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Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Dates
Semi-final 19 May 2017
Semi-final 211 May 2017
Final13 May 2017
Host
VenueTBD, Ukraine
SupervisorJon Ola Sand
Host broadcasterNational Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2017 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries23 (to date)
Returning countries Portugal
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in Ukraine, after Ukraine's victory at the 2016 in Stockholm with the song "1944", performed by Jamala. This will be the second time the contest will take place in Ukraine, after 2005.

The host city will be announced on 1 August 2016, and will be determined through a bidding phase in which six Ukrainian cities submitted bids, with three shortlisted for further inspection: Dnipro, Kiev and Odessa. The contest is currently scheduled to consist of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May 2017. However, the official dates will be announced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) following the selection of the host city.

As of 4 August 2024, twenty-three countries have expressed their intention to participate in the contest. Portugal will return after a one-year absence.

Location

Bidding phase

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Locations of the candidate cities. The eliminated cities are marked in red, with the three shortlisted cities in green. The chosen host city will be marked in blue.

The Deputy Chief of the host broadcaster, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) and the Head of Delegation for Ukraine, Viktoria Romanova, stated on 18 May 2016 that the first organisational meeting for the contest would take place before 8 June, during which the EBU and NTU would go through the technical requirements for the contest, as well as any training required for the contest to take place in Ukraine. Romanova also announced that the venue for the contest would be announced over the summer.[1][2][3]

NTU and the Ukrainian Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on 23 June.[4][5] The selection of the host city will be conducted in four stages:

  • 24 June–8 July: Interested cities were formally invited to submit their bids.
  • 8–15 July: A working group within NTU and a government-appointed Local Organisational Committee (LOC) headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman reviewed submitted bids prior to their formal presentation.
  • 18–22 July: Candidate cities formally presented their bids to the LOC. The bids of three cities were shortlisted and handed over to the EBU.
  • 22 July–1 August: The three shortlisted cities will be inspected by representatives from the EBU and LOC to explore their infrastructure and implementation of their bids. A press conference will be held to announce the selection results and the host city.

The following selection criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:[6]

  • The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
  • An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
  • Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
  • The host city must have fairly priced hotel rooms to European standards, that are located in close proximity to the venue and the city centre. At least 2,000 hotel rooms must be provided: 1,000 for participating delegations and 1,000 for accredited media and fans.
  • The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
  • The host city must have modern transport infrastructure: an international airport and readily available transport between the airport, the city and hotels, in addition to convenient traffic in the city and the opportunity to provide additional transport routes.
  • The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and Ukraine.

Six cities submitted applications by the deadline of 8 July: Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kiev, Lviv and Odessa.[7] Prior to the opening of the bidding process, the cities of Cherkasy, Irpin, Uzhhorod and Vinnytsia had declared their interest in hosting the contest, but did not submit a formal bid.[8][9] Ukrainian Culture Minister Yevhen Nyshchuk stated on 30 June that an appropriate venue for the contest does not exist in Ukraine, suggesting that the construction of a new venue in Kiev or Lviv should be considered.[10]

The six candidate cities were officially presented to the LOC on 20 July in a two-hour live discussion show titled City Battle, broadcast from the UA:Pershyi studios in Kiev and moderated by Timur Miroshnychenko, with radio commentary from Olena Zelinyenko. The show was broadcast on UA:Pershyi, Radio Ukraine and the UA:Pershyi YouTube channel with commentary in English and Ukrainian. During the show, a representative from each candidate city presented its bid in front of a live studio audience:[11]

  • Dnipro: Borys Filatov (City Mayor)
  • Kharkiv: Igor Terekhov (Deputy City Mayor)
  • Kherson: Volodymyr Mykolaienko (City Mayor)
  • Kiev: Oleksii Reznikov (Deputy Head of City State Administration)
  • Lviv: Andrii Moskalenko (Deputy City Mayor)
  • Odessa: Pavel Vugelman (Deputy City Mayor)

Members of the LOC, media representatives, Ukrainian musical experts and fans also participated in the discussion.

The bids from Dnipro, Kiev and Odessa were shortlisted for further consideration on 22 July, with the winner to be announced on 1 August.[12]

Key  †   Host venue  *   Shortlisted

City[13] Venue Capacity Notes
Dnipro * DniproEuroArena 9,500 Proposal includes the complete reconstruction of the Meteor Stadium area to be completed by March 2017.[14]
Kharkiv Metalist Oblast Sports Complex 40,003 Hosted three group stage matches of UEFA Euro 2012. Would have required significant construction including the addition of a roof.[15]
Kherson Concert Hall "Yubileyniy" 1,600 Proposal included expansion and reconstruction of the venue, which would have taken approximately 7–8 months.[16]
Kiev * Palace of Sports 10,000 Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. May conflict with contest preparations as the venue will host part of the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I ice hockey tournament between 22–28 April 2017.[17]
International Exhibition Centre 13,000 Venue submitted as a reserve.[18][19]
Lviv Arena Lviv 34,915 Hosted three of the group-stage games for UEFA Euro 2012. The arena required the construction of a roof.[20]
Unfinished venue N/A An unfinished venue originally planned for EuroBasket 2015 that was 25% complete when construction halted.[20]
Odessa * Chornomorets Stadium 10,000–12,000 Proposal includes reconstruction of the venue and options for providing a covered roof.[21][22]

Format

Preliminary dates

The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 14 March 2016 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Stockholm, with the semi-finals scheduled to take place on 16 and 18 May and the final on 20 May 2017. These preliminary dates were chosen by the EBU to avoid the contest coinciding with any major television and sporting events scheduled to take place around that time.[23]

However, the EBU announced on 24 June that the preliminary dates for the contest had been brought forward a week, with the semi-finals scheduled for 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May.[4] This was reportedly due to a request from NTU, as the initial preliminary dates conincided with the Remembrance Day for the victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide on 18 May.[24][25] However, the current preliminary dates coincide with the second leg of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League semi-finals.[25]

The official dates for the contest will be announced by the EBU following the selection of the host city on 1 August.[4]

Provisional list of participating countries

The following countries have formally announced their participation in the contest:

Country Artist Song
 Armenia[26]
 Austria[27]
 Belgium[28]
 Denmark[29]
 Estonia[30] TBD 4 March 2017[31] TBD 4 March 2017[31]
 Finland[32] TBD February 2017[33] TBD February 2017[33]
 France[34]
 Germany[35]
 Greece[36]
 Hungary[37]
 Ireland[38]
 Israel[39]
 Latvia[40]
 Netherlands[41]
 Norway[42]
 Poland[43]
 Portugal[44]
 Russia[45]
 Slovenia[46]
 Spain[47]
 Sweden[48]
  Switzerland[49] TBD 5 February 2017[50] TBD 5 February 2017[50]
 Ukraine[51]

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU has issued an invitation of participation to all fifty-six active members. It is unknown whether an invitation has been issued to associate member Australia. Twenty-three countries have provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest as of 4 August 2024, while the following countries have made announcements regarding their participation:[52]

Active EBU members

  •  Albania – Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) announced on 28 May 2016 that they will make a formal announcement regarding participation by September at the earliest.[53]
  •  Andorra – Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) announced on 19 May 2016 that they will not participate for unspecified reasons.[54]
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – It is unknown whether Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) will be able to participate, after it was revealed on 25 May 2016 that the EBU had threatened to withdraw BHRT from all member services due to non-payment of debts totalling 6 million Swiss francs (€5.4 million). BHRT had been given until 8 June to settle part of the debts or face withdrawal from the EBU, resulting in, among other things, an inability to participate.[55][56] BHRT announced on 30 May that they would cease broadcasting on 30 June due to the accumulation of debts by BHRT and region-level entity broadcasters Radio-Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTVFBiH) and Radio Televizija Republike Srpske (RTRS) totalling 25 million Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible marks (€12.78 million).[57] However, BHRT announced on 30 June that they would postpone their broadcasting cessation.[58]
  •  Bulgaria – After a successful return to the contest in 2016 with "If Love Was a Crime", performed by Poli Genova, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced on 15 May 2016 that "[they] are back to Kiev where it all started for [them]". However, BNT have not yet made a formal announcement regarding participation.[59]
  •  Croatia – A spokesperson for Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) stated on 28 November 2015 that Croatia would participate in the 2017 contest if they participated in the 2016 contest, and since Croatia indeed participated in the 2016 contest with "Lighthouse", performed by Nina Kraljić, participation in the 2017 contest is an open possibility. The spokesperson added that similar to the selection of Kraljić as the winner of the first season, HRT would probably internally select the winner of the second season of The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske, Ruža Janjiš. However, HRT have not yet made a formal announcement regarding participation.[60]
  •  Iceland – The Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), Hera Ólafsdóttir, stated on 3 July 2016 that participation is "very likely" and that a formal confirmation of participation will be made in the coming months.[61]
  •  Luxembourg – While RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (RTL) announced on 25 May 2016 that they would not participate,[62] the Petitions Committee of the Luxembourgish Government announced on 21 June that they had received a petition calling on Luxembourg to return to the contest. The Luxembourgish Government have decided to debate the proposals set out in the petition, and the possibility of Luxembourg returning to the contest in future.[63]
  •  Montenegro – It was revealed on 3 June 2016 that Milena Vučić had expressed an interest in representing Montenegro at the contest. While Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) had confirmed that they would begin talks with Vučić, they have not yet made a formal announcement regarding participation.[64][65]
  •  Romania – Romania’s future participation in the contest was put into doubt after the EBU withdrew Romanian Television (TVR) from all member services on 22 April 2016, due to repeated non-payment of debts going back to January 2007 and the threat of insolvency, resulting in turn in the forced withdrawal of Romania from the 2016 contest.[66] However, TVR stated during a special broadcast on 24 April that "We still have a chance. It’s not the fault of the EBU. We must first solve our internal problems. We hope to remain EBU members and participate in Eurovision next year. Thank you for being with us!"[67] It was announced on 7 June that the Romanian Government was close to passing legislation that would allow the direct allocation of public funds to TVR.[68]
  •  San Marino – The Head of Delegation for San Marino, Alessandro Capicchioni, stated in an interview on 7 June 2016 that the new voting system introduced in the 2016 contest "totally discriminates [against] small states [such as San Marino] as it doesn’t allow them to deliver 100% of their vote. The change in the voting system has been decided without even telling us."[69] Capicchioni also explained that duplication of the jury vote for countries unable to return a valid televote would be incompatible with the new voting system, while also revealing that the Sanmarinese delegation are currently working on a proposal that would help them adjust to the new voting system without relying on average scores from other participating countries.[69]
  •  Slovakia – Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) explained on 12 April 2016 that Slovakia's absence from the contest since 2012 was due to the "cost involved in participation". RTVS' PR manager, Juraj Kadáš, stated that while participating in the contest is an attractive project, RTVS has a programming strategy that gives priority to financing domestic television production. RTVS also stated that participation in the 2017 contest would be discussed later in 2016.[70]
  •  Turkey – Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) issued a written statement to the EBU on 12 May 2016, stating that they will participate, but it is currently unknown whether they will follow up on this statement. There have been multiple reports in recent years that Turkey will return to the contest, none of which have come to be true. Turkey withdrew after last participating in 2012, due to their discontent at the introduction of a mixed voting system to the contest and the automatic qualification of the Big Five for the final.[71]
  •  United Kingdom – Rylan Clark-Neal expressed his interest in representing the United Kingdom in an interview on ITV's This Morning on 16 May 2016. However, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have not yet made a formal announcement regarding participation.[72] The BBC stated on 10 June that they intend to continue to participate, with a formal confirmation of participation to be made this autumn.[73]

Associate EBU members

  •  Australia – It is currently unknown whether Australia will participate, as the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) would require an invitation from NTU. The CEO and Managing Director of SBS, Michael Ebeid, stated on 16 May 2016 that SBS was finalising negotiations with the EBU for Australia to continue its participation. While it is likely that Australia will participate after finishing in second place in the 2016 contest, SBS have not yet made a formal announcement regarding participation.[74][75]
  •  Kazakhstan – Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016, opening up the possibility of participating in the contest in future.[76]

EBU non-members

  •  Kosovo – Albanian news portal Koha reported on 6 April 2016 that the Director General of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), Mentor Shala, had announced at a press conference that Kosovo had been invited to participate, with a decision on whether or not to pursue the invitation to be made later in 2016.[77] However, this was confirmed to be untrue, after Shala stated on 7 April that his comments were misinterpreted by Koha, and what he actually meant was that "RTK was invited to [the] Eurovision Committee and Kosovo’s acceptance or not in the Eurovision depends on them".[78] This was backed-up by a statement from the EBU.[79]
  •  United States – After the interval performance of Justin Timberlake during the final of the 2016 contest, it has been speculated that the United States may participate in a future contest, similar to the interval performance of Jessica Mauboy during the second semi-final of the 2014 contest and Australia's subsequent debut the following year.[80] While Logo TV broadcast the final of the 2016 contest, the channel does not have associate EBU membership.[81][82]

See also

Notes and references

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