Vocal Coach Reacts to UKRAINE Winning Eurovision l Kalush Orchestra - Stefania l 

i agree w you SO much. i don’t get how ppl think this didn’t deserve to win. the vocals were there, the modern and traditional combo made it so refreshing and it reminded me of how eurovision used to be before most countries just tried to replicate main stream north american pop songs. i love this

For people who don't know the meaning behind the song, it was dedicated to one of the singers mom.

As a Ukrainian who is in Ukraine right now, I have to say that this overwhelming support from all European countries meant a lot to us! We don't have a lot of reasons to celebrate right now, and this was very meaningful! I love the song, I loved UK, Spain, Sweden songs very much too! But in these times we're very grateful for any kind of support 💙💛 even winning a song contest. It's also a way for us to tell more people about what's happening here right now. Day after the win Kalush Orchestra released a video for the song filmed in Kyiv, Bucha and Borodianka, cities totally destroyed by russian troops.

I was in the crowd this year, and the live performance was FUCKING GREAT. The lights were incredible and the singing was amazing, it just felt so alive.

The instrument that a lot of people have been mistaking to be the flute is actually a Ukrainian instrument called "Sopilka” But theres another instrument called “Telenka” ALSO I’M SO SORRY FOR CONFUSING EVERYONE INCLUDING TRISTAN GAAAAA I DIDN’T MEAN TO JUST FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE TELENKA PART :( thanks for the likes x

Also, I loved that they sing in their own language! Really appreciate that.

I have to say people are ALWAYS pissed with the winner. Maybe in 2012 when Loreen from Sweden won was the only time I remember no one was really pissed. Thanks for your reaction! I voted for the UK, Spain and Poland from Ukraine.

I quote the translation: "Mother Stephania Stephania mother The field is blooming, but her hair is getting grey Mother, sing me the lullaby I want to hear your dear word She was rocking me as a baby, she gave me a rhythm, And you can‘t take willpower from me, as I got it from her I think she knew more than King Solomon. I‘ll always find my way home, even if all roads are destroyed She wouldn‘t wake me up even if there was a storm outside Or if there was a storm between her and grandma, She trusted me over everyone else Even when she was tired, she just kept rocking me Lully-lully-lullaby Mother Stephania Stephania mother The field is blooming, but her hair is getting grey Mother, sing me the lullaby I want to hear your dear word I‘m not a kid anymore, but she will always treat me like one I‘m not a kid anymore, but she keeps worrying about me, anytime I‘m out Mother, you are still young. If I don‘t appreciate your kindness, I‘m moving towards a dead-end But my love for you has no end. Mother Stephania Stephania mother The field is blooming, but her hair is getting grey Mother, sing me the lullaby I want to hear your dear word" ...because for me the song hits different when you understand the lyrics, or even watch theit official music video... damn.

I hope ur reacting to the U.K., Spain, Sweden, Serbia, Italy, Greece and Australia, all of these are pretty vocally impressive

This song was absolutely popping!! Can't believe people are miffed about it winning. 🇺🇦

With or without the war, I think the song is a banger- also there was sooooooooooo many ballads😂

They did sooo well. I've been listening to their song on repeat. My other favorites include Norway, Belgium, Poland, & Lithuania.

While I wasn’t surprised that they won, I also wasn’t mad about it because I genuinely liked the song so much compared to all of them (Spain being next). I watched Eurovision with 6 other friends and we all rated the songs after they were performed. Ukraine got the highest (we were all vibing and bobbing our head to it, while other songs we started talking over cause we got bored of them/they sounded like every other Western song out there), UK second, and Spain third (I preferred Spain over UK). We practically predicted the top 3 before the results were out 😂. I feel like a third of the people who watched/listened to this, went in with a preconceived idea that it was going to be trash but still win because of the whole situation, and they didn’t budge from that idea. I also feel like another third say they didn’t deserve to win, didn’t actually watch or listen to it, they just knew Ukraine were only going to win because of the war and therefore felt the right to trash on it, and the last third didn’t like it because it’s very different to what’s mainstream/what they’re used to hearing. Idk, maybe I like it because my taste in music is wiiiide from folksongs to hard rock. On a funny note, two of my friend decided to take a shot every time a jury gave UK 12 points. They thought it was going to be a safe bet since the UK has notoriously done horribly. They ended up doing 8 shots more than they thought they would 😂

I am so happy they won. I had a feeling when I heard this song for the first time that they would.

They so deserved i think they would be top 3 even if the war wasn’t going on because the song is so good and ukraine literally placed second last year

i don’t understand the people who are mad about Ukraine winning. of course there was some sympathy voting, no one is denying that, but isn’t that the whole point of Eurovision? it’s a friendly european musical competition that is made to promote unity and solidarity, it would’ve been a disgrace if Ukraine didn’t win! and ukraine knew that and could’ve just sent a boring ballad, but they went above and beyond with their song choice. their entry is so good, catchy, original, emotional, with elements of folklore… i’m really happy that the Ukrainian song won, bc not only did the artists deserve it, but it also sent Ukrainian people an important message of support and solidarity

As an european I can truly say that ukraine and Portugal won my heart instantly. I was super happy for ukraine - it was well deserved.

The rap flow was so clean! Chorus was amazing, Flute was hypnotic, dancing was great. Glad this song that represents their country won vs English Ballads that everyone else sings.

Oh wow. The visuals, apart from their vocals, are beyond majestic. It’s cool to see Ukrainians joining Eurovision this year after all the bad things that went down in their country. This performance sort of symbolizes them getting back up again after dealing with such immense difficulties.

Maybe they wouldn't have won if the war wasn't going on, but we'll never know. They were top 5 in the odds even before the war broke out and they pretty much always do well. There is literally no point in speculating. All I know is it's one of the few songs I've added to a playlist this year and imo a very worthy winner! 💙💛

The official video was recently released on the Kalush Orchestra channel. There are English subtitles, and the video explains the meaning of the song. The video for this song was shot in cities occupied by russian troops. So everyone really should watch! And thank you for your reaction. Hello from Ukraine! Слава Україні!

I’ve been listening to this song on repeat. It’s such a tune. And now I know the lyrics I love it even more. The whole thing is beautiful. They deserved to win xx

This is a BOP, I voted for them and think they are very deserving winners! And I'm very proud that we (UK) came second, Sam Ryder is a ledge. Poland and France were ROBBED this year

Can you react to Ukraine's submission from last year... it's SO GOOD and other youtube vocal coaches have been toxic af about a vocal style they don't understand

If you like Stefania, you will probably also enjoy Moldova’s song 🇲🇩 ! I personally thought those two songs were the best overall and Moldova got done dirty by the official juries!!! they received a lot of points from the public though, which I think is the best indicator of how good a song actually is. Some more Eurovision reactions I would love to see from you: Azerbaijan, Italy and Sweden! ❤️‍🔥

LOVED every second of their performance!! The lead hits an A4 better than I do these days 😉! Have a wonderful & blessed week Tristan (& 👑 Cat) 🤗💜🙏🏻!

I’m Italian and I’m very happy the won. They deserve it!

I do agree that they won. I'm gonna say I loved Ukraine last year as well with Go_A. But the vocalist is in both groups, so they deserves it. I personally loved Serbia. I thought they had a traditional vibe as well. And of course as a Dutchie, I loved s10 as well🙏 but in general... the competition was high this year! Lots of good and fun artists

I loved Ukraine's song!!! Really happy that they won and I really do not understand why people keep saying that they did not deserve the win. Then who deserved the win?? In my opinion they were the Best: traditional mixed with pop. Yeah, there were a lot of good songs this year. Please react to Moldova!!!

Thank you for your reaction and all positive words! From Ukraine with love🇺🇦❤️

I’m British and I couldn’t be happier that the Ukraine won. They were incredible, it was not a sympathy thing at all 💖

This year's Eurovision was really special for all Ukrainians and everyone here was ready for disqualification. But his words after the performance were more important than the song. Everyone were crying after this, even ukrainian commentator. I wish you looked up the video for the song they posted after the winning.

YESSS you should react more to Eurovision!

Yeesss, finally someone appreciates Tymofiy’s vocals in this performance, he is an absolute icon!✨💛💙

In my opinion, there's always a lot of people who get mad at the winning song and they always write "so undeserved" etc. on social media. But this year, those people seem to have a concrete reason (invasion of Ukraine) why this song won, so the uproar online gets way more intense. I think that Ukraine wouldn't have won under regular circumstances, because Europe tends to choose regular Pop songs as winners. But as you said, this song manages to combine traditional and modern elements, so honestly, it is the perfect winner for Eurovision.

As somebody who visited Ukraine 9 times, spend several weeks and visited some 35 cities all across the Ukraine... this actually captures Ukraine so well. Ukraine always to me was always impressive. THey might not be the richests of countries, but their cities were (are) well kept. And each city hads lots of statues, street art, murals. They built statues to poets... or bee keepers or trees. In Odessa, there is museum with has display of statues of folk and fairy tale characters. Ukrainians wear vyshyvankas (traditional embroided blouses) to rock concerts. You can find restaurants that serve varenyky (traditional dumplings) and borsch (beet soup) alongside of sushi and pizza. Ukraine was never afraid to embrace modernity while having a tight grasp on their roots. okay, i am going to cry for 30 minutes now. Thanks for the video.

With the official video this song gots a new meaning. There are English subtitles. Please, have a look on their official channel ‘Kalush Orchestra’. It worth. And I am very proud they released the video AFTER the competition. I cried a lot, as I am Ukrainian and I personally saw the same destructions in other villages & cities. And I rewatched that video for several times to understand 4 different stories shown.

You should react to the netherlands their entry, de diepte by S10, her vocals were incredible in the grand final! And it was the first dutch song in 12 years i believe so it was a big big deal

You should react to Spain after the UK! You will get cray with how she managed to sing with all the insane choreography. They finished 3rd behind the UK.

Kalush Orchestra deserved to win as much as Sam Ryder did, people using the war as a reason to take away from Ukraine's win are literally the worst. They won the televoting by a landslide because that song is actually amazing!! And most importantly, this win would have meant more for Ukraine rather than the UK, you don't see Sam Ryder or the people for UK complaining about it.

They released a video for the song the day after the finale. You should check it out because it also has subtitles for the song (and get some tissues because everyone I know who has watched it cryied like a baby)

You should definitely check out the Polish entry, the best voice and technique out of all this year's performances.

To be fair, Eurovision votes are usually very politically motivated. And no matter how good or bad the Ukrainian entry was going to be, they were expected to place high because of the political support. I don't think there is a point in being upset about it. I like the fact that the political messaging of Eurovision was used for good here.

I swear when saw the thumbnail I was 100% ready to go into full proud European mode and gatekeep Eurovision from unappreciative clueless Americans, but Tristan doesn’t disappoint Anyways, great hair!

Please more Eurovision Reactions 🙏🏼 You should definitely react to the United Kingdom. They probably would have won in another year

im from Russia, and i truly found this song beautiful, as well as last year’s song. the thing is, i even learnt lyrics, not sure if im pronouncing them right, but i love it with all my heart. Just want to send Ukraine love and support from me and all my friends. the war is terrifying, and im devastated that i cannot help in any way except writing comments on youtube. hope mr p**in leaves finally, for the sake of the whole world, and for the sake of russian people who he has put in jail for speaking their truth. 🕊🇺🇦

You should also react to "SPACE MAN" by Sam Ryder (UK's 🇬🇧 representative this year) and "SloMo" by Chanel (Spain's 🇪🇸 representative). They came 2nd and 3rd, respectively. They were absolutely fantastic 😌!

You could also react to the German Eurovision song. It landed on the last place with only 6 points. I would find it interesting to know if you think their ranking was deserved. Love your videos 💕

We need a reaction for spain, serbia, poland and portugal pleeaase !!!

I wasn't surprised that they won. I liked Australia's as well.

Hello, Tristan! Thank you so much for your reaction. I've been watching you for 5 years and I am so so happy right now. Thank you for your profecionalism, for everything. So much love from Ukraine, Thank you!

Thank you for the interesting commentary on it! I saw so many people hating on Ukraine and Ukrainians in general because their favs didn't win while forgetting what the contest is supposed to be about - bringing unity and promoting friendship between nations. And to those who say that now the contest has become political - it's always had politics in it (e.g. songs with subtle political lyrics, political bloc voting, countries refusing to participate because of Israel - I mean, you can find a whole Wikipedia article about it). Still, for some reason, everyone gets mad only when it involves Ukraine. Our country is very proud of this song and Kalush Orchestra, and this song became a symbol of hope and love here. We're waiting for the day when we can sing it to celebrate our victory in this horrific war. And we're incredibly grateful to everyone who supported us in any way. Thank you and slava Ukraini!

But I love the Ukrain song. It’s so good, catchy and rhythmic.

Also important to note: it is forbidden to use things like auto tune and playback. Everything is live and I think that’s really impressive

I simply love your review!! It is an amazing song indeed 🥰

Hi! as a Spanish person I'm honestly so proud of what we brought to eurovision this year, our performer was given SO MUCH shit here in spain when she was chosen to go, some politicians even tried to boycott her, change her lyrics, etc (ofc they are congratulating her now) , but she was amazing tbh,, you should definitely react to her bc she worked her ass off to be able to sing and dance and sound fantastic

Hi ! As a swedish person who absolutely adore Eurovision , I think that it would be so fun to se your reaction to the top 5. Btw love your channel

It is not unusual for Ukraine to do well! Well done Ukraine! Love from Ireland x

They did deserve to win, I've watched all their videos and I am now a MASSIVE fan of their work.

love this video, i can't wait for the other videos

They're fighting for all of us.

Kalush Orchestra has released the official video for "Stefania" and they song has English subtitles there so you can find out what the song was about

I totally agree with you! The mix of modern and traditional, the flute, the performance! Everything was amazing and it deserved the win, or, at least, the third or second place! And the vocals, THE VOCALS! God! They are REALLY good

I would love to see you react to Belgium!! Thanks for the great vocal reactions btw. You're really good at making the technical things understandable. :)

Could you react to Germany? I’d like to hear you opinion,because I really can’t understand why the singer got the last place. He really sung with so much emotions.

Tristannn you’ve got to react to Australia’s Eurovision performance by Sheldon Riley it’s breathtaking 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

this is one of the best reactions to it so far! man, you rocks!

Im from Sweden. Loved the song, the sound, the rap 😊 thats it, got my vote or two😅👀 Grew up with all kind of music and this song just gave me good vibes.

You are absolutely right! this is a perfect preference for the eurovision. Has all the elements we need in a song. (all the mean comments about them winning coming mostly from Russians, that got kicked out of the eurovision due to war crimes)❤🇺🇦

When you mentioned visiting Ukraine I remembered your old Ukrainian vlogs from the balcony, I agree with you so much! They deserved to win both politically and musically, the performance was amazing and refreshing, this was Europe declaring its love and support for Ukraine 💙💛

They so deserved that. The only song who made it to my playlist. Ukraine has been one of the strongest contestants for me in the last competitions.

Glad to see you on here, I was missing that Queen Cat!

As a Ukrainian, I am glad that Kalush orchestra won, however I didn’t want them to win just for political reasons. To me,this contest is about music in the first place and there were many great performers who deserved to win too. I understand that many votes were given to Ukraine as a gesture of support,but I really think that this song is great, and a great representation of our culture. Thanks to everyone who supported Ukraine 🙏

Ukraine winning the Eurovision is a declaration of European love, it's symbolic and the overwhelming support from all European countries means so much, seeing people cheer for them made me cry. It's nice to have something like that to celebrate, I'm really happy they won!

Can't wait for your UK reaction!🤗 UK, sweden, estonia were my favorites

Yes I'd be super interested in an other part where you talk abt the vocal techniques they were using.. Thank you❤️❤️❤️❤️

I totally agree with you! The song is good, and Ukraine deserve our support in every way possible. Also, I wonder if you listened to the song from the Republic of Moldova. I would really like if you could react to it. Have a nice day everyone 💓

U should also react to Spain! She killed it and I think you'll like it.

wowowow thnks so much, the song is really outstanding 🥰

Your reaction to the flutey bit was exactly the same as mine LOL. I agree with you on literally everything. That A4 though!

I recommend everyone in this comment section to watch the official video for this song. It has the eng sub, by the way. You’ll develop the whole new meaning of it. A rollercoaster of feelings.

You should do entries like Sweden, Greece and Poland as well

Thank u for mentioning the note he’s hitting, it really helps my music ear to develop 🙂❤️

Thank you Tristan, you never disappoint 🙏❤️

Great that you also will look into UK. But you absolutely NEED TO watch Spain’s performance! She had by far the best performance on the night🤩

i honestly didn’t like it at first but the more i heard it i liked it more and it’s actually kind of a banger

Great song and incredible live performance. Deserving winner!

Thanks for the support, Tristan! When I saw the thumbnail, as a Ukrainian, didn’t believe it at first. Much love from Ukraine!🥰🥹

My fav this year was Italy, but I knew that they weren't gonna win. I'm glad it was Ukraine because this year's ESC final was just... boring. Ballads were overwhelming to say the least and Kalush Orchestra was something different. I have to say tho my absolute favorite performance was the first semi-final interval act "Fai Rumore". I got chills, you should check it out!

The Ukrainian song was absolutely brilliant; creative modern contemporary art with moments of traditional quality and a magnificent performance. They really deserved to win this. Like totally. 🎵😃🎶👍

When thinking about the lyrics.. the breakdance is even more sweet... mama just keeps rocking him in her hands. 😍

I’m so happy to hear your appreciation towards Eurovision, respect! Thank you!

Slavic folk chanting is often very high. Ukraine entry last year (Shum) had the same technique called "white voice". Poland had an entry entirely sung in that technique a few years ago but didn't qualify if I remember correctly. So if you are from around this area of Europe, you don't really feel it's high....for us it's what we are used to hearing and it's normal so it never stood out to me personally actually.

Pleaaaaase react to Poland! 🤍

this was my favourite performance im so obsessed with this song!!

Very well said. Hugs from Sweden.

Ukraine has come with amazing music before, like have you heard shum from last year? She was able to sing so beautifully while missing part of her lung btw Folk inspired music hits me so hard always. Curious to see if you react to moldova (extremely fun, highly recommend), Serbia, france or Norway (again, really fun) Oh and maybe react to a song called Terra, it was a song the public in Spain loved but slo mo was send instead so I'm really curious to see whatcha think about that if possible. Great video ^^

People being mad at the winner is an annual tradition, don't mind it. ^^

I would love to see a video of you reacting to top 5 cuz I think they're all so great and deserve some spotlight

As a Polish person I truly loved this performance also trying to understand what they're saying. I might be too emotional tho and I was crying while they were on stage- yet I won't be lying - I loved both song and performance of Ukraine the most.