Ukraine Reveals Its Eurovision Act From Bomb Shelter in Kyiv – Billboard

Ukraine has grow to be one of many first international locations to pick which musical act will characterize it in subsequent 12 months’s Eurovision contest, however even that joyous second is marked by the impression of ongoing warfare with Russia. After a virtually four-hour showdown throughout which a handful of finalists carried out songs for consideration, digital music duo TVORCHI was chosen because the Jap nation’s official opponents — all of which came about from a bomb shelter in Kyiv.

The choice showcase, often called Vidbir, was livestreamed on-line from an underground metro station, which has been used as a bomb shelter since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, based on BBC and Eurovision. It was transformed right into a efficiency area for the present, which aired Saturday (Dec. 17).

“We did the whole lot doable to carry this Vidbir in full swing, and as soon as once more unite Ukrainians round this necessary alternative for the largest music stage in Europe,” Ukraine’s head of delegation at Eurovision Oksana Skybinska instructed BBC. “The choice to go underground was the primary one taken. It made us really feel positive that the present itself might go on uninterrupted as a result of regardless of if we’ve got air raid alerts the work might proceed.”

TVORCHI’s Andrii Hutsuliak and Jimoh Augustus Kehinde carried out their tune “Coronary heart of Metal” for his or her Vidbir entry, backed by dancers carrying gold gasoline masks and a visible results display divided into 4 quadrants. “Don’t care what you say, don’t care how you are feeling,” sang Kehinde, wearing a gold jumpsuit. “Get out of my manner ’trigger I obtained a coronary heart of metal.”

Close to the tip of the present, the pair stood alongside their fellow opponents onstage and listened as host Timur Miroshnychenko introduced that they’d be those to maneuver on to the worldwide Eurovision tune contest, the place they’ll battle towards acts from 36 different international locations.

Now that the duo is formally headed to Eurovision — scheduled to happen in Could 2023 in Liverpool — TVORCHI has some huge sneakers to fill. Ultimately 12 months’s contest, Ukrainian’s Kalush Orchestra was victorious, profitable for its hip-hop tune “Stefania.”

Watch TVORCHI’s profitable efficiency of “Coronary heart of Metal” beneath: