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Ukraine is the big winning favorite tonight. But can Eurovision be held in Kyiv at all in one year? | Culture | DR Should Ukraine win this year's Eurovision, another country may have to step in to host next year's competition. By There is one country that everyone in Turin talks about: Ukraine. Ahead of tonight's grand finale in this year's Italian Eurovision host city, the Ukrainians are ready to win this year's Grand Prix trophy - a position Ukraine has held among bookmakers , ever since Russia launched its invasion of the country at the end of February. One question, however, is pressing: What do you do if Ukraine actually goes on to win? . But is a big Eurovision in Ukraine at all realistic in 2023? Not if one is to believe Lisanne Wilken, who is an associate professor at Aarhus University and has researched the interplay between politics and Eurovision in Ukraine in particular. hold a Eurovision next year, I must say, says Lisanne Wilken, who adds: - But if the war ends soon and actually ends with some kind of peace, then I think there from the Ukrainian side will be a great goodwill to hold a show in Kyiv. It would have such a great symbolic value for the Ukrainians that I think one will go to great lengths to be able to hold the competition. format, will agree to it. For peace or not, a Eurovision in Ukraine just one year into the future will no doubt present major logistical and organizational challenges, says Lisanne Wilken. Therefore, she believes that in the event of a Ukrainian victory, the EBU will examine all possibilities for holding next year's competition. then we will make a final decision on where the competition will be held, until August ". However, there is also another option.- The alternative is that Ukrainian television must cooperate with a television station in another country, which then physically forms the framework for the competition. It could be Poland or one of the big countries like Germany or the UK. I would like Eurovision to be held in Ukraine. In a new, rebuilt and flourishing Ukraine, which is even better than before the war broke out.Oleh Psiuk, frontman of Kalush OchestraIf another country were to take over the hosting, it would not be the first time that Eurovision was not held with last year's winner. This has happened six times before in history, and in four of the cases, the British have stepped in as hosts. In recent years, Britain and Germany have also stood if Australia, which due to the large time differences can not accommodate the competition, should win. the mayor of Stockholm, Anna König Jerlmyr, also offered that the Swedish capital .It has happened six times that a winning country has not hosted the Eurovision final the following year.1957: Switzerland won the year before, but Germany was awarded the hosting.1960 : The Netherlands won the year before, but did not want to hold the competition, which instead went to Great Britain.1963: When France won in 1962, they faced having to hold Eurovision for the third time in five years. It did not want French television, and Britain took over the hosting.1972: Monaco had won in 1971, but the Little Putt state did not have the facilities to host the show the following year. Again, Britain acted plan B.1974: Britain came to the rescue again when Luxembourg won in 1973 for the second year in a row, but did not want to host again.1980: In 1979, Israel also won Eurovision for the second time in a row, but Israeli television had can not afford to hold the show, which instead took place in the Netherlands. the result of tonight's final, sounds modest. Previously, the rapper Oleh Psiuk, who is frontman of the Ukrainian Eurovision band Kalush Ochestra, has made it clear that he dreams of watching a Eurovision on Ukrainian soil next year: - I would like , that Eurovision will be held in Ukraine. In a new, rebuilt and flourishing Ukraine, which is even better than before the war broke out, Oleh Psiuk told .Watch Kalush Ocehstra sing 'Stefania' on the Eurovision stage: But even if the Ukrainian Eurovision stars themselves hope for victory, so assess Lisanne Wilken that the organizers at the EBU in the background probably cross their fingers for another winner.- It is not a wish scenario for the EBU that Ukraine wins, it is for sure - because it would cause a lot of problems, she says and continues: - The dream scenario for the EBU - and probably also for parts of Ukrainian television - is in fact enough that Ukraine comes in the top five. Then the Ukrainians get a good portion of sympathy and are hailed in front of the whole of Europe, but at the same time you avoid the headache of having to hold the show next year. Ukraine are already experienced Grand Prix hosts and have hosted the huge competition twice before. in 2005 and 2017, respectively, however, the EBU threatened to deprive the Ukrainians of the host due to massive internal problems with the planning.Who will win this year's Eurovision will be decided tonight, where the grand finale runs off the stack. The show can be seen on DRTV and DR1 from 9 p.m.