Ukraine chooses city to host Eurovision 2017
Eurovision 2017 will be held in Kiev, announced Zurab Alasania - director of National Television Company of Ukraine - at a special briefing on Friday. Six Ukrainian cities had applied to host the competition, among them Kiev, Dnipro, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkiv, and Kherson. The three final contenders included Kiev, Odessa, and Dnieper. Kiev, according to Alasania, received 19 out of 23 votes, while Odessa received only two. Another member of the committee chose to abstain.