Canada eligible to join Eurovision competition - BBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Canadian singer Céline Dion, competed for Switzerland - and won - in Eurovision in the 1980s

When countries from around the world take to the stage to participate in Eurovision next year, they could see a new competitor.

Canada is now eligible to take part in the song contest after CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), a requirement to compete.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has been seeking closer political and economic ties with Europe since taking office last year, raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.

Canada would not be the first non-European country to join the contest; Israel and Australia regularly compete, and Morocco competed in 1980.