There is a growing chorus of music fans who believe that Wales - a country of heavenly choirs, anthem-belting sports crowds and rousing rock bands should to be given its own place in the song contest.
Yesterday the campaign was given a focus with the release of a song called Anfonaf Angel (I Send an Angel) and a glitzy, Eurovision-style video by the singer Sara Davies, who won this year's Cân i Gymru (Song for Wales) competition, to draw attention to the fact that many Welsh people would like their homeland to have the chance to take part.
Davies said winning Cân i Gymru made her wonder afresh why her country did not have a place in Eurovision. "It really doesn't make much sense to me that we're not. This will hopefully drive the idea forward and get people talking about it."
A leading voice backing the idea is the folk singer Dafydd Iwan, who has been celebrated for his song Yma o Hyd (Still Here), taken up by the Welsh national football team and its supporters. Iwan admitted he was not a big Eurovision fan but said Wales should have a place.
"We have all the national attributes that other nations have, including a national TV channel dedicated to the Welsh language, S4C, which should organise an annual competition to find the Welsh song. The song representing Wales would, of course, be in Welsh," Iwan added.
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