

Ukraine | Go_A reveal their plans for Eurovision 2021
Following on from the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam, the Ukrainian broadcaster UA: PBC announced that they will be participating in Eurovision 2021 and that they would be sending their 2020 representatives, Go_A. Speaking on the television programme ЖВЛ, the lead singer of Go_A, Kateryna Pavlenko, spoke about both Vidbir and Eurovision, among many other things. The band were very happy to find out that they would be going to Eurovision 2021, but they were not a


Eurovision 2020 | GoA wins Vidbir 2020
Today we saw the grand final of the national selection of Ukraine, Vidbir. A total of 6 acts competed for the chance to represent Ukraine in Eurovision 2020. The result was decided by 50% public, 50% jury vote. The jury was composed of Andrii Danylko, Tina Karol and Vitalii Drozdov. They all gave their highest score to GoA, followed by Krutь and Khayat. The public also gave their highest points to GoA, Khayat and Krut, making GoA the winner of Vidbir 2020 and Ukraine's Eurovi


Ukraine | Tina Karol will perform at the final of Vidbir 2020
Tina Karol, this year's Vidbir judge and Eurovision alumnim is set to perform at the final of Ukraine’s Eurovision selection show this Saturday. Tina Karol is one of the most appreciated singers in Ukraine, having a bright musical career for over 15 years. She also represented Ukraine in 2006 with the song Show Me Your Love, which brought another great result for Ukraine, placing 7th in the grand final. Tina is not the only singer that is going to perform in Vidbir’s final, s


Ukraine | TVORCHI wins Vidbir 2020 semi final two
Today we saw the second semi final of the national selection of Ukraine, Vidbir. A total of 8 acts competed for the three remaining spots in the grand final. The result was decided by 50% public, 50% jury vote. The jury was composed of Andrii Danylko, Tina Karol and Vitalii Drozdov. The juries gave their highest score to TVORCHI, followed by Khayat and David Axelrod. The public also gave their points to TVORCHI and Khayat, with the third in the public votes being Oleksandr Po


Ukraine | Krut wins Vidbir semi final one
Today we saw the first semi final of the national selection of Ukraine, Vidbir. A total of 8 acts competed for the 3 spots in the grand final. The result was decided by 50% public, 50% jury vote. The jury was composed of Andrii Danylko, Tina Karol and Vitalii Drozdov. They all gave their highest score to Krut, followed by Jerry Heil and Go-A. The public also gave their highest points to the same three contenders, making Krut the winner of semi final 1 with her song "99". The


Eurovision 2020 | Artist names for Vidbir revealed
Ukraine’s broadcaster STB has revealed the names of this years participants for Vidbir, the national selection for Ukraine.
16 participants will be competing in total and the voting will be both public and jury. 7 of them previously participated in The Voice of Ukraine and The Voice of Ukraine, Elina Ivashenko, Katya Chilly, Khayat and David Axelroad being part of Tina Karol's team. The jury for the 2020 edition of Vidbir will consist of 3 members: Andrii Danylko who repres

Moldova | Kseniya Simonov and Mika Newton talk Eurovision 2019!
Image courtesy of www.eurovision.tv Kesniya Simonov, the artists behind Anna Odobescu's stage performance in Tel Aviv, has spoken out about her participation in Eurovision 2019 as part of team Moldova. Kseniya, who previously joined Mika Newton from Ukraine on stage in Dusseldorf at Eurovision 2011, has revealed that she approached Anna and proposed her staging ideas to her. Kseniya went on to say that unlike in 2011 when she created sand art, this year, she is creating snow


Ukraine | Ukraine WITHDRAW From Eurovision 2019
Today, it has been announced by the broadcaster, Ukraine have officially withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv Up to and including Saturday, everything was going smooth sailing for the Eastern European nation and 2016 winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, but after it was revealed that the winner of their selection show, Vidbir would have to sign a contract with the broadcaster, caused show winner and original representative Maruv to withdraw her posit


Ukraine | KAZKA & Brunettes Shoot Blondes Next To Reject Representing Ukraine In 2019
It has been a few manic says in Ukraine since the conclusion of their national selection show Vidbir. After winner of the show Maruv, refused to sign a contract drawn up by the broadcaster and withdrew her participation, two more acts from the selection have also refused to enter in her place. Atfer Maruv refused to sign a contract drawn up from the broadcaster, which would include her to give up the rights of the song from "Siren Song" over to the broadcaster and cancel any


Ukraine | Freedom Jazz reject offer to represent Ukraine at Eurovision
Freedom Jazz, runners up in Vidbir 2019, have announced that they have turned down the offer from Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC to represent their country at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. This news comes just one day after MARUV also turned down the offer to sing at Eurovision 2019. The trio revealed the news on their official Facebook and Instagram accounts, in which they said: "Dear friends! Thank you for your support, love, excitement and for being with