Chilean media has reported more details regarding the Eurovision Song Contest Latin America including potential dates and venue.
Following the first reports of meetings between the Chilean Government and Voxovation regarding the Eurovision Song Contest Latin America, further details of discussions have been reported in the Chilean media. According to La Tercera, there have been multiple meetings, including the first reported meeting on October 17 between the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage and Voxovation.
Across at least three meetings it is reported that Voxovation is looking for a ‘covered venue’ which has a capacity for at least 5,000 people and is available for three weeks. In addition, La Tercera reports that Voxovation is discussing the contest being held in October 2025.
Eurovision Latin America was first announced in July 2022, with the contest being produced by Voxovation’s Christer Björkman, Anders Lenhoff, Ola Melzig, Peter Settman and Greg Lipstone, the producers of American Song Contest and Eurovision Song Contest Canada.
The Eurovision Song Contest Latin America was the third new version of the Eurovision Song Contest announced since 2019, but the first to cover multiple nations. Voxovation is currently proposing the following formats:
- American Song Contest – Find out more here.
- Eurovision Asia – Find out more here.
- Eurovision Canada – Find out more here.
- Eurovision India – Find out more here.
- Eurovision Latin America – Find out more here.
Chile is no stranger to International Song Contests being the home of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. The contest which started in 1960 is the oldest song contest in the Americas and is held in the city of Viña del Mar every February. You can learn more about Chile’s song contest history below:
Image Source: Eurovision.tv | Source: La Tercera, Chilevision
