Chrill wrote: 05 May 2026 19:15
1. Canada will be confirmed as a participant for next season, the confirmation will come in the weeks after this competition, end of May to early June.
Not explicitly a "We are doing Eurovision 2027" yet, but Canada have become a full member of the EBU.
The vote to promote CBC/Radio-Canada to full Member followed a revision to the EBU’s Statutes, also approved by the General Assembly today. The revised framework opens extra-European Membership to broadcasting organizations from countries with a public service media system aligned with core Council of Europe standards and formal observer status with the Council of Europe. Canada meets both criteria.
Chrill wrote: 05 May 2026 19:15
1. Canada will be confirmed as a participant for next season, the confirmation will come in the weeks after this competition, end of May to early June.
Not explicitly a "We are doing Eurovision 2027" yet, but Canada have become a full member of the EBU.
The vote to promote CBC/Radio-Canada to full Member followed a revision to the EBU’s Statutes, also approved by the General Assembly today. The revised framework opens extra-European Membership to broadcasting organizations from countries with a public service media system aligned with core Council of Europe standards and formal observer status with the Council of Europe. Canada meets both criteria.
Can they now simply go "we're going to participate in Eurovision". Or is there still a formal petition of "pls invite us, we're official now"? Fun if anyone in the EBU can just go "yeah, we're doing Eurovision. Give us a slot in next years competition", and thats that.
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vear wrote: 25 Jun 2026 16:48they have the full right to make use of it, don't they?
I never said otherwise. I just asked if they can simply barge in and declare they're taking part, thats that, end of, don't like it well tough shouldn't have given us the membership, or if there is still protocol and ifs & buts with a few coconuts before they get a spot.
Being "in" something doesn't mean you always automatically can do something. Trust me, the amount of times my British Citizenship has not enabled me to freely do something I want to do in Britain is quite laughable at this stage.
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Yes, Canada can confirm they intend to participate without an explicit invitation. There's still a fee to doing it, but they no longer need to be invited as they are a fully approved member of the union. This applies to any full EBU member. There are very few rules on who can participate, but they are:
1. Be an active member of the EBU, or receive an official invitation from the EBU (such as is the case for Australia).
2. No more than one entry per nation, even if multiple broadcasters are members of the EBU (the Belgian entry rotates between broadcasters, for example).
3. A maximum of 46 countries may participate in any given year. If more than 46 nations apply to join, the EBU has the right to pick and choose based on internal criteria.
4. The entry must be submitted to and confirmed by the EBU (this protects the EBU from entries that are too political, brings disrepute over EBU, etc.)
I believe rule 4 is the one that currently disqualifies Bosnia for example, they are sanctioned by the EBU due to debts amassed.
Other than that, there is a number of things you must do during the event itself, such as:
1. Broadcasting your own semi final (or in the case of the Big Five, broadcasting the semi final you can vote in)
2. Broadcasting all entries (Lebanon entered in 2005 but were disqualified prior to the contest since they were unwilling to air Israel's entry)
3. Provide a jury to vote alongside the televotes
4. 3 minute max song, not released previously, maximum of 6 people on stage, artist must be 16+ years old, etc.
So to sum it up, yes Canada can in fact confirm their intention to participate and will be allowed to do so unless they explicitly break the rules of the competition.
Chrill wrote: 26 Jun 2026 16:44
1. Broadcasting your own semi final (or in the case of the Big Five, broadcasting the semi final you can vote in)
Interesting you don't need to broadcast both Semis, I wonder how many countries opt to only broadcast their own semi final, and skip the other. BBC have always done both semi finals, so i guess i'm lucky in that regard. I get to witness the whole car crash!
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Will be interesting to see what Canada brings to the party, for some reason I am expecting a ballad of some sort. But who knows, maybe we'll get a bit of canada-pop!
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