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participated in the

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in and . Welsh broadcaster Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) has been responsible for the nation's participation in the contest. In 2018 and 2019, S4C selected their artist through the televised national final ( en, Search for a Star), with the song selected internally. In both years, the competition was held at

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. Although Wales has English as a co-official language, their entries were sung primarily in

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due to being represented by a Welsh-language broadcaster.

History

Wales previously took part in the contest as part of the

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between and , with

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being responsible for their participation. S4C had also shown interest in participating in the contest in

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, but in the end decided against participating. S4C announced that they would debut in the contest on 9 May 2018. The country was represented by the song "" performed by Manw, placing last in a field of 20 songs with 29 points. Wales participated in the contest, represented by the song "" performed by

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and finished 18th with 35 points. 2019 was the last year Wales participated in the contest. S4C cited the

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as the reason for not participating in subsequent editions. On 25 August 2022, the

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would return to the contest in after a sixteen-year absence.

Participation overview

Commentators and spokespersons

The Welsh broadcaster, S4C, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the

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. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Wales. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2018.

References

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History

Participation overview

Commentators and spokespersons

See also

References