Ukraine: Vidbir 2017 participant, Sasha Tab, teams up with Kalush Orchestra as backing vocalist

• The former Vidbir 2017 participant, Sasha Tab, will be joining forces with Kalush Orchestra on their Eurovision 2022 journey as their new backing vocalist. 

  Sasha Tab will be joining the Ukrainian Euroviison hopefuls, Kalush Orchestra, in their participation in Turin as their new backing vocalist replacing Johnny Strange. 

  Sasha is no stranger to the Eurovision audience as he was one of the Ukrainian national selection contestants back in 2017, as the leading singers of the group Salto Nazad which then participated with the song “O mamo”. The song reached the finals and was placed 6th in the overall score. 

  However, there a further connection between the two sided, as Ivan Klimenko who was the producer of the group Salto Nazad, is among the songwriters of Kalush Orchestra's Eurovision 2022 entry, 'Stefania'. 

  Talking to broadcaster Susupline Sasha stated: 

  “My friends from the group Kalush wrote to me that they needed a backing vocalist. In a situation in which their backing vocalist could not go. I am very happy that they asked me and that I can help my favourite group, my friends. And that way I ended up with them.”

  And goes on saying: 

  “It’s an honour for me to represent Ukraine at such a global, cool contest. That will help financially. We will have a fundraiser. We will have a promo tour to help Ukraine. I’m very happy that it has gone this way. In 2017, I was in the selection with a song about a mother. And it has happened again that it’s a song about a mother – “Stefania”. After all, it was called for that I would take part.”

   

  A few words for Sasha

  Sasha was born on October 1 , 1987 in Kyiv.  Sasha Taba was recruited into the group Salto Nazad. Sashsa sang life-affirming songs and did ragga-hop up to then. In 2017, the band reached the final of the national selection for "Eurovision 2017", then traveled with concerts around the country and, as it seemed at the time, is on the verge of breaking through to a wider audience. But instead, with the release of their third album , Salto Nazad broke up.

  The group previously had released three albums - a kind of triptych: "House", "Tree", "Children". Then each participant went his own way. The creator of the group Vanya Klymenko became a producer - he launched the artists Alyona Alyona, Kalush and founded the first hip-hop empire in Ukraine, the Enko label.

  Sasha after some time out of the music scene he reappeared taking part in 'The Voice' where he auditioned singing the 2017 national selection song 'O Mamo'. Meanwhile he announced the release of his debut solo album, titled "ReFresh"

   

  News soure: Suspilne/Wiwibloggs

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Angelos D.
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