Five artists vie to represent Canada at Eurovision 2027

CBC/Radio-Canada on Tuesday named five finalists vying to become Canada’s first entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest: Rêve, William Cloutier, Talk, Josiane and Tyler Shaw.

The announcement was made in Toronto, CP24 reported. The winner will be revealed in December and will represent Canada at the 71st Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas, Bulgaria, in May 2027. Canada is the first new country to join the contest since Australia in 2015, CP24 reported.

CP24 described the finalists as Rêve, a Montreal dance-pop artist; Cloutier, a Quebec vocalist; Talk, an Ottawa pop-rocker; Josiane, a New Brunswick singer-songwriter; and Shaw, a pop singer from British Columbia.

The five were chosen from 325 artists who applied from across the country earlier this year, CP24 reported. CBC/Radio-Canada’s music team made the initial selections, and a seven-member jury picked the finalists at an Oct. 8 meeting in Toronto.

Eurovoix, a site that covers the contest, listed the jury members as Maurin Auxéméry, programming director of the Montreal International Jazz Festival; choreographer Samuel Chouinard; television composer Orin Isaacs; social media strategist and Eurovision specialist Shawn Myers; soprano Élisabeth St-Gelais; Douglas Smith, executive vice-president at CBC; and Dany Meloul, executive vice-president at Radio-Canada.

Eurovoix reported that public voting counts for 50 per cent of the result, with a professional jury deciding the rest. Voting is open on the CBC/Radio-Canada website and closes at 16:59 CET on Nov. 5, which is 10:59 a.m. ET, according to the same report.

The winner will then work with music-industry professionals to develop Canada’s Eurovision song and performance, CP24 reported. Eurovoix reported that Canada must compete in a semi-final in Bulgaria and will not receive an automatic place in the grand final.

The contest, which is organized by the European Broadcasting Union, draws one of the largest television audiences in music. Canada’s entry was first confirmed in July, when broadcasters said the country would join the competition starting with the 2027 edition. Radio-Canada’s coverage of the finalists was also among the most searched Canadian entertainment items on Google Trends on Tuesday, with Cloutier’s name among the top terms.

CP24 and Eurovoix did not report song titles, the date of any televised final, or how votes will be verified. Neither the broadcasters nor the finalists were quoted in those reports on how the final selection will be staged. Those details had not been published in the sources reviewed by Canada News Media.

The announcement adds to a busy week for Canadian music news. Earlier on Tuesday, Feist and Rufus Wainwright were confirmed for a Leonard Cohen tribute in Toronto. For a wider look at the day’s headlines, see Canada in 60 Seconds.

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Sources: CP24 (Oct. 27, 2026) and Eurovoix (Oct. 27, 2026).