Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

After days of speculating and refusals from both runner up Freedom Jazz and third placed Kazka (and 4th placed Brunettes Shoot Blondes even before they were asked and apparently they never were) after the winner Maruv and negotiating with EBU Ukraine has decided to withdraw from Eurovision song contest 2019. They will however broadcast the shows as planned. One can suppose for 2020 they go for an internal selection or carefully selected artists..... if they will be there.  Should Russia win in 2019 and organize in 2020 UA:PBC confirmed they won't be there. 

Eurovision song contest 2017 winner Salvador Sobral's health issues were already present in Kyiv, when he avoided most of the rehearsals, and a lot was talked and even more rumored about his health condition and need of a heart transplant, and even if he was really ill at all or was it all made up? The answer is here now.  Last week he announced he had to cancel a few concerts and rest, and the Portuguese tablods had screaming headlines he has "three months to live" and so on. Yesterday a definite blow to his fans: He cancels all the remaining concerts and withdrawns from the music business, with the hope he will return one day. To say farewell he will have a free concert in Estoril to greet his fans for the last time for the time being this Friday, September 8.....