After being absent from Eurovision in 2015, NTU in cooperation with commercial broadcaster STB have organized the biggest national selection format that the country has ever seen till now. The second out of three shows set took place tonight live from Kiev and the last three acts out of the 9 competing went directly to the final after catching the highest scores from the combination of the votes from the expert panel and the Ukrainian audience.You can find them below (in bold):
- Alloise – Crown
- ArkadyVoytyuk – Vse v tobi
- Japanda – Anime
- NuAngels – Higher
- Peak of Kings – Last Hope
- Pringelz – Easy to Love
- Pur:Pur – We Do Change
- SunSay – Love Manifest
- Viktoria Petryk – Overload
The acts which qualified from tonight’s heat will join Jamala, The Hardkiss and Brunettes Shoot Blondes in the grand final.
The show was hosted by Dmytro Tankovich and Oleksandr Pedan and started at 19:00 local time. The jury panel is formed by Konstantin Meladze, Ruslana and Verka Serduchka’s actor, Andry Danylko.
Next week, the 6 finalists will get to perform their songs once again on Saturday. Only one of them will get to represent the count
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