Throwback Thursday: Eurovision 2005 in Ukraine
Immediately after Ukraine won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest the national broadcaster in Ukraine, NTU, launched a city bid process to select the host city of the contest in 2017. Kyiv, Dnipro and Odessa were shortlisted for the honour and each city has been given more time to elaborate on their respective bids before a final decision will be taken later in the summer. Both NTU and the EBU have been candid in saying that whilst there are many positive elements within each city proposal, there are also challenges. However Ukraine is a country that has risen to challenges before and the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest is a testament to this.