Immediately before the jury results were revealed in this weekend’s Grand Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU released a statement noting some “irregular voting patterns” from a number of national juries in both the Second Semi-Final and the Grand Final. In their statement, they announced, “In the analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) …
Congratulations are in order to …. KALUSH ORCHESTRA of Ukraine. The group won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after receiving a record-shattering 439 points from the televote. (Moldova, Spain, and Serbia were the only other entries to receive more than 200 points from the televote.) The group were in 4th place after the points from the 40 international juries were …
The band Kalush Orchestra plan on wearing authentic outfits from Bukovyna region for their Eurovision performance. The leader of the band, Oleh Psyuk, will be wearing an authentic outfit from the 20th century from Bukovyna region that was used for celebration. Even though the outfits for the performance at Eurovision for the band were created specifically for the contest, they …
Turin, 04 May 2022 The second group of countries have turned up for rehearsals… all but one :o. Check out our reports on Ukraine, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Moldova and Portugal! Note: Images and videos will be added once they go online on the official channel. Country: Ukraine Act: Kalush Orchestra Song: “Stefania” Semifinal: First (10/05/2022) Position in Running Order: 06/17 Kicking …
Just weeks before Eurovision 2022, the representatives of Ukraine this year gave a press conference where they provided some information regarding financial aspects of their trip and how their outfits would look on stage in Italy. Oleh Psyuk, who is the front singer of the band, mentioned that he would be wearing a hat for sure. Further, there would be …
Due to the current events and war within Ukraine, Eurovision fans have begun to wonder if the country would be able to participate in Eurovision this coming May. Concerns increased greatly when it was announced that the members of the band had joined the war effort as lead singer Oleh Psiuk created a 20 person volunteer group to distribute medicine …
This morning the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC confirmed that Kalush Orchestra was offered the first refusal to represent them in Turin this May, and despite the contentious days following Vidbir they have accepted. That mean’s that the band and their song “Stefania” will compete in the first half of the first semi-final on May 10th. Kalush won the candidacy after fellow …
Kyiv, 24 January 2022 UA:PBC, the Ukrainian broadcaster, have revealed the 8 competing artists for a ticket to Eurovision. They initially already revealed a longlist with artists consisting of 27. The list has been narrowed down to 8 for one grand final to find the Ukrainian representative at this year’s contest. Here are the acts that will be competing in …
