Stephanie, performed by the Kalush Orchestra, became the winning song of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian song was the favorite to win and took first place in the final, which took place this Saturday evening live from Turin, the ceremony was presented by Mika and Laura Pausini, who sang during the ceremony, as well as Alessandro Cattelan.
It was the third victory for Ukraine, before that she won in 2004 and 2016, but it was not a sure victory throughout the night: song received 439 points from the popular vote, but only 192 points from the jury, being SPACE MAN, written by Sam Ryder, ranked second in the international expert jury voting table with 283 points. Until the last second, it was not known whether it would be Ukraine, Great Britain or Spain, the voice of Chanel and her SloMo, which took second place in the closed voting of the jury. Spain was in third place.
Portugal in the face melancholy, melancholy, performed by MARO, accompanied by Beatriz Pessoa, Beatriz Fonseca, Carolina Leite, Diana Castro and Milhanas finished ninth. It was the third song played at the start of the night and came fifth in the professional jury’s vote with 171 points. Then in the popular vote, he scored 36 points, a total of 207. “Incredible artist, incredible song,” commented Laura Pausini, one of the presenters, announcing the final points. The Portuguese jury, represented by Tatanka, the lead singer of The Black Mamba, last year’s representatives from Portugal, gave the Spanish song 12 points, the maximum score, while Spain gave no points to the neighboring country.
Kalush Orchestra is a side project of the rap group Kalush, released by the legendary American hip-hop label Def Jam, dedicated to mixing folk and traditional Ukrainian music with hip-hop. A folk-rap song, performed entirely in Ukrainian, is about a mother and has sopilka, a type of Ukrainian flute, in prominence. The band did not win the Ukrainian festival that determines the Eurovision contestant, but Alina Pash, who won the chance to participate, withdrew due to disagreements over a trip to Russia (a country that did not compete this year). stopped in February after the invasion of Ukraine).
Germany in the face Rockstars Malik Harris received zero points from the professional jury, six from the popular vote, while Switzerland with The boys are cryingcreated by Marius Béart, received zero points in the popular vote and 78 points in the professional jury vote.
In addition to the mentioned countries, 25 songs from the Czech Republic, Romania, Finland, France, Norway, Armenia, Italy, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Moldova, Sweden, Australia, Poland took part in the competition. , Serbia and Estonia.
