Kalush Orchestra has announced that they are auctioning off their Eurovision trophy and the lead singer’s signature pink bucket hat to raise funds for the Ukrainian military.
Kalush Orchestra has joined with Ukrainian television personality Serhiy Prytula to auction off their winning Eurovision trophy and lead singer Oleh Psiuk’s signature pink bucket hat.
Oleh’s hat is being raffled off with individuals invited to donate a minimum of 5 Euro to be in with the chance of winning the hat. The Eurovision Song Contest trophy will be given to the individual that donates the highest amount of cryptocurrency to the charity set up by Serhiy Prytula to raise funds for the Ukrainian military.
You can find full details of the raffle and auction below:
At the time of publication around 47,000 Euro already been raised in the six hours since the auctioning and raffle of the items was announced. The group won the contest in Turin, Italy, with a grand total of 631 points. They now hold the record of receiving the highest televote points in the history of the contest, and also finished in 4th with the juries.
Kalush is a rap group formed in 2019, consisting of Oleh Psiuk (rapper), Ihor Didenchuk (multi-instrumentalist), and MC Kilimmen (DJ). Ihor is also a member of Go_A, who represented Ukraine at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. This year, Kalush launched the Kalush Orchestra, which focuses on rap and folk fusion music. Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk joined the core Kalush members for this project.
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