Eurovision: How important is it to Ukraine?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
What does the competition mean for Ukrainians?
Lucy is joined by Eurovision reporter Daniel Rosney, who is in the Swedish city of Malmo, which plays host to Eurovision's grand final on Saturday.
Tymofii Muzychuk, who won Eurovision in 2022 with the Kalush Orchestra, tells us what life has been like since their performance and why the song contest matters so much to his country.
And we catch up with Ukraine’s Eurovision TV commentator, Timur Miroshnychenko, who will again be covering the competition from a bunker.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producers were Hannah Montgomery and Emma Crowe. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 807 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | And it's a big weekend for people right across Europe but also in Ukraine because it's not too much of a stretch to say most people in the country will be watching Eurovision's grand final, which is taking place this weekend in the Swedish city of Malmo. |
| 0:24.5 | Ukraine is one of the bookies favorites. The country has won Eurovision three times and |
| 0:31.0 | in the pod today we're going to be not only looking at why |
| 0:34.0 | Eurovision is so important to people in Ukraine but we'll be speaking to a member of |
| 0:38.9 | the group that won back in 2022 this This is Ukraine Cast. |
| 0:43.4 | Ukraine Cast from Babysse News. |
| 0:46.0 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
| 0:48.6 | Ask Prigosion. |
| 0:49.6 | You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster. |
| 0:54.2 | Is there a need for a serious opponent? |
| 0:56.9 | Why? |
| 0:57.7 | Ukraine is unbroken, unbound, and unconquer. |
| 1:00.9 | It's not just about Ukraine, it's about the whole future of Europe. |
| 1:04.0 | I don't understand what this war is for. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello, this is Lucy Hawkins in the Ukraine-Cast Studio, and for today's episode I'm joined by Daniel Rosne. Now Dan is someone who not only reports on Eurovision and politics, |
| 1:19.3 | he is absolutely obsessed by it and last year was one of the hosts of our sister podcast, |
| 1:25.0 | Eurovision cast. |
| 1:26.4 | Hi Dan, that's fair to say, isn't it? |
| 1:28.2 | I mean you really live and breathe. |
| 1:29.8 | I do, it is not just one TV show once a year. It is a 12 months a year contest for me. I follow this thing like I like other people follow football |
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