Overview
- CBC/Radio‑Canada announced Tuesday that William Cloutier, Josiane, Rêve, Talk and Tyler Shaw are the five finalists competing to become Canada’s first Eurovision representative.
- The finalists were chosen from 325 submissions after CBC music teams narrowed the field to 15 and a jury of music‑industry professionals and public broadcaster executives picked the final five.
- Canadians can watch performances and vote online up to 10 times per person through Nov. 5 at 11:59 p.m. PT with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP overseeing the vote count and tabulation.
- The winning artist will collaborate with industry partners to develop the song and staging for the 71st Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for May 2027 at Arena Burgas in Burgas, Bulgaria.
- Eurovision draws roughly 130 million viewers and has a history of politically sensitive moments, and Canada is the first new country to join the contest since Australia in 2015, which could shape broadcaster and public reactions.