We quickly built a strong rapport despite limited time, some natural communication issues and at times extreme difficulties for the Kyiv team due to the war.

The subreddit all about the world's longest running annual international televised song competition, the Eurovision Song Contest! More than 100 flags and banners, which adorned key areas of the city centre, have had a unique make-over and have been turned into extremely limited-edition memorabilia from the most successful Eurovision host city ever. The merchandise has been made by Banner Bags which specialises in helping organisations upcycle marketing assets. Options of delegations from smaller nations and broadcasters to say at less exclusive hotels in the host city?We naturally explored symbols of Ukraine and the UK initially, and both nations are represented in the final design, but creating a much more universal story was something we all agreed was right for the concept. I threw a Europarty with my friends, it was my 16th and definitely the wine charm rings with the flags were the sensation as it's hard to raise the bar year after year. Diversity is key here: the British girl group, a rocky Italian ballad in a duet, Dutch EDM, (underrepresented in ESC) Spanish pop rock, child ethnic pop from Ukraine, etc.

The fonts, colours, and branding looked cool and worked for Liverpool, for Ukraine and for Diversity.

There have been reports of tears backstage, cameras lingering on acts that were already out of contention and a final split screen between France and Spain that was almost two minutes in length. France has now hosted in 2021 and 2023 and with a Paris Olympics in 2024 a fair few commentators are suggesting that the extra workload on the French broadcaster may mean that priorities are already made that give no room to co-ordinate another major event. The Eurovision Song Contest is organized by the European Broadcasting Union, the world's foremost alliance of public service media, representing over 100 member organizations in 56 countries and an additional 34 Associates in Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. While there was much French bravado at the winner’s press conference in Nice about even gunning for a Eurovision victory in Malmö, the morning after the broadcaster noted that “many countries” are interested in hosting this show.

If you've created some branding you're proud of this year, why not enter the Brand Impact Awards – celebrating 10 years of world-class branding. Eurovision is so welcoming and inclusive, now in its 67th year, the contest was originally set up post-war to bring Europe closer together through a shared televised experience. There was a tension in creating something to reflect that this is Ukraine’s year and happening in Liverpool whilst feeling inclusive of all the competing nations. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Stuart Radford: Rather than taking inspiration from past Eurovision identities we chose to take a very different visual approach. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. It’s not like Malmö has any experience of having a hidden stage element that rises out from the secondary stage at a previous Contest.