Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney encouraged citizens to vote for Canada's representative for Eurovision 2027, which will take place in Bulgaria. The finalists include William Cloutier, Josiane, Rêve, Talk and Tyler Shaw.
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28/10/2026
by
Lusa
O canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney encouraged the citizens of the country to take part in the vote on Tuesday to choose Canada's first representative at the Eurovision Festival in Bulgaria in 2027.
“Canada goes to Eurovision 2027. It's up to you to decide who gets on stage. Vote before November 5”, highlighted Carney, in English and French, on social network X.
The Canadian public station, CBC/Radio-Canada, presented today the five finalists: William Cloutier, Josiane, Rêve, Talk and Tyler Shaw, from Quebec, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia.
The five were selected from 325 applications received between August 31 and September 9.
A first round reduced the list to 15 candidates and later a jury formed by professionals from the music industry and public station executives elected the finalists.
Canadians can vote up to ten times for their favorite artist before November 5th, and the winner will be announced in December.
Among the finalists is William Cloutier, singer and composer of Quebec, winner of the TV competition Star Académie in 2021, who later participated in the musical Starmania, with more than 360 performances in Europe and Canada.
Also from Quebec, Josiane Comeau, born Dieppe, in New Brunswick Province, won the La Voix program in 2020 and released, in March 2026, the debut album Take Care, combining themes played in French and English.
Singer Rêve, born in Montreal and currently based in Toronto, features a career linked to pop and dance music, having won a Juno prize and accumulated over 175 million reproductions on digital platforms since its debut in 2021.
The musician Talk, born in Otava, gained international projection with the theme Run Away to Mars, released in 2021, and won in 2024 the Juno award as artist revelation of the year, after acting in festivals such as Lollapalooza and Osheaga.
The fifth finalist, Tyler Shaw, singer, producer and actor from Vancouver, began his record career in 2012 and achieved international projection with his version of Love You Still, accumulating hundreds of millions of reproductions and performing the first European tour in 2026.
“ Millions of people, especially young people, follow each year the Eurovision Song Contest through digital platforms, in addition to the final broadcast live in 12 countries,” said Radio-Canada Executive Vice President Dany Meloul.
According to the person responsible, Canadian participation represents an opportunity to promote the country's musical talent internationally, through one of the largest television events dedicated to music.
The 2027 edition will mark Canada's first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, a competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union, which traditionally brings together European countries and some participants from other regions of the world.
Although Canada first participated in the competition in 2027, Canadian singer Céline Dion, born in Quebec, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 in Dublin, Ireland, representing Switzerland, which invited her to play the theme “Ne partez pas sans moi”, winning first place with 137 points, just one more than the UK.