Is Odessa the front runner for Eurovision 2017 now? While most of us were expecting the Ukrainian capital of Kiev to take the hosting rights for 2017, rumours are circulating across various websites that there may be a surprising twist in the selection still to come! According to the Russian-language Ukrainian paper Segodnya, MP Borislav Birch has confirmed that Kiev …
Ukraine 2017: Public selection for host city?
The Ukrainian newspaper, Pravda, has stated that the Ukrainian prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman wants a public selection to determine which city will host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa have all expressed interest so far. The prime minister of Ukraine announced that he would like a bidding process to bet set up, and for the …
Eurovision 2017: What do we know?
Now that we’ve all had a week to let the dust and glitter settle on an incredible contest in Stockholm (how’s the PED?), our thoughts can turn to next year’s event. Ukraine were victorious in Sweden and as a result we head east in 2017 for the first time in five years. But just what can we expect from next …