Ukraine UKRAINE 2024 - Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[AlekS]

alyona alyona and Jerry Heil gave interview to our OGAE and named 3 core things about their Vidbir performance:

- The song
- Light
- Backing vocals (alyona said it plays a big role and it will be unexpected)


So no pre-recorded vocals, most def. According to rumours, the male backing vocalist is Artem Pyvovarov. Imo, it can be YAKTAK.

 

[AlekS]

YAGODY live on Hit FM.

Ziferblat.

 

[MAD20]

So no pre-recorded vocals, most def. According to rumours, the male backing vocalist is Artem Pyvovarov.

This is AMAZING news

 

[HarryUK]

The Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil song is absolutely beautiful. I don't speak Ukrainian, but I felt the meaning behind the song

If you select this, welcome to my top 10 this year out of all 37 songs. I'm calling it already

 

[jatojo]

Will you change your position if there will be live backing vocalists on Vidbir? Or you'll keep searching for excuses to dislike them?

I'm not "searching for excuses" to have an opinion, mate. I just don't like pre-recorded backing vocals in a song that is a part of a contest. If there are live backing vocalists at a show with that song - that's really great, I'll be looking forward to that. And the same goes for their Malmö performance (I'm pretty sure they are going to Malmö, and since the rules allow live backing, I hope that's what they'll choose to use, but I haven't got any insight into whether that option is often used or not).

 

[WWE]

Teresa and Maria is winning EASILY.

It's a song, that simply commands your full attention from the start. It literally PEAKS three times in the beginning, first with the backing singers chant, then with Jerry's inital "wail" and the beat dropping and in the end with the chorus, which is absolutely sublime, both musically and lyrically (well, apart from the line "as A human beings", but I'm willing to forgive that).

That's it lads. We are only six songs in, but I'm perfectly confident. This is your Eurovision 2024 winner.

 

[Mainshow]

Artem Pyvovarov as a "backing singer"?!?!?!?!

Wouldn't he outperform all competiting artists combined regarding popularity?!

 

[AlekS]

^ Imo, the timbre is similar to YAKTAK. People also say it's gospel performers.
Artem is too big for Eurovision))

Literally

All participants were asked to reveal their 3 faves

YAKTAK refused to name one fave.
Melovin: Ziferblat, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, Ingret
Drevo: NAHABA, Ingret, NAZVA
Ingret: NAHABA, Ziferblat, Drevo
NAHABA: Ingret, Melovin, YAGODY
Skylerr: YAGODY, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, Ziferblat
Ziferblat:alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, NAZVA, YAGODY
ANKA: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, YAGODY, Skylerr
YAGODY: NAHABA, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, ANKA
NAZVA: Ziferblat, YAKTAK, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil
alyona alyona & Jerry Heil: Ziferblat, YAGODY, Ingret (Melovin was 4th)

 

[Kam2]

Vidbir 2024 Interval acts:

• Ruslana Wild dances
• Jamala Miy brate
• Kalush Orchestra Stefania
• VERKA SERDUCHKA Swedish lullaby
• TVORCHI and NAONI Orchestra Heart of steel
• Tina Karol Troyandy
• Dmytro Shurov and Vidbir 2024 finalists Volodymyr Ivasiuk Medley
• Anastasia Dymyd and Svitlana Tarabarova Kvitka (JESC2023)

 

[AlekS]

For the first time Vidbir will be available in sign language.

Tvorchi, indeed, will perform orchestral version of Heart of Steel (and it slaps ).

 

[AlekS]

Regardless of the result tomorrow, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil have already expanded the geography

Lots of comments from USA, Canada, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Hungary etc.
I've seen the song on Itunes chart in New Zealand. Alyona reposted a video from

Kenya.
The song has already become special because noone has ever gained 9 million+ views on Youtube before the show. Moreover, topped all possible music platforms here at once.

Melovinators lost all the fan polls today o_0.
2000 voters (the poll was influenced by fanbases):

1. alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - 37%
2. Melovin - 27%
3. YAKTAK - 15%
4. YAGODY - 6%
5. NAHABA - 5%

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

For the first time Vidbir will be available in sign language.

Tvorchi will perform orchestral version of Heart of Steel (and it slaps ).

This song was underrated. Can't wait to hear it with orchestra, I can already imagine how it could be arranged.

P.S. Also, they were the most handsome Ukrainians on Eurovision, so maybe I'm a bit biased

 

[AlekS]

This song was underrated. Can't wait to hear it with orchestra, I can already imagine how it could be arranged.

P.S. Also, they were the most handsome Ukrainians on Eurovision, so maybe I'm a bit biased

Btw, this is the same orchestra that performed with ONUKA in Eurovision 2017 interval act:

 

[AlekS]

Melovin's costume?

Come thru, Ellen Melovin

 

[AlekS]

It seems Vidbir won't be hosted in a subway station, as planned originally
Most def all performances have been pre-recorded today for safety reasons.

 

[JSSArcos]

I like most of it here

but

Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil or Ingret and ukraine moves to my 1st place​

 

[MopManMoss]

Btw, this is the same orchestra that performed with ONUKA in Eurovision 2017 interval act:

My favourite interval act of all time

 

[mauve]

Don't understand much the hype around Alyona and Jerry - I am team Melovyn. Love "Dreamer" very much, though he seems to not have a chance today. Will watch this NF today next to Norway!

 

[Mainshow]

Jerry Heil & alyona alyona are winning material (in May) if you ask me.

But I think I'd love Yagody even more (both will be my #1 if they win tonight, though).
Ingret, Melovin would be an excellent option, too.

It's crazy to think that I'm basically starving in the German thread whilst Ukraine got 4 Eurovision-Top3-ready songs in a single year

 

[Realest]

Today, history is in the making.