Ukraine Festival wins Eurovision and Chanel makes history by reaching third place with its great chanel
Eurovision Ukrainian representatives ask for "immediate help for Ukraine, Mariupol and Azovstal"
The Ukrainian musical group
"Kalush Orchestra",
winner of the 66th edition of Eurovision,
released this Sunday a video
with their song "Stefania" recorded in different parts of their
devastated country, including Bucha,
in the Kiev region and the scene of alleged crimes of war by Russia.
The video, posted on YouTube, starts from a woman in uniform, who travels through the country in ruins carrying
a girl in her arms looking for her mother
, among burning cars, buildings destroyed by bombs, refugee reception points and trains that They try to save them.
The group performs their song
about those same places
, in images alternated with other very hard ones, some of which would have been shot in the Kiev region.
The song is written with
the band leader's mother
in mind , Oleh Psiuk, explains the text that accompanies the video.
"If Stefania is the anthem of our war,
I want it to become our victory now
," the text continues.
The song is written with
the band leader's mother
in mind , Oleh Psiuk, explains the text that accompanies the video.
"If Stefania is the anthem of our war,
I want it to become our victory now
," the text continues.
"Kalush Orchestra" won the Eurovision Song Contest yesterday, held in the Italian city of Turin, with a song that is
interpreted as a hymn to the motherland
and a
denunciation of the war unleashed
with the beginning of the Russian invasion, on 24 February.
After his performance at the Olympic Pala in Turin, from the stage, Psiuk called for "help" for his country, as well as for the city of
Mariupol and the Azovstal steel mill,
where the resistance is entrenched.
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, expressed after his victory the determination to host the celebration of Eurovision next year despite the war.
"
Next year Ukraine will host Eurovision
. We will do everything possible to one day receive Eurovision participants and guests in a Ukrainian Mariupol. Free, peaceful and rebuilt!" Zelenski said in his communication channels.
Ukraine, one of the
favorites in all the
"Eurovision" forecasts prior to this final, won by beating the United Kingdom, in second place, and Spain, represented by Chanel.
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