This duo rehearsed between air raid alarms. Now they're repping Ukraine at Eurovision
Musicians from more than two dozen countries will compete in the grand final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on Saturday, vying for the ultimate title in front of millions of TV viewers worldwide.
There's a special spotlight shining on Ukraine, whose folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra won last year's competition with its patriotic song "Stefania" less than three months after Russia's full-scale invasion.
It's customary for the winning country to host the following year's contest, a famously elaborate production involving thousands of workers and 12 months of preparation. But the U.K., which placed second, stepped in after a panel of experts ruled that the security and logistical questions posed by Russia's ongoing war made it too risky for Ukraine to do so.
This year the country will be represented by the electronic music duo Tvorchi, which consists of Ukrainian producer Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigerian-born vocalist and songwriter Jimoh Augustus Kehinde, who goes by Jeffrey Kenny.
The two met as university students in 2016 and have so far released four studio albums, in addition to
