Ukraine: TVORCHI win Vidbir 2023 and will fly the flag in Liverpool

• TVORCHI won the national final in Ukraine and will be representing the country at Eurovision 2023 with their song 'Heart of Steel'. 

  TVORCHI will be successing Kalush Orchestra , after winning the national final for Eurovision 2023 with their song 'Heart of Steel'. 

  The national final show took place art  Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv and was presented by Timur Miroshnychenko, Zlata Ognevich and Kateryna Pavlenko. Timur has been the Ukrainian Eurovision commentator since 2007 and hosted also Eurovision 2017 in Kiev. Zlata rerpesented the nation back in 2013 with 'Gravity' achieving a 3rd place for Ukraine in Malmo. Kateryna is the leading vocalist of the band Go_A that were the Ukrainian hopefuls in 2020 and 2021 finishing 5th in Rotterdam with their song 'Shum'.

  A total of 10 acts battled for the right to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2023. Namely the stage took this evening:

   

  1. Moisei — “I’m Not Alone”

   

  2. OY Sound System — “Oy, tuzhu” (Oh, longing)

   

  3. DEMCHUK — “Alive”

   

  4. Jerry Heil — “WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR”

   

  5. FIINKA — “Dovbush”

   

  6. KRUTЬ — “Kolyskova” (Lullaby)

   

  7. Tember Blanche — “Ya vdoma” (I’m home)

   

   

  8. Angelina — “Stronger”

   

  9. 2TONE — “Kvitka” (Flower)

   

  10. TVORCHI — “Heart Of Steel”

   

  The results

  The outcome of the selection was determined by televoting and jury voting. This year the jurors forming the jury panel have been selected via public voting which decided that the following three will server as jurors of the national final: 

  • Taras Topolya is the leader of the antytila group, a volunteer of the 130th battalion of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Volunteer, co-founder of the charitable foundation "ANTYTILA";
  • Jamala, a singer and songwriter. Winner of the "Award for Outstanding Leadership of the Artist" from the Atlantic Council of the United States in 2022 and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
  • Julia Sanina is the frontwoman of the rock band The HARDKISS. Songwriter, composer. She was on the jury and mentor of the talent show "X-Factor", a participant in the TV show "Dancing with the Stars".

   

  Once all the results from both voting bodies were added up this is how scoreboard looked like bringing TVORCHI in first place and securing their spot in the Eurovision 2023 class. 

  

  TVORCHI with their song 'Heart of Steel' will be competing directly in the Grand final show on May 13, 2023 in Liverpool as in the last edition Ukraine was the winning country of the contest, despite not been able to host the competition.  

  Take a look at TVORCHI's first thoughts after their national final victory: 

   

  News Source/Images: UA:PBC 

   

   

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Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.