Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne will choose its Eurovision entry via “Vidbir 2025” (the national selection for Eurovision 2025)
Tina Karol, who represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2006, will be the musical producer of “Vidbir 2025”
On December 11th, a longlist of 20 artists aiming to represent Ukraine has been revealed.
Following auditions, 9 of them made it to the final:
- Абіє (Abie) – “Dim” (Eng: Home)
- ДК Енергетик (DK Energetik) – “Sil'” (Eng: Salt)
- Маша Кондратенко (Masha Kondratenko) – “No Time To Cry”
- Влад Шериф (Vlad Sherif) – “Wind of Change”
- Future Culture – “Waste My Time”
- KHAYAT – “Honor”
- KRYLATA – “Stay True”
- MOLODI – “My Sea”
- Ziferblat – “Bird of Pray”
This means the following 11 artists will have a chance to win one last spot for the final:
- МУАЯД (Muayad)
- Слухай Сашу (Listen to Sasha)
- BRYKULETS
- ENLEO
- FIЇNKA
- GRISANA
- MON FIA
- Ranrawi
- Starykova Hrystyna
- TESLENKO
- YAGODY
Some of them are known among Eurovision fans, due to their former participations in “Vidbir”:
- KHAYAT has participated in “Vidbir 2020”.
- YAGODY and Ziferblat took part in “Vidbir 2024”.
- KRYLATA and TESLENKO have competed in the wild-card round for “Vidbir 2024”
- FIЇNKA participated in “Vidbir 2023”
Vidbir 2025 – Known Details
- A total of 374 songs have been submitted for “Vidbir 2025″.
- A professional jury selected 20 songs to advance to the live auditions.
- 9 artists have already secured their place in the final.
- The public will be able to grant a wildcard to additional artists among the 11 remaining artists.
- The list of 10 finalists will be revealed by the 17th of January 2025.
- “Vidbir 2025” will probably be held in February 2025.
- The winner will be determined by a combination of a public vote and a local jury panel.
So far, Ukraine is the only country that has always qualified for the final!
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025
