The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest says that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year’s event in the U.K. after concluding that it can’t be held in Ukraine.
FILE - Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine pose for photographers after winning the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Palaolimpico arena, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, May 15, 2022. The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest said Friday, June 17, 2022, that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year's event in the U.K. after concluding that it can't be held in Ukraine..
Ukraine's public broadcaster, UA:PBC, has staged the event twice before, in 2005 and 2017. The European Broadcasting Union said it had carried out"a full assessment and feasibility study” on the possibility of it doing so again.It said the contest is one of the world's most complex television productions and needs 12 months of preparation time.
It said it shares the broadcaster's “sadness and disappointment that next year’s Contest cannot be held in Ukraine.” In a statement, Ukraine's Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko, UA:PBC's supervisory board chairman and the country's three Eurovision winners to date pushed back against the decision, arguing that holding the contest in Ukraine would send a “strong signal” of support.“We will demand to change this decision, because we believe that we will be able to fulfill all the commitments we have made,” the statement said.
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