Ukraine’s commentator for the Eurovision Tune Contest 2022 has made his opening broadcast from a bomb shelter, because the competitors’s semi-final received underway within the midst of Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Timur Miroshnychenko may very well be seen broadcasting from a stone-walled and apparently subterranean room on Tuesday evening, whereas performers from 17 nations took to the stage in Turin, Italy.
Touted as potential favourites to win this yr’s contest, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra have been among the many first to be voted by to the competitors’s Grand Last on Saturday, after delivering an brisk efficiency of their music “Stefania”.
Moldova, Switzerland, Armenia and Iceland have been additionally among the many 10 nations which superior from Tuesday’s semi-final.
An additional 18 nations’ rivals will take to the stage on Wednesday, with 10 acts voted by from every evening to the ultimate.
Mr Miroshnychenko has been Ukraine’s commentator annually since 2007, besides when he co-hosted the competitors in 2017, when it occurred in Kyiv following the nation’s victory the yr prior with the music “1944” by Jamala.
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Pictures posted by Ukraine’s official Eurovision Instagram account gave a glimpse of the bunker from which he’s broadcasting this yr – dwell to each Youtube and the general public TV channel UA: CULTURE – and confirmed him sitting at a small desk surrounded by a digicam, lights, and an array of cables.
In Turin, Kalush Orchestra’s efficiency – which mixed rap and Ukrainian folklore – seemed to be well-received by the viewers, which closely cheered the group and waved many Ukrainian flags.
Amid widespread European opposition to Mr Putin’s invasion, there was an outpouring of normal assist for Ukraine and its resistance throughout the continent.
Mr Putin launched what he phrases Russia’s “particular army operation” on 24 February, however after failing to grab Kyiv, Moscow’s troops retreated to the jap Donbas area, the place Western analysts counsel his offensive once more seems to be stalling.
Regardless of the renewed deal with the battle in Ukraine’s east, the opportunity of Russian airstrikes nonetheless stay a risk throughout the nation, with the western metropolis of Lviv having been struck final week.
Further reporting by PA