UKRAINE: MUSICIANS FROM TWENTY FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST FINALS

Record ID: 647334

  • Title: UKRAINE: MUSICIANS FROM TWENTY FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST FINALS
  • Date: 22nd May 2005
  • Summary: (W3) KIEV, UKRAINE (MAY 20, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE VIEW OF LARGE CROWD WATCHING CONCERT AT INDEPENDENCE SQUARE IN CENTRAL KIEV; COUPLE DANCING IN THE FOREGROUND WITH STAGE VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND 0.16 2. SLV BAND PERFORMING ON STAGE; SLV/MV PEOPLE WAVE UKRAINIAN FLAG; WIDE VIEW OF STAGE (8 SHOTS) 1.00 3. MV SECURITY OFFICIALS WATCH FROM CROWD 1.05 4. HAS LARGE CROWD WITH EUROVISION SIGN IN FOREGROUND; MV CROWD (3 SHOTS) 1.19 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: KIEV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVAA3APMBN2BP834E3RFRYN3JV5O
  • Story Text: Musicians from 24 different countries are getting ready for the
    Eurovision song contest finals in Kiev.

    Thousands of fans from all over the world have descended on the
    Ukrainian capital of Kiev to catch a glimpse of the 50th edition of the
    Eurovision song contest.

    On Friday, crowds gathered to watch performances in the city's central
    Independence square where tens of thousands of people are expected to watch
    the finals on Saturday (May 21) night.

    Long associated in the West with kitsch and dubious lyrics, the song
    contest is being embraced this year by host Ukraine, keen to present itself as
    reborn after last year's "Orange Revolution" protests.

    Over 120 million viewers are expected to watch the final live -- the
    biggest international event staged in the country.

    The song contest is being hosted by Kiev this year after Ukraine's
    Ruslana Lyzhychko won last years' contest in Istanbul.

    The finals will start at 1900 GMT.



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