The Moscow Times
None of the possible distractions -- the 300,000 people on Independence Square, opposition pickets or a tent city organized by pro-Orange Revolution youth group Pora -- could distract Europe's 120 million television viewers from rooting for their favorite act.
The contest -- the 50th since Eurovision began in 1956 -- attracted 39 entries, the most ever, from as far afield as Iceland and Israel.
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