Ukraine: TESLENKO Withdraws from Vidbir 2025

Suspilne, the Ukrainian public broadcaster, has announced that artist TESLENKO has decided to withdraw from Vidbir 2025, the national competition that will select Ukraine’s representative for Eurovision 2025.

The artist’s management submitted an official request for TESLENKO’s withdrawal, which was accepted by the broadcaster. TESLENKO was part of the initial longlist of artists, from which the tenth and final finalist will be determined through an online vote. The remaining candidates are:

• BRYKULETS
• ENLEO
• FIЇNKA
• GRISANA
• MON FIA
• Ranrawi
• Starykova Hrystyna
• YAGODY
• Muayad
• Sluchay Sashu

The nine finalists for Vidbir 2025 have already been announced. These artists have automatically advanced to the final and will compete for the opportunity to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2025. The nine finalists are:

• Future Culture – “Waste My Time”
• Khayat – “Honor”
• Krylata – “Stay True”
• Molodi – “My Sea”
• Ziferblat – “Bird of Pray”
• Abiye – “Dim”
• DK Energetyk – “Sil’”
• Masha Kondratenko – “No Time To Cry”
• Vlad Sheryf – “Wind of Change”

Vidbir 2025 will be broadcast on February 8, 2025, as a single show. The winner will be selected through a combination of votes from the jury and the public, with equal weight given to both.

The jurors for Vidbir 2025 will include Jamala, the winner of Eurovision 2016, Sergey Tanchynets, a musician and producer, and Kateryna Pavlenko, the lead singer of Go_A.

Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil won Vidbir 2024 and represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2024 with their song “Teresa & Maria,” where they achieved 3rd place.