The participation of Germany in the Eurovision Choir of the Year will begin in Riga, Latvia, at the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) 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 the Jazzchor Freiburg choir.

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 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.

History

On 27 February 2017, the German national broadcaster, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), announced that they would be making their Choir of the Year debut at the 2017 edition in Riga, Latvia on 22 July 2017.

Participation

Table key

Year

Choir

Song

Language

Place

Points

Jazzchor Freiburg

"African Call"
"Palettes"

Broadcasts

Commentators

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Eurovision Choir of the Year website eurovisionchoir.tv and YouTube. The German broadcaster, WDR, will send their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the German language.

Year(s)

Commentator

TBA

See also

  • Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
  • Germany in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
  • Germany in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
  • Germany in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.
  • Germany in the Turkvision Song Contest – A contest for countries and regions which are of Turkic-speaking or Turkic ethnicity.