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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Liverpool will host ‘greatest Eurovision’, says Ukrainian past winner Jamala

Ukrainian former Eurovision winner Jamala, set to perform alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on the song contest’s fan stage, said she thinks the Liverpool show “will be the greatest Eurovision ever”.

The 39-year-old won the contest for Ukraine in Stockholm in 2016 with her song 1944, which is about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union.

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