War in Ukraine: The Ukrainian presenter will comment on the Eurovison final… from a bunker – The Independent

The great European song contest takes place this Saturday. This year, Ukraine qualified for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest. An event that will be well broadcast in the country at war and commented live by the star presenter of Russian TV, Timur Myroshnychenko. Faithful to the post for 17 years, the commentator will exercise his talents this time from an air raid shelter, reports BFMTV. From this place, the address of which is kept secret, he will closely follow Ukraine’s performance live from Turin (Italy), announced as the winner by the bookmakers. “Even in the event of bombardments” “Since the war, we have set up three studios there and next door we have the control room. We settled here temporarily to broadcast, even in the event of bombardments, confides the host. I’m 36 years old, and I’ve been in Eurovision for 17 years. It represents about fifty shows, so really, it’s a part of me.” Timur Myroshnychenko hopes for a victory for the Ukrainian group, Kalush Orchestra, a symbol to reward “the courage” of an entire population in the face of the Russian invasion.