内容摘要：Lutes, an independent artist whose hybridist music marries elements of emo, pop-punk and trap, was previously signed to Capitol Records.

Lutes, an independent artist whose hybridist music marries elements of emo, pop-punk and trap, was previously signed to Capitol Records.

Ukraine is a longtime Eurovision competitor – as was its neighbor Russia. Both saw their relationship with the continental pop contest transformed by Moscow’s full-scale invasion three years ago.Russia was kicked out of Eurovision. Ukrainian folk-rap group

won the 2022 contest less than three months after the invasion. Winning brought the right to host the contest the following year. When war made that impossible,to stage Eurovision with a distinctly Ukrainian flavor, decking out the English city in blue and yellow Ukrainian flags.Even before the full-scale invasion, Ukraine used Eurovision for cultural diplomacy, as a way to tell the world about their country’s history, music and language. Ukrainian singer

won the contest in 2016 — two years after Russia illegally seized Crimea — with a song about the expulsion of Crimean Tatars by Stalin in 1944. Kalush Orchestra’s winning song “Stefania” blended rapping in Ukrainian with a haunting refrain on a traditional Ukrainian wind instrument.Now the message is that Ukraine is still standing, and still fighting.

Daniil admitted to feeling a “little bit of pressure” ahead of Saturday. But he said it was “such a privilege” to represent Ukraine.

“We have two missions here,” his brother Valentyn said. One is to come out at or near the top in Saturday’s 26-nation musical showdown. The other is “to remind Europeans about the war.”Szubanski reprised the role in the 1998 sequel: “Babe: Pig in the City.”

She played sports-loving Sharon Strzelecki in Australian sitcom “Kath and Kim.” The series ran from 2002 to 2005 and inspired an American remake with the same name.Szubanski voiced the role of Miss Viola in the animated films “Happy Feet” in 2006 and “Happy Feet Two” in 2011. Both were produced and directed by

Szubanski was born in Liverpool, England, on April 12, 1961, and moved to Melbourne with her family in 1966.▶ Follow live updates on