Ukraine: Which artist does Jamala want to see return to Eurovision?

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In a recent interview, 2016 Eurovision winner, Jamala named the artist she would like to see representing Ukraine again at Eurovision.

Jamala is confident that Tina Karol, one of the most well-known representatives of the country, could not only come back again but take the victory for Ukraine in the competition.  The artist already represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, celebrated in Athens with the song Show Me Your Love.  She finished in 7th place in the Final.

“I think that Tina Karol could do well in Eurovision.  There are cases of artists that previously participated [and do better] in their second participation.”

https://youtu.be/mRqhkwTIuU8?si=Tr7SVasaJ3WRJraC

However, Jamala is not thinking about a Eurovision return for herself.  When asked about the possibility she gave a negative answer because she already made history by winning and getting what she dreamed of.  Moreover, she said she would like to be a jury once again for the Ukrainian national selection.

Tina Karol already made a comeback during the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool as an interval act.  Nevertheless, she is not representing Ukraine next year as she will be the new music producer of the national selection for Eurovision 2025.

Would you like to see Tina Karol returning to Eurovision to represent Ukraine?  Let us know in the comments!

Source: Union.net

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Junior Eurovision 2024: Artem Kotenko will represent Ukraine in Madrid!

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Today it was Ukraine’s turn to select its entry for Junior Eurovision 2024. Just a while ago, the Ukrainian national selection for Junior Eurovision 2024, was concluded. For another year as Ukraine opted for a national final in order to select its Junior Eurovision entry and the show was broadcasted live from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Hosted by Anna Trincher (Ukraine 2015, Junior Eurovision), Anna Tulyeva and Timur Miroshnychenko (host of Junior Eurovision 2009 and 2013, host of Eurovision 2017) and following the combination of votes from a national jury and public voting in equal shares, Artem Kotenko was crowned as the winner with his song “Dim“.

Out of the entries submitted to the Ukrainian broadcaster, six were long-listed by Suspilne. Hence, a total of six acts advanced to the televised final of and were the following:

  1. Illia Konovchenko (ILKO) – “SPACESHIP”
  2. Anastasiia Bielibova– “Unbelievable”
  3. Veronika Kohan – “Harmony”
  4. Zlata Ivaniv – “Namysto” (Necklace)
  5. Artem Kotenko – “Dim (Home)”
  6. Anhelina Hlohus – “Plachut’ yanholy” (Crying angels)

The voting process

A professional jury along with the public vote decided in equal shares who would fly the Ukrainian flag in Madrid.

Professional Jury

The professional jury consisted of ROXOLANA, Andrii Hutsuliak and Vitaly Drozdov:

6 points– Zlata Ivaniv

5 points– Artem Kotenko

4 points – Anastasiia Bielibova

3 points– Veronika Kohan

2 points– Illia Konovchenko

1 point– Anhelina Hlohus

Audience’s Votes

6 points– Artem Kotenko

5 points– Zlata Ivaniv

4 points– Anastasiia Bielibova

3 points– Veronika Kohan

2 points– Illia Konovchenko

1 point– Anhelina Hlohus

The winner

Following the combination of the above and with a total of 11 points, by winning both the tie with Zlata Ivaniv and the public vote, Artem Kotenko was crowned as the winner and will therefore serve as the country’s representative in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Madrid in November.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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Ukraine: Submission window for Vidbir 2025 now open!

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One week after confirming their participation, the Ukrainian public broadcaster has published further information about the national selection for Eurovision 2025!

The submission window will be open for approximately two months, starting today until October 10. Candidates can submit their proposals on the Suspilne’s official website. Artists must be at least 16 years old, cannot participate in selection processes of other countries, and must submit a song up to three (3) minutes long.

Based on the results of the initial artist selection, a shortlist will be published. These, up to 20 artists, will participate in an audition, which is mandatory. A jury will announce the 9 artists selected for the national final by December 20. Additionally, an online vote will be held to select one more participant from those who were not chosen by the jury for the final. Thus, the final list will be announced by January 17.

The National Final will take place in February. The winner will be selected based on the results of public and jury voting and will have the opportunity to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland.

Singer Tina Karol, the musical producer of Vidbir 2025, emphasizes the key requirements that must be met in the national selection:

“It is important that an artist can submit multiple songs: two, three, or even four. Demos can also be submitted. Experiment! You can also submit a song in different versions. However, there are important selection criteria: the songs must be original. Pieces created based on other compositions are not accepted. Folk songs are not accepted. Songs that have already been published, even if they are only 10 seconds long, are not accepted. And remember, the song’s duration must be three minutes.”

In Eurovision 2025, Ukraine was represented by alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, and their song “Teresa & Maria” that ended up in 3rd place in the Grand Final:

https://youtu.be/d4N82wPpdg8

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Tina Karol Takes on Role as Music Producer for Ukraine’s Eurovision National Selection

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Tina Karol, the renowned Ukrainian artist, has been officially appointed as the music producer for Ukraine’s Eurovision National Selection. This significant development marks a new chapter for the competition, with Tina, known for her extensive experience and exceptional artistic career, set to lead the selection process for the country’s representative.

The process for Ukraine’s National Selection will begin next week with the opening of application submissions. Alongside the start of the application period, further details regarding participation requirements and the evaluation process will be announced.

Tina Karol expressed her enthusiasm for her new role, stating, “I am thrilled to be involved in the Eurovision National Selection and to support both those taking their first steps and those returning to the National Selection phase.” She also conveyed her belief that this year will showcase many brilliant performers, bringing new hopes and expectations for Ukraine’s participation in the competition.

With her undeniable artistic integrity and passion for music, Tina Karol is expected to bring a fresh perspective to Ukraine’s National Selection, enhancing the process and providing support to emerging and established artists who aspire to represent their country at Eurovision.

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Ukraine: Eurovision 2025 participation confirmed!

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Earlier today, one more country confirmed its participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, which is set to take place next year in Basel, Switzerland!

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Ukraine: Andriy Danylko refuses to be a judge again for the national final!

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Andriy Danilko, who plays the well-known and beloved Verka Serduchka, declares that he will not be a member of the jury again in the country’s national final for Eurovision, asking for changes.

The famous Ukrainian artist was a judge in the national final of Ukraine from 2016 to 2020 and this year. Andriy Danylko says the national final has lost the elements of tension and surprise since the two semi-finals were scrapped and is calling for their return so he can be a judge again.

Despite his disagreements with the selection process, Andriy Danylko strongly supported this year’s representatives Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona.

Ukraine has yet to confirm its participation in Eurovision 2025, although it is expected to participate as normal. It is most likely that they will follow the method of the national final for the selection of their participation for the next year as well.

This year Ukraine was represented in Malmö by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil and the song “Teresa & Maria” finishing in the third place of the grand final receiving 453 points.

https://youtu.be/d4N82wPpdg8?si=JhnjUl_ng1TsxZ86

Source: glavred

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Nemo: They will perform in Ukraine in the context of their European tour!

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The winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Nemo, will visit Ukraine for the first time to perform an exclusive program. It will take place as part of a European tour in early spring.

MUZVAR reports that it was announced during the Atlas United festival. The show is to take place at the Atlas concert hall on March 7, 2025.

“From the stage of the Atlas United festival, we announced that the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Nemo will give a concert in Kyiv. The show will take place at the Atlas club in spring. In addition to their own tracks, Nemo are intrigued by a joint track with alyona alyona and Jerry Heil, which will be presented at the concert too,”

However, the artists haven’t commented on this yet, and their official tour schedule doesn’t include Ukraine. Moreover, it starts in Cologne, Germany, on March 16. On June 12, Nemo published a schedule of upcoming concerts in Europe and noted that they were working on visiting Greece and Ukraine.

Ticket sales are already available on Ukrainian booking services, and prices start from 1300 to 5000 hryvnias.

It is known that Nemo promised to come to Ukraine during the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. In particular, they built a very warm relationship with the Ukrainian representatives Jerry Heil and alyona alyona. They went to breakfast together and created covers. Nemo expressed admiration for the Ukrainian women even during the Eurovision 2024 preparations.

“I can’t believe it! I am a fan of yours. You have touched my heart,”

A possible collaboration between Nemo and Jerry Heil and alyona alyona exists only in the form of rumors. Back at the opening of the music show in Malmö, they commented on the trio’s future.

“Who knows, maybe we’ll do something. We don’t know, maybe we’ll create something.”

Source: UAZMI

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Eurovision 2024: Switzerland is the big winner of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest!

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The 68th Eurovision Song Contest has been history for a few minutes now, with the big winner being Switzerland represented by Nemo and the song “The Code“.

In a contest marked by drama and a lot of backstory, Swittzerland emerged as the winner with 591 points.

Twenty-six countries took part in tonight’s show, aiming to succeed Loreen and Sweden as the reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions.

The show

Malmö Arena was the venue for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmö.

The presenters of tonight’s show, as of all the shows, were Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman.

The 25 participating countries that took part in the Grand Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest were:

 

R/O COUNTRY ARTIST SONG
1 Sweden Marcus & Martinus “Unforgettable”
2 Ukraine alyona alyona & Jerry Heil “Teresa & Maria”
3 Germany Isaak “Always on the Run”
4 Luxembourg Tali “Fighter”
6 Israel Eden Golan “Hurricane”
7 Lithuania Silvester Belt “Luktelk”
8 Spain Nebulossa “Zorra”
9 Estonia 5miinust & Puuluup “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
10 Ireland Bambie Thug “Doomsday Blue”
11 Latvia Dons “Hollow”
12 Greece Marina Satti “Zari”
13 United Kingdom Olly Alexander “Dizzy”
14 Norway Gåte “Ulveham”
15 Italy Angelina Mango “La noia”
16 Serbia Teya Dora “Ramonda”
17 Finland Windows95man “No Rules!”
18 Portugal Iolanda “Grito”
19 Armenia Ladaniva “Jako”
20 Cyprus Silia Kapsis “Liar”
21 Switzerland Nemo “The Code”
22 Slovenia Raiven “Veronika”
23 Croatia Baby Lasagna “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
24 Georgia Nutsa Buzaladze “Firefighter”
25 France Slimane “Mon amour”
26 Austria Kaleen “We Will Rave​”

Results

The final ranking of the 25 finalists of Eurovision 2024 was as follows:

The vote of the juries was as follows:

The votes of the public were as follow:

  1. Croatia 337
  2. Israel 327
  3. Ukraine 307
  4. France 227
  5. Switzerland 226
  6. Ireland 136
  7. Italy 104
  8. Greece 85
  9. Armenia 82
  10. Lithuania 58
  11. Sweden 49
  12. Cyprus 44
  13. Estonia 33
  14. Serbia 32
  15. Finland 31
  16. Latvia 28
  17. Luxembourg 20
  18. Georgia 19
  19. Germany 18
  20. Portugal 13
  21. Slovenia 12
  22. Spain 11
  23. Austria 5
  24. Norway 4
  25. United Kingdom 0

Half of the final result came from the votes of the juries who voted last night and half from the TV audiences across Europe who voted for their favourite songs a few hours ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO_qJf-nW0k

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Bets: The latest odds before the Grand Final!

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The 68th Eurovision Song Contest, which has been marred by drama like no other, will conclude in a few hours from now, culminating in the elimination of the Netherlands from the Grand Final this morning.

Amidst an atmosphere of tension and unprecedented toxicity, we take a look at the betting companies’ odds regarding each country’s chances of winning this year’s contest, as well as their chances of being in the Top 10.

Croatia in pole position

With Croatia as the early favourites, the Eurovision 2024 final will take place this evening. The country that has been in first place more than any other has the best chance of winning just hours before the curtain falls on this year’s contest. The supersonic Baby Lasagna is very close to giving Croatia their first win as an independent nation in their Eurovision appearance. Right now, you can place bets on the Croats’ maiden victory at odds between 1.83 and 2.25.

Second is Israel, which is right on Croatia’s heels and sees its odds of victory remain largely unchanged from our analysis yesterday. Thus, Israel’s Eurovision 2024 win is being played at odds between 2.8 and 4.

In third place, gaining ground after last night’s performance, are Nemo and Switzerland. Switzerland and Nemo‘s victory is now being bet at odds between 4.5 and 5.5, up from 6 to 9 at the time of writing our analysis yesterday.

Up two places for Ireland and down one for France, who complete the top five. The possibility of Ireland winning is now offered between 17 and 23. On the other hand, France‘s odds of victory have risen compared to yesterday, now offered between 15 and 26.

Ukraine has dropped to sixth place, having lost three places in the last two days. With the odds on offer having risen significantly, currently as much as 34 times the stake is returned on a Ukrainian victory in Malmo.

In seventh place is Italy, who lost even more ground after last night’s performance at Jury Rehearsal. Between 21 and 51 is being played on the possibility of Angelina Mango winning.

A one place rise for Greece, which moved up one place compared to our analysis yesterday, “taking advantage” of the exclusion of the Netherlands. A possible victory of “ZARI” and Marina Satti is currently being played at odds between 81 and 251, with no change at all compared to yesterday.

Finland has moved up to ninth place, while Sweden completes the top ten, returning inside the Top 10 for the first time in many months. Both Finland and Sweden are both playing at a maximum odds of 251, exactly the same as ninth-placed Greece as well as the UK and Armenia, who are in 11th and 12th place.

Top 10

Of particular interest is one of the most popular markets for betting companies, that of entering the Top 10. Looking at the table below, it can be seen that bookers largely consider entry into the top 10 to be assured for a large proportion of the countries involved in the Grand Final.

The presence of four countries in the top 10 is considered a given. Croatia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Israel are “given a place” in the top 10, with bookies offering this possibility at odds of under 1.10.

France and Italy are almost taken for granted that they too will have a place in the top 10 at Eurovision 2024, with this possibility returning between 1.14 and 1.20 times the stake.

With the six spots in the Top 10 looking largely taken, four spots remain, with Ireland considered the seventh most likely to take a spot in the top ten at odds of 1.57.

Greece also has a very strong chance of a place inside the Top 10, being eighth in the table below and also the last country to offer odds of less than 2. In fact, a place inside the Top 10 for Marina Satti returns up to 1.91 times the stake.

Beyond that, the Netherlands‘ elimination from the grand final “opens up a spot” within the Top 10 that was considered by many to be a lock. Automatically, it opens the way for two more spots for the top 10 of the ranking. Thus, Sweden is considered the ninth most likely to make the top ten and Armenia the tenth most likely. Both are being played at odds close to 2.5.

Conclusions

We are only a few hours away from the most dramatic final in Eurovision history, which has been tainted by the events of the last few days in Malmö. Leaving aside everything that has marked the contest so far, tonight’s final is the most controversial of all time, where no one can accurately predict what will happen. All possibilities are open and no outcome will come as a surprise.

Which country do you think will win the 68th Eurovision Song Contest?

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Eurovision 2024: Family Show of the Grand Final- Live Commentary (Updated Live)

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The family show of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has just begun. The family show is the afternoon show before the live broadcast that starts at 21:00 CET, where the artists perform once again their entries. The Family Show is more financially convenient, identical to the live one for families and takes place earlier on the same day of the Grand Final.

EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live both at the on-site press centre in Malmö and at the online press centre and will be commenting on the full performances of the 26 participating countries.

This article gets updated in real time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser!

So stay tuned to this article as we update it with all the details, preparing you for what you will see in tonight’s Final, at 21:00 CEST.

The competition part

Sweden

Another professional performance by Marcus & Martinus. They are superstars and we can all tell! I can see a top ten coming for Sweden.

Ukraine

A touching performance by Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona. They are contenders to win the contest and every performance of them is magical.

Germany

Amazing vocals and a fiery performance, but they are not enough. The song feels bland.

Luxembourg

A great comeback for Luxembourg. Tali looks and sounds amazing. We hope all the best for the Duchy!

Israel

Another touching performance by Eden. This is how a ballad can be performed in a modern way. Eden is not separated by her dancers, they are all a part of the same “symphony”.

Lithuania

Love the performance. No one in the audience can stay still when Silvester performs and his energy is haunting.

Spain

The crowd goes crazy for “ZORRA”. The fans love it and every performance is stunning.

Estonia

Not a fan of this entry but the crowd also loves it.

Ireland

Bambie did not take the stage today as an incident happened. Another performance of Bambie was played instead.

Latvia

Another good performance by Dons, no changes in this rehearsal.

Greece

Marina sounded and looked great today. Despite having a cold, her vocals were on point.

United Kingdom

Olly gave a great performance and despite a minor mistake in the shots, this looked great.

Norway

Gåte never fail to deliver a great performance, and so they did during this rehearsal. Big applause at the Arena!

Italy

Angelina and her dancers are wearing the black outfits and honestly this looks great. Bravo Italia!

Serbia

Vocally on point, Teya gave another great performance.

Finland

This entry might not be everyone’s cup of tea but the crowd in the arena seems to love it!

Portugal

Minimalistic perfection. Great vocals by Iolanda and an applause at the Press Centre!

Armenia

Such a catchy entry. Audience was singing along! Armenia bringing the great vibes that we need.

Cyprus

Only 17 years old and such a class act. Silia gave -another- great performance!

Switzerland

Nemo is just incredible. This performance is just breathtaking. Definitely a contender for the victory.

Slovenia

A solid performance by Raiven. Vocally on point.

Croatia

In every single performance, Baby Lasagna nailed it. Is this the Eurovision 2024 winner? We will find out tonight!

Georgia

Vocals? On point. Visuals? On point. Georgia is deservingly back in the Grand Final.

France

In the middle of the performance, Slimane stopped singing and gave a message of peace and unity. Big applause at the Press Centre.

Austria

Kaleen sounded and looked great. A great entry to close the Grand Final.

Interval Acts

Abba appeared via holograms leading to Charlotte Perrelli, Carola and Conchita singing “Waterloo”!

The results 

These results are neither valid nor real, but they come about in order to serve the rehearsal’s purposes, but the winner was Estonia.

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