Ukraine’s quintessential candidate is in the running: the public broadcasting company has received hundreds of songs.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Torino, Italy in the spring with their song Stefania. Shutterstock/AOP
Ukraine will hold the final of its national Eurovision qualifier in a bomb shelter in Kyiv. It was reported on Monday On the Eurovision website.
The Vidbir final of the national five-a-side qualifier will be held on Saturday, December 17.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the spring Eurovision, and there is no shortage of candidates for next year’s representative. Ukrainian public broadcasting company UA:PBC has received almost 400 songs from 299 participants.
Due to the war, the Eurovision itself will not be organized next spring in the winning country, Ukraine, according to tradition, but Britain will act as the substitute host of the song contest.
Liverpool will host the semi-finals on May 9 and 11 and the final on May 13.
The European Broadcasting Union EBU announced last week that 37 countries will participate in next year’s visas.