Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Canada will make Eurovision Song Contest debut in 2027, Mark Carney says
Toronto Sun ^ | July 1, 2026 | Bryan Passifiume

Posted on 07/02/2026 1:53:47 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Forget the policy charts and economic graphs, Ottawa’s latest plan to salvage national pride is a ticket to the glitter-soaked Eurovision stage.

A rumour that’s spent the past few months swirling around Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Canada would join the annual competition during the national noon-hour Canada Day ceremony at LeBreton Flats Park in downtown Ottawa.

“Canada is already the third-largest exporter of music on the planet and you can see from what we’ve already heard this morning, we’re about to get bigger,” the PM said during his remarks.

“And there’s another reason we’re about to get bigger because I’m pleased to announce that Canada will be joining the next Eurovision Song Competition.”

Hints of the news came down during the 2025 federal budget, which set aside $150 million for CBC/Radio Canada to “strengthen its mandate to serve the public and to better reflect the needs of Canadians,” later expressing the government’s intentions to work with the national broadcaster to “explore Canada’s participation in Eurovision.”

(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: canuckcommies
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-32 last
To: dfwgator

LOL!!


21 posted on 07/02/2026 2:36:28 PM PDT by plain talk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Steely Tom

“ Whenever I hear the word “Eurovision,” I think of ABBA singing Fernando.”

I lived in Israel when they won with Hallelujah.


22 posted on 07/02/2026 2:39:06 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Quiet! Quiet Piggy!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Steely Tom

Their Eurovision song was actually “Waterloo”, a winner for them in 1974.


23 posted on 07/02/2026 3:08:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican
Canada to join Eurovision

Anschluss should take <48 hours.

24 posted on 07/02/2026 3:13:30 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Canada is practically Europe at this point


25 posted on 07/02/2026 3:24:49 PM PDT by heedthecallof1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai
Makes sense, on two orthogonal axes:

  1. the song contained obligatory reference to European history, and...
  2. I had no idea it happened, or that the "Eurovision Song Contest" existed.

26 posted on 07/02/2026 3:27:22 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill

Is Anne Murray still alive?


27 posted on 07/02/2026 3:37:01 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Reverend Wright

And The Guess Who just reunited, so that’s another possibility.


28 posted on 07/02/2026 3:40:51 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: T.B. Yoits

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8580274/

29 posted on 07/02/2026 3:41:03 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dfwgator

Too actually Canadian, and too White.


30 posted on 07/02/2026 4:05:49 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

31 posted on 07/02/2026 5:28:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

https://youtu.be/sAS6YerPP-8

Remember who you are white boy


32 posted on 07/02/2026 6:36:29 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-32 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson