Wave of love from across Europe carries Ukraine to Eurovision VICTORY

Wow. This year’s Eurovision Song Contest played out in a dramatic and ultimately really heartening way. As the bookies had predicted, Ukraine won by a comfortable margin with ‘Stefania’, an infectious folk-rap hybrid performed with a defiant sense of national pride by Kalush Orchestra. It was a worthy winner, but also an incredibly stirring one. The grand final began with a pointed group performance of John Lennon‘s ‘Give Peace A Chance’ and ended with a Ukrainian act emerging triumphant in front of an enormous global audience. The message from the 40 nations that compete and vote in Eurovision was impossible to miss: we see you, and we have your back. For the UK, this year’s contest was all about the redemption arc. Before Sam Ryder gave us a comeback for …
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