Ukraine wins 66th Eurovision Song Contest, Portugal in ninth place
Ukraine won the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Turin, Italy, at night, the Portuguese representation, in charge of Maro, played nowhere.
The victory in Ukraine, the third in Ukraine’s Eurovision, with “S” fania, essentially for the victory, not having the United Kingdom, which won in the jury’s vote, for the victory of Ukraine’s vision, the 631 votes by the Popular Orchestra, by the Ukraine 439 of them given by popular vote.
In the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, together with national juries and popular votes, the United Kingdom came in second and Spain in popular votes.
Portugal reached the ninth place, a position that it had already obtained in two other countries, after achieving a fifth place when counting only one vote of the juries.
Ukraine “Saudade, Saudade por Maro, maximum repetition, did not have a vote in the evaluation of several countries of 10 points to Portugal to Portugal.
Of the 40 national juries devoted to Portuguese song, 29 countries had it, with Portugal having 171 points. The United Kingdom, which was alone in this assessment in first place, had obtained 283 points.
In the popular vote Portugal got only 36 points.
In the Song of Song countries 25 countries out of the final 40 that make up the Festival, in Eurovision competition.
The 66th edition of the festival, held annually in Europe, since 41 years, which has promoted the contest since the European Union of 41, which promoted the contest, announced in 25 of Ukraine the day after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia would be left out .
In tonight’s performance, the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra asked for help for their country as well as for the city of Mariupol and for the Azovstal steelworks, following the Russian invasion.
“Please help Ukraine, please help Mariupol, please help Azovstal,” said the sextet’s leader, Olenh Psink, in a message in which he called for international intervention to help the group of soldiers barricaded in the factory, the last stronghold of the resistance. Ukrainian in the port city.
Favorite song “Stefania”, with its fusion of favorite electronic and ‘hip hop’ elements, became an anthem to the motherland and was a favorite to win the night.
The Portuguese representative, Maro, won the Song Festival in March, with “Saudade, Saudade”. Maro is the artistic name of Mariana Secca, from Lisbon, who in 2018 edited her first album.
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1964, having, however, failed five editions (in 1970, 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2016).
Between 2004 and 2007, inclusive, and 2011, in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019, Portugal passed the passage to the final.
Portugal won the contest for the first and only time in 2017, with the theme “Love for the two”, performed by Salvador Sobral and composed by Luísa Sobral. Following the victory, Lisbon hosted the competition the following year.
FP (JRS) // LFS