Heart of Steel (Tvorchi song)

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Vidbir 2023

Vidbir2023 was the seventh edition of Vidbir , the competition that determines the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition took place in the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv, and consisted of a final on 17 December 2022. [6] [7] Ten entries competed and the winner was selected through the combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. Ties would be decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the public televote.

At Vidbir, the song performed last out of the ten competing songs. Both members were dressed in costumes similar to hazmat suits, with Hutsuliak wearing a black suit and Kehinde wearing a yellow suit. A video screen behind them showed the dangers of nuclear warfare, and two background dancers also appeared, both wearing gas masks. [3]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As the winning country of the 2022 contest, Ukraine automatically qualified for the final. [8] Tvorchi performed in position 19 and came in 6th place, with 243 points.

Charts

"Heart of Steel"
Heart of Steel (Tvorchi song).jpeg
Single by Tvorchi
from the EP Heart of Steel
Language English, Ukrainian
Released1 December 2022
Length2:36
Label Best Music
Composer(s)
  • Jimoh Augustus Kehinde
  • Andrii Hutsuliak
Tvorchi singles chronology
"Вимкни телефон"
(2022)		"Heart of Steel"
(2022)
Music video
"Heart of Steel" on YouTube
Weekly chart performance for "Heart of Steel"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
CIS (TopHit) [9] 171
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 37
Greece International (IFPI) [11] 84
Iceland (Plötutíðindi) [12] 10
Lithuania (AGATA) [13] 12
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) [14] 97
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 65
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [16] 5
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 95
UK Indie (OCC) [18] 32

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for "Heart of Steel"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [19] 7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Heart of Steel"
Chart (2023)Position
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [20] 39

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