You're reading: UkrInform: Kyiv hosts first semi-final of Eurovision 2017 today

UkrInform: Kyiv hosts first semi-final of Eurovision 2017 today

Published May 9, 2017 at 7:39 pm

Staff members test the stage at the International Exhibition Center, 15 Brovarsky Ave., ahead of the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Kyiv until May 14. While events are happening daily, the three key dates are the two semi-final contests, on May 9 and 11, and the grand final on May 13, where the winner will be chosen from among 26 competitors. These three shows will be broadcast live at 10 p.m. on the First National TV channel in Ukraine. (Wladyslaw Musiienko)

Photo by Wladyslaw Musiienko

Eighteen contestants will perform in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv on May 9.

According to an Ukrinform correspondent, ten songs and their performers, who will score the highest number of points from the spectators and the juries, will fight for the victory of their country in the grand final of the Eurovision 2017 on May 13.