Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Vidbir 2024 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 February 2024 | |||
| Selected entrant | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | |||
| Selected song | "Teresa & Maria" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ukraine is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Teresa & Maria" performed by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil. The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne), organised the national final Vidbir 2024 in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2024 contest.
Background[edit]
Prior to the 2024 contest, Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 2003, winning it the following year with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. The country won the contest for a second time in 2016 with "1944" by Jamala, and for a third time in 2022 with "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra. Ukraine has been the runner-up in the contest on two occasions: in 2007 with "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" by Verka Serduchka and in 2008 with "Shady Lady" by Ani Lorak. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Ukraine is the only country that has managed to qualify to the final in every contest they have participated in thus far. Ukraine's least successful result was 24th place, which it achieved as host in 2017 with the song "Time" by O.Torvald. In 2023, Ukraine was represented by Tvorchi performing "Heart of Steel", which finished sixth in the final where the country was automatically qualified as the winner of the previous edition.[1]
The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne), broadcasts the event within Ukraine and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In the past, Suspilne alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Ukrainian entry. Between 2016 and 2020, and again since 2022, the broadcaster has set up national finals with several artists to choose the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Ukraine, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. On 7 July 2023, Suspilne confirmed its intention to take part in the 2024 contest.[2] A national final format was confirmed in late August as the selection method.[3] 1+1 Media Group was announced on 12 December 2023 as the production company for the national final.[4][5]
Before Eurovision[edit]
Vidbir 2024[edit]
Vidbir 2024 was the eighth edition of Vidbir, the competition that determines the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.[3][6] The competition consisted of a final held on 3 February 2024 at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv.[7] It was hosted by Julia Sanina, Timur Miroshnychenko and Vasyl Baidak, with Anna Tulieva presenting the pre-show and backstage segments.[8] The show was broadcast on Suspilne Kultura and Radio Promin, as well as on Suspilne's online platforms with English-language commentary by Viktoriia Kriukova and Denys Denysenko available.[9][10]
Format[edit]
The selection of the competing entries for the national final took place over four stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters could apply for the competition through an online submission form. For the second year in a row, Dmytro Shurov was the music producer of the event, who was in charge of reviewing the received submissions and select a longlist of 20 participants, announced on 9 November 2023.[3][6][11][12] In the second stage, longlisted artists – divided into two sets of ten – were assessed at two live auditions, with ten acts, announced on 17 November 2023, directly qualifying for the final.[6][13][14] The third stage consisted of a public online vote among the longlisted artists who did not pass the previous phase, determining the eleventh finalist, who was announced on 21 December 2023.[6][15] The eleven selected artists took part in a final on 3 February 2024,[6][16] where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of jury and public votes – the latter being cast through the Diia application.[9][17]
The three members of the expert jury for Vidbir 2024 were selected among nine candidates also via a public online vote on Diia, open to all Ukrainian citizens from 15 to 22 January 2024.[18][19] A total of 720,841 votes were cast, with Andriy Danylko, Jamala and Serhiy Tanchynets being determined as the jurors.[20]
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| Candidate | Occupation | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andriy Danylko | Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as Verka Serduchka | 43.79% | Selected |
| Jamala | Winner of Vidbir 2016 and of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | 23.62% | Selected |
| Kateryna Pavlenko | Winner of Vidbir 2020 and Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 as part of Go_A | 10.06% | Not selected |
| Oleksandr Varenytsia | Music manager and journalist | 1.20% | Not selected |
| Olena Koliadenko | Choreographer and music producer | 1.97% | Not selected |
| Pavlo Shylko | Co-host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | 1.37% | Not selected |
| Serhiy Tanchynets | Music producer, singer and musician | 12.42% | Selected |
| Yevhen Khmara | Composer and pianist | 4.71% | Not selected |
| Yevhen Triplov | Music producer, singer and songwriter | 0.86% | Not selected |
Competing entries[edit]
The submission period for interested artists was open between 30 August and 22 October 2023. Each candidate could submit as many songs as they wished.[6] At the closing of the application window, 389 entries had been received from 288 performers, mainly in English and Ukrainian.[11] The selected finalists (marked in bold the table below) included Mélovin, who represented Ukraine in the 2018 contest;[12][14][21] their songs were set to be released on 12 January, but were released on the official Eurovision Ukraine channel the day before.[15][22] A presentation event hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko was held on 11 January 2024, where the competing songs were introduced and the running order of the final was drawn.[23]
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| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Score | Place |
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| Anka | "Palala" (Палала) |
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80,944 | 26.78% | 1 |
| Carpetman | "Endless Fight" |
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27,328 | 9.04% | 5 |
| Karyotype | "Sadness" | Danylo Kuka | 19,954 | 6.60% | 9 |
| Krylata | "Queen" |
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31,268 | 10.35% | 3 |
| Parfeniuk | "Sered vitriv" (Серед вітрів) |
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42,931 | 14.21% | 2 |
| Shépa | "Supernova" |
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25,729 | 8.51% | 6 |
| Stasya | "Rika" |
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30,040 | 9.94% | 4 |
| Swoiia | "Little Angels" |
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23,357 | 7.73% | 7 |
| Teslenko | "Lights Go Up" |
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20,648 | 6.83% | 8 |
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | "Teresa & Maria" |
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| Anka | "Palala" (Палала) |
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| Drevo | "Endless Chain" |
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| Ingret | "Keeper" |
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| Mélovin | "Dreamer" |
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| Nahaba | "Glasss" |
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| Nazva | "Slavic English" |
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| Skylerr[b] | "Time Is Running Out" |
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| Yagody | "Tsunamia" |
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| Yaktak | "Lalala" |
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| Ziferblat | "Place I Call Home" |
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Final[edit]
The final took place on 3 February 2024. In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Ruslana with "Wild Dances", Tvorchi with "Heart of Steel", Kalush Orchestra with "Stefania", Jamala with "Mii brate", Verka Serduchka with "Swedish Lullaby", Tina Karol with "Troiandy", and Anastasia Dymyd and Svitlana Tarabarova with "Kvitka".[27] After the performances were completed, the Diia app crashed, leading to an extension of the voting window and a delay in the announcement of the results, which was ultimately rescheduled for 4 February.[28][29] 1,167,185 Ukrainians ultimately voted on the app. Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil were declared the winners with the song "Teresa & Maria".[30]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public vote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Yaktak | "Lalala" | 6 | 107,227 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
| 2 | Ingret | "Keeper" | 8 | 15,238 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Nazva | "Slavic English" | 2 | 14,852 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Anka | "Palala" (Палала) | 5 | 19,183 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Drevo | "Endless Chain" | 4 | 16,235 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | "Teresa & Maria" | 10 | 723,297 | 11 | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | Mélovin | "Dreamer" | 9 | 82,838 | 9 | 18 | 3 |
| 8 | Skylerr | "Time Is Running Out" | 3 | 38,177 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Ziferblat | "Place I Call Home" | 11 | 64,276 | 8 | 19 | 2 |
| 10 | Yagody | "Tsunamia" | 7 | 62,269 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| 11 | Nahaba | "Glasss" | 1 | 23,593 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Controversy[edit]
Following the results announcement, Mélovin, who had come third with both the juries and the audience, expressed doubtfulness about the difference of over 600,000 public votes between the first and the second place, attributing it to a possible error in the vote count as a result of Diia's crash. He subsequently clarified that his statements were not intended to discredit the validity of Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil's victory.[33]
Promotion[edit]
As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil attended the LRT RADAROM marathon in Vilnius in late February 2024, held to raise funds for the Ukrainian military,[34] as well as the PrePartyEs in Madrid on 30 March 2024 and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024.[35][36] In addition, they performed on the Dutch talkshow Sophie & Jeroen, broadcast on NPO 1, on 12 April 2024.[37]
At Eurovision[edit]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[38] Ukraine was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final.[39] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Ukraine was set to perform in position 5, following the entry from Ireland and before the entry from Poland.[40]
In Ukraine, all three shows will be broadcast on Suspilne Kultura, with commentary by Timur Miroshnychenko, and the final on Radio Promin with on-site commentary by Anna Zakletska along with a locally-based radio commentator from studio in Kyiv.[41][42][43] In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, between 5 April and 3 May 2024 Radio Promin is airing the special weekly broadcast Pobachennia z Yevrobachenniam, with Dmytro Zakharchenko, Lesya Antypenko, Anna Zakletska and Denys Denysenko discussing various aspects of the contest.[42]
Performance[edit]
Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May.[44] The staging of their performance of "Teresa & Maria" at the contest is directed by Tanu Muino and involves a rock-shaped prop where Jerry Heil climbs.[45]
Voting[edit]
The Ukrainian jury for the contest, like in Vidbir, will be selected via a public online vote in the Diia application. Ten candidates were presented to the public and a voting was open to all Ukrainian citizens from 25 March to 1 April 2024, with the five candidates topping the online voting being selected to become jurors and the most voted becoming the chair.[46] A total of 235,572 votes were cast.[47]
The spokesperson for the jury at the final will be Jamala, who won the 2016 contest for Ukraine.[48]
| Candidate | Occupation | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alyosha | Singer-songwriter, Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | TBA | |
| Anna Sviridova | Musician, radio and TV presenter | ||
| Fiїnka | Singer-songwriter, finalist of Vidbir 2023 | ||
| Iryna Horova | Record producer | ||
| Kostiantyn Tomilchenko | Choreographer, creative producer of TV shows Ukrayina maye talant, X-Factor and Maska | ||
| Maksim Nahorniak | Blogger, music critic | ||
| Oleksandr Varenytsia | PR specialist, international promoter of Ukrainian music | ||
| Oleksii Bondarenko | Music columnist | ||
| Olena Koliadenko | Choreographer, stage director, producer | ||
| Yevhen Triplov | Songwriter, record producer | ||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Belei withdrew from the competition before the online voting round was opened.[16]
- ^ Announced her intention to withdraw her candidacy on 4 February, due to issues regarding the tabulation of the votes following the failure of the Diia app during the final.[25] Suspilne later stated that she would remain a part of the contest as the rules prohibited a withdrawal at that stage, though she would have the option to refuse to go to Eurovision in case of her victory.[26]
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