Last week Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, partially revealed the list of the 10 participants of Vidbir 2024, the Ukrainian national final, and today the 11th contestant, the wildcard, was revealed as well. In the Ukrainian national final a known Eurovision name returns, Mélovin, who competed in the contest of 2018 (17th of 26 in the Grand Final).
Vidbir 2024 will take place in February of 2024; the exact date is not known yet.
Is there more information about Vidbir 2024, the Ukrainian national final?
There is more news about Vidbir 2024, like there are returning Vidbir artists that will try to test their luck nationally a second time. The professional jury of Vidbir 2024 made rightful decisions after a live audition round and based on whether a competing song has hit potential, without overlooking the Ukrainian culture and the need for a strong entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest for this war-stricken country.
A professional jury and public voting will decide the artist that will eventually go to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö (Sweden).
Who are the chosen artists to compete in the Ukrainian national final?
Below you can find the artists that were chosen to compete in the Ukrainian national final. Keep in mind that this list might change, since the full list will be published on December 29th 2023.
- Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria
- Drevo – Endless chain
- Ingret – Keeper
- Mélovin – Dreamer
- Nahaba – Glasss
- Nazva – Slavic English
- Skylerr – Time is running out
- Yagody — Tsunamia
- Yaktak — Lalala
- Ziferblat — Place I Call Home
- Anka – Palala (winner wildcard competition)
The songs of each and every participating entrant will be released near the televised show of Vidbir 2024.
Eurovision 2023
In the Eurovision Song Contest of 2023 Ukraine was represented by TVORCHI with the song “Heart of Steel”, ending in 6th position (of 26) in the Grand Final. Since Ukraine was 2022’s contest winner, they were both immediately placed in the 2023 Grand Final in Liverpool (UK), and they were co-hosting the 2023 edition of the contest (together with the UK). Because of the war with Russia Ukraine was not able to host the 2023 contest on home soil, so the Umited Kingdom stepped in.