Cake O’Phonie, the Swiss representatives in Eurovision Choir 2019, are crowdfunding their costumes for the competition.
Cake O’Phonie are attempting to raise 2,000 Swiss francs for the costumes that they will wear for Eurovision Choir 2019. The outfits will combine elements of the traditional costumes of Fribourg, the home canton of the choir, with the unique style of Cake O’Phonie. The costumes are currently being made by students in the École de Couture in the city of Fribourg. The money raised will go towards the production of the costumes. You can contribute to the crowdfunding campaign here.
Cake O’Phonie is from Fribourg in western Switzerland. They beat off competition from five other choirs in the final of “Chorus” to become the first choir to represent Switzerland in Eurovision Choir. When Chorus was announced by RTS earlier this year, they only had a handful of members, do they went on a search for new members of the choir. They have only been performing together for a couple of months before competing in Chorus.
Ten nations will take part in Eurovision Choir 2019 in Gothernburg, Sweden. The second edition of Eurovision Choir will take place on Saturday 3rd August at the Partille Arena in Sweden.
Participating in the contest are:
- Belgium – Almakalia
- Denmark – Vocal Line
- Germany – BonnVoice
- Latvia – Maska
- Norway – Volve Vokal
- Scotland – Alba
- Slovenia – Jazzva
- Sweden – Zero8
- Switzerland – Cake O’Phonie
- Wales – Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion
This years competition will see the debuts of Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland at the competition. For Scotland it will be the first time that the nation has made an appearance at a Eurovision contest, following in the footsteps of Wales who made their first appearance in 2017.
The show which will be held in Gothenburg will be hosted by Petroc Trelawny and Ella Petersson. Petroc hosted Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 when it was held in Edinburgh, while Ella is a TV host for SVT’s cultural programming.
