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Prior to the 2023 contest, Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 2003, winning it the following year with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Ukraine is the only country that has managed to qualify to the final in every contest they ...
In 2017, Ukraine was pre-qualified for the final as hosts, however it achieved its worst result to date – 24th place with 36 points. Ukraine was absent twice from the contest, in 2015 and 2019, for reasons related to the ongoing war with Russia: NTU sat out the 2015 contest because of financial difficulties in relation to the war in Donbas. [2]
The method of breaking a tie has changed over time, and the current tie-break rule has been in place since 2016. In this event, a combined national televoting and jury result is calculated for each country, and the winner is the song which has obtained points from the highest number of countries.
Ukraine never missed a contest since their debut appearance, [2] and won the contest once in 2012 with the song "Nebo", performed by Anastasiya Petryk. [3] The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has hosted the contest twice, at the Palace of Sports in 2009 , [ 4 ] and the Palace "Ukraine" in 2013 . [ 5 ]
As a result, Ukraine was initially given the opportunity to host the 2023 contest, however, the EBU later decided that the country would not be able to host due to security concerns caused by the Russian invasion, with the United Kingdom, which had finished in second place in 2022, being chosen to host on Ukraine's behalf.
(Reuters) -Decisive actions by the United States now could hasten the end of the Russian war against Ukraine next year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday after telling the ABC News that ...
Prior to the 2024 contest, Ukraine had participated in the contest eighteen times, without ever missing an edition since its debut appearance in 2006. [1] The country came second in 2008 with the song "Matrosy" performed by Viktoria Petryk, which remained its best result until 2012, when Anastasiya Petryk – who happens to be Viktoria's younger sister – represented the country with the song ...
The EBU then entered discussions with the BBC, the 2022 runner-up, and on 25 July announced that the 2023 contest would be hosted in the United Kingdom. [31] It was the first time since 1980 that the contest was not hosted by the previous edition's winning country. [32] The decision not to host in Ukraine was initially met with disappointment.