Alina Pash “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” Reaction | Ukraine Eurovision 2022
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- čas přidán 12. 02. 2022
- 🇺🇦 We react to Ukraine's Eurovision 2022 song - Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Alina Pash (Тіні Забутих Предків). Alina won Vidbir 2022 in Kyiv, topping the jury vote but coming second with the public televote. The song, which discusses how Ukraine should learn from its past struggles but write its own history moving forward, comes at a time of great political conflict with Russia. We discuss the song, the staging and comparisons to Jamala's 1944.
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Deban: / deban_deban
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She got suspended, just like Maruv, idk what are they doing anymore :)))
Italy, Ukraine and Turkey were always something special on ESC, unique and different. I love this ❤️. It made me emotional. Love from 🇭🇷 to 🇺🇦
Turkey, you are joking
@@e.p.5678 Lots of love from Turkey❤️🇺🇦🇹🇷🇮🇹
The way they moved closer to the screen when the spoken part begann just made my day. She will captivate Europe and Australia. Bless her heart!
Дякую Аліна Паш, Дякую Україна!
We were GRIPPED! 💙💛🇺🇦
@@Wiwibloggs Poetry slam at Eurovision!
"I see Crimea. Just in case Jamala asks"
You've made me laugh my ass off!!!
Once again, thank you so much!
That took me out 😂😂😂
:D
Thank you for watching!!!
ахаххахах
This resumes the history of Ukraine and it's beautiful!! Its a masterpiece. 12 pts 🇵🇹❤🇺🇦
In the Carpathians (the mountainous area in the far western part of Ukraine where Alina was born), a unique cry is traditionally used to call each other in the mountains. In this case, each person chooses a sound that identifies him. That scream at the beginning Alina came up with for herself.
These sounds in the beginning and the end of the song are bird calls that unite with Nature and the land.
That's just _awesome!_
Brilliant song, great artist!
As emotional as it could be.
Real piece of art.
Good luck, Ukraine!
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💙💛🇺🇦
This is really really great song! Thank you Ukraine for the another amazing entry for us. Ukraine is the best about showing their culture very openly with their songs. ❤🇹🇷🇺🇦
I was waiting your reaction. I so glad you found right words to describe this a piece of Art. Amazing powerful and incredible. Love ❤️
Winner for me from Canada
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
It can win like in 2016. 🔥🇺🇦❤️
Good luck Ukraine from Turkey! 🇹🇷❤️🇺🇦
Greatest respect to Ukraine for presenting its tradition and culture with modern yet traditional way. Bravo from 🇵🇱🇺🇲❤🇺🇦
When listen this song cry and guspumb in my arms 😱. Ethnic fenomenal song and similar birds voice life in country beatiful and message a remember history country thank you Alina Pash ❤️. My opinion part spoken in music talk ,a people life in Ukraine dream promise ,a western Europe 🇪🇺
The ending part with Ukraine map in the screen! 😍❤️🇺🇦🇹🇷
and russian Crimea
Well, Crimea is 🇷🇺 by fact
@@gnezdo i know bro 😎 I live here 😅
Great voice, very emotional song. Ukraine will fascinate us Eurovision fans again this year. ❤🇺🇦
This is my personal winner so far, love it
VERY BIG THANKS FOR THIS REACTION🔥🇺🇦❤🏆🥇
We are so touched by this song. Thank you for watching! 💛💙🇺🇦
I see, it’s a first reaction. But when you are listening and see the performance for a second time it’s growing even more. It has potential to win.
Ukraine is for love and peace. Remember your ancestors but right you're own history. A message to humanity.
is it ? 😅
Fantastic!!!
12 points to Ukraine 🇺🇦 from Italy🇮🇹 !!!
Literally sobbing it's BEAUTIFUL
Yass! I am obsessed with this artist, her song and interpretation. Powerful message and emotion. Bravo! ❤️
I’m sure it’s top-3 potential, can’t wait to hear the final version of the song live and to see the staging!
she wont qualify in the final
@@nomercy-my7rf in your dreams
@@user-nx3yt1tm9z she is a rat
Where do you see that ?! 😂😂😂
@@nomercy-my7rf sorry, this discussion has no sense if you are a Kalush fan
I love her song! Pure art !
Good luck from Switzerland ❤️. Love this song!
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While I agree that current events make this stronger in context, I feel like not enough credit is being given here to the song and the vocal performance. The song is so beautiful, is folkloric in a grandiose and almost spiritual way, they managed to make it sound completely orgasmic live when the chorus hits, its outstanding.
Alisha is vocally perfect till the end, the control of her voice is flawless, feels efortless to her. On top of that the way she transmits the feellings with her face and movements is just wonderful.
Even if the current political conflict wasnt there this would still be an extremelly strong candidate and a top5 contender or even more. This is my faveourite act by far for now, a real contender to win. It has it all.
Hello from Ukraine. Thank you for the wonderful reaction!!!
Eurovision anthem! Alina, like a frightened bird, flew into the sky, in the middle of the song gained height, scorched the sun's wings, and at the last second, like a falcon, dived to the ground, giving the last cry of despair. Goosebumps from the art of singing. Bravo!
I LOVE IT ❤❤ So glad she won! ❤ LOVE the traditional instruments, native language and other ethnic elements, the dark epic performance, the deep lyrics, the emotions that she gave us... everything ❤
3:51 William: "I see Criema... just in case Jamala asks"
😂😂😂😂😂😂
They don't need to change anything. This is one of the most perfect entries and my clear number 1 and I can't imagine any other entry surpassing this.
Italy, Sweden, Czech Rep and Ireland could and can :)
Well they did change... everything by disqualifying her.
This is not a typical song for Alina Pash so of course i was surprised when i've heard for the first time. Definitely song grows on you later. It touched me a lot though i was really skeptical how it will be perceived at Eurovision. Another sad folklore song from Ukraine... But i was really amazed by all the positive reviews. It means our understanding of beauty is much more common than i thought..
interesting fact: originial Picasso's Dove of Peace is in the ukrainian museum
The bird noises are very her. Like with ‘Witch’ (w. Apache) I wasn’t sure of the sounds but she just makes it work. It’s just her style (though the calm aspect is not very typical of her). Also she really has the stage presence to make this work.
The bird calls unite with nature. It's the whole: the nation, the legacy of ancestors, the land with its nature, and the current generation writing their own history. The song is basically a call for a UNIVERSAL harmony with land, culture, legacy of ancestors, and own future beautiful legacy to leave behind after ourselves.
William as a good policeman and Deban as a bad . But I glad that both like this song. 🇺🇦🎼
Guys, your reaction and warm words always help! Thanks so much. I hope Alina will be in the Top 10
TOP LEVEL
Thank you for the support, guys 🇺🇦💛
Thanks for an awesome song and national final 🙏🏻
Alina is amazing!!💙💛
potential winner !
That map will and should remain as Ukraine. 👍❤🇺🇦
Poetry. Masterpiece
You're right. Bird imagery IS part of the Ukrainian culture. Ukrainians call the Ukrainian language "a nightingale language." Those are synonyms.
For me, this is the song to beat currently. I know a lot of people are loving Brividi (as am I), but the question of whether the host country can win back-to-back competitions is a strong factor that remains for me. Either way, I still think this has bigger impact moments and probably just edges it in terms of winning material. I know it might not be everyones cup of tea, and even I am not personally a massive fan of the rap section of the song. The chorus, however, is incredible, and whilst half of it is in Ukrainian, it has such an emotional and powerful melody that personally gives me goosebumps. Coupled with the ongoing situation surrounding Ukraine and Russia at the current moment which I think could also have a big impact on voting, this has to be a strong contender, and for me, is currently the winner of Eurovision 2022.
Это не реп часть, это речитатив и именно от него я просто в культурном шоке. Очень нравиться.
My 2nd favorite from the final, but still very much a contender to win Eurovision. 🇺🇦 💙💛
much love! 🇮🇹❤️🇺🇦
I see a lot of people talking about this good staging, but we know Ukraine dont repeat itself... so, we can expect a different (and better) concept for Eurovision.
Btw, I love everything about it, Alina Pash is real and she is coming!
Alina Pash. 👍❤️🌹🇺🇦. Thank you for the wonderful reaction. 👍💙💛
Billion points from Serbia. My winner.
Thank you 💛💙
Thank you guys!
Great review, as always. Thank you!
Thanks Oleksii!
I'm so happy you reunited!!!
thank you, guys!
💙🙏🏻
She is gorgeous 😍
I like this song. This will get really high points
So NICE to see you 2 guys together again in a room.... Love you both !
This could be a global watershed moment at Eurovision, where the world will take note and praise Ukraine for their bravery and musicality. This has a 90's beatnik spoken word vibe but, reflects the current situation occurring right now, everything about this gives me tingles, and deserves to win full heartedly and unreservedly. Alina is a artist but, in the same way that Lady Gaga is a artist. Gaga never did the cookie cutter pop star routine, she never conformed to fit the mould to get her music out there she did her own thing and got what she deserved a critical universal global response and is now one of the most influential musicians and artists of all time. Alina Pash falls in the same category, she uses a personal story which is shared my millions of Ukrainians about the current events unfolding. I give her my most sincere kudos for her artistry and her bravery. Brava Alina Pash.
P.S: Given the situation in Ukraine, it is almost a certainty that Ukraine cannot host the next contest if they win so, would the 2nd place be asked to take the hosting reigns, would a bidding process take place amongst all competing nations who are interested in hosting or would a automatic neutral ground host be established. I would like to know your thoughts on this, Wiwibloggs and all those who comment.
В Украине уже 8 год идет война. И после победы Джамалы в 2016 году тоже шла война и Киев провел у себя Евровидение на высшем уровне. Так что и в 2022 пусть победит сильнейшая песня и если это будет из Украины, не сомневайтесь, будет провелено также на высшем уровне
Oh yes, let's finally openly turn the song contest into a political event (sarcasm). Like with Jamala, EBU again will have to make up tons of pretense that “it's not political at all” again.
Do not underestimate us. Ukraine would host Eurovision in case of winning
@@maxmax-hv4ck The things is - there is not one part of the song or lyrics that relates to anything controversial. Embrace your past, but make your future your own - highly controversial 😏
It only allows people to make their own interpretations and thoughts. What do you expect the EBU to do? Police everyone's thoughts and minds?
In my opinion we won’t win because juries will not like this song very much/ will be too scared to give us a lot of points
Such a great melodic song is always a potential winner (see fairytail, Duncan etc.) . It don't need the zeitgeist or politics.
This song is completely amazing. Hands down this was the best song in the Ukrainian National Selection. I am certain this will finish top 10 if not top 5 at Eurovision, its just sublime. Its battling Italy for my current favourite song.
Welcome to another top 5 Ukraine :)
Deban 😀12 points for William and Deban.
Thanks from Ukraine 🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦
UKRAINE WINNER🇺🇦❤🥇🏆🔥
Possible winner
I'm crying, this is such a touching song! Hello from Ukraine! 🇺🇦💙💛
“And There’s crimea, just incase jamala asks” hahahaha I died😂😂😂
Алина уже ответила, чей Крым))
Hello 👋 I am glad you both in a good mood and happy that Deban is content with this entry. Remember the phase when traditional singing was just a noise to him? It seems you have accustomed to east European traditional music and I am happy about that, because no country should be ashamed to show its folklore or traditional heritage. I understand that some people will feel tired of traditional meaningful song for another row, but it’s literally one of two best songs we had on our NF. I wish it was happy and uplifting too, like Roxolana’s Girlz, but she was bad live at stage. Traditional and modern mix music is really popular nowadays in Ukraine. Thank you 🙏
I have been so exited to hear this❤️
Thank you! Hilarious reaction🌻💙💛
Look, the context matters. It just does. This same song coming from UK would not have the same impact or vibe. We know what's happening in the world right now, and Ukraine is in the center of it all, and this songs message amplifies that further. It hits hard, the spoken word part is amazing, I did have some troubles understanding it but she can work on that, I'm sending all the love to Ukraine and rooting for their result
thank you!
....actually....it does not. Just imagine if each country would sing about troubles in their society or politics in such a blatant way. That would we a pathetic song competition. Like "Who is screwed the most 2022" 😂. And you know what, most of the people would not even look. But when you have one country which chooses to go that way, then everyone looks. It is like when one thing happens everywhere, nobody notices, while when it happens once, it draws attention. The thing with Ukraine is that they have already played on this card and i think that this time it is a bit too much. Also, now when seeing this, I wonder why did Bulgaria give up this year by sending a song so quickly and the one which so below their standard. Hmmm....did they know something?
@@alexalexiye9791 but its not about 2022. Ukraine has never had a break, and the song is about reflecting on the past. When you reflect on the past of Ukraine, you see an Endless amount of wars with no actual Freedom.
If you reflect at the history of the UK, you see Kings beheading their wives and colonizing and abusing poorer countries. Its not the same, and the context matters. This is also exactly why Russia gets booed at eurovision every time they send a song about keeping peace. Its like a wolf saying we shouldnt eat sheep
@@dagu1801 Yes, Ukraine did not have luck during history, but I am coming from the Balkans, and it has not been the most blessed place in the world throughout the history. What about Poland? Finland? Lichtenstein even? Oh wait wait....Israel. This attitude adds nothing to music and artistry, and is purely based on politics. And I feel that as someone who follows ESC, I have right to criticize this, because if this is going to turn into who-cries-the-most-beautifully-contest, this is not ESC I like and I am not going to follow ESC more.
@@alexalexiye9791 I’m afraid, as Ukrainian, that many Europeans will criticize this song because of too “political” context, but still the song is not bad, and Alina is a really talented artist (you may listen and watch a lot of great things on her channel) I believe, the song is like her personal and national cry at the same time. If you don’t like or relate to it, just ignore. If you ask me, I don’t want Ukraine to win this year, and I don’t expect it to. Qualifying to the final is totally ok for me.
Had the very same reaction to the english talking part, absolutely mesmerized, work on the enounciation sure but I really hope they keep it! Similar staging and performance and a top 3 is more than likely. This could be the winner
Love to finally see you two in the same room again, I really missed your dynamic when reacting together! 🙏🏼
Stand firm with your choice Ukraine beautiful 🥰❤️💕
3:06 following 🤣😭😂 William can't comprehend how good the song is and Deban just doesn't care at ALL and says the lyrics of 1944 🤣 Deban and William combo is the best!
I sense a potential 3rd victory for Ukraine!
Yes
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Amazing reaction! Cool and professional!
Love it!
❤️❤️❤️
Im very happy to see deban and william together in the same room again!
Ps: I thought exactly the same "okk crimea is here so i think jamala will like her"
The only thing i’m worried about now is if something happens that will cancel Ukraine’s participation that will deprive us of this stunning performance on the eurovision stage 🤭
Well...
Picasso's drawing Dove of Peace is kept in one of the Ukrainian museums.
I absolutely love the song. It will be clash between Italy and Ukraine.
Will you react on Dora 22? The songs are out.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
I think that if Serbia sends Zorja to Eurovision, these two acts could stand out because of their epic ethnic moments. Love both songs!
@@DaOneFame In your opinion, sure. :)
@@DaOneFame great
@@DaOneFame Serbias entry is better.
This is 1944, but better
This has to win
It's amazing
Nice to see you together again, and not in split screens.
Это выступление пронимает до слез. Особенно речитатив. Вау!❤️🌍🌹
I’m more in love with Estonia/Stefan’s “Hope” right now, but I feel “Shadows” has the stronger shot at winning Eurovision. Ironically, both have undertones of national pride and defiance against dangers from outside forces (Read “Hope’s” lyrics and tell me Stefan *ain’t” thumbing his nose at Russia).
what do you mean by Stefan thumbing his nose at Russia ?
just curious
@@ilyaajud7966 There are lyrics like “We're standing tall and looking up, our Father would be proud. And I'm happy to be working my own ground,” and “We'll be the last ones breathing here.” Suggesting they’re ready to fight for the land of their fathers and the land from which they make their living from.”
@@wrightblan1501 omg, buy brains
Good luck! 🇺🇦❤️🔥
this is great
Finally doing a review in the same room. Can't wait for the wiwi juries scores
She is a bird. A bird of peace. Everything about her beautiful performance screams for attention to the political situation in Ukraine. She is calling and beging for peace with every motion she is making, her eyes are seeing through my soul. I think maybe she is even saying that Russia and Ukraine have a past, a history and ancestors and it can be remembered, but now it's time to write each their own history.
This is a 2022 update to 1944. She is very striking, I love everything about it, for being, True, authentic, empowering; love the musicality, and I love that it is folk and modern just like the message in the song. And most of all its not another empty song, it has a purpose, and that's why the emotions are so strong and will reach to so many audiences hearts!
Ukraine favourite
Thanks for your rection!
The title "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" is actually a 1965 Ukrainian film by Georgian Armenian director Sergei Parajanov based on the novel Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky. The film was Parajanov's first major work and earned him international acclaim for its rich use of costume and colour
Hi, Polish fans are waiting for your (William's and Deban's both) reaction to out preselections 'Tu bije serce Europy 2022' ❤
YAAAS
Thanks, Polish people! We need your support!
This wasn't my personal choice in Vidbir (roxolana girlzz/stefania) but it's hard to stay mad when Ukraine always sends something so unique and refreshing. I think the spoken word/rap part will be so enticing and a real superstar moment.
Ukraine is in a state of war with Russia and if we LIVE in this state of fear with all our documents packed just in case. So yes, we choose a song that we relate to the most at the moment. I was planning to vote for another song, but this song just got me goosebumps and shivers all over my body so I could not resist voting for her instead
Thank you for deep honest analysis, world should know this.
omg took me a MOMENT to realize the screen isn't divided.. LOL
Alina❤️❤️❤️