Ukraine: UA:PBC offers to Kalush Orchestra the Eurovision 2022 participation

Ukraine: UA:PBC offers to Kalush Orchestra the Eurovision 2022 participation
Thursday, 17 February 2022

  • The Ukrainian national broadcaster has proposed to Kalush Orchestra the right to represent the nation at Eurovision 2022 in Turin, Italy. 

    Following the withdrawal of Alina Pash, the national final runner-ups have been proposed to fly the flag in Turin after the meeting of the Organizing Committee of the National Selection (Vidbir 2022). 

    Alina Pash withdraw from the competition after allegations about falsifying travel documents regarding her visit to the region of Crimea back in August 2015. Now the the Organising Committee decided to offer the Eurivision 2022 spot to Kalush Orchestra who came second in the national final with the song ' Stefania', which however topped the public voting scoreboard. 

    The public broadcaster released the following decision on the matter: 

    Today, February 17, at an extraordinary meeting of the Organizing Committee of the National Selection for Eurovision-2022, it was decided to apply to the Kalush Orchestra with a proposal to represent Ukraine at the International Song Contest Eurovision-2022 in Turin.

    Kalush Orchestra took second place in the final and received 14 points in total, of which a maximum of 8 points from the audience and 6 points from the judges.

    It should be noted that the Public Broadcaster monitors compliance with the Rules of National Selection and the procedure for determining a representative from Ukraine.

    According to paragraph 3.4 of the Rules, in case of termination of Public participation in the Selection of the participant who is determined / declared the winner of the Selection, Public has the right to decide on the appointment of a representative from Ukraine in the competition from among other finalists.

    It is important for the broadcaster to maintain the trust of the audience in the song contest, so Public offers the band that took second place in the final and received the most support from the audience to represent Ukraine at Eurovision-2022, guided by the principle of ranking the finalists.

    We remind that, on Wednesday, February 16, the Organizing Committee made the decision on the termination of participation in Selection of Alina Pash.

    If  Kalush Orchestra accept the proposal they will be representing Ukraine with their song "Stefania": 

     

     News Source: suspline