Berlin has been the venue for a special Ukrainian concert with lots of ESC singers

Berlin has been the venue for a special event “Save Ukraine #StopWar”. The purpose of this live event was to draw attention to the dramatic war situation in Ukraine and to raise money for helping people in need. There have been live circuits with people gathering together all around the world such as in France and Canada, and politician took their chance to speak to the people. Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz held the opening speech via video message. The host of the evening were Timur Miroshnychenko and Masha Efrosinina, both hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv: Masha in 2005 and Timur in 2017.

Despite of the tragic situation, the event also had some entertaining elements with a lot of good music, to show that Ukrainian culture is still alive. Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra sang their winning entry “Stefania” and other former ESC participants have been among the artists: Melovin, Tina Karol and the band Onuka, who have been the interval act in 2017.

Watch the full event here

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As one of the founders of eurovisionlive.com I am responsible for the interviews with the singers and the editorial content. My passion for the Eurovision Song Contest exists since my early childhood. The exotic music, different cultures and languages have given a lot of inspiration to me. Since my very first ESC in Dublin 1994 I particularly appreciate the get together and friendship of all the nationalities and Riverdance was a thrill!