On May 13, the Eurovision 2017 final will take place on the stage of the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv. Representatives from 26 countries, including the Belarusian group, will compete for victory in the popular song competition NaviBand.
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The main stage of the competition was preceded by two semi-finals, each of which was attended by 18 countries. The top ten from each semi-final qualified for the final (,). The performers were evaluated by a professional jury and television viewers.
Six more countries reached the finals without preliminary selection: Ukraine as the host of the competition, as well as the founding countries of the European Broadcasting Union - Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
Naviny. by offer to get to know the finalists and their compositions better (in order of appearance on stage).
1. Israel. Imri Ziv -I Feel Alive
25-year-old pop singer Imri Ziv will sing an energetic anthem to youth and testosterone. Although the artist himself says that this song is about his path to success, attempts to find himself and the fact that one should never give up, no matter what happens.
Imri Ziv was born in Israel in 1991 and has Romanian and Ukrainian roots. When I served, I sang in music group Israel Defense Forces.
Imri Ziv performed as a backing vocalist for Israel's representatives at Eurovision in 2015 and 2016, in both cases Israel reached the finals of the competition.
2 . Poland. KasiaMos- Flashlight
In 2011, Katarzyna went to Las Vegas, where she met American producer Robin Antin, founder of The group Pussycat Dolls. Returning to Poland, Kasia made several demo recordings and sent them to Antin, who soon invited her to take part in The Pussycat Dolls Burlesque Revue project. During her six-month contract, Kasia managed to work with such artists as Kelly Osbourne, Mýa, Carmen Electra and received an invitation from Eva Longoria to perform at a charity auction organized by her foundation.
3. Belarus.NaviBand- “History of the mighty life”
Navi music is the music of the sun, originally from Minsk. The soloists of NaviBand are Artem Lukyanenko and Ksenia Zhuk. Their repertoire mainly includes songs on Belarusian language. The group performs in the genres of folk rock, indie rock, indie folk. Navi participated in the Belarusian selection for Eurovision three times in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
For the first time in the history of Belarus’ participation in Eurovision, the competition song is sounded in the Belarusian language. "For us it has symbolic meaning, because through song we want to tell our story, show traditions and culture,” - the musicians noted .
The trio “Beatrice” and Mikhail Sosunov help Ksenia and Artem on backing vocals.
4 . Austria. Nathan Trent- Running on Air
Nathan Trent is 25 years old and from musical family- at the age of three the boy began to play the violin and piano, and at the age of 11 he began writing songs. Then there were four years at the Vienna University of Music and Art, participation in theatrical productions and the German version of the X-Factor show.
Nathan will sing a song at the competition own composition, so the performer, by his admission, “a strong emotional connection to the work. It’s about hope, believing in yourself and achieving goals, accepting all the good and bad in life.”
Before a performance, Nathan usually does half an hour of yoga to recover and calm down, drinks a couple of bottles of pure sparkling water - and goes to sing.
5. Armenia. Artsvik- Fly with Me
Artsvik Harutyunyan is an Armenian and Russian singer who performs in pop, jazz, soul, and r&b styles. She was born in Armenia in 1984, and when Artsvik was 5 years old, her family moved to Moscow. After school, she receives an education as a psychologist-speech therapist, but later decides to show her creativity in music.
In 2012, the singer took part in the Jazz Parking project, and later that year became one of the participants Russian show“Voice”, getting into Pelageya’s team.
It was Artsvik's dream to represent her homeland at Eurovision.
6. Netherlands. O’ G3NE - Lights and Shadows
Lisa, Amy and Shelley Wohl are sisters. Amy and Shelley are twins, and Lisa is one year older than them. The sisters already have experience performing on the big European stage - ten years ago, in 2007, they represented their country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Rotterdam. Then there were three of them called simply - Lisa, Amy & Sheley. That competition is memorable for Belarusians, as our Alexei Zhigalkovich won. And the Vol sisters took 11th place.
Band name O'G3NE (pronounced oh-jin) is explained as follows: O is the blood type of the sisters, G3NE is the genes that unite them, and the number 3 is the number of sisters. The ballad Lights and Shadows was written by their father.
7 . Moldova. SunStroke Project - Hey Mamma!
The group was formed in the army, where violinist Anton Ragoza and saxophonist Sergei Stepanov met. The name of the group appeared due to an accident - one day Anton, while working in the field, received sunstroke. Currently, the group consists of three musicians - vocalist Sergei Yalovitsky has been added.
SunStroke Project has already represented Moldova at Eurovision - it was in 2010 in Oslo. Together with Olya Tira, the guys reached the finals and took 22nd place there.
TV viewers from Belarus will be able to vote for any participant in the final, except, of course, Belarusian group NaviBand - according to the rules of the competition, you cannot vote for your own people.
Eurovision 2017 ended in Kyiv. The main European song competition was rich in completely non-vocal discoveries. The estimate for the event turned out to be unusually high, and the organizers were unable to completely sell out tickets even for the final. Ukraine banned the entry of Russian participant Yulia Samoilova for her performance in Crimea. At the same time, the representative of Bulgaria, Christian Kostov, who had committed the same "offence", took the stage. Last year's winner, Ukrainian singer Jamala, was not allowed into the opening ceremony and the chairman of the Ukrainian Eurovision 2017 jury, poet Yuriy Rybchinsky, was not invited. There were some embarrassments in live. RT sums up the non-musical results of Eurovision 2017.
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Bookmakers predict victory at Eurovision 2017 Italian singer Francesco Gabani with the song Occidentali's Karma ("Karma of a Westerner"), but he took only sixth place. The crystal microphone went to the representative of Portugal, Salvador Sobral, with the song Amar Pelos Dois ("Love for Two"), who received 758 points for his performance .
In second place is the representative of Bulgaria Christian Kostov (615 points), in third place is the Moldovan team Sunstroke Project (374). Ukrainian rock band O.Torvald scored only 36 points and took 24th place out of 26.
O. Torvald's performance was the worst in the history of Ukraine's participation in Eurovision. The performer received 7 points each from viewers in Italy and the Czech Republic, 4 from Georgia, 3 from Portugal, 2 points from Poland and one more from Belarus. The national jury also did not rate the group's performance highly. Azerbaijan - 7 points, Israel - 4 and Bulgaria - 1.
“In 2005, after Ruslana (the winner of Eurovision 2004. - RT ), Grinjols performed, who took 19th place out of 24, which then became Ukraine’s worst achievement at Eurovision. Now it’s even worse,” states the editor of the Ukrainian publication “Our Money” Yuri Nikolov.
Poroshenko kept silent about the speech of the Ukrainian representatives.
Euroscandals 2017
Eurovision 2017 is considered by many to be one of the most scandalous of the entire competition. It started with the fact that the Security Service of Ukraine banned the entry of Russian participant Yulia Samoilova for her performance in Crimea without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities. This is the first similar case in the history of the competition. Even representatives of the European Broadcasting Union could not convince the organizers.
Later it turned out that the representative of Bulgaria, Christian Kostov, also spoke in Crimea. However, this did not stop him from taking the stage at the International Exhibition Center.
The State Border Service was forced to make excuses for shortcomings.
“In connection with the appearance of information about the performance of a Eurovision 2017 participant from Bulgaria in Crimea in 2014, the State Border Service of Ukraine reports that the agency acts exclusively within the powers granted. This information“It is now being studied in detail and verified jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine,” the statement says.
© viva.ua The competition was also not without its hiccups. During the performance of the Ukrainian singer Jamala, the notorious pranker Vitaly Sedyuk made his way onto the stage, bypassing the security guards, and exposed his buttocks. At least 200 million people watched the event live.
“In response to inquiries about an idiot baring his butt in front of 200 million television viewers. Sedyuk is a Ukrainian citizen. During our Jamala’s speech, in his words, he decided to pursue his hobby, since “he unofficially works as a provocative journalist,” Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page.
Organization at the level
Against the backdrop of Sedyuk’s bare bottom, the rest of the shortcomings of the competition organizers seem insignificant. For example, last year's winner, singer Jamala, was not allowed on the red carpet. According to the singer's producer Igor Tarnopolsky, on the night before the opening the singer was asked to fly in by helicopter, although permission for this was not issued.
“Of course, we went to the ceremony by car. They didn’t let us in for 20 minutes - cordons of police, national guard, and parole guarded the entrance from Jamala, looked at us, apologized, but couldn’t let us through. There was no route plan, no regulations, no protocol, simple instructions... nothing. “Can you imagine what it would be like with a helicopter,” he said.
Inside the Parkovy exhibition center, where the event took place, the badges of the singer and her producer were not working on the turnstiles.
“At the opening ceremony there was neither a press wall, nor an area for photographers and journalists, nor, in fact, the majority of delegations,” Tarnopolsky continued. - It looked like there were two parallel parties taking place at Parkovy. On one, people are drinking and chatting, animators from the circus school are walking between them, and on the other, in a completely empty dark hall, there is an orchestra folk instruments NAONI plays Eurovision hits on banduras and cymbals.”
The chairman of the Ukrainian Eurovision 2017 jury, poet Yuriy Rybchinsky, also did not receive an invitation to the red carpet, as well as to the show at the International Exhibition Center.
“It’s not just that I wasn’t invited to the red carpet, I haven’t yet received - as such - even an invitation to the Eurovision Song Contest itself. Do I need to contact the organizers for this? What can we say if Jamal was not allowed on the red carpet? In what country did this happen? The man won Eurovision and thanks to him the competition itself is held. But this artist is not allowed on the red carpet, at the opening ceremony. This is some kind of theater of the absurd. And we, alas, still occupy first place in this “theater,” Rybchinsky told Ukrainian media.
Not your holiday
According to residents of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials managed to create a holiday only for 20 thousand foreigners who came to the competition. The residents of Kiev faced a lot of inconveniences. The entire area near the Eurovision venue, the International Exhibition Center, was blocked off, and order was guarded by several cordons of police.
globallookpress.com © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa A significant part of the residents of the left bank of the capital faced a transport collapse: traffic jams in this area were observed even at 12 at night, and metro stations were overcrowded.
“On the topic of Eurovision, after ten in the evening hundreds of people are stuck in traffic jams because two empty lanes are fenced off with concrete blocks. But why be surprised, because thinking about people, and sometimes just thinking, is not “our” style. How is it, one of the main points when choosing a location for an event is suitable infrastructure? It is logical to assume that if in a densely populated area, at the site of the main traffic intersection, a three-lane road needs to be converted into a single-lane road, then this place is probably not very suitable for holding an event. Well, it’s also difficult to imagine in one’s right mind that the city authorities would give permission for something like this. But voila, enjoy, the Kiev-style organization is in action,” Kiev resident Lyudmila Shilina is indignant on her Facebook.
Difficulties also arose with the reconstruction of the Levoberezhnaya metro station, which is located near the International Exhibition Center. A month before the start of the competition, it turned out that people with disabilities could not enter the doors of the station, which led to protests. Everything had to be redone urgently.
The Kyiv authorities generally coped with ensuring security. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they uncovered 10 out of 12 cases of theft or fraud involving the property of foreign guests. This is a record figure. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the average crime detection rate in the country is about 20%.
Expensive and angry
Ukraine spent about €30 million on hosting Eurovision 2017. Some expenditure items surprised experts. For example, about 20 million UAH (€689 thousand) was spent on air tickets for the organizers of the competition, about 2 million UAH (€69 thousand) - on a film with Verka Serduchka, about 1 million UAH (€34 thousand) were paid to Jamala for performance of several songs.
“And of course, I am outraged by one more fact. I can’t remain silent about this. This is that for the current Eurovision budget three similar competitions could be held. I don’t know where our prosecutor’s office is looking, but on the surface this is the corruption component of this competition. For example, last year in Stockholm a similar competition was held for €9 million and quite decently. Estonia once spent €12 million. But many countries have never even dreamed of figures like ours. Poor people in Europe - and the most expensive Eurovision,” Yuri Rybchinsky assessed the costs of the competition.
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The expensive show failed to attract viewers. You could get to any of the concerts without any problems. The final rehearsals were held in half-empty halls, and for the two semi-finals television shows About 2 thousand places remained vacant. The organizers decided to reduce prices by 80% - to 500 UAH (€18) for all tickets, with the exception of the VIP zone. But that didn't help either. There were places for the finals, probably for the first time in the history of the competition. So, singer Jamala bought four tickets a few hours before the start of the event.
After the end of Eurovision in Kyiv, losses and lost profits are calculated. The capital's restaurants were unable to make money from the competition - residents of the Ukrainian capital refused to visit them due to the blocked city center. Hoteliers are also dissatisfied: many hotels are missing guests from the regions.
On the night of May 13-14, the final of Eurovision 2017 took place in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.The winner of Eurovision 2017 was Salvador Sobral (Portugal)
with the song "Amar pelos dois".
27-year-old Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral has been seriously ill since birth - he has a heart defect. He missed the semi-final rehearsals and arrived in Kyiv in time for the dress rehearsal and the start of the semi-final. In case of unplanned situations it had to be replaced sister- its author victory song"Amar Pelos Dois" Louise.
In his song, Salvador sings about a heart that “will withstand everything and can love for two.” It is known that soon after the final, Sobral is scheduled to undergo heart surgery.
In second place is Christian Kostov Bulgaria.
with the song Beautiful
Christian Kostov was born on March 15, 2000 in Moscow, Russia. His mother Zaure is Kazakh, his father Konstantin Kostov is Bulgarian. Lives in Moscow.
Christian Kostov Russian and Bulgarian singer, finalist of the 1st season Russian project"Voice. Children", winner of second place in the 4th season of the Bulgarian project "X Factor", representative of Bulgaria, who took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv.In third place is Moldova, Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma
Contestants from Israel, Poland, Belarus, Austria, Armenia, the Netherlands, Moldova, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Australia, Greece, Spain, Norway, Great Britain, Cyprus, Romania, Germany took part in Eurovision 2017 , Ukraine, Belgium, Sweden, Bulgaria and France.
Finalist speaking order
01. Israel. Imri Ziv – "I Feel Alive"
02. Poland. Kasya Mos – "Flashlight"
03. Belarus. Naviband – “History of maygo zhytstya” (in Belarusian)
04. Austria. Nathan Trent – "Running On Air"
05. Armenia. Artsvik – "Fly With Me"
06. Holland. TOG3NE – "Lights and Shadows"
07. Moldova. Sunstroke Project – "Hey Mamma"
08. Hungary. Yotsi Papay – "Origo" (in Hungarian)
09. Italy. Francesco Gabbani – "Occidentali's Karma"
10. Denmark. Anja Nissen – "Where I Am"
11. Portugal. Salvador Sobral – "Amar Pelos Dois"
12. Azerbaijan. Diana Gadzhieva – Skeletons"
13. Croatia. "Jacques Houdek – My Friend"
14. Australia. Isaiah – "Don't Come Easy"
15. Greece. Singer Demy – “This is Love”
16. Spain. Manel Navaro – "Do It For Your Lover"
17. Norway. JOWST (Joakim Wit Steen, Alexander Wallman) – "Grab The Moment"
18. Great Britain. Lucy Jones – "Never Give Up On You"
19. Cyprus. Hovig – "Gravity"
20. Romania. Ilinka, Alex Florya – “Yodel It!”
21. Germany. Isabella Levina – "Perfect Life"
22. Ukraine. O.Torvald – "Time"
23. Belgium. Blanche – "City Lights"
24. Sweden. Robin Bengtson – "I Can't Go On"
25. Bulgaria. Christian Kostov – "Beautiful Mess"
26. France. Alma – "Requiem"
Russia did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
Bookmakers predicted victory at Eurovision 2017 for the Italian singer Francesco Gabbani with the song Occidentali's Karma ("Karma of a Westerner"), but he took only sixth place. The Crystal Microphone went to the representative of Portugal, Salvador Sobral, with the song Amar Pelos Dois ("Love for two"), who received 758 points for his performance.
In second place is the representative of Bulgaria Christian Kostov (615 points), in third is the Moldovan team SunStroke Project (374). Ukrainian rock band O.Torvald scored only 36 points and took 24th place out of 26.
O.Torvald's performance was the worst in the history of Ukraine's participation in Eurovision. The group received 7 points each from viewers in Italy and the Czech Republic, 4 from Georgia, 3 from Portugal, 2 points from Poland and one more from Belarus. The national jury also rated the group’s performance low: Azerbaijan - 7 points, Israel - 4 and Bulgaria - 1.
“In 2005, after Ruslana (winner of Eurovision 2004. - RT) performed by “Grinjols”, who took 19th place out of 24, which then became Ukraine’s worst achievement at Eurovision. Now it’s even worse,” states editor of the Ukrainian publication “Our Money” Yuri Nikolov.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko congratulated Portugal on the victory, and Ukraine on the “worthy conduct of the competition.”
Poroshenko did not speak about the speech of the Ukrainian representatives.
Euroscandals 2017
Eurovision 2017 is considered by many to be one of the most scandalous of the entire competition. It all started with the fact that the Security Service of Ukraine banned the entry of Russian participant Yulia Samoilova because of her performance in Crimea without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities. This is the first such case in the history of the competition. Even representatives of the European Broadcasting Union could not convince the organizers.
Later it turned out that the representative of Bulgaria, Christian Kostov, also spoke in Crimea. However, this did not stop him from taking the stage at the International Exhibition Center.
- Reuters
The State Border Service of Ukraine was forced to make excuses for the shortcomings.
“In connection with the appearance of information about the performance of the Eurovision 2017 participant from Bulgaria in Crimea in 2014, the State Border Service of Ukraine reports that the agency acts exclusively within the powers granted. This information is now being studied in detail and verified jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine,” the message says.
“I hope that I will come to Moscow with the Crystal Microphone and videotape it. I’ll make a break video, and I hope it will get a lot of views,” Kostov said in an interview.
A separate page in the history of Eurovision 2017 is ticket sales. At the end of April, it turned out that about 2 thousand spectators bought tickets for non-existent seats. This was stated in an interview with the Ukrainian radio station “Voice of the Capital” by Dmitry Feliksov, head of the ticket sales service Concert.ua.
The competition was also not without its problems. During the performance of the Ukrainian singer Jamala, the notorious pranker Vitaly Sedyuk, bypassing the security guards, made his way onto the stage and exposed his buttocks. At least 200 million people watched the event live.
“In response to inquiries about the idiot who bared his butt in front of 200 million television viewers. Sedyuk is a Ukrainian citizen. During our Jamala’s speech, in his words, he decided to pursue his hobby, since “he unofficially works as a provocative journalist,” the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page.
Organization at the level
Against the backdrop of Sedyuk’s exposed bottom, other shortcomings of the competition organizers seem insignificant. For example, last year’s winner, singer Jamala, was not allowed on the red carpet. According to the singer’s producer Igor Tarnopolsky, on the night before the opening ceremony, Jamal was asked to fly by helicopter, although permission for this was not issued.
“Of course, we went to the ceremony by car. They didn’t let us in for 20 minutes - cordons of police, the National Guard, and the UGO guarded the entrance from Jamala, looked at us, apologized, but they couldn’t let us through. There was no route plan, no regulations, no protocol, simple instructions... nothing. You can imagine what would have happened with a helicopter,” he said.
- Reuters
At the Parkovy exhibition center, where the event took place, the badges of the singer and her producer did not work on the turnstiles.
“At the opening ceremony there was neither a press wall, nor an area for photographers and journalists, nor, in fact, the majority of delegations,” Tarnopolsky continued. — It looked like there were two parallel parties taking place in Parkovy: at one, people were drinking and chatting, animators from the circus school were walking between them, and at the other, in a completely empty dark hall, the folk instruments orchestra (NAONI) was playing banduras and cymbals Eurovision hits.
The chairman of the Ukrainian jury of Eurovision 2017, poet Yuriy Rybchinsky, also did not receive an invitation to the red carpet, as well as to the show at the International Exhibition Center.
“It’s not just that I wasn’t invited to the red carpet, I haven’t even had an invitation to the Eurovision Song Contest itself yet. Do I need to contact the organizers for this? What can we say if Jamal was not allowed on the red carpet? In what country did this happen? The man won Eurovision, thanks to him the competition itself is held. But this artist is not allowed on the red carpet, at the opening ceremony. This is some kind of theater of the absurd. And we, alas, still occupy first place in this theater,” Rybchinsky shared his opinion in a conversation with Ukrainian media.
Not your holiday
According to residents of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials managed to create a holiday only for 20 thousand foreigners who came to the competition. The residents of Kiev faced a lot of inconveniences. The entire area around the International Exhibition Center was fenced off, and order was guarded by several cordons of police.
- globallookpress.com
- Julian Stratenschulte/dpa
Many residents of the left bank of the capital faced a transport collapse: traffic jams in this area were observed even at 12 at night, and metro stations were overcrowded.
“On the topic of Eurovision: after ten in the evening hundreds of people are stuck in traffic jams because two empty lanes are fenced off with concrete blocks. But why be surprised, because thinking about people, and sometimes just thinking, is not “our” style. How is it, one of the main points when choosing a location for an event is suitable infrastructure? It is logical to assume that if in a densely populated area at the main traffic intersection it is necessary to turn a three-lane road into a single-lane one, then this place is probably not very suitable for holding an event. Well, it’s also difficult to imagine in one’s right mind that the city authorities would give permission for something like this. But voilà, enjoy - the Kiev-style unfortunate organization in action,”
At 01:50 Moscow time, the 62nd international song competition “” ended in Kyiv, the results of which were announced by the presenters after the performances of all 26 finalists. Based on the voting results, the winner of Eurovision 2017 was determined, which was a participant from Portugal Salvador Sobral. He conquered the stage of the main vocal event of the year in Europe with the song “Amar Pelos Dois”.
The winner of Eurovision 2017 scored a total of 758 points for his performance, which allowed him to become the best vocalist in Europe and receive the coveted crystal microphone, for which participants from 42 countries competed.
Winner of Eurovision 2017 - Salvador Collected "Amar Pelos Dois" (video):
The results of Eurovision 2017 were quite unexpected, as bookmakers made fairly accurate predictions this year. Even on the eve of the Eurovision final, they named the main contender for victory, which, according to their forecasts, was supposed to be an Italian. But the jury and spectators decided otherwise - they gave more votes for the Portuguese.
Second place at Eurovision 2017 was taken by a participant from Bulgaria, who, like the winner Salvador Sobral, was one of the main favorites of the competition. He scored 615 points, which, although did not allow the native of Moscow to beat his main rival at Eurovision 2017, gave him the right to become an honorary “silver” medalist of the prestigious competition.
Third place at Eurovision 2017 was taken by the Sunstroke Project group from Moldova, which received 374 votes from the audience - the jury awarded the Moldovan performer only 8th place.
Eurovision 2017: results
In total, 26 contestants took part in the Eurovision 2017 final, representing: Moldova, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Armenia, Portugal, Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Belarus, Hungary, Croatia, Denmark, Israel, Romania, Norway, the Netherlands and Austria, as well as Italy, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany and Ukraine, which was the host of the competition in 2017.
After they all demonstrated their talents on the Eurovision stage, an exciting and intriguing moment arrived - summing up the results of the competition. After the jury votes from each country were announced, the presenters announced the results audience voting.
The final table of results for Eurovision 2017 looked like this:
Eurovision 2017 results - final table
The results of Eurovision 2017, which determined the winner of the competition, were not the only surprise for viewers this year. The voting results were unexpected for many participants. For example, Italy, which bookmakers predicted to win the competition, took only 6th place in the final table, and Swedish participant Robin Bengtsson, who performed the song “I Can’t Go On,” beat the competition favorite Francesco Gabbani - took 5th place in "Eurovision-2017".
As for Ukrainian group O.Torvald, whom bookmakers predicted no higher than 23rd place in the final of the competition, then she fully justified the forecasts - Ukraine took 24th place at Eurovision 2017.
It should be added that Eurovision 2017 became the longest competition in history. recent years- it lasted not the usual week in May, but almost a whole year, starting immediately after the end of Eurovision 2016, at which Ukrainian singer. This year there were also high-profile situations that darkened the competition in the eyes of many of its fans.
It all started with a long definition of a Ukrainian city in which there will be a competition, then disputes between the European Broadcasting Union and Ukraine began over funding, after which the organizing team on the Ukrainian side was replaced. In the final, Kyiv completely surprised Russian singer, resulting in Eurovision and broadcasting it in the Russian Federation.
In general, Eurovision 2017 will go down in history, albeit not like Eurovision 1974, which gave the world the group ABBA, but as the most scandalous festival in the entire history of the competition.
