Ukraine will select a song for Eurovision 2026 via “Vidbir 2026.”
10 artists qualified for the final: 9 were selected following live auditions, and the 10th artist (KHAYAT) was selected by a wildcard round
Earlier today, the national broadcaster revealed the finalists’ songs.
The artists will perform in the following running order:
Playlist
- Valeriya Force — “Open Our Hearts“
- MOLODI — “The Legends“
- Monokate — “Tуt“ (Tut)
- The Elliens — “Crawling Whispers“
- LAUD — “Lightkeeper“
- LELÉKA— “Рідним“ (Eng: Native)
- Mr. Vel — “Do or Done“
- KHAYAT — “Hertzi”
- Jerry Heil — “Catharticus” (Prayer)
- ShchukaRyba — “Моя земля” (Eng: My Land)
The Line-Up
Among the names, we can detect familiar faces like:
- Jerry Heil represented Ukraine in Eurovision 2024 (together with Alyona Alyona)
- Monokate is Kateryna Anatoliivna Pavlenko, the lead singer of Go_A, who represented Ukraine in Eurovision 2020 and 2021
- The Elliens lead singer is Olena Usenko, who represented Ukraine in Junior Eurovision 2021
- KHAYAT and LAUD competed in the national selection in the past.
“Vidbir 2026” – Knows Details
- “Vidbir 2026” final will be held on February 7th, 2026.
- The contest’s slogan will be “Be Unique“.
- The public broadcaster and Superhumans will host a charity fundraiser for veterans’ prosthetics as part of the show.
- The results will be based on a fixed point system, composed of 50% public vote and 50% national jury panel.
Ukraine will compete in semi-final 2 of Eurovision 2026 (May 14th, 2026).
The country is allocated to perform in the second half of the show
Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.
