United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Musicians

The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Young Musicians 15 times since its debut in 1982, most recently taking part in 2018. The United Kingdom hosted the inaugural contest in 1982 and won the contest in 1994.[1] The country returned to the contest in 2018 as hosts.[2]

United Kingdom
Member stationBBC
National selection eventsBBC Young Musician of the Year
Participation summary
Appearances16 (10 finals)
First appearance1982
Last appearance2018
Best result1st: 1994
Worst resultFailed to qualify: 1990, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2018
External links
BBC TV page
BBC Radio 3 page
United Kingdom's page at Eurovision.tv

History
Main article: BBC Young Musician of the Year

The BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised national music competition, that inspired the creation of the Eurovision Young Musicians. Broadcast on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3 biennially, and hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),[3] 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.[4]

The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department.[3] From 1982, the winner of the show often proceeded to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Young Musicians.[3][5]

Contestants
Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
Year[1] Participant Instrument Final Semi
1982 Anna Markland Piano - No semi-finals
1984 Emma Johnson Clarinet 3
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 -
Did not participate from 2012 to 2016
2018 Maxim Calver Cello Did not qualify -
Did not participate in 2020

Hostings
Year Location Venues Presenter(s)
1982 Manchester Free Trade Hall Humphrey Burton
2018 Edinburgh[6] Usher Hall (final) Petroc Trelawny and Josie d'Arby[7]

Commentators
Year(s) Commentator(s) Channel[8]
1982 Humphrey Burton and Margaret Percy[9] BBC Two and BBC Radio 4[10]
1984 Humphrey Burton and Jane Glover[11] BBC Two (1984–2002)
BBC Four (2004)[12]
1986 Humphrey Burton, John Manduell (semi-final)[13] and Alun Francis (final)[14]
1988 Humphrey Burton and Jane Glover (final)[15]
1990 Humphrey Burton and Edward Gregson[16]
1992–1994 Humphrey Burton[17][18]
1996 Sarah Walker[19]
1998–2004 Stephanie Hughes
2006 Howard Goodall BBC Four
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[20]

See also

References
  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. "History. How it all started". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  4. "BBC Young Musician of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  5. "Stages of the Competition". BBC. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  6. "Eurovision Young Musicians is coming to Edinburgh in 2018!". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. Granger, Anthony (6 August 2018). "Petroc Trelawny and Josie D'Arby to Host Eurovision Young Musicians 2018". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. "Eurovision Young Musicians - UKGameshows". www.ukgameshows.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. "International Young Musician of the Year 1982". BBC. 6 May 1982. p. 43. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  10. "International Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 6 May 1982. p. 45. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  11. "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 17 May 1984. p. 45. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  12. "Eurovision Young Musician". BBC. 27 May 2004. p. 86. Retrieved 9 April 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". BBC. 26 May 1988. p. 62. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  16. "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 7 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  17. "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 11 June 1992. p. 58. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  18. "The Seventh Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians". BBC. 16 June 1994. p. 59. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  19. "Young Musicians 96: Eurovision Final". BBC. 27 June 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  20. "Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: Competition Final - Edinburgh International Festival". Edinburgh International Festival. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.


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