TVORCHI position for an image at journalism seminar of the victors of the nationwide option for the International Song Contest Eurovision 2023, Kyiv, Ukraine. Hennadii Minchenko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing through GI
Ukraine has actually turned into one of the initial nations to choose which music act will certainly represent it in following year’s Eurovision competition, yet also that wondrous minute is noted by the influence of recurring battle withRussia After an almost four-hour showdown throughout which a handful of finalists done tunes for factor to consider, digital songs duo TVORCHI was picked as the Eastern country’s main rivals– every one of which occurred from an air-raid shelter inKyiv
The option display, referred to as Vidbir, was livestreamed online from a below ground city terminal, which has actually been made use of as an air-raid shelter considering that Russia invaded Ukraine in February, according to BBC and alsoEurovision It was exchanged an efficiency room for the program, which broadcast Saturday (Dec 17).
“We did everything possible to hold this Vidbir in full swing, and once again unite Ukrainians around this important choice for the biggest music stage in Europe,” Ukraine’s head of delegation at Eurovision Oksana Skybinska informed BBC“The decision to go underground was the first one taken. It made us feel sure that the show itself could go on uninterrupted because no matter if we have air raid alerts the work could continue.”
TVORCHI’s Andrii Hutsuliak and also Jimoh Augustus Kehinde did their tune “Heart of Steel” for their Vidbir entrance, backed by professional dancers putting on gold gas masks and also an aesthetic impacts display split right into 4 quadrants. “Don’t care what you say, don’t care how you feel,” sang Kehinde, worn a gold one-piece suit. “Get out of my way ’cause I got a heart of steel.”
Near completion of the program, both stood along with their fellow rivals onstage and also paid attention as host Timur Miroshnychenko revealed that they would certainly be the ones to proceed to the global Eurovision tune competition, where they’ll fight versus acts from 36 other countries.
Now that the duo is formally headed to Eurovision– arranged to happen in May 2023 in Liverpool– TVORCHI has some huge footwear to fill up. At in 2014’s competition, Ukrainian’s Kalush Orchestra overcame, winning for its hip-hop tune “Stefania.”
Watch TVORCHI’s winning efficiency of “Heart of Steel” listed below:
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