Eurovision Song Contest 2017
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 9 May 2017 |
| Semi-final 2 | 11 May 2017 |
| Final | 13 May 2017 |
| Host | |
| Venue | International Exhibition Centre, Kiev, Ukraine |
| Presenter(s) | TBA |
| Director | TBA |
| Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand |
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| Host broadcaster | National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (NPBU) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 43 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | |
| Withdrawing countries |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ukraine's victory at the 2016 contest in with the song "1944", written and performed by Jamala. This will be the second time the contest has taken place in Kiev, after 2005, and the fourth Eurovision event after hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contests in 2009 and 2013. The contest is expected to consist of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May 2017.
Forty-three countries will participate in the 2017 contest. Portugal and Romania will return to the contest; both of whom were absent from the 2016 edition. Bosnia and Herzegovina, who had returned in 2016, have withdrawn due to financial difficulties.
The contest will take place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, following Ukraine's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944", performed by Jamala. The International Exhibition Centre, which was announced as the host venue on 9 September 2016, has a capacity of approximately 11,000 attendees and is the largest exhibition centre in Kiev. Located in the western portion of Livoberezhna microdistrict, the centre was opened in October 2002, and the head of the centre since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko.
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