Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

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Eurovision Song Contest 2022
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
National selection
Selection processSelection among Vidbir 2022 entries
Selection date(s)22 February 2022
Selected artist(s) Kalush Orchestra
Selected song"Stefania"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 337 points)
Final result1st, 631 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Stefania" performed by the group Kalush Orchestra. The Ukrainian broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2022 contest. Eight entries competed in the national selection held on 12 February 2022 and "Tini zabutykh predkiv" performed by Alina Pash was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. UA:PBC confirmed on 16 February 2022 that Pash would not represent Ukraine following controversy regarding her travel history to the territory of Crimea, and announced the national final runner-up, "Stefania" performed by Kalush Orchestra, as the Ukrainian entry on 22 February 2022.

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Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 6, "Stefania" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed first out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 337 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 12 and placed first out of the 25 participating countries, winning the contest with 631 points including a record televoting score of 439 points. This was Ukraine's third win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having last won in 2016.

Background

Prior to the 2022 contest, Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2003, winning it in the following year with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana. 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 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; and it won the contest for a second time in 2016 with "1944" by Jamala. Ukraine's least successful result has been 24th place, which they achieved, as hosts, in 2017, with the song "Time" performed by O.Torvald.

The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), broadcasts the event within Ukraine and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. UA:PBC confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 18 June 2021. [1] In the past, UA:PBC had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Ukrainian entry. Between 2016 and 2020, the broadcaster, in collaboration with commercial broadcaster STB, had set up national finals with several artists to choose both 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 30 August 2021, it was announced that UA:PBC had terminated their partnership with STB, with the broadcaster announcing on 8 October 2021 that they would independently organise a national final to select the 2022 Ukrainian entry. [2] [3] Production companies had the opportunity to submit their proposals until 24 October 2021 and the selected company, Friends Pro TV, was announced on 29 December 2021. [4]

Before Eurovision

Vidbir 2022

Vidbir2022 was the sixth edition of Vidbir , which selected the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition took place at the NAU Center of Culture and Arts in Kyiv and consisted of a final on 12 February 2022. [5] [6] [7] The show was hosted by Maria Efrosinina with Timur Miroshnychenko as the backstage host, and broadcast on UA:Pershyi, via radio on Radio Promin with commentary by Oleksandr Zakharchenko and Anna Zakletska, and online via UA:PBC's official website tv.suspilne.media as well as Facebook and YouTube broadcasts. [8] [9]

Format

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took place over three stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition either through an online submission form. [10] Twenty-seven acts were longlisted and announced on 17 January 2022. [11] The second stage involved the longlisted artists attending a scheduled audition during designated dates. [12] Eight acts were selected and announced on 24 January 2022. [13] [14] The third stage was the televised final, which took place on 12 February 2022 and featured the eight acts vying to represent Ukraine in Turin. The winner was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. Both the public televote and the expert jury assigned scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 8 (highest) and the entry that had the highest number of points following the combination of these scores was declared the winner. Viewers participating in the public televote had the opportunity to submit a single vote per phone number for each of the participating entries via SMS. [9] In the event of a tie, the tie was decided in favour of the entry that received the highest score from the public televote. [15]

Competing entries

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries via an online submission form which accepted entries between 14 December 2021 and 10 January 2022. Only artists that had not performed in Russia since 2014 and entered the territory of Crimea without due permission were allowed to apply for the competition. [10] A selection panel that included music producer of the show Mykhailo Koshevy, television producer of the show Oleksiy Honcharenko and UA:PBC managing board member Yaroslav Lodyhin  [ uk ] reviewed the 284 received submissions and longlisted 27 entries, of which their artists were announced on 17 January 2022. [11] Auditions were later held at the My Dream Space venue in Kyiv where eight entries were shortlisted to compete in the national final. [12] On 24 January 2022, the eight selected competing acts were announced during a press conference held at the Radio Hub of the Public Media Academy of UA:PBC. [13] [14] Among the finalists was Ihor Didenchuk (member of Kalush Orchestra) who represented Ukraine in 2021 as a member of Go_A.

On 25 January 2022, UA:PBC announced that "Head Under Water", written by Daniel Boting and to have been performed by Laud, was disqualified from the national final as the song was previously released in 2018. "Hear My Words" performed by Barleben was announced as the replacement entry on the same day. [16]

Longlisted artists [11] [17]
ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Alina Pash "Tini zabutykh predkiv" (Тіні забутих предків)Alina Pash, Taras Bazeev
Barleben"Hear My Words"Oleksandr Barleben, Kristina Hromiak
Cloudless"All Be Alright"Yurii Kanalosh, Anton Panfilov, Mykhailo Shatokhin
Kalush Orchestra "Stefania" (Стефанія)Ihor Didenchuk, Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitalii Duzhyk
Laud"Head Under Water"Daniel Boting
Michael Soul"Demons"Michael Soul, Vlad Freimann, Andrei Katikov, Ilia Paliakou
Our Atlantic"Moia liubov" (Моя любов)Viktor Baida, Dmytro Bakal
Roxolana"Girlzzzz"Roksoliana Syrota, Mykhailo Gaidai
Wellboy "Nozzy Bossy"Anton Velboi, Serhii Yurov, Stepan Oliinik, Yevhen Harbarenko

Final

The final took place on 12 February 2022. Eight entries competed and the winner, " Tini zabutykh predkiv " performed by Alina Pash, was selected through the combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. [18] Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the public televote. The jury panel consisted of Tina Karol (singer, actress and television presenter, represented Ukraine in 2006), Jamala (singer-songwriter, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 for Ukraine) and Yaroslav Lodyhin  [ uk ] (UA:PBC Managing Board member). [19] [20] 77,843 votes were registered by the televote during the show. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, former Ukrainian Eurovision entrants Jamala, Tina Karol and Go_A (2021), as well as former Ukrainian Junior Eurovision entrants Darina Krasnovetska (2018), Sophia Ivanko (2019), Oleksandr Balabanov (2020) and Olena Usenko (2021) performed as guests. [21]

Final – 12 February 2022 [22] [23]
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 [a] Cloudless"All Be Alright"13,410457
2Michael Soul"Demons"21,239138
3Our Atlantic"Moia liubov"51,605276
4Barleben"Hear My Words"42,740375
5 Kalush Orchestra "Stefania"638,6348142
6Roxolana"Girlzzzz"35,034584
7 Wellboy "Nozzy Bossy"75,6466133
8 Alina Pash " Tini zabutykh predkiv "819,5357151
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSongT. KarolJamalaY. LodyhinTotalPoints
1"All Be Alright"31151
2"Demons"12472
3"Moia liubov"456155
4"Hear My Words"572144
5"Stefania"763166
6"Girlzzzz"235103
7"Nozzy Bossy"847197
8"Tini zabutykh predkiv"688228

Controversies

Results announcement issues and dispute

Following Alina Pash's victory, runner-up Kalush Orchestra accused the organisers of falsifying the results. Lead singer Oleh Psiuk claimed that the organisers of the selection had refused to speak to him after several technical issues had occurred during the announcement of the results; incorrect points were given during the allocation of the televotes, leading to a failure of the electronic scoreboard with host Timur Miroshnychenko manually announcing the results from a sheet of paper. [24] After the show, a video emerged of Psiuk confronting a producer in a corridor. [25] On a livestream, Psiuk claimed that the producer had refused to answer his questions, and went on to state that he intended to challenge the organisers in court. Suspilne and its audit partner PwC maintained the validity of the results, stating that the technical difficulties had had no impact on the results. Jury member and chairman of the organising committee, Yaroslav Lodyhin, stated that he would be ready to resign from his position as further proof of the broadcaster's good faith. [26] His resignation came into effect on 18 February. [27] The full results of the selection were published on 22 February. [28] [29]

Tymofii Muzychuk's travel history

On 16 February, a 2015 VK post by Kalush Orchestra member Tymofii Muzychuk surfaced, capturing him in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. The group's management stated that the photo had been taken before 2014, and that Muzychuk had traveled to Russia in 2013 to perform at a Mykhailo Poplavskyi  [ uk ] concert in Moscow and at an event in Krasnodar, which he claimed to have been his last time in the country. [30]

Alina Pash's disqualification

Following the controversy surrounding Maruv in the 2019 national final, which led to Ukraine withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest that year, a new rule was introduced starting from 2020 which bars artists who have performed in Russia since 2014 or have entered Crimea "in violation of the legislation of Ukraine" from entering the competition. [31] On 14 February 2022, activist and video blogger Serhii Sternenko alleged that Pash had entered Crimea from Russian territory in 2015, and counterfeited her travel documentation with her team in order to take part in Vidbir. [32] UA:PBC subsequently stated that they would request the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service to verify if the documentation is forged, and that Pash would not officially be the Ukrainian representative at the contest "until the verification and clarification of the facts is completed". [33] Andrii Demchenko, speaking on behalf of the Guard Service, maintained that the certificate Pash had handed in to the broadcaster had not been issued by them, but that a request to cross the border had been made by the artist, and that UA:PBC would be provided with the results of the investigation by 16 February at 11:00 (EET). [34] [35] Chairwoman of the broadcaster's Supervisory Board, Svitlana Ostapa  [ uk ], later called a meeting on 18 February in order to discuss the situation surrounding the national final. [34] [35] [36]

Pash's management addressed the accusations stating that she had entered Crimea from the Ukrainian border, and that the certificate had been requested by a "team member" rather than Pash herself. They had assured to be analyzing the circumstances surrounding the obtainment of the document. [37] On 16 February, Pash claimed on an Instagram post that the State Border Guard Service had not been able to provide her with a new certificate as proof of her entrance to Crimea, as she had requested in the wake of the controversy, since related records are only kept for five years. [38] Shortly after, Pash announced on her social media pages that she would withdraw her candidacy as the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. [39] On the same day, UA:PBC stated it had decided to "cease her participation" and that "the artist agreed with this decision of the organizing committee". [40] On 2 June, Pash admitted to forging the documents and apologised for her actions. [41]

Replacement entry selection

Following the withdrawal of Alina Pash, UA:PBC stated that one of the entries that competed in the national final would be selected to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 during the 18 February meeting. [42] [43] Kalush Orchestra were offered the proposal on 17 February, however it was later reported that they would refuse to sign the participation contract until the detailed results of the national final were released. [44] [45] On 22 February, simultaneously with the release of the detailed results, the group accepted the offer to represent Ukraine. [46]

Preparations

Kalush Orchestra during a press conference in Ukraine before the Eurovision Song Contest Kalush Orchestra at the Ukraine Media Center, 2022 A.png
Kalush Orchestra during a press conference in Ukraine before the Eurovision Song Contest

Following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UA:PBC and Kalush Orchestra had yet to formally comment on whether their Eurovision participation would continue. [47] [48] On 14 March, executive producers of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Claudio Fasulo  [ it ] and Simona Martorelli, confirmed that Ukraine would still be competing; this was later reaffirmed by the broadcaster on 19 March via a post on its social media pages. [49] [50] [51] They added that work would commence on their 'live-on-tape' backup performance, which was planned to be recorded in Lviv. [52] [53] The Ukrainian delegation was later exempted from the requirement to do so, with their national final performance acting as the 'live-on-tape' that would be used in the event that the group was unable to travel to Turin. [54] On 2 April, UA:PBC confirmed that Kalush Orchestra and the rest of the delegation were given permission from state authorities to travel to Turin for the contest, adding that the group would also take part in promotional events across Europe to raise donations for war relief efforts. [55] [56] [57]

On 7 April, Kalush Orchestra performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. [58] [59] The group also performed on 9 April during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Edsilia Rombley, and completed promotional activities in Poland by appearing during the TVP2 morning show Pytanie na śniadanie on 18 April. [60] [61]

At Eurovision

A video postcard introduced the Ukrainian performance in the first semi-final and final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The postcard was filmed in the Italian city of Florence and featured virtual projections of Kalush Orchestra across the location. Florence 2009 - 0946.jpg
A video postcard introduced the Ukrainian performance in the first semi-final and final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The postcard was filmed in the Italian city of Florence and featured virtual projections of Kalush Orchestra across the location.

According to Eurovision rules, 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 for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Ukraine was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2022, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. [62]

Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Ukraine was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Slovenia and before the entry from Bulgaria. [63]

In Ukraine, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on UA:Kultura and via radio on Radio Promin with commentary by Timur Miroshnychenko. [64] [65] The Ukrainian spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Ukrainian jury during the final, was member of 2021 Ukrainian representatives Go_A Kateryna Pavlenko.

Semi-final

Kalush Orchestra during the first semi-final Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 1 - Ukraine - Kalush Orchestra (02).jpg
Kalush Orchestra during the first semi-final

Kalush Orchestra took part in technical rehearsals on 30 April and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. [66]

The Ukrainian performance featured the members of Kalush Orchestra performing on stage in traditional outfits; Oleh Psiuk and Tymofii Muzychuk were both dressed in Ukrainian historical costumes from Hutsul. [67] The stage displayed blue and yellow lighting with the view of a sunrise appearing on the LED screens at the beginning, and was followed by silhouettes of the group members that leaned left and right as well as hands and eyes, the latter of which symbolised the eyes of a mother that was "filled with tears because of the lost spring, and her hands that protect the yellow-and-blue universe" as stated by the Ukrainian delegation. [67] [68] [69] The stage director and choreographer for the Ukrainian performance was Oleksii Zhembrovskyi. [70] Before the semi-final, it was revealed that the group were requested multiple times to rework their staging plans to remain apolitical, as "guided by the rules of 'out of politics'". [71]

At the end of the show, Ukraine was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed first in the semi-final, receiving a total of 337 points: 135 points from the juries and 202 points from the televote.

Final

Shortly after the first semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Ukraine was subsequently placed to perform in position 12, following the entry from the Netherlands and before the entry from Germany.

Kalush Orchestra once again took part in dress rehearsals on 13 and 14 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. The group performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 14 May. After the group finished their performance, Oleh Psiuk shouted: "I ask all of you, please help Ukraine, Mariupol. Help Azovstal, right now!" [72] The contest's rules precludes promoting political statements and messages, and several commentators noted that Psiuk's statement could be in breach of the rules. [73] However, the EBU deemed the statement to be "humanitarian rather than political in nature”. [74]

Ukraine won the contest placing first with a score of 631 points: 439 points from the televoting (received from every country with all but Serbia awarding 8, 10 or 12 points) and 192 points from the juries. This was Ukraine's third victory in the Eurovision Song Contest; their previous victories were in 2004 and 2016. [75] "Stefania" also became the first song sung entirely in Ukrainian to win the contest, and the first winning song in the hip-hop genre.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. [76] In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. [77] The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. [78] [79]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Ukraine and awarded by Ukraine in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Ukraine

Points awarded by Ukraine

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Ukrainian jury: [82]

Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Semi-final 1) [80]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
Juror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 16151616111616
02Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 131371091265
03Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 121412141314112
04Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 5285145612
05Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 15161015151515
06Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
07Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 671113121114
08Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1442111256
09Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3111491692210
10Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 412423874
11Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7991258313
12Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 885636511
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1412157101383
14Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 966887438
15Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11533647101
16Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10101311410147
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2311721092
Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Final) [81]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
Juror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14314181910116
02Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 23171321162217
03Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 5632221013
04Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17131719142074
05Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 882545622
06Flag of France.svg  France 2011231471414
07Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15141813111692
08Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 127128139223
09Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2115211251221
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 221222241823101
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 624433883
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
13Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10161615211812
14Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 242019111721210
15Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 195686519
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 9212016241918
17Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 456364724
18Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1619810151338
19Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1818723231756
20Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1349997411
21Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3241117108320
22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2111111247
23Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11101571211112
24Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 19232422222415
25Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 7221020201565

Controversy

The Ukrainian jury votes in the final faced scrutiny on Ukrainian and Polish social media. While the Polish jury awarded 12 points to Ukraine, the Ukrainian jury did not award Poland any points (the Ukrainian televote awarded 12 points to Poland regardless); this led to some suggesting that the Ukrainian jury votes might have been affected by pro-Russia agents intending to damage relations between the two countries. [83] Ukraine's ambassador to Poland Andrii Deshchytsia and the Ukrainian minister of culture Oleksandr Tkachenko criticized the jury's decision, with the latter calling it "embarrassing". [84] [85] [86] [87] The Ukrainian jury members stated that their votes represented their own views, and were not related to any political considerations. [88]

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to technical issues during the first performance, Cloudless performed their song again after all the other songs.

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Oleh Romanovych Psiuk, also known by his stage name Psiuchyi Syn, is a Ukrainian rapper and songwriter, who is the founder and frontman of the rap group Kalush.

Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Heart of Steel" performed by Tvorchi. The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2023 contest. As the winning country of the 2022 contest, Ukraine automatically qualified for the final. Tvorchi performed in position 19 and finished in sixth place overall with 243 points.

Ukraine competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. The country was represented by Zlata Dziunka with the song "Nezlamna (Unbreakable)", who won the national selection organised by the Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heart of Steel (Tvorchi song)</span> 2022 song by Tvorchi

"Heart of Steel" is a song by Ukrainian electronic duo Tvorchi. The song represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after winning Vidbir 2023, Ukraine's national selection.

Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Teresa & Maria", written by Aliona Savranenko, Anton Chilibi, Ivan Klymenko, and Yana Shemaieva, and performed by Savranenko and Shemaieva themselves under their stages names Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, organised the national final Vidbir2024 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Ukraine competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in France, which was held on 26 November 2023 in Nice. National broadcaster Suspilne was responsible for the participation and selected the nation's entrant via national selection, won by Anastasia Dymyd with the song "Kvitka".

Ukraine took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, with the song "Hear Me Now" performed by Artem Kotenko. The Ukrainian broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine selected its entry, originally titled "Dim", through the national final Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – 2024.

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