a professional choir, and each performed a choral piece lasting no more than six minutes in length. Each piece may include singular or several musical works or of a free genre; but must contain national or regional influence from the participating country.[3]

Tickets for the event went on sale on 15 March 2017.[4] The winning choir (Slovenia) received the title of Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 and prize money from Riga City Council.[5] The event was opened with a performance of "Fly to Paradise" by host Whitacre, with over 500 singers on stage and Jolanta Strikaite in the arena and closed with Ēriks Ešenvalds’ "My Song", performed by all the choirs, with the Festival Stage Choir, Dāvis Jurka and the live audience.[6]

Presenters

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Announced on 27 February 2017, Grammy-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre and LTV culture presenter Eva Johansone (lv), were the hosts for the inaugural contest that took place on 22 July 2017, in Riga, Latvia.[1][3]

Participating countries

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Choir of the Year

On 27 February 2017, the EBU confirmed that seven countries would be participating in the inaugural contest.[3] Following the announcements of Hungary and Wales joining the event, this increased to nine competing choirs.[7][8]

Participants and results[9][10][11]
R/O Country Broadcaster Choir Song(s) Language(s) Conductor Pl.
1 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ERR Estonian TV Girls’ Choir "Absolute Tormis" Estonian Aarne Saluveer —
2 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR Academic Choir of Aarhus "I Seraillets Have"
"Wiigen-Lied" 		Danish
German 		Ole Faurschou —
3 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF Les Pastoureaux "Dans la troupe"
"Ensemble" 		French Philippe Favette —
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany WDR Jazzchor Freiburg (de) "African Call"
"Palettes" 		Imaginary
German 		Bertrand Gröger —
5 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO Carmen Manet "Ta na Solbici"
"Adrca"
"Aj, zelena je vsa gora" 		Slovene Primož Kerštanj 1
6 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTVA Bartók Béla Férfikar (hu)[12] "Karádi nóták" Hungarian Lakner Tamás (hu) —
7 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales S4C Côr Merched Sir Gâr[13] "O, Mountain, O"
"Mil harddach"
"Wade in the Water" 		Czech
Welsh
English 		Islwyn Evans 2
8 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF Hardchor Linz "Ave Maria"
"I tua wos i wü"
"Rah" 		Latin
German
English 		Alexander Koller —
9 File:Flag of Latvia (Textile).svg Latvia LTV Spīgo "Grezna saule debesīs"
"Es čigāna meita biju" 		Latvian Līga Celma-Kursiete (lv) 3

International broadcasts and voting

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Commentators

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Most countries sent commentators to Riga or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants.[14]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF 2 (delayed) Alexander Žigo and Teresa Vogl (de) [15]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Musiq'3, La Trois Camille De Rijck [16][17]
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR K Ole Tøpholm and Phillip Faber (da) [18][19]
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ETV2 Eero Raun (et) [20]
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Arte Concert (live); SR, SWR, WDR (delayed) Unknown [21][22]
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary M5 Bolla Milán [23]
File:Flag of Latvia (Textile).svg Latvia LTV1 Edgars Raginskis [23]
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTV SLO1 Igor Velše [24]
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales S4C Morgan Jones and Elin Manahan Thomas [25]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH 1 (delayed) Andri Xhahu [23]
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS (broadcast on 16 September 2017) No commentary [26]
File:Flag of France.svg France Arte Concert Unknown [27]
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK2 (broadcast on 1 April 2018) Arild Erikstad (no) [28]
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia RTS2 Silvana Grujić [23]
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Radio Ukraine (delayed) Unknown [29]

Professional jury

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The winner of the contest is decided upon the votes from a professional jury, which is made up of the following:[3][4]

Other countries

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For a country to be eligible for potential participation in Eurovision Choir, it needs to be an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[32] It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  • File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway – On 5 September 2016, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK announced that they would not be making their debut at the 2017 contest due to their existing involvement in Let the Peoples Sing, another EBU competition.[33]
  • File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden – On 29 May 2017, Swedish national broadcaster SVT announced that they would not be making their debut at the 2017 contest.[34]

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