{"id":334908,"date":"2026-05-15T03:20:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334908"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:50:04","slug":"eurovision-director-says-door-is-open-for-canada-to-hitch-song-contest-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/eurovision-director-says-door-is-open-for-canada-to-hitch-song-contest-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision director says door is open for Canada to hitch song contest – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The director of the Eurovision Song Contest says the door is open for Canada to hitch the favored musical spectacle, but has not yet received a proper request after the federal government said last yr it could \u201cexplore participation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Green told the BBC on Wednesday that \u201cnothing\u2019s particularly come over my desk\u201d from Canada but acknowledged \u201cwe’re an open place\u201d for brand new participants outside of Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 70 years, our doors have been open, and we’ll welcome anyone through those doors who desires to share the values of this excellent occasion and stand on our stage with friends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney has been looking for closer ties with Europe because it seeks to diversify from the USA, and the mention of Eurovision in last yr\u2019s federal budget suggested those ties could extend beyond trade and security to culture.<\/p>\n

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A line within the budget\u2019s section on the CBC says the federal government is \u201cworking with CBC\/Radio-Canada to explore participation in Eurovision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that Mark Carney desires to type of embrace Europe,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n

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Carney has suggested Canada\u2019s participation in Eurovision can be positive for each the country and Europe.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe would like Canadian culture on a world stage,\u201d he said shortly after the budget was tabled in November. \u201cBest culture on this planet, best music on this planet. I believe Europe deserves to see it too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 70-year-old song contest is an annual source of camp for an enormous global audience that has sometimes been called Europe\u2019s version of the Super Bowl, with tons of of thousands and thousands of viewers tuning in every year.<\/p>\n

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Canadian talent has been featured before, including a young Celine Dion, whose performance on behalf of a Switzerland-submitted song won the competition in 1988.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Canada just isn’t a full member of the European Broadcasting Union, the alliance of public media outlets that runs the show, and subsequently cannot take part in the competition itself.<\/p>\n

Canada, through the CBC, is barely an associate member of the EBU, but can join if formally invited. Other non-European nations have done so, including Australia, Cyprus and Israel.<\/p>\n

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