Ukraine’s representative at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, TVORCHI have released a revamped version of their entry “Heart of Steel”.
TVORCHI have released their revamped version of the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. “Heart of Steel” was the first song to be selected for the contest back in late 2022, and since then, the duo has been working on changes to the song ahead of the contest. Changes include parts of the song changed to Ukrainian from English and new production elements.
TVORCHI will compete in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023 on May 13. Despite not being able to host the contest, Ukraine automatically qualifies for the final as the reigning champions.
Who are TVORCHI?
TVORCHI are a duo consisting of Andrii Hutsuliak and Jimoh Augustus Kehinde. Andrii is from Vilkhovets in western Ukraine while Jimoh is from Nigeria. The duo met while they were both students at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Ternopil National Medical University. TVORCHI were selected to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2023 after winning Vidbir 2023. They finished second in the jury vote and first in the public vote.
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Ukraine first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, when Oleksandr Ponomariov performed “Hasta la vista”. The following year Ruslana brought the country their first win with the song “Wild Dances”. It was a feat that would be replicated in 2016 by Jamala with her song “1944”; her emotionally charged song scored a record 534 points to take victory in Stockholm. In 2017 O.Torvald represented the country on home soil with the song “Time”. The group finished in 24th place, Ukraine’s worst result at the contest to date. Kalush Orchestra gave Ukraine their third victory in 2022 with “Stefania”. Ukraine is the last remaining country with a 100% semi-final qualification record.
