Dabei sind Uk und UK jetzt sogar Konkurrenten:
https://www.ebu.ch/news/2022/0…3-eurovision-song-contest
ZitatAlles anzeigenIt has become a well-known tradition that the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest hosts the competition the following year, providing certain criteria including ensuring the viability of staging the event and the safety of all stakeholders, including the public, are met.
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The EBU would like to thank UA:PBC for their wholehearted cooperation and commitment in exploring all scenarios in the weeks since Kalush Orchestra’s win on 14 May in Turin and share their sadness and disappointment that next year’s Contest cannot be held in Ukraine.
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As a result of this decision, in accordance with the rules and to ensure the continuity of the event, the EBU will now begin discussions with the BBC, as this year’s runner up, to potentially host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in the United Kingdom.
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/80377/
ZitatAlles anzeigenUkraine does not agree with the European Broadcasting Union's decision on the impossibility of holding the Eurovision 2023 international song contest in Ukraine, Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said.
"In response to the published statement of the European Broadcasting Union on the impossibility of hosting Eurovision 2023 in Ukraine, we want to emphasize the following. Ukraine does not agree with the nature of this decision, as we were faced with the fact without discussing the possibilities of other options. And the country believes that it has every reason to hold further talks and reach a joint solution that would satisfy all parties," Tkanchenko is quoted from a post on social media on Friday by the Ukrainian media.
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"Holding Eurovision 2023 in Ukraine is a strong message to the world that it backs Ukraine now. We will demand changing this decision because we believe that we will be able to comply with all the commitments that we have assumed, which has been noted repeatedly to the European Broadcasting Union. Therefore, we demand additional talks on hosting Eurovision 2023 in Ukraine," Tkachenko said.