Slovenia as a first ever winner of Eurovision Choir of the Year!
Carmen Manet from Slovenia has won the very first Eurovision Choir of the Year competition. The event was held in Latvia’s capital Riga and is the latest addition to the Eurovision Family of Events.
In total nine choirs participated in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017. Wales participated for the first time in a Eurovision Family of Events production. The participants (in alphabetical order):
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Hardchor Linz (Austria)
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Les Pastoreaux (Belgium)
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Academic Choir of Aarhus (Denmark)
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Estonian TV Girls’ Choir (Estonia)
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Jazzchor Freiburg (Germany)
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Spīgo (Latvia)
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Carmen Manet (Slovenia)
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Bela Bartok Male Choir (Hungary)
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Côr Merched Sir Gâr (Wales)
Carmen Manet is a female chamber choir founded in 2011 and is made up of the best singers of past and present generations of the Gimnazija Kranj Girls Choir. Carmen Manet has been conducted by Primož Kerštanj since the beginning. Find out more about them by visiting their participant profile page. Take a look to the winning performance and announcment of a winner below!