Backup City on Standby - but which city?

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We mentioned earlier, a possible venue change for the Eurovision Song Contest due to current problems in Belgrade.

Kjell Ekholm, the Eurovision Song Contest Event Manager in 2007, has put Helsinki forward as a possible back-up location.

According to Estonian news website, Sloleht, Mr. Ekholm hopes that the Eurovision Song Contest can take place in Belgrade. If that is not possible, he says that Finland could become an option with much of the knowledge and experience of hosting the competition last year coming into play.

He is also a member of the EBU Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group and much of the infrastructure from 2007 is still in place.

Do you think Helsinki should be the backup city?

UPDATE:

It is believed that Malmo, Sweden is being considered since it has experience in hosting big events, and was considered as an option in 2005 when problems occurred with Ukraine. Ukraine is being considered an option since they came second in Eurovision Song Contest 2007, but this very doubtful. YLE are another option, as they hosted last years competition in Helsinki, Finland. ERT has also offered the EBU to host the contest in Athens, Greece again.

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