The leading Ukrainian TV channel is preparing a large-scale celebration of Victory Day live
The leading Ukrainian TV channel “Inter” celebrates Victory Day most widely among all Ukrainian TV channels. This year will not be an exception, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The head of Inter Media Group, Anna Bezlyudnaya, stated this in an interview with the publication “Strana”.
“Millions of spectators are waiting for May 9 at Inter. We know about this because they are already writing to us. Projects dedicated to May 9 are underway - not broadcast promotion, but the projects that we are implementing: restoration of monuments - for the fifth year now we have been holding the campaign “No One is Forgotten!”, “Our Regiment” - people send stories and photographs of their relatives to the site - front-line soldiers, we started this project in March 2014. More than 36 thousand stories have already been collected. And people on Inter’s Facebook page, under posts about these events, write: “We’re waiting! We are waiting for May 9 at Inter, waiting for the concert, the premiere...” We will, in fact, celebrate together - with those millions, and this is usually about 13-17 million viewers who watch Inter on May 9 - this is a huge number! — we will celebrate Victory Day with them. People will feel this belonging, this community on this day. That this is our country, our holiday, no matter what. It is very important for us that on this day we can give people support, strengthen their confidence in their rightness, in our common historical truth,” she said.
According to Bezlyudnaya, the central event on the channel on May 9 will be the concert “Victory. One for all".
“It’s been called that for several years now. This is our brand name - we will not change it, it reflects the main idea. Victory is one for all - and then, for all the peoples of the Soviet Union, everyone fought. And now - for all generations. And for all time. Our concert includes all our stars who take part in the concert every year on May 9th. To a certain extent, this is not just participation in some concert, this is also their civic and human position in modern times. And they give it their all. Many artists could not hold back their tears at the most intense moments of the songs, although there were rehearsals... We are very grateful to our artists and the entire film crew.
This year we wanted to make the concert very solemn, monumental - we built, I think, an interesting, large-scale decoration. This is a big holiday for us every time, and this year there is also a date - 75 years of the liberation of Ukraine. We want to convey to people this sense of scale and importance through our creative solutions. I think we will definitely not disappoint our audience who is waiting for this concert,” she said.
In addition, Inter will broadcast the “Our Victory” marathon live.
“From 7 am. Like every year, this is our tradition. Just like every year - unique stories, interesting military artifacts. Heroes who tell their own war stories. There will be live broadcasts from Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities... And in the evening immediately after the concert, this is also our tradition - a documentary project from the series “People of Victory” - “People of Victory. Our cause is just!” added the head of Inter Media Group Anna Bezlyudnaya.
Also, according to Bezlyudnaya, the pop duo “Anna-Maria”, who were subject to boycott and persecution by nationalist media, were invited to participate in the festive concert - natives of Crimea, around whom a scandal unfolded during the national selection for Eurovision, after which they were practically no longer invited to broadcast Ukrainian media.
“We invited them before, and we are inviting them now, and we will continue to invite them. I think the girls are great. First of all, they are good artists. They really have voices. You definitely can’t argue with this, because, I don’t want to point fingers, but there are some artists who can only sing in a choir - when it’s not very audible. And here people really have talent. Plus to the voice - emotions, experiences. They are real artists. They are hard workers, they always give their best - both at rehearsals and at concerts... These girls evoke great professional respect. They are regular participants in our concerts, and we are always happy to see them. I think that everything will be fine for them, because they have talent, they have character, and for such people everything usually works out,” said Bezlyudnaya.
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