Hungary | |
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Member station | Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) |
National selection events |
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Participation summary | |
Appearances | 1 |
First appearance | 2017 |
For the most recent participation see Hungary in the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 |
The participation of Hungary in the Eurovision Choir of the Year will begin in Riga, Latvia, at the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017. Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) 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 Bela Bartok Male Choir, who were selected internally.
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 20 March 2017, the Hungarian national broadcaster, Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA), announced that they would be making their Choir of the Year debut at the 2017 edition in Riga, Latvia on 22 July 2017.
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The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Eurovision Choir of the Year website eurovisionchoir.tv and YouTube. The Hungarian broadcaster, MTVA, will send their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Hungarian language.