United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Musicians

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Participating broadcaster	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participation summary
Appearances	16 (10 finals)
First appearance	1982
Last appearance	2018
Highest placement	1st: 1994
Host	1982, 2018
External links
	BBC TV page; BBC Radio 3 page

The United Kingdom has participated in the biennial classical music competition Eurovision Young Musicians sixteen times since its debut in 1982. The British participant broadcaster in the contest is the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). They hosted the inaugural contest in 1982 and won the contest in 1994.^[1] They returned to the contest in 2018 after a 8-year absence as hosts,^[2] but did not return for the next editions in 2022^[3] or 2024.

History

BBC Young Musician (originally BBC Young Musician of the Year) is a televised national music competition organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), that inspired the creation of the Eurovision Young Musicians itself. Broadcast on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3 biennially,^[4] the competition, a former member of European Union of Music Competitions for Youth, is designed for British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, all of whom must be eighteen years of age or under on 1 January in the relevant year.^[5]

The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department.^[4] From 1982, the winner of the show often proceeded to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[4]^[6]

Participation overview

Table key
1	Winner
2	Second place
3	Third place

Year^[1]	Entrant	Instrument	Final	Semi
1982	Anna Markland	Piano	—	No semi-finals
1984	Emma Johnson	Clarinet	3	No semi-finals
1986	Alan Brind	Violin	—	—
1988	David Pyatt	Horn	—	—
1990	Nicola Loud	Violin	Did not qualify	—
1992	Frederick Kempf	Piano	—	—
1994	Natalie Clein	Cello	1	—
1996	Rafal Zambrzycki Payne	Violin	Did not qualify	—
1998	Adrian Spillett	Percussion	3	—
2000	Guy Johnston	Cello	Did not qualify	—
2002	Sarah Williamson	Clarinet	2	—
2004	Nicola Benedetti	Violin	Did not qualify	—
2006	Jennifer Pike	Violin	—	—
2008	Philip Achille	Harmonica	—	—
2010	Peter Moore	Trombone	Did not qualify	—
2012–2016	Did not participate
2018	Maxim Calver	Cello	Did not qualify	—
2022–2024	Did not participate

Hostings

Year	Location	Venues	Presenter(s)
1982	Manchester	Free Trade Hall	Humphrey Burton
2018	Edinburgh^[7]	Semi-final: Festival Theatre Studio Final: Usher Hall	Petroc Trelawny and Josie d'Arby^[8]

Commentators

Year(s)	Commentator(s)	Channel^[9]	Ref.
1982	Humphrey Burton and Margaret Percy	BBC Two and BBC Radio 4	^[10]^[11]
1984	Humphrey Burton and Jane Glover	BBC Two	^[12]
1986	Humphrey Burton, John Manduell (semi-final) Alun Francis (final)		^[13]^[14]
1988	Humphrey Burton and Jane Glover (final only)		^[15]^[16]
1990	Humphrey Burton and Edward Gregson		^[17]
1992	Humphrey Burton		^[18]
1994	Humphrey Burton		^[19]
1996	Sarah Walker		^[20]
1998	Stephanie Hughes		^[21]
2000			^[22]
2002			^[23]
2004		BBC Four	^[24]
2006	Howard Goodall		^[25]
2008	Nicola Loud
2010	Clemency Burton-Hill
2012–2016	Not broadcast
2018	Petroc Trelawny and Josie d'Arby	BBC Two Scotland (final) BBC Red Button (final only) BBC Radio 3	^[26]
2022–2024	Not broadcast

References

^ ^a ^b "Country profile: United Kingdom". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ "United Kingdom to Host Eurovision Young Musicians 2018". Eurovoix. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
^ Granger, Anthony (21 February 2022). "🇫🇷 Eight Countries Will Compete in Eurovision Young Musicians 2022". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History. How it all started". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
^ "BBC Young Musician of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Stages of the Competition". BBC. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
^ "Eurovision Young Musicians is coming to Edinburgh in 2018!". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ Granger, Anthony (6 August 2018). "Petroc Trelawny and Josie D'Arby to Host Eurovision Young Musicians 2018". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ "Eurovision Young Musicians - UKGameshows". www.ukgameshows.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ "International Young Musician of the Year 1982". BBC. 6 May 1982. p. 43. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ "International Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 6 May 1982. p. 45. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 17 May 1984. p. 45. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 22 May 1986. p. 37. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 22 May 1986. p. 51. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 26 May 1988. p. 62. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 7 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 11 June 1992. p. 58. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "The Seventh Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians". BBC. 16 June 1994. p. 59. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Young Musicians 96: Eurovision Final". BBC. 27 June 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "BBC Young Musicians 98". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "The Eurovision Grand Prix for Young Musicians 2000". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians 2002". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician". BBC. 27 May 2004. p. 86. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Eurovision Young Musician". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: Competition Final - Edinburgh International Festival". Edinburgh International Festival. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

External links

Eurovision Young Musicians at BBC Online (BBC Television)
Eurovision Young Musicians at BBC Online (BBC Radio 3)
Eurovision Young Musicians

[EYM-1] "Country profile: United Kingdom". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

[2] "United Kingdom to Host Eurovision Young Musicians 2018". Eurovoix. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

[3] Granger, Anthony (21 February 2022). "🇫🇷 Eight Countries Will Compete in Eurovision Young Musicians 2022". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[History-4] "History. How it all started". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.

[5] "BBC Young Musician of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[6] "Stages of the Competition". BBC. Retrieved 3 March 2008.

[7] "Eurovision Young Musicians is coming to Edinburgh in 2018!". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[8] Granger, Anthony (6 August 2018). "Petroc Trelawny and Josie D'Arby to Host Eurovision Young Musicians 2018". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[9] "Eurovision Young Musicians - UKGameshows". www.ukgameshows.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[10] "International Young Musician of the Year 1982". BBC. 6 May 1982. p. 43. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[11] "International Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 6 May 1982. p. 45. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[12] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 17 May 1984. p. 45. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[13] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 22 May 1986. p. 37. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[14] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 22 May 1986. p. 51. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[15] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.

[16] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 26 May 1988. p. 62. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[17] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 7 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[18] "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 11 June 1992. p. 58. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[19] "The Seventh Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians". BBC. 16 June 1994. p. 59. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[20] "Young Musicians 96: Eurovision Final". BBC. 27 June 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[21] "BBC Young Musicians 98". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[22] "The Eurovision Grand Prix for Young Musicians 2000". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[23] "Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians 2002". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[24] "Eurovision Young Musician". BBC. 27 May 2004. p. 86. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.

[25] "Eurovision Young Musician". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[26] "Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: Competition Final - Edinburgh International Festival". Edinburgh International Festival. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

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