Teresa Vogl will commentate on this year’s edition of Eurovision Young Musicians later this month on ORF.
Television and radio presenter Teresa Vogl has been announced as the commentator for the Austrian broadcast of Eurovision Young Musicians 2024. Although the competition takes place on Saturday 17th August, ORF will broadcast the show on Sunday 18th on ORF 2. Austria has participated in Eurovision Young Musicians a total of nineteen times and is currently the most successful country at the contest with five victories under their belt.
Eleven countries will compete on the Young Musicians stage in Bodø, Norway. The competing artists with the instrument they are competing with are as follows:
- Armenia: AMPTV – Hayk Hekekyan (Oboe)
- Austria: ORF – Leonhard Baumgartner (Violin)
- Belgium: RTBF – Mahault Ska (Piano)
- Czechia: ČT – Adam (Piano)
- France: France Télévisions – Pierre-Emmanuel Hurpeau (Piano)
- Germany: WDR – Fabian (Flute)
- Norway: NRK – Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy (Piano)
- Poland: TVP – Jeremi Tabęcki (Clarinet)
- Serbia: RTS – Bogdan Dugalić (Piano)
- Sweden: SVT – Hugo Svedberg (Cello)
- Switzerland : SRF – Valerian Alfaré (Euphonium)
Eurovision Young Musicians
Bodø, which is one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2024, is playing host to a Eurovision event for the first time, while Young Musicians returns to Norway for the first time since 2000.
The competition for musicians between the ages of 12 and 21 and has been held since 1982, as the first spin-off contest of the Eurovision Song Contest. The event celebrated its twentieth edition in 2022 when Montpellier hosted the competition.
Over the twenty editions of the competition, a total of forty-two countries have competed across the history of the competition. Norway has competed in nineteen out of the twenty contests, tied with Austria. Austria is the most successful country having won 5 editions and competed in 15 finals.
Source: ORF | Image source: Helena Wimmer / Teresa Vogl
