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Ukraine: These are the 20 artists longlisted for Vidbir 2024!

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Vidbir will remain as the country’s national selection format for Eurovision 2024. Having received 389 submissions in total, Suspilne has reviewed the proposals and now revealed the 20 participants who will advance to the next stage of the competition.

The longlisted participants who have advanced to the “Live Auditions” stage are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil
  • ANKA
  • Carpetman
  • Drevo
  • INGRET
  • Julia Belei
  • KARYOTYPE
  • KRYLATA
  • MÉLOVIN
  • NAHABA
  • NAZVA
  • PARFENIUK
  • SHÉPA
  • SKYLERR
  • STASYA
  • SWOIIA
  • TESLENKO
  • YAGODY
  • YAKTAK
  • Ziferblat

Dmytro Shurov (Pianoboy), the music producer of the National Selection for Eurovision 2024, noted that all the artists who made it to the longlist are different and unique.

“Ukraine, I am very happy to present to you twenty artists who will compete this year for the opportunity to represent you at Eurovision 2024! All of them are different and original, but they are united by a warm heart, talent and a huge thirst for Victory. I am grateful to each of them for the sincere and creative energy they put into their songs. And I am especially grateful to everyone who did not have enough space in the top twenty – you made this selection possible by creating this powerful charge. Next year will be a new story and a new chance. And today it’s us.” 

What’s next for Vidbir 2024?

The aforementioned are just the longlisted competitors for Vidbir 2024. These twenty selected artists will go through a live audition, and based on the result, they will be reduced to ten.

Moreover, among the remaining ten longlisted competitors, an online voting will be held in order to determine one more participant to the televised final of Vidbir 2024.

The ten finalists, decided based on their live audition result, will be announced no later than November 20. Meanwhile, we expect the online public vote for the extra spot, after the announcement of the other ten finalists.

The televised final of Vidbir 2024 will be held in February 2024. The winner will be determined by public and jury voting. Also, the composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public at a later time through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and Ukraine’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”, ending up in sixth place of the Grand Final.

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Ukraine: Suspilne received 389 submissions for Vidbir 2024!

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Suspilne, the public broadcaster of Ukraine, announced that they have received 389 submissions for their national final, from 288 artists, with 222 of the proposals being from solo singers.

The application period for the national final of Eurovision 2024 lasted from August 30 until October 22. The names of the artists who qualify to the next phase of the selection will be announced by November 9.

Vidbir 2024 music producer Dmytro Shurov (Pianoboy) reports that among the proposals, he heard something new that could surprise the whole world:

“Ukrainians, thank you for each of the 389 applications! I can already say that among them there are at least four hundred percent hits, ten potential hits, several interesting comebacks and something new that, I hope, will surprise us and the whole world. I am grateful to all musicians, producers, arrangers and authors for their efforts and soul. I know how difficult it is psychologically to be creative now, but I am proud that artists do not give up in their work, but develop and move forward. 

The national selection, as always, will breathe new Ukrainian music, will give a feel of what those who walk on the edge of modern pop culture and are desperately looking for themselves in this turbulent world are living now. Of course, I can never have enough music, and I always want to hear even more ideas, melodies and thoughts, so I advise everyone who did not have time to apply this year, but dreams of being heard, to start preparing their tracks for the next selection right now. Because, quoting the classics, “time flies.” And you and I will very soon start choosing our star for Eurovision 2024 .”

Within the submission period, Suspilne received 337 songs, with nearly 15% of the artists submitting more than one track. The main language of the songs is Ukrainian, at a rate of 57.5%. Accordingly, 33% are in English, about 9% are bilingual, and 0.5% are in other languages.

This year the artists that will be selected will not exceed 20. Then, according to the rules, they will go through a live audition, and based on the result, this number will be reduced to ten. Finally, from the artists who did not advance to the final, one will be selected through online public voting to participate in the national final.

The national final will take place on February 25 in the form of a televised concert. As in previous years, the winner will be determined by public and jury voting. The composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public at a later time through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and Ukraine’s representatives in Eurovision 2024, were Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”, ending up in sixth place of the Grand Final:

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: Submissions for Vidbir 2024 are now open!

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Ukraine has started its preparations for Vidbir 2024, the Ukrainian national selection for Eurovision. Today, August 30, the applications opened for artists to submit their entries and will remain open until the 22nd of October. Those who are interested in representing Ukraine in Eurovision 2024 shall apply through this form on the eurovision.ua website.

Dmytro Shurov(Pianoboy) remains as the music producer of Vidbir and calls for participants to apply:

The acceptance of applications for participation in the National Selection for Eurovision 2024 has started! I want to appeal to all the musicians of our country: you have almost eight weeks to create your own victory song. The song of the year, which will represent Ukraine on the global international stage, will break all the charts and win the first place at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. I’m really looking forward to your songs, your talent and energy are very much needed in our country now.

Changes in Vidbir format

Vidbir 2024 will see an online vote in order to determine a finalist on the selection. Specifically, Shurov stated that:

This year, I will not only choose the finalists of the National Selection. A vote will be held among the longlisters that I don’t have enough space on the finalist list, which was my biggest pain last year. Spectators will choose their favorite, who will get a chance to compete for victory in the final.

Rules and conditions of Vidbir 2024

  • The National Selection is open to artists above the age of 16. As in past years, bands and solo performers with a maximum band size of six individuals may apply to participate.
  • The selection criteria state that a song may be up to three minutes long. Participants must perform their own original songs that were produced entirely on their own. A song that is applying to be in the National Selection must also not have been previously released or performed in public.
  • There is no restriction on the amount of songs one participant may submit. Additionally, submission of demo versions is permitted by the National Selection regulations.

Vidbir 2024 stages

  • A longlist of participants who will continue to compete in the National Selection will be created in line with the results of the national preliminary selection. There will be up to 20 acts on the list. Participants on the longlist are required to pass via an audition, in which they must physically take part.
  • By November 20, a list of up to 10 artists will be chosen as finalists based on the results of the auditions.
  • A rating online poll will be conducted to choose one more finalist from the longlist participants who did not advance to the list of finals. By December 29, the whole list of finalists will be made public.
  • The final of the National Selection will take place in February 2024 and will be televised. As in previous years, the winner of the National Selection will be determined by the results of the jury and audience votes. Ukrainians will select the members of the final’s star jury, through online voting.

Ukraine despite being in war, managed to host an impressive national selection last year, which crowned TVORCHI as a winner and therefore gave them the ticket to Liverpool. TVORCHI with their song “Heart of Steel” achieved the 6th place, securing the third consecutive top ten result for Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neIscK1hNxs

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Source: eurovision.ua

Ukraine: The national final returns with changes for Eurovision 2024!

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Ukraine’s broadcaster Suspilne confirmed this morning that Ukraine‘s representative at Eurovision 2024 will be selected for yet another year through a national final.

Dmytro Shurov (Pianoboy), who is acting as producer for the national final for the second year in a row, commented:

“In a few days, applications for the National Final will open and the new Eurovision season in Ukraine will begin. I appeal to everyone now: tune in, we need to create and select the next song that will make the country proud, a song that will capture the hearts of all of Europe and ignite a new star from Ukraine. A surprise is waiting for you this year – you can choose yourself one of the finalists. Many interesting things lie ahead.”

As Shurov hinted, there will be changes to the format of the Ukrainian national final, with Head of Delegation Oksana Skybinska confirming that more details will be announced this week. The application platform for interested artists will open later this week.

Tvorchi represented Ukraine with “Heart of Steel” at Eurovision 2023, held in Liverpool, UK, and placed 6th, scoring 54 points from the juries and 189 points from the public vote, receiving a total of 243 points.

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Source: Suspilne