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Ukraine: ANKA accused of plagiarizing her Vidbir 2024 song!

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A new accusation of plagiarism has arrived, this time  against one contestant in the Ukraine national final for Eurovision. ANKA joined the group of participants for the next Vidbir 2024 with her song “Палала”.  The singer won her ticket after getting 80,944 votes from the online public representing 26.78% of the total votes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0sJEaKJx94&ab_channel=ANKA However, a controversy started when singer Natalia Valevska who is well-known in Ukraine noticed some similarities between the Vidbir song and one of her own works.  Valevska took Instagram to accuse ANKA  of plagiarizing the chorus of her song.  According to Natalia Valevska, the chorus of ANKA’s ‘Palala’ share a striking similarity with her own song which has the same title but was released nearly two decades ago. Natalia Valevska, stressed that the similarities between the two songs go beyond having the same title but also in the lyrics. Namely Natalia Valevska‘s include in her chorus the phrase: “Palala, palala, palala in my sky a star” while ANKA’s chorus say “Palala, fell, palala, until the star fell from the sky”. Therefore Natalia Valevska asked her fans if this was a mere coincidence or an act of plagiarism.  According to the singer it would be the latter, since she alleges “the Ukrainian language offers a variety of words for creating lyrics” this could not be a mere coincidence. https://youtu.be/S0RvrfqLuog?si=pGSHOOwDtKbRlhSx Notwithstanding the similarities in the choice of words for both chorus, the music and the overall lyrics are different. ANKA has not responded to this accusation. The final of Vidbir 2024 will be held in February 3, 2o24. Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for more news about Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! Source: bnnbreaking.com

Ukraine: ANKA wins the online voting for the wildcard of Vidbir 2024!

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A few minutes ago, the Ukrainian national broadcaster UA:PBC unveiled the winner of the online voting who receives the eleventh ticket for Vidbir’s 2024 Final.

The artist who won the online voting and ultimately got the wildcard is ANKA, with her song «Палала», receiving 80.944 votes and a percentage of 26,78%.

You can listen to her entry down below:

The public online voting took place from the 15th until the 21st of December and during that time period, more than 300.000 Ukrainian people cast their vote.

 

It is reminded that the 11 artists who will compete at Vidbir 2024 are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – “Teresa & Maria”
  • Drevo – “Endless Chain”
  • INGRET – “Keeper”
  • Mélovin – “Dreamer”
  • Nahaba – “Glass”
  • Nazva – “Slavic English”
  • Skylerr – “Time Is Running Out”
  • Yagody – “Tsunamia”
  • Yaktak – “Lalala”
  • Ziferblat – “Place I Call Home”
  • ANKA – “Палала”

 

 

The eleven songs that have qualified for the final will go public early in the new year, except for ANKA’s song which has already been published.

The final of Vidbir 2024 will take place on the 3rd of February 2024. The winner will be chosen via the voting of both jury and the public. Moreover, the public will vote in order to decide the members of the aforementioned jury.

Last year’s Vidbir winners who had the opportunity to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 were TVORCHI with “Heart of Steel” and they managed to end up 6th.

 

 

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: Vidbir 2024 wildcard vote has begun!

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The Ukrainian broadcasting company, UA:PBC, has opened the voting for the wildcard of Vidbir 2024,the country’s preselection process for the Eurovision 2024 entrant.The songs of the nine artists participating in the online voting are already available on the broadcaster’s YouTube channel.

The 9 artists taking part in the voting process are the following:

  1. ANKA — «Палала»
  2. Carpetman — «Endless fight»
  3. KARYOTYPE — «Sadness»
  4. KRYLATA — «Queen»
  5. PARFENIUK — «Серед вітрів»
  6. SHÉPA — «SUPERNOVA»
  7. STASYA — «Rika»
  8. SWOIIA ​​— «Little Angels»
  9. TESLENKO — «Lights go up»

This voting aims to give one more entrant the chance to take part in the national final and compete against the rest of the artists on the 3rd of February.You can vote for your favorite artist here.Deadline:December 21st.

Here is the list of the 10 competing entries of the national final:

  • alyona alyona & Jerry Heil — «Teresa & Maria»
  • Drevo — «Endless chain»
  • INGRET — «Keeper»
  • MÉLOVIN — «DREAMER»
  • NAHABA — «GLASSS»
  • NAZVA — «Slavic English»
  • SKYLERR — «Time is running out»
  • YAGODY — «Tsunamia»
  • YAKTAK — «Lalala»
  • Ziferblat — «Place I Call Home»
  • WILDCARD

The winners of the 2023 edition were TVORCHI.Their song.”Heart of Steel”,won them the sixth place in the Grand Final in Liverpool.

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Ukraine: The final of Vidbir 2024 will take place on February 3!

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Ukraine will select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, as it does every year, through the Vidbir format. Thus, Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, revealed yesterday that the televised final of Vidbir 2024 will take place on February 3.

The participants of Vidbir 2024

Eleven acts will compete in Vidbir 2024 for the Ukrainian representation in Malmö. Ten of them have already been announced and are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil — “Teresa & Maria”
  • Drevo — “Endless chain”
  • INGRET — “Keeper”
  • MÉLOVIN — “DREAMER”
  • NAHABA — “GLASS”
  • NAZVA — “Slavic English”
  • SKYLERR — “Time is running out”
  • YAGODY — “Tsunamia”
  • YAKTAK — “Lalala”
  • Ziferblat — “Place I Call Home”

An online vote will be held among the remaining nine contestants who did not advance directly to the final. This vote will add one more contestant to the grand final.The nine acts vying for the wildcard spot in the final are the following:

  • ANKA — “Палала”
  • Carpetman — “Endless fight”
  • KARYOTYPE — “Sadness”
  • KRYLATA — “Queen”
  • PARFENIUK — “Серед вітрів”
  • SHÉPA — “SUPERNOVA”
  • STASYA — “Rika”
  • SWOIIA ​​— “Little Angels”
  • TESLENKO — “Lights go up”

The final line-up of eleven finalists will be revealed on December 29.

The winners of Vidbir 2023 and hence Ukraine’s representatives at Eurovision 2023 were TVORCHI with their song “Heart of Steel”, finishing in the sixth place overall.

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Ukraine: The nine songs vying for the wildcard spot in Vidbir 2024!

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The songs of the nine artists who will be competing in the online voting, for a spot in Vidbir 2024, Ukraine’s national selection for Eurovision 2024, have been released on the YouTube channel of the country’s broadcaster UA:PBC.

The nine artists who will participate in the online voting are:

1. ANKA — «Палала»
2. Carpetman — «Endless fight»
3. KARYOTYPE — «Sadness»
4. KRYLATA — «Queen»
5. PARFENIUK — «Серед вітрів»
6. SHÉPA — «SUPERNOVA»
7. STASYA — «Rika»
8. SWOIIA ​​— «Little Angels»
9. TESLENKO — «Lights go up»

In a few days, an online voting will start for these nine contestants who were not selected to advance directly to the finals. This vote will determine one additional competitor for the grand final.

At the beginning of the new year, the ten songs that advanced to the final will be released.

The 10 artists participating in Vidbir 2024 are:
  • alyona alyona & Jerry Heil — «Teresa & Maria»
  • Drevo — «Endless chain»
  • INGRET — «Keeper»
  • MÉLOVIN — «DREAMER»
  • NAHABA — «GLASSS»
  • NAZVA — «Slavic English»
  • SKYLERR — «Time is running out»
  • YAGODY — «Tsunamia»
  • YAKTAK — «Lalala»
  • Ziferblat — «Place I Call Home»

By December 29th, the complete list of the 11 finalists will be published.

In February 2024, the Vidbir 2024 final will take place. Both the public and the jury will vote to choose the winner. The Ukrainian audience is going to select the jury’s composition later on through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and subsequently Ukraine’s representatives at Eurovision 2023 were TVORCHI with their song “Heart of Steel”, with which they finished in sixth place in the final ranking.

 

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Source: Suspilne 

Ukraine: These are the ten finalists of Vidbir 2024!

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Around a week ago, Suspilne revealed the twenty artists longlisted for Vidbir 2024. The twenty artists longlisted were those advanced to the next stage of the competition, the “Live Auditions” stage. This stage was used in order to determine the participants of Vidbir 2024 televised final scheduled to air in February.

Hence, following a week of auditions, Suspilne announced the ten artists along with their song titles that have qualified to the final of the competition.

The ten finalists of Vidbir 2024 are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil — “Teresa & Maria”
  • Drevo — “Endless chain”
  • INGRET — “Keeper”
  • MÉLOVIN — “DREAMER”
  • NAHABA — “GLASS”
  • NAZVA — “Slavic English”
  • SKYLERR — “Time is running out”
  • YAGODY — “Tsunamia”
  • YAKTAK — “Lalala”
  • Ziferblat — “Place I Call Home”

What’s next for Vidbir 2024?

  • Among the remaining competitors, who were not advanced to the final at this stage, an online voting will be held in order to determine one more participant to the televised final of Vidbir 2024. The online public vote for the extra spot in Vidbir 2024 final will be conducted in December.
  • The final line-up will be revealed by December 29, 2023.
  • While, the songs of the remaining ten artists will be revealed to public, so that the online voting can be conducted, the ten songs that have already made it to the final will be published in early 2024, as we approach the date of the national selection.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oqDpefJ1s&feature=youtu.be

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: The Live Auditions of Vidbir 2024 have started!

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Just a few days prior, Suspilne has revealed the twenty artists that will compete in Vidbir 2024 in order to represent Ukraine in Eurovision 2024. The twenty artists announced were those longlisted to advance to the “Live Auditions”, which would then determine the participants of Vidbir’s 2024 televised final.

While, the reveal of the final line-up will take place no later than November 20, the Live Auditions started in Ukraine. A couple days prioe, half of the participants longlisted were auditioned, with Suspilne providing us with a backstage video on the first day of Vidbir 2024 Live Auditions.

The participants auditioned first were the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil
  • ANKA
  • Carpetman
  • Drevo
  • INGRET
  • KARYOTYPE
  • KRYLATA
  • MÉLOVIN
  • NAZVA
  • PARFENIUK

What’s next for Vidbir 2024?

The remaining ten participants are expected to audition in the coming days:

  • SHÉPA
  • SKYLERR
  • STASYA
  • SWOIIA
  • TESLENKO
  • YAGODY
  • YAKTAK
  • Ziferblat
  • Julia Belei
  • NAHABA

Based on the Live Auditions’ result, the aforementioned longlisted participants will be reduced to ten.

Moreover, among the remaining competitors, who were not advanced to the final at this stage, an online voting will be held in order to determine one more participant to the televised final of Vidbir 2024.

The ten finalists, decided by their Live Auditions’ result, will be announced no later than November 20. Meanwhile, we expect the online public vote for the extra spot, following 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: 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.

https://youtu.be/I2oqDpefJ1s

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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: Over 65 songs have been submitted for Eurovision 2024!

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The deadline for applications to Vidbir 2024, the national competition wherein Ukraine’s representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen, is approaching in less than two weeks.

More specifically, interested artists are asked to submit proposals to the country’s public television by October 22.

According to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian broadcaster, 65 songs have already been submitted:

The guidelines for taking part in Vidbir 2024 are covered in detail in our article.

With a score of 243, Tvorchi, who represented Ukraine the previous year, came in sixth with the song “Heart of Steel”. Will Ukraine enter the top ten for a third consecutive year?

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