This morning the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC confirmed that Kalush Orchestra was offered the first refusal to represent them in Turin this May, and despite the contentious days following Vidbir they have accepted. That mean’s that the band and their song “Stefania” will compete in the first half of the first semi-final on May 10th. Kalush won the candidacy after fellow …
Kyiv, 16 February 2022 It has been in the air for the past few days, but now it’s official. Alina Pash, who won Ukraine’s national final Vidbir last Saturday has formally resigned her candicacy for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. She is the second Vidbir laureate to drop out of Eurovision in the past four years, the other being MARUV …
Following a four hour long Eurovision selection show, Ukraine has finally decided that their next representative will be Alina Pash with the song “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”. Alina was also the winner of our reader’s poll earlier this week. The show began at 17:30 CET on the Eurovision Ukriane YouTube channel and would feature Go_A opening the show with their 2021 song …
As we head into another super Saturday full of Eurovision selections, we asked #YOU the readers who you should win tonight’s finals in Ukraine and Estonia. A total of 270 votes were cast between our two polls, and our winners earned a clear majority. At the end of the day Alisha Pash and Stefan are your favorites to win Vidbir and Eesti …
As we have announced previously, UA:PBC and STB will no longer be collaborating on Ukraine’s Eurovision selection – and instead the collaboration will occur with production company Friends Pro TV. This means that there will likely be a few changes to the overall design of the show, but quite a few things have stayed the same, from the 50/50 vote …
Kyiv, 24 January 2022 UA:PBC, the Ukrainian broadcaster, have revealed the 8 competing artists for a ticket to Eurovision. They initially already revealed a longlist with artists consisting of 27. The list has been narrowed down to 8 for one grand final to find the Ukrainian representative at this year’s contest. Here are the acts that will be competing in …
After a strong showing in Rotterdam, placing 2nd in the televote and 5th overall, Ukraine is back with a vengeance! Earlier today, the names of the 27 artists who made the long-list for this year’s Vidbir, Ukraine’s national selection final were released. They are: Alina Pash AMARIIA Barleben DOdoBro Cloudless FIZRUK Gorim! (rumored song title “Neverending”) IDXO Kalush Orchestra LAUD Laura …
As has become an annual tradition, ESC Radio and Songfestival.be teamed up today to present the online Eurovision fandom’s 250 favorite contest entries. And when all was said and done, Loreen‘s “Euphoria” once again captured the top spot . Right on her heels were 2021 Eurovision champions Måneskin, with their winning entry “Zitti e buoni”. The remainder of this year’s …
The MTV European Music Awards were held in Budapest, Hungary, earlier this evening, and two Eurovision 2021 artists took home top honors! Eurovision 2021 winners Måneskin were nominated for three categories at this year’s ceremony: Best Group, Best Rock Group, and Best Italian Act. The latter is a regional award voted on by the Italian public. Though the quartet did …
Olena Usenko has just won the Ukrainian national final for Junior Eurovision and will represent Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris on the 19 December with her song “Vazhil (Leverage).” She received the most points from the expert panel (which included 2010 ESC representative Alyosha and last year JESC represantative Oleksandr Balabanov) and the televote. The show …
