{"id":74598,"date":"2026-05-30T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/74598\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:50:08","slug":"%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%ad-switzerland-rts-to-air-eurovision-young-musicians-2026-on-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/74598\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland: RTS to Air Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 on Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RTS, the Swiss French language broadcaster, is set to air the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RTS 2 is one of two channels in Switzerland that will broadcast the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026, which will take place in Yerevan, Armenia. RTS 2 will air the contest the day after the final is held, with the contest due to be broadcast on the channel from 21:00 CEST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19-year-old Manoush Toth will represent Switzerland this June in Eurovision Young Musicians 2026. The pianist was selected in March to represent Switzerland in Armenia. A pre-selection was held to review all the applications with seven musicians invited to the radio hall at the SRF campus in Zurich-Leutschenbach to perform for a jury. The jury that selected the overall winner was formed of bassoonist Valeria Curti, pianist Oliver Schnyder, violinist Meret L\u00fcthi, and classical music influencer Sumina Studer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 will take place on June 6 in Yerevan. This is the first time that Eurovision Young Musicians has been hosted by Armenia, and the third time Yerevan has hosted a Eurovision contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countries and musicians competing are:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia: AMPTV \u2013 Elen Virabyan \u2013 Flute<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium: RTBF \u2013 Simon Nakhimovitch \u2013 Marimba<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus: CyBC \u2013 Iakovos Kedaritis \u2013 Clarinet<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: \u010cT \u2013 Nora Lubbadov\u00e1 \u2013 Piano<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany: WDR \u2013 Mo\u00eb Dierstein \u2013 Violin<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: LSM \u2013 Sonja Misi\u0146a \u2013 Percussion<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: TVP \u2013 Micha\u0142 Stochel \u2013 Accordion<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal: RTP \u2013 Beatriz Li Ros\u00e3o \u2013 Violin<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 Serbia: RTS \u2013 Jana Jakovljevi\u0107 \u2013 Violin<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: SVT \u2013 Edward Ahlbeck Glader \u2013 Piano<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland: SRF \u2013 Manoush Toth \u2013 Piano<\/p>\n<p>Eurovision Young Musicians<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eurovision Young Musicians is a contest for musicians between the ages of 12 and 21. It has been held since 1982, as the first spin-off contest of the Eurovision Song Contest. The event celebrated its 20th edition in 2022, when Montpellier hosted the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 42 countries have competed over 21 editions of the contest. Norway has competed in 20 out of the 21 contests, tied with Austria. Austria is the most successful country, having won six editions and competed in 17 finals. Leonhard Baumgartner from Austria is the latest winner of the contest, taking victory in Bod\u00f8\u200e in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.ch\/programme-tv\/#\/schedules\/2026-06-07\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RTS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RTS, the Swiss French language broadcaster, is set to air the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026. 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