Ukrainian band Kalush said Wednesday
they were tipped to win the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin
next week "even before the war".
"Some people are saying we could win because of the war, but our
song was among the five favourites before the start of the
conflict, which means people like it regardless", said frontman
Oleh Psiuk (alias The Psiuchyi Son).
The group have got special permission to leave their country for
the ESC, but one of them stayed in Ukraine to fight.
Their song, a folk/hip hop fusion written before the war, is
dedicated to their mothers.
"It's a piece about my mother," said Psiuk.
"I've never dedicated a song to her before and I'm not at all
sure that our relationship has been particularly intense in the
past, but I know she deserves this song.
"This is the best thing I've ever done for her. Then, with the
eruption of the war the meaning spread to all the mothers who
are protecting their children".
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