Kalush Orchestra celebrate their qualification to the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022 PHOTO: AFP/ MARCO BERTORELLO
Favourites Ukraine qualified for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the first semi final on Tuesday.
"We understand that we must be totally focused and concentrated, because we are here to show that Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian music exist," lead singer of Kalush Orchestra, Oleh Psiuk, told journalists at a news conference after the results came through.
The folk-rap group's song "Stefania", dedicated to Psiuk's mother, has been the favourite to win over the past week of rehearsals.
They will be joined in the final by Norway, Switzerland, Armenia, Lithuania, Iceland, Portugal, Greece, Moldova and the Netherlands, as well as 10 further qualifiers from Thursday's semi-final and the "Big 5" who automatically qualify: Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political luminary Rob Reiner made his first court appearance on Wednesday, charged with double murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, but the arraignment was postponed for three weeks, and he did not enter a plea.
Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances.
The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner has been formally charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found slain in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.
A second California doctor has been sentenced on Tuesday to eight months of home confinement for illegally supplying "Friends" star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor's fatal drug overdose in a hot tub in 2023.
The son of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner has been jailedas a suspect in the killing of his parents after they were found dead in their home over the weekend, Los Angeles police said on Monday.
Global Village, the region’s premier multicultural family destination, is preparing to ring in 2026 with a spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration on Wednesday, December 31.
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