In 2022, Ukraine ’s Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest and promptly sold their winners’ trophy for $900,000 to raise money to help with the war effort. The distinctive crystal microphone was auctioned on Facebook and funds were used to buy drones for Ukraine’s military. In an interview with Deadline, this year’s entrants have pledged to make similar efforts, telling us any money they raise from the contest will go towards rebuilding a school in the Dnipropetrovsk region destroyed