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Eurostars: Maruv: “I received a proposal from BBC to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2020”

In a recent interview, Maruv, winner of this year’s Ukrainian national final Vidbir, but ultimately did not represent her country at the contest, revealed that she had accepted a BBC proposal to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2020.

The time of withdrawal

Many of you may remember that Maruv with “Siren Song” won the national selection, Vidbir 2019, but did not travel to Tel Aviv as she did not agree to cancel her appearances in Russia, but to accept a number of other conditions set by the public Ukrainian broadcaster. Subsequently, the country’s public television began reaching out to the other Vidbir 2019 candidates in order to find the country’s representative, but without success.

Finally, Ukraine announced its withdrawal from Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv. UA CEO: PBC Zurab Alasania officially announced Ukraine’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2019 through its official Facebook account on February 27.

Is the UK calling on Maruv?

For Eurovision 2020, BBC has announced that BMG will select both the artist and the song to represent the UK, hoping to finally get out of the final standings.

According to what Maruv said in an interview on November 22, the United Kingdom has proposed her to represent the country at Eurovision 2020 either by hertself or simply by sending her own song to another performer.

In the following video after 13:20 (in Russian):

She herself, of course, at the MTV Awards, had rejected any possible new entry into the Eurovision competition. As she typically stated, she would only appear again in the competition as a guest!

“I wanted it too, but that is life. Now I have other desires and other dreams, and I wish one day to go to Eurovision, but only as a guest. I would love this. But not of the time”

Ukraine for 2020 has decided to include in its Vidbir regulations that artists who have performed in Russia or Crimea after the dramatic events of 2014 are banned.

Let’s remember Maruv’s performance at Vidbir 2019:

 

Maruv: “I would go to Eurovision but only as a guest”

During the 26th MTV Europe Music Awards in Seville, Spain, Maruv gave a brief interview about her career and her desire to be on the Eurovision stage or not.

“I wanted it too, but that is life. Now I have other desires and other dreams, and I wish one day to go to Eurovision, but only as a guest. I would love this. But not this year”

(Maruv, MTV Europe Music Awards 2019)

After an unpredictable, and perhaps the most talked-about national final of this season, Maruv crowned Vidbir 2019 winner and got the ticket to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision contest  in Tel Aviv. However, her origins and relations with Russia deprived her of the right to travel to Israel, and eventually the country withdrew from the competition.

Despite the fact, Maruv has achieved great success and has been named best singer in Russia at the awards. You can watch the interview by clicking here.

Source: formulatv

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