Winner of the 2017 Eurovision national selection clashes with STB

The leader of the band O.Torvald, which won the national selection for Eurovision 2017, Zhenya Galich, gave an interview to journalists today, sharing interesting details about his participation in the show.

According to the artist, relations with the STB channel did not start well at the initial stage. The band had wanted to participate in the national selection the previous year, however, they did not have a song at that time, which angered STB.

When the band O.Torvald appeared at the national selection again this year, the attitude towards them was accordingly negative. STB channel staff were prepared for the band to waste their time again. It was only during the preparation stage that the band managed to find common ground with the channel's personnel.