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Kyiv 2017
The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "1944 (song), 1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Suspilne, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, being the first contest since the inaugural edition without a female host. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. and returned to the contest after a year's absence, while did not participate on financial grounds. had originally planned to participate, but later withdrew after its representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Exhibition Centre
The International Exhibition Centre () in Kyiv is the largest exhibition centre in Ukraine. Located in the western portion of Livoberezhnyi neighborhood, Kyiv, Livoberezhnyi microdistrict, the center was opened in October 2002, and the head of the center since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko. The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was held at the Centre. History The idea of building the complex was from Viktor Tkachenko, then director of the Palace of Sports (Kyiv), Palace of Sports. Current director of the center, Ukrainian architect Yanush Wig designed the complex, and Eduard Safronov was the head of its construction. The location for construction was at the left bank of Kyiv, in the times of Soviet Union it was planned to build a futuristic public center in that area, but the project wasn't completed in its full scale. The first pavillon of the exhibition center was built between 1999 and 2002; it was opened in October 2002. The IEC was built according to the modern standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Sobral
Salvador Vilar Braamcamp Sobral (; born 28 December 1989) is a Portuguese singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for with the song "", written and composed by his sister, Luísa Sobral. In doing so, he gave its first ever win in the contest since its debut in , ending the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history (53 years). Sobral and his entry hold the Eurovision record for the highest-scoring winner as of 2017, having earned a total of 758 points under the current voting system, after winning both the jury vote and televote. Early life Sobral was born in Lisbon and has lived there most of his life. He was born into a formerly noble family, the son of Salvador Luís Cabral Braamcamp Sobral and Luísa Maria Cabral Posser Vilar. His paternal grandparents are Salvador José de Almeida Braamcamp Sobral and Maria Elisa Perestrelo de Matos de Figueiredo Cabral. At the age of ten, he participated in the TV programme ''Bravo Bravíssimo'', and at 20 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv (then Lwów) emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz, and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it went to King Casimir III the Great of Kingdom of Poland, Poland in a Galicia–Volhynia Wars, war of succession. In 1356, Casimir the Great granted it town rights. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. At the beginning of 2022, its population was estimated at 279,131. From March to November 2022, the city was Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, occupied by Russian forces during their Russian invasion of Ukraine, invasion of Ukraine. Armed forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian forces Liberation of Kherson, recaptured the city on 11 November 2022. In June 2023, the city was flooded following the Russian Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, destruction of the nearby Kakhovka Dam. Etymology As the first new settlement in the Greek Plan, "Greek project" of Catherine the Great, Empress Catherine and her favourite Grigory Potemkin, it was named after the Heraclea Pontica, Heraclea Pontic colony of Cherson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharkiv
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.Kharkiv "never had eastern-western conflicts" , ''Euronews'' (23 October 2014) Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, it had an estimated population of 1,421,125. Founded in 1654 as a Cossacks, Cossack fortress, by late 19th century Kharkiv had developed within the Russian Empire as a major commercial and industrial centre. From December 1919 to January 1934, Kharkiv was the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dnipro (city)
Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is the Capital (political), administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. Dnipro has a population of Archeological evidence suggests the site of the present city was settled by Cossacks, Cossack communities from at least 1524. Yekaterinoslav ("glory of Catherine") was established by decree of the Emperor of all the Russias, Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative center of Novorossiya Governorate, Novorossiya. From the end of the 19th century, the town attracted foreign capital and an international, multi-ethnic workforce exploiting Kryvbas iron ore and Donbas coal. Renamed Dnipropetrovsk in 1926 after the Ukrainian Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livoberezhnyi Masyv
The Livoberezhnyi Masyv (), commonly known as Livoberezhka () is a residential neighbourhood of the Ukraine, Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The neighbourhood is administratively a part of the Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv, Dnipro Raion, and is located on the Left-bank Ukraine, city's left bank (which it is named for). The neighbourhood is surrounded by the Dnieper River, Dnipro River to its west, Darnytsia to its north and east, Berezniaky to its southeast, and Rusanivka to its south. It was created in the 1960s-1970s on the territory of the Mykilska Slobidka, a former settlement on the outskirts of Kyiv. Transport The Livoberezhnyi neighbourhood is serviced by the Livoberezhna (Kyiv Metro), Livoberezhna station of the Kyiv Metro's Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line, where a number of Kyivpastrans, city buses and marshrutkas connect. In addition, the Kyiv Urban Electric Train has a flag stop located in walking distance from the metro station. Through the neighbourhood passes highway-like Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Time" written by Yevhen Halych and Yevhen Kamenchuk. The song was performed by the band O.Torvald. In addition to participating in the contest, the Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in with the song "1944 (song), 1944" performed by Jamala. NTU organised a national final in collaboration with commercial broadcaster STB (TV channel), STB in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv. The national selection consisted of three semi-finals, held on 4, 11 and 18 February 2017, and a final, held on 25 February 2017; eight entries competed in each semi-final with the top two from each semi-final advancing to the final. In the final, "Time" performed by O.Torvald was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. As the host cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molitva
"Molitva" ( sr-Cyrl, Молитва; "Prayer") is a song recorded by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović with music composed by Vladimir Graić and Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki, resulting in the country's only ever win at the contest. The song marked the country's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the having been dissolved in June 2006. It was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007. Background Conception "Molitva" was composed by Vladimir Graić with Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It was recorded by Marija Šerifović in Serbian, English –as "Destiny" with lyrics by Jovan Radomir–, and Russian –as "" with lyrics by Andy Mikheev. It was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007 by Connective Records after its win at Eurovision. National selection On 7–8 March 2007, "Molitva" performed by Šerifović competed in , the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song " I Can't Go On", written by David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, and Robin Stjernberg, and performed by Robin Bengtsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "I Can't Go On" performed by Robin Bengtsson emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote. Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "I Can't Go On" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. Background Prior to the 2017 contest, (SR) until 1979, and (SVT) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "City Lights" written by Pierre Dumoulin, Emmanuel Delcourt and Ellie Delvaux. The song was performed by Blanche, which is the artistic name of singer Ellie Delvaux who was internally selected by the Walloon broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) in November 2016 to represent the nation at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The song, "City Lights", was presented to the public on 8 March 2017. Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 5, "City Lights" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Belgium placed fourth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 165 points. In the final, Belgium performed in position 23 and placed fourth out of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
