Kalush Orchestra have won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine with ‘Stefania'.
They won a total of 631 points from the expert juries and televoters.
Kalush Orchestra delivers Ukraine their third Eurovision win!!
Ukraine won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with a total of 631 points. The jury awarded them with 192 points and the public a record 439 points!!!
A record breaking 28 countries (including Australia) gave Ukraine the full 12 points in the televote. They picked up five sets of 12 points from the jury.
The overall top 10 results:
1st - Ukraine 631 points
2nd - United Kingdom 466 points
3rd - Spain 459 points
4th - Sweden 438 points
5th - Serbia 312 points
6th - Italy 268 points
7th - Moldova 253 points
8th - Greece 215 points
9th - Portugal 207 points
10th - Norway 182 points
The jury top 10 results:
1st - United Kingdom 283 points
2nd - Sweden 258 points
3rd - Spain 231 points
4th - Ukraine 192 points
5th - Portugal 171 points
6th - Greece 158 points
7th - Italy 158 points
8th - Netherlands 129 points
9th - Australia 123 points
10th - Azerbaijan 103 points
The televote top 10 results:
1st - Ukraine 439 points
2nd - Moldova 253 points
3rd - Spain 228 points
4th - Serbia 225 points
5th - United Kingdom 183 points
6th - Sweden 180 points
7th - Norway 146 points
8th - Italy 110 points
9th - Poland 105 points
10th - Estonia 98 points
About the artists
Kalush Orchestra is a hip hop folk band made up of rapper Oleh Psiuk, musician Ilhor Didenchuk, beatboxing bagpipes player Vitalii Duzhyk, solo instrumentalist Tymofii Muzychuk, and rapper, DJ and dancer Danyil Chernov.
The band is a side project of Kalush, which only features a few members and focuses on hip hop, rap and beats. The additional members provide the folk and instrumental elements, hence the addition of "orchestra" to the group's name.
The name Kalush comes from the city where the members are from and where they formed the group.
Ihor maybe be familiar name to some as he was part of Go_A's entries in both 2020 and 2021.
About the song
The song 'Stefania' is written by the group and is an ode to Ole Psiuk's mother, whose name is Stefania.
It is performed in Ukrainian, with a mix of musical genres. The chorus is traditional folk while the verses are rapped by lead performer Ole Psiuk.
The full Grand Final results:
Check out our reaction with the results:
Australia in the Grand Final
Sheldon Riley finished in 15th place with 'Not The Same' receiving 125 points.
Who voted for Australia-
Grand Final televote:
Australia received 2 points from the televote from Azerbaijan.
A total of 2 points from the televote.
Grand Final jury vote: Australia received 10 points from Sweden.
8 points from Spain, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Estonia
7 points from Netherlands
6 points from San Marino, United Kingdom, Malta, Poland, Romania, Moldova
5 points from Germany, Israel, North Macedonia
4 points from Switzerland
3 points from Ukraine
2 points from Ireland, Latvia, Italy
1 point from Belgium, Czech Republic
A total of 123 points from the juries.
How Australia voted -
Grand Final Australian televote
12 - Ukraine
10 - Norway
8 - Serbia
7 - United Kingdom
6 - Spain
5 - Sweden
4 - Moldova
3 - Poland
2 - Lithuania
1 - Italy
Grand Final Australian jury
12 - Spain
10 - Sweden
8 - Serbia
7 - Ukraine
6 - Portugal
5 - Belgium
4 - Czech Republic
3 - Italy
2 - Azerbaijan
1 - Estonia
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