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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Christopher Megrath

Reigning champs Kalush Orchestra 'very happy' to see Eurovision in Liverpool

The reigning champions of the Eurovision stage touched down in Liverpool yesterday to the delight of many eager fans.

Kalush Orchestra stormed the Eurovision 2022 competition with Sefania, forever changing the landscape of what a winning track should look, sound and feel like. The folk-rap anthem smashed the voting system all over Europe and ushered in one of the most united contests we've ever seen.

Due to the ongoing Russian invasion, Ukraine was not able to hold the contest, which is why Liverpool is currently doing so. During the bidding process, the city promised to push Ukrainian culture, heritage, music, art and history to the forefront of every Eurovision celebration, birthing the world's first EuroFestival.

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