UKRAINE: MUSICIANS FROM 24 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST FINALS

Record ID: 648352

  • Title: UKRAINE: MUSICIANS FROM 24 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST FINALS
  • Date: 21st May 2005
  • Summary: (BN12) KIEV, UKRAINE (MAY 20, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. HAS PAN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE IN CENTRAL KIEV 0.13 2. HAS UKRAINIAN FLAG ON SQUARE AND GOLDEN-DOOM CHURCH IN BACKGROUND 0.16 3. SLV EUROVISION STAND ON SQUARE 0.21 4. MV BANNER WITH EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LOGO 0.26 5. SLV EXTERIOR OF SPORTS PALACE, VENUE OF EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 0.31 (BN12) KIEV, UKRAINE (MAY 19, 2005) (REUTERS) 6. UKRAINIAN POPSTAR RUSLANA, WINNER OF LAST YEAR'S CONTEST, PUTTING ARMS AROUND BOXER VOLODYMYR KLITSCHKO WHO IS ONE OF THE PRESENTERS OF FESTIVAL 7. RUSLANA AND KLITSCHKO WALKING TOWARDS VENUE 0.52 8. MV NORWEGIAN GROUP WIG WAM SINGING PART OF THEIR SONG 'IN MY DREAMS' FOR MEDIA 1.13 (BN12) KIEV, UKRAINE (MAY 20, 2005) (REUTERS) 9. MV BOSNIAN & HERZEGOVINA GIRL BAND FEMINNEM SINGING PART OF THEIR SONG 'CALL ME' 1.40 10. MV MORE MUSICIANS ARRIVING AT VENUE FOR DRESS REHEARSALS 1.46 11. GIRLS FROM BOSNIAN & HERZEGOVINA GROUP FEMINNEM STANDING IN LINE 1.50 12. MV MEMBERS OF HUNGARIAN BAND NOX STANDING IN LINE 1.55 13. CLOSE UP HUNGARIAN SINGER PETER SZABO SZILVIA 2.00 (BN12) KIEV, UKRAINE (MAY 19, 2005) (REUTERS) 14. MV RUSSIAN POPSTAR PHILIP KIRKOROV, PRODUCER FOR THE BELORUSSIAN BAND, WALKING TO HIS LIMOUSINE 2.08 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: KIEV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVA6HSGCZFCJ31M89DZUJBZ1SO4S
  • 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 come
    to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev to catch a glimpse of the
    50th edition of the Eurovision song contest that will see
    its finals on May 21, 2005.

    Big tv screens have been set up at the city's central
    Independence square where tens of thousands of people are
    expected to watch the show on Saturday night.

    The Eurovision song contest, one of the world's biggest
    TV shows, is hosted by Kiev this year after pop star
    Ruslana Lyzhychko stormed to victory during last years'
    contest in Istanbul.

    Walking arm in arm with Ukrainian boxing champion
    Volodymyr Klitschko, Ruslana welcomed the participants at
    the Sports Palace, the venue for the TV spectacle.

    Some of the contenders were singing part of their songs
    for the press as they lined up for security checks outside
    the building. After performances by hopefuls from 25
    countries, envelopes were opened last night to reveal the
    10 successful semi-finalists, including Israel, Denmark and
    Latvia. They will now join the 14 countries who were
    already guaranteed a place in the final.

    One of the favourites of this year's contest is the girl
    band "Feminnem" from Bosnia & Herzegovina with their song
    "Call me". The three girls, Ivana Maric, Neda Parmac and
    Pamela Ramljak founded their group in 2004 after their
    success in the Croatian Idol Competition.

    The first to perform on Saturday is Hungarian lady
    singer Peter Szabo Szilvia with her band NOX. Mixing tunes
    and lyrics of Hungarian folk music with electronic music of
    the third millennium, her song "Spin the world" made it
    successfully through last nights' semi finals.

    The finals will start at 1900 gmt on May 21 and will be broadcast
    live by all participating countries.


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