Tidbits from the 1st semi-final of Vidbir (cause an actual summary from me would suck)
Even the beginning was rad, just listen how Andriy Danilko was announced, “His commentary is already as honest as it gets, but last year he outshined himself, a person who can tell you to go (fuck yourself) and don’t notice it - Andriy Danilko”
--- Host going like, “omg, Danilko, you have a different shirt today, will the same happen to your hat one day??”
---one time I actually agreed with our host was about organizators’ motto being “not a single Vidbir without Melovin” and hey, who can blame them?
--H: ¨and while at the other side of the screen Melovinators are losing their voices due to screaming, and someone at the backstage is being revived, I want to say that he was asked to participate as a guest, not as a participant¨ - bold of u to assume it will stop all the screaming
- Andriy Myhaylovych (Danilko), do you know that you are a human meme? - Yeah, I am aware. Probably that’s just my destiny.
--Showcasing stickers with Danilko’s last year’s quotes, aka quality content
-- How would you describe our place in last years esc with one word? - Proper. (yeeee, mama Danilko being proud of his son)
--- said that after Mel was picked the administration of STB channel (that wasn’t really sure about him in fact) called him (Danilko) and said that he was right (about Mel)
--- “Hey!” by The Hypnotunez was a good fucking song, I will defend it with my own fists and swinging long hair, i mean, come on, they are singing ”why don’t you do like the bad girls do” while showing a funky running dinosaur on a screen, come onnnn.
--- Letay finally showing Prityla his place by fighting back, my God, thank you so much!
Well, that’s how it went: Letay performed, and in the end of his song he grabs a handfulll of baloons and flies above the stage
well
later Pritula was making a fun joke (tm): reminded me of 80's summer Olympics, I even wanted to sing "goodbye, Mishka, goodbye"
and Letay went like: tbh, i have missed out on those games, i am not that old
--- ohhhh, Danilko liked it ↑ a lot.
--- Just so You know “ЦеШо“ translates as “What’s that?” and I love them too.
---Another sweet thing? Danilko being all supportive of “ЦеШо“ and saying “I really love the crazy ones”
--Host called “ЦеШо“ minions cause of their yellow outfits and they responded by making minion sounds every time he turned his back to them, to the point that it was freaking him out. Hell yeah!
---YUKO has brought elecrofolk and was just like: ~hell yeah~
--- Maruv: “My fans were like, “maybe-maybe you will participate in Eurovision?? so i had to tense my ass and write another song.”
---Also, for the ones who was kinda disturbed by Maruv’s performance: they themselves describe it as an “intelligent provocation and a kind of trolling”
---Host: in 2016 you said “all that i wanted to take from this contest - i have”. --Maruv: thank you, I remember
--- Host: I think it would be fair to give the first word to a person that you (Maruv) tried your best for - Jamala” (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑
--- Danilko had problems with his radio set but instead said “wait, I am having troubles with my radiation”
---Host while announcing Brunettes Shoots Blondes, ”the guys that have spent 3 years making a stuffed piano” (btw, that piano is from XIXth century, don’t mess with it)
---honestly, the Frankenstein piano should get its own name and be listed as another member of the band
--- That legendary moment with Danilko and G-spot talk that i just must translate later ٩( ᐛ )و
--- “Oh, we got a translator from Danilko-language?” no, Prytula (the last name of the host), everybody understands him, you are just being mean.
--Danilko literally going ‘“God, let him stay quiet” about Prytula. Also “Jamala - go tell him”. Yeah, Go tell him!! ೕ(•̀ᴗ•́)
--Melovin talking a bit about himself (God, I need to translate it as well, don’t I?)
--Host trying to provoke Mel with his “how do u feel about your 17th place?” and Mel being like: what 17th? I got 7th, cause public vote is more important to me; judges won’t come to my concerts, people will.
--Host to Danilko, ”Once one famous sportsman said: if you are the 1st one - everybody remembers you, if you are 2nd - nobody remembers you. Melovin got 17th place. What is this result to you?” -- I will tell you - your sportsman is stupid, because everybody knows the 2nd one”
--”I will tell you - I was very proud of Melovin’s performance, Because that atmosphere of negativity that was aimed at him at the national selection.., and it’s not really cause of the jury, let’s say it was cause of some other people if to put it gently, and I did say it very gently. I was.. you know, I was calm watching the performance; before, during the day, I have sent him a text message. Have you got it, btw? - (Mel) A huge thank you for everything! - Then why haven’t you replied?? *Mel starts laughing* --I am joking, joking, he did reply. I was sitting and was so content with you being confident, you being calm, everything went smoothly. What place? Guys, every time, on every national selection I am trying to tell everybody - that doesn’t matter at all. What matters is the quality of your country’s performance. And it was very high quality, it was proper, it wasn’t like any other year. Good job! --”He was the first one to write to me after the performance. I adore you!”
Connections, 2022
This traditional work was created for participation in group exhibition at White World gallery in Kyiv. It is dedicated to the war in Ukraine caused by russians. You can see here a half of a trident (emblem of Ukraine) been damaged by blast. But still it is not fallen thanks to the support from around the world. Artwork currently in the private collection.
