Today was the deadline for the submissions for the Ukrainian national Final for the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The process is underway to select the successor of Sympho-Nick who represented Ukraine in Malta for last year’s contest. The submission deadline has passed and the auditions will take place tomorrow. The potential Ukrainian representatives will take to the audition room and …

Feels Like The First Time – Thinking about Eurovision, there have always been new things occurring, This year is no different, we are the 12th of February and we already know of a few things which will happen that have never happened before. So let’s take a look at what is New For Vienna…  (In an editorial stealing the name …

Three countries have already announced their intention not to show the BBC’s celebration of 60 years of Eurovision, with a further broadcaster still very much undecided on whether it will show the special programme. Netherlands’ AVROTROS, Luxembourg’s RTL and Ukraine’s NTU will not show the programme, being hosted on March 31st in London, United Kingdom. The latter two may not …

It is now common knowledge that the troubled nation of Ukraine recently made the decision to sit out next year’s Eurovision, with even major news sites such as the BBC reporting on the news. However, it appears that there might indeed be hope after all, and it comes in the form of someone who has helped Ukraine before! Timofey Nagorny, …

Ukraine is withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to be held in Vienna, Austria. The announcement was made on NTU’s website and is sending shock waves across the Eurovision community. The reason for withdrawal is financial and political instability. military aggression from the East as well as the annexation of Crimea by Russia earlier which took place a few …

Olivia Le Poidevin from ESC United spoke to Ukraine Eurovision entry 2014, Mariya Yaremchuk about what it means to represent her country amidst political turmoil back home. While Eurovision tries to stay out of Politics, it is impossible to ignore the elephant in the room and recent developments but the young singer found a classy way to focus on the …

Today the new version of Ukraine’s “Tick-Tock” was released on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel. Maria Yaremchuk previously stated that she had been short of time when working on the initial version of the song – as a result, the entry has undergone quite some changes! [vsw id=”sdAf2EjhRiE” source=”youtube” width=”500″ height=”300″ autoplay=”no”] What do you think about the …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. I’m not an expert, in any sense of the word, on Ukraine.  But I want to discuss Ukraine’s voting patterns and representation in Eurovision in light of the current protests, which highlight the East-West divide of the Ukrainian …

Just moments ago the results of the national final in Kiev was revealed, Maria Yaremchuk will represent Ukraine in Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The 20 year old singer will compete in Copenhagen with the song Tick-Tock. Maria is known for being a finalist in the Ukrainian tv contest “Voice of the country” and also ending up 3rd in representing Ukraine …

Today at 11.15 CET Ukraine will be the first country to choose its representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The 20 hopeful artists will compete for the prestigous ticket to Copenhagen, and follow Zlata’s success in the previous edition with her song Gravity. According to an NTU poll launched on their official website the current favourite is Tatiana Shirko’s “Let …