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Italy: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy guest at Sanremo 2023!

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According to information by Italian journalist Bruno Vespa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed his desire to appear via video link at the Final of the Sanremo Festival, live from Kyiv.

https://twitter.com/sanremo_en/status/1614657643729256448

The response of Amadeus, host and artistic director of the Sanremo Festival was, according to Vespa, the following:

“Dear president, we are waiting for you at the final night of Sanremo.”

We remind you that the Festival of Sanremo 2023 will take place from 7 to 11 February 2023, therefore Zelenskyy is expected to make his appearance on Saturday, 11 February.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sanremo 2023!

Ukraine: These are the betting odds for Vidbir 2023!

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Tommorow evening, the first national final for Eurovision 2023 is going to take place and it’s no other than Vidbir, the national final of Ukraine. Ten artists in total, will take part  in order to win the country’s representation in the contest and the ticket to Liverpool.

According to the betting odds just one day before the final, the odds’ favorite to win is Jerry Heil with the song “When God Shut the Door”. The remaining artists that complete the top 3 are Krutь with the song “Kolyskova” while there is a tie in third place with Finka and “Dovbush” and Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”.

Vidbir 2023 will be broadcasted live from the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv and the winner will be decided through a combination of jury vote and public vote. The juries of the show, who were selected after an online voting by the Ukrainian public, will be Taras Topolya, Jamala and Yulia Sanina. The three hosts of the show will be Kateryna Pavlenko, Timur Miroshnychenko and Zlata Ognevich.

The final of Vidbir 2023 will start at 16:00 CET and will last for about four hours. You can watch it through the Ukraianian YouTube channel for Eurovision Song Contest, HERE.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Ukrainian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Ukraine: The hosts of Vidbir 2023 were announced!

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This Saturday, the first national final for Eurovision 2023 is going to take place and it is no other than the Ukrainian national final, Vidbir! On Saturday, February 17 at 16:00 CET we will be able to listen to the first song that is going to be performed live on stage at Liverpool.

Vidbir 2023 will be broadcasted live from the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv, with 10 participants taking place. The juries of the show, who were selected after an online voting by the Ukrainian public, will be Taras Topolya, Jamala and Yulia Sanina. Just earlier today, the three hosts of the national final were announced, and these are:

  • Kateryna Pavlenko (Representative in Eurovision 2020 & 2021 as member of GO_A)
  • Timur Miroshnychenko (Ukrainian Commentator and Eurovision 2017 host)
  • Zlata Ognevich (Representative in Eurovision 2013)

We remind you that the 10 participants that claim the Ukrainian representation in Eurovision 2023 are:

  1. Moisei – «I’m Not Alone» 
  2. OY Sound System – «Ой, тужу» (Οh, I miss you)
  3. DEMCHUK – «Alive» 
  4. Jerry Heil – «WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR»
  5. FIINKA – «Довбуш» (Dovbush) 
  6. KRUTЬ – «Колискова» (Lullaby) 
  7. Tember Blanche – «Я вдома» (I’m home)
  8. Angelina – «Stronger» 
  9. 2TONE – «Квітка» (Flower) 
  10. TVORCHI – «Heart Of Steel»

The winner will be decided through a combination of jury vote and public vote.

Despite coming second in Vidbir, Ukraine’s reprentatives, Kalush Orchestra were also the winners of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their song “Stefania”:

https://youtu.be/F1fl60ypdLs

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Ukrainian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Ukraine: Listen to the 10 songs competing in Vidbir 2023!

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A few minutes ago, the public broadcaster of Ukraine, UA:PBC, published through their official YouTube channel, the 10 songs that will compete in Vidbir 2023, in order to claim the country’s representation in Eurovision 2023!
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Ukraine: Watch the official music video of “Nezlamna” for Junior Eurovision 2022!

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One of the first countries to select their song for Junior Eurovision 2022 was Ukraine, choosing Zlata Dziunka with the song “Nezlamna” (Unbreakable) through a national final.

Ukraine was one of the first countries to reveal their song for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which is going to take place in December 11, in Yerevan, Armenia.

After their national final took place, Zlata Dziunka was selected to represent Ukraine in Junior Eurovision 2022 with the song “Nezlamna” (Unbreakable), a song in Ukrainian and English language.

A while ago, the country’s public broadcaster, UA:PBC, published the official music video of their song, with the new version of the song through the official YouTube channel of Junior Eurovision.

Watch the music video of “Nezlamna” by Zlata Dziunka for Junior Eurovision 2022:

What do you think about Poland’s song in this year’s Junior Song Contest? Write us in the comments below!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, in Armenia!

Ukraine: When will the 10 nominees for Vidbir 2023 be announced?

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  The final of Vidbir 2023 is to take place on 17 December 2022 in Kiev at Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station. The winner of the national final will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The selection will be made by a combination of public and jury vote. The jury, chosen by the public through a vote, will consist of Taras Topola, Jamala (Eurovision 2016 winner) and Yulia Sanina.

  As we revealed on our site, a few days ago the ten artists who will take part in the national final in Ukraine were announced. In detail, the artists who will compete to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 are:

  • 2TONE – «Квітка (Flower)»
  • Angelina – «Stronger»
  • DEMCHUK – «Alive»
  • FIINKA – «Довбуш (Dovbush)»
  • Jerry Heil – «WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR»
  • KRUTЬ – «Колискова (Lullaby)»
  • Moisei – «I’m Not Alone»
  • OY Sound System – «Ой, тужу (Oh, I miss you)»
  • Tember Blanche – «Я вдома (I’m home)»
  • TVORCHI – «Heart Of Steel»

When will we hear the ten nominated songs of Vidbir 2023?

  In the last few hours the official channel of Eurovision Ukraine on Youtube made a revealing announcement. On Thursday 1 December we will have the pleasure to listen to the ten nominated songs of the competition, through their official Youtube channel.

“On 1st of December, wait for the songs here-on the Eurovision Ukraine channel”

 

  Will it be a year of good and unique songs as Ukraine has been used to in recent years?

 

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun to learn all the news for your favourite contest !

Source: Євробачення Україна | Eurovision Ukraine official

Ukraine: These are the 10 participants of Vidbir 2023!

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Exactly one month before Ukraine’s national final, the country’s broadcaster, UA:PBC made the official announcement about the ten artists out of the 36 that made it to Vidbir 2023.

The list of the participants is as follows:

  • 2TONE – “Kvitka” (Flower)
  • Angelina – “Stronger”
  • DEMCHUK – “Alive”
  • FIINKA – “Dovbush”
  • Jerry Heil – “WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR”
  • KRUTЬ – “Kolyskova” (Lullaby)
  • Moisei – “I’m Not Alone”
  • OY Sound System – “Oy, tuzhu” (Oh, I miss you)
  • Tember Blanche – “Ya Vdoma” (I’m home)
  • TVORCHI – “Heart Of Steel”

There are also artists that have previously taken part in Vidbir, such as Jerry Heil with “Vegan“, KRUTЬ with “99” and TVORCHI with “Bonfire“!

Vidbir 2023

The final of Vidbir 2023 will take place on 17 December 2022 in Kiev at Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station. The winner of the national final will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The winner will be selected by the combination of public’s and jury’s vote. The jury, chosen by the public through a vote, will consist of Taras Topola, Jamala (Eurovision 2016 winner) and Yulia Sanina.

Ukraine managed to win last year’s contest with Kalush Orchestra and “Stefania” with a record number of votes from the televoting!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Vidbir and Ukraine’s participation in Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Ukraine: The 36 candidates to take part in Vidbir!

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Earlier today, the Ukrainian public broadcaster, UA:PBC, published a list of the 36 candidates that continue on the selection process to take part in Vidbir, Ukraine’s national final for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.

The list contains the following names:

  1. 2TONE
  2. Angelina
  3. DAYTON
  4. DEMCHUK
  5. Drevo
  6. Elysees
  7. FIINKA
  8. Havkа
  9. Jerry Heil
  10. Iana Kovaleva
  11. Kozak Siromaha
  12. KRUTЬ 
  13. Lue Bason
  14. Moisei
  15. Olivan
  16. OOHLA
  17. Oy Sound System
  18. SASHA
  19. Seréen
  20. sexnesc
  21. Shy
  22. SKYLERR
  23. SOWA
  24. Tember Blanche
  25. Tery
  26. TVORCHI
  27. Victoria Niro
  28. Vynohradova
  29. Zetetics
  30. Лилу45 (Lilu45)
  31. Макс Пташник (Max Ptashnik)
  32. Мія Рамарі (Mia Ramari)
  33. Роялькіт (Royalkit)
  34. Саша Фадєєва (Sasha Fadeeva)
  35. ТÓНКА (Tonka)
  36. Циферблат (Chiferblat)

This list does not contain the final names that are going to compete in Vidbir, as the auditions of the songs will go on, with the names of the final participants being announced until November 17.

Pianoboy (Dmitro Shurov), the official music producer of Vidbir, said:

“I am personally interested in ensuring that Ukrainian music does not freeze and develops in all directions, so that we have our heroes in all possible musical niches and styles. In my opinion, now, during the war, and with complete uncertainty in the lives of musicians, this selection takes on a special significance: we not only choose those worthy to represent Ukraine at the competition, but also have the opportunity to hear a wide range of Ukrainian music that is being created here and now, no matter what.”

The final of Vidbir will take place live from Kyiv  on December 17.

Many Ukrainian artists were interested in competing in the national final, with the broadcaster receiving nearly 400 song from 299 participants. All hope to continue Ukraine’s success in the contest after Kalush Orchestra’s win, with their song “Stefania”.

Despite coming second in Vidbir and Ukraine’s repreentatives, Kalush Orchestra were also the winners of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their song “Stefania”:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Ukrainian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: eurovision.tv

Ukraine: More than 100 songs have already been submitted for Eurovision 2023!

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An impressive number of 106 entries have been collected so far for Vidbir 2023 , with just ten days left to submit entries.

In fact, the music producer of the national selection of Ukraine, Dmytro Shurov, in recent statements said:

Ukraine should be represented in Great Britain by a cool artist and a bright track. This is a unique chance and honor to represent our country in such a difficult time, to convey our message to the world, to draw attention to our music and culture. To everyone with whom we already communicate, and to everyone who is still thinking and hesitating, LET’S GO! Read the rules and submit a song here.

We remind you that the final of Vidbir 2023 will be held on December 17th in Kyiv at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station. The winner of the final will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in the United Kingdom and will be chosen by a combination of voting by the television audience and the jury, whose members will be chosen by the public.

Kalush Orchestra who won the 2022 competition in Turin, holds the record for televoting points in the history of the competition and they also finished fourth in the jury. Due to the ongoing war, Ukraine will not host Eurovision 2023, marking the first time since 1980 that the contest will not be held in the previous winning country.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovoix

Ukraine: Possible days for Vidbir 2023 – More details about the national final!

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The Ukrainian national broadcaster released today, an outline for an artistic competition, for the production of audio and audiovisual tasks for the project named “Eurovision Song Contest – 2023”. The project’s main aim is the implementation of a television version of a national selection for Eurovision 2023.

Description of the project

  • Ensuring the implementation of a televised National Final for 2023. Those intersted must submit a creative and technical proposal that would include: planning of the stage, a director’s view, which includes works on the competitors’ performances, conducting rehearsals and ensuring that the national final will be broadcasted live on the public television channels.
  • Possible broadcast date of the National Final is Sunday December 17, 2022
  • Candidate venue of the National Final is Maidan Nezalezhnosti Metro Station in Kyiv

Estimated dates for the implementation of the project at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station are as follows:

  1. From December 11 to 13: preparatory work for the final, delivery of stage equipment, installation of the stage and decorations
  2. From December 14 to 16: rehearsals will take place
  3. December 17: The Final of the national selection, a televised concert with audience on the region of the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv
  4. From December 18 to 19: Dismantling of the stage and removal of equipment

We remind you that the music producer of the national final will be Dmytro Shurov (aka Pianoboy).

According to the rules of the national final, the jury will be decided through a public vote that will be conducted by the public broadcaster. The juries will be professionals of the music industry and can be no less than three.

The final is planned to have two presenters, one of whom is Timur Miroshnychenko. Another presenter is will be selected in the future.

The winners of last year’s Vidbir were also the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Kalush Orchestra with the song “Stefania”:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Ukrainian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in the United Kingdom!

Source: broadcast.net