Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
Jury and public vote scores aggregated, Ukraine claimed the win with 631 overall points, followed by the United Kingdom (466 points) and Spain (459 points).
This year, Ukraine was represented by the Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania.
After the performance, the band called on the world to save the defenders of Mariupol blocked at Azovstal steelworks.
Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra asked the world to help Ukrainian Mariupol and evacuate people from Azovstal plant
— Rubryka – Solutions from Ukraine (@RubrykaEng) May 14, 2022
✊🏻🇺🇦 Help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help Azovstal right NOW
Наші Kalush Orchestra на сцені Євробачення! pic.twitter.com/nLSJZ5q1SI
— Рубрика (@rubryka) May 14, 2022
#Ukraine has won the @Eurovision 2022 with record support from the public! #KalushOrchestra, well done!
Europe and Australia, see you in Ukraine next year for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023! (russia will not be invited, of course) pic.twitter.com/IrF5xfJV7M
— Rubryka – Solutions from Ukraine (@RubrykaEng) May 14, 2022
This is Ukraine's third win in Eurovision Song Contest, following the victories of Ruslana in 2004 and Jamala in 2016.