Kalush Orchestra
Kalush Orchestra is a Ukrainian folk-hip hop group founded in 2021 as a side project of Kalush, performing hip-hop music in the Ukrainian language. They represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Stefania" and went on to win the competition, securing Ukraine's third Eurovision win. Kalush Orchestra combines elements of Ukrainian folk music with modern production, hip-hop dance, and Ukrainian-language rap. History

Creation 
Kalush Orchestra was created in 2021 as a group of six musicians, as well as a side project of rap group Kalush, which was founded in 2019. The name comes from the city of Kalushfrontman Oleh Psiuk's hometown in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Eurovision Song Contest and subsequent ventures 

On 12 February 2022, Kalush Orchestra competed to  in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "". In the final of the national selection Vidbir, they placed second with 14 points (six from the jury and eight from the audience). Due to technical difficulties that occurred during the voting process, Psiuk believed that Alina Pash had been wrongly chosen as the winner. Despite coming in second place, the band were offered the chance to represent Ukraine at Eurovision, after Pash withdrew her candidacy due to controversy regarding her travel history in Crimea. On 22 February, Kalush Orchestra accepted the offer. On the same day, the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne published the official voting results of Vidbir 2022, confirming that Pash had been correctly chosen as the winner, contrary to Psiuk's claims. The group won the Eurovision final on 14 May with 631 points, securing Ukraine's third Eurovision victory. "" became the first song with rap lyrics to win the contest, as well as the winning song with the highest number of televote points in the history of the contest. The group later announced that they would put their Eurovision trophy up for auction to raise money for the Ukrainian armed forces. The trophy was sold for , with proceeds earmarked for purchase of combat drones for Ukraine's military. The group subsequently embarked on a promotional tour across Europe and North America to raise awareness and donations for Ukrainian efforts in combating the Russian invasion. In November 2022, the group performed "Oy na hori" and "Stefania" at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards. On 12 July 2023, the group released "Chase" and "Human" as part of the Spotify Singles project. The tracks were recorded at Spotify Studios in Los Angeles. Members

Current members 
 Oleh Psiukrap
 vocals and instrumentals
 vocals
 Oleksandr Kondratiukvocals and instrumentals
 instrumentals
 MC KylymMen ()breakdance

Past members 

  (2021–2023)instrumentals
 Andriy Handziuk (Johnny Dyvinyi) (2021–2023)vocals and instrumentals

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

References 

2021 establishments in Ukraine
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2022
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ukraine
Eurovision Song Contest winners
Musical groups established in 2021
Pop-folk music groups
Ukrainian anti-war activists
Ukrainian hip hop groups