Vidbir

Yevrobachennia. Natsionalnyi Vidbir (Ukrainian: Євробачення. Національний відбір, IPA: [ˌjɛu̯roˈbɑtʃenʲːɐ nɐts⁽ʲ⁾ioˈnɑlʲnɪj wid⁽ʲ⁾ˈbir]; meaning "Eurovision: National Selection"), informally known as Vidbir, is a Ukrainian musical competition originally organized by the public broadcaster Suspilne and STB, which determines the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. In late August 2021, it was announced that the two broadcasters had terminated their partnership, and that Suspilne was looking for a new selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, thus bringing an end to the original concept for Vidbir.[1] In October 2021, Suspilne announced that the 2022 edition of Vidbir would be organized by them alone under a new format.[2]

Vidbir
Also known asYevrobachennia. Natsionalnyi Vidbir
GenreSong contest
Developed byStarlight Production (2016–2020, 2022)
Friends Production (2021)
Presented byTimur Miroshnychenko (2022–2023)
Zlata Ognevich (2023)
Kateryna Pavlenko (2023)
Masha Efrosinina (2022)
Serhiy Prytula (2017–2020)
Oleksandr Pedan (2016)
Dmytro Tankovych (2016)
JudgesJamala (2017–2019, 2022–2023)
Taras Topolia (2023)
Julia Sanina (2023)
Tina Karol (2020–2022)
Yaroslav Lodygin (2022)
Andriy Danylko (2016–2020)
Vitaliy Drozdov (2020)
Ruslana (2016)
Konstantin Meladze (2016–2017)
Yevhen Filatov (2018–2019)
Opening theme"The Feeling" by Jason Tarver and Louise Dowd (2016–2020)
Country of originUkraine
Original languageUkrainian
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes18
Production
Production locationsSTB Studios, Hostomel (2016)
Palace of Culture "KPI", Kyiv (2017–2020)
NAU Center of Culture and Arts, Kyiv (2022)
Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station, Kyiv (2023)
Release
Original networkSTB (2016–2020)
Pershyi (2016–2022)
Suspilne Kultura (2023)
Original release6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) –
present

In the first year of the show, the local record by SMS voting was set by receiving 344,268 unique votes, 37.77% of which supported Jamala,[3] who eventually became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Winners
Table key
1
 Winner
2
 Second place
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song At Eurovision
Final Points Semi Points
2016 Jamala "1944" 1 534 2 287
2017 O.Torvald "Time" 24 36 Host country
2018 Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 17 130 6 179
2019 Maruv "Siren Song" Withdrew[lower-alpha 1] X
2020 Go_A "Solovey" Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 2] X
2022 Alina Pash "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" Disqualified[lower-alpha 3] X
2023 Tvorchi "Heart of Steel" 6 243 Automatically qualified[lower-alpha 4]

Cast

Key:

  Judge / Host / Music producer / Showrunner
  Competed as a contestant


JudgeVidbir
20162017201820192020202220232024
Andriy DanylkoTBA
Konstantin Meladze
Ruslana
Jamala
Yevhen Filatov
Tina Karol
Vitaliy Drozdov
Yaroslav Lodygin
Julia Sanina[lower-alpha 5]
Taras Topolia
HostVidbir
20162017201820192020202220232024
Oleksandr PedanTBA
Dmytro Tankovych
Serhiy Prytula
Masha Efrosinina
Timur Miroshnychenko
Zlata Ognevich
Kateryna Pavlenko[lower-alpha 6]
Music producerVidbir
20162017201820192020202220232024
Konstantin Meladze
Ruslan Kvinta
Mykhailo Koshovyi
Dmytro Shurov
ShowrunnerVidbir
20162017201820192020202220232024
Natalia FranchukTBA
Oleksiy Honcharenko

Seasons

Series overview

Color key

  Male artist
  Female artist
  Band/duo
Year Premiere Final Contestants Episodes Winner Runner-up Third place
2016
 6 February 2016 21 February 2016 18 3 Jamala
"1944"		 The Hardkiss
"Helpless"		 SunSay
"Love Manifest"
2017
 4 February 2017 25 February 2017 24 4 O.Torvald
"Time"		 Tayanna
"I Love You"		 Mélovin
"Wonder"
2018
 10 February 2018 24 February 2018 18 3 Mélovin
"Under the Ladder"		 Tayanna
"Lelya"		 Kadnay
"Beat of the Universe"
2019
 9 February 2019 23 February 2019 16 3 Maruv
"Siren Song"		 Freedom Jazz
"Cupidon"		 Kazka
"Apart"
2020
 8 February 2020 22 February 2020 16 3 Go_A
"Solovey"		 Khayat
"Call for Love"		 Krutь
"99"
2022
 12 February 2022 8 1 Alina Pash
"Tini zabutykh predkiv"		 Kalush Orchestra
"Stefania"		 Wellboy
"Nozzy Bossy"
2023
 17 December 2022 10 1 Tvorchi
"Heart of Steel"		 Krutь
"Kolyskova"		 Jerry Heil
"When God Shut the Door"
2024
 February 2024 11 1 TBD

Vidbir 2016
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The final took place on 21 February 2016. The six entries that qualified from the semi-finals competed. The winner, "1944" performed by Jamala, was selected through the combination of votes from a public tele-vote and an expert jury. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the public tele-vote.[4] "1944" is the first Eurovision Song Contest song to feature lyrics in the Crimean Tatar language. 382,602 votes were registered by the tele-vote during the show.[5] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2016 Irish Eurovision entrant Nicky Byrne performed the 2016 Irish entry "Sunlight" as a guest.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Brunettes Shoot Blondes "Every Monday" 1 3.40% 1 2 6
2 NuAngels "Higher" 3 5.94% 2 5 5
3 The Hardkiss "Helpless" 6 21.11% 5 11 2
4 Jamala "1944" 5 37.77% 6 11 1
5 SunSay "Love Manifest" 4 18.20% 4 8 3
6 Pur:Pur "We Do Change" 2 13.58% 3 5 4

Vidbir 2017
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Final took place on 25 February 2017. Special guests included Alma, Manel Navarro, Tamara Gachechiladze, Naviband, and Kasia Moś.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Salto Nazad "O, mamo!" 1 11.35% 3 4 6
2 Mélovin "Wonder" 2 31.22% 6 8 3
3 O.Torvald "Time" 5 25.57% 5 10 1
4 Illaria "Thank You for My Way" 4 7.43% 1 5 5
5 Tayanna "I Love You" 6 16.69% 4 10 2
6 Rozhden "Saturn" 3 7.73% 2 5 4

Vidbir 2018
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Final took place on 24 February 2018. Special guests included Mikolas Josef and Madame Monsieur. 179,455 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Kadnay "Beat of the Universe" 3 18,61% 5 8 3
2 Tayanna "Lelya" 6 16,62% 4 10 2
3 The Erised "Heroes" 2 6,48% 1 3 6
4 Laud "Waiting" 4 11,56% 2 6 4
5 Vilna "Forest Song" 1 12,92% 3 4 5
6 Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 5 33,81% 6 11 1

Vidbir 2019
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

The final took place on 23 February 2019 with special guests Lake Malawi and Bilal Hassani. More than 167,500 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting. Maruv was declared the winner after receiving the most votes among the six finalists. On 26 February 2019, three days after the final was aired, Ukraine withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 after Maruv and UA:PBC were unable to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest as a result of controversy.[6][7]

Draw Artist Song Juries Televote Total Place
1 Freedom Jazz "Cupidon" 6 4 10 2
2 Yuko "Galyna guliala" 4 1 5 5
3 Maruv "Siren Song" 5 6 11 1
4 Brunettes Shoot Blondes "Houston" 2 3 5 4
5 Kazka "Apart" 3 5 8 3
6 Anna Maria "My Road" 1 2 3 6

Vidbir 2020
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote (SMS) / App Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Krutь "99" 5 19,90% 4 9 3
2 Jerry Heil "Vegan" 1 7,00% 1 2 6
3 Go_A "Solovey" 6 25,43% 6 12 1
4 David Axelrod "Horizon" 3 11,30% 2 5 5
5 Khayat "Call for Love" 4 20,93% 5 9 2
6 Tvorchi "Bonfire" 2 15,44% 3 5 4

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Go_A were internally re-selected to represent Ukraine at the 2021 edition, this time with the song "Shum".[8][9]

Vidbir 2022
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote (SMS) / App Total Place
Votes Percentage Points
1 Cloudless[lower-alpha 7] "All Be Alright" 1 3,410 4.81% 4 5 7
2 Michael Soul "Demons" 2 1,239 1.75% 1 3 8
3 Our Atlantic "Moia liubov" 5 1,605 2.27% 2 7 6
4 Barleben "Hear My Words" 4 2,740 3.87% 3 7 5
5 Kalush Orchestra "Stefania" 6 31,634 44.66% 8 14 2
6 Roxolana "Girlzzzz" 3 5,034 7.11% 5 8 4
7 Wellboy "Nozzy Bossy" 7 5,642 7.96% 6 13 3
8 Alina Pash "Tini zabutykh predkiv" 8 19,535 27.58% 7 15 1

Following controversy regarding her travel history, Alina Pash's status as a legitimate participant, and therefore winner, of Vidbir was challenged, which resulted in her participation being ceased by Suspilne as well as her withdrawal. The runner-up, Kalush Orchestra, were chosen as the Ukrainian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Vidbir 2023
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote (via Diia) Total Place
Votes Points
1 Moisei "I'm Not Alone" 1 5,393 6 7 7
2 OY Sound System "Oy, tuzhu" 5 2,496 2 7 8
3 Demchuk "Alive" 7 3,936 4 11 5
4 Jerry Heil "When God Shut the Door" 8 45,657 9 17 3
5 Fiinka "Dovbush" 6 11,109 7 13 4
6 Krutь "Kolyskova" 10 33,614 8 18 2
7 Tember Blanche "Ya vdoma" 2 3,411 3 5 9
8 Angelina "Stronger" 3 2,424 1 4 10
9 2Tone "Kvitka" 4 4,681 5 9 6
10 Tvorchi "Heart of Steel" 9 54,041 10 19 1

Vidbir 2024
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

In this edition, the public will determine the last qualifier to the final through an online vote.[10]

Ratings
Year Semi-Final Final Ref.
First Second Third
2016 9.7% 10.3% — 13.5% [11][12][13]
2017 10.6% 8.8% 8.2% 9.1% [14][15][16][17]
2018 9.0% 11.3% — 13.9% [18][19][20]
2019 10.8% 11.1% 13.1% [21][22][23]
2020 10.7% 10.4% 13.3% [24][25][26]
2022 — 3.83% [27]

Notes
  1. Ukraine withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 after Maruv and Suspilne were unable to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest as a result of controversy.
  2. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Alina Pash won Vidbir 2022 but was disqualified after it was discovered that her representative had provided Suspilne with a falsified travel certificate.
  4. Ukraine was unable to host the 2023 contest due to security concerns resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United Kingdom, as the second-placing country in the 2022 contest, hosted on Ukraine's behalf, with Ukraine automatically qualifying for the 2023 final as the previous year's winning country.
  5. Runner-up of Vidbir 2016 as a lead vocalist of The Hardkiss.
  6. Won Vidbir 2020 as a lead vocalist of Go_A.
  7. Due to technical issues during the first performance, Cloudless had to perform their song again after all the other songs.

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