StefaniaBy the Kaloch Orchestra, it is the winning song in the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian song was the favorite to win and ended up taking first place in the Saturday night final, live from Turin, a concert hosted by Mica and Laura Bossini, who sang during the concert, as well as Alessandro Cattelan.
It was Ukraine’s third win, having previously won in 2004 and 2016, but it wasn’t an all-night victory: the song He got 439 points from the popular vote, but only got 192 points from the jury, after he was astronaut, by Sam Ryder, the second-last runner-up, at the top of the jury voting table of international experts, with a score of 283 points. Until the last second, it was not known if it would be Ukraine, UK or Spain, with the voice of Chanel and she Slovakia Mo, who was second in the jury’s vote, to win. Spain ended up in third place.
representing Portugal with longing longingMaro, accompanied by Beatriz Pessoa, Beatriz Fonseca, Carolina Leite, Diana Castro and Milhanas, finished ninth. It was the third song heard at the beginning of the night, and it won fifth place in the professional jury’s vote, with a score of 171 points. She then received 36 points in the popular vote, for a total of 207. “Great artist, incredible song,” Laura Bussini, one of the presenters, commented when announcing the final points. The Portuguese jury, represented by Tatanka, the lead singer of the Black Mamba, gave the representatives of Portugal last year, 12 points, the maximum score, for the Spanish song, while Spain did not give any points to the neighboring country.
The Kaloosh Orchestra is a side project of the rap group Kaloosh, released by the legendary American hip-hop label Def Jam, dedicated to a blend of traditional Ukrainian and folk music with hip-hop. A popular rap song sung entirely in Ukrainian about a mother and her two sons Sobelka, a type of Ukrainian flute, is in a prominent position. It was not the winning group of the Ukrainian festival that decides the Eurovision contestant, but Alina Bash, who won the opportunity to participate, withdrew due to the controversy over a trip to Russia (a country that did not participate in the competition this year, having been suspended in February after the invasion of Ukraine).
Represents Germany with rock stars, for Malik Harris, got no points from the professional jury, six points from the popular vote, while Switzerland got boys cryFor Marius Behr, he got no points from the popular vote, 78 from the professional jury vote.
In addition to the countries mentioned, the 25 songs in the competition also included the Czech Republic, Romania, Finland, France, Norway, Armenia, Italy, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Moldova, Sweden, Australia and Poland. Serbia and Estonia.
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