Official opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017 to be held on May 7

Official opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017 to be held on May 7

Ukrinform
The official opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017 will be held at the Parkovy exhibition center on May 7. This event will be traditionally held on Sunday, six days before the Contest finals.

This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to UA Pershy.

Red carpet of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be located in the front of the Mariinsky Palace and will be the longest one in the history of the competition – 265 meters. The stage director of the red carpet ceremony and opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017 is Ukrainian theater director Serhiy Proskurnia. He believes that the location near the Mariinsky Palace will suit best for the event as it is in the center of Kyiv with stunning architecture and fantastic views.

"There will be special areas for the press representatives of each participating country and accredited fans of Eurovision 2017. Each delegation will go along the red carpet for about forty minutes and the whole show will last for two and a half hours. The delegations of 12 countries will simultaneously stay on the red carpet. They will stop for the photo shoots, will give interviews and sign autographs for fans," Proskurnia said.

The event will be broadcasted live on the screens, which will be located in the Eurovision campus on Khreshchatyk Street.

ol

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and to the website of a foreign media outlet. Citing and using materials in offline media, mobile apps, Smart TV are allowed only with written permission from Ukrinform. News and publications marked as "Advertisement" and "PR" and articles in the section "Releases" include promoted content, and an advertiser is responsible for the content.

© 2015-2024 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Website design Studio Laconica

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-