Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra decide to auction off their Eurovision trophy & pink bucket hat to support the Ukrainian army
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The winners of Eurovision 2022, Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, have decided to auction off their Eurovision trophy and the pink bucket hat in order to support financially the Ukrainian military.
With an unprecedented decision in the contest's history, the winners of this year's competition, Kalush Orchestra, have decided to aucition the they won after triumphing in Turin a few weeks ago.
The Ukrainian Eurovision 2022 winners are taking the initiative and joined forces with the TV persona Serhiy Prytula to auction the trophy the won in Turin and the pink bucket hat of the leading singer Oleh Psiuk.
The band released the following statement on their official instagram account:
For the first time in @eurovision history the winners @kalush.official auction off their trophy to help the Ukrainian Army!
You can make their victory symbol work for another big victory for Ukraine!!🇺🇦 And get the iconic pink bucket hat of Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk for 5€ only!
Make entry donation of 5€ (or 200UAH) at the bank account in bio. The more you donate, the more chances to win you get. After the raffle stops, @monobank.ua partners will use a randomizer to pick the winner from all who donated.
The Eurovision glass mic trophy will go to the one who donates the most in crypto or in traditional currency. Link to the crypto wallet in bio.
The hat raffle and trophy auction ends May 28, 19:00.
The benefit is organized together with Army volunteer @siriy_ua
Kalush Orchestra won the record-breaking amount of televotes! Now let’s break a record of charity donations! Join the challenge and share this post in your stories!
All raised funds go to @prytulafoundation which helps supply the Ukrainian Army. Every euro you donate will help save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers!
#StefaniaForUkraineA few words for Kalush Orchestra
Kalush is a Ukrainian rap group formed in 2019. The group consists of founder and rapper Oleh Psiuk, multi-instrumentalist Ihor Didenchuk, and DJ MC Kilimmen. Didenchuk is also a member of electro-folk band Go_A. In 2021, Kalush announced the launch of a parallel project, Kalush Orchestra. Unlike the main band, Kalush Orchestra focuses on rap with folk motifs and Ukrainian traditional music. The core members of Kalush were joined by multi-instrumentalists Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk.
Kalush was formed in 2019 and named after Psiuk's hometown of Kalush, Ukraine.The band's first music video for the song "Не маринуй" was released on their official YouTube channel on October 17, 2019.After the release of their second music video "Ти гониш" in November 2019, Kalush signed an agreement with the American hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings. On February 19, 2021, the band's debut album HOTIN was released. On July 23, 2021, Kalush together with rapper Skofka released their second album entitled ЙО-ЙО.
Following Alina Pash's withdrawal from the competition after allegations about falsifying travel documents regarding her entry in the region of Crimea back in August 2015, 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.
Kalush Orchestra took part on May 12 in the 1st semi final achieving to qualify by winning the semifinal. The Ukrainian representatives brought the third trophy to Ukraine after winning the Grand final. The band accomplished to came 4th in the jury voting and by topping the televoting with the record breaking amount of 439 points won the competition with the overall score of 631 points.
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