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Ukraine: 374 Songs Submitted for Vidbir 2025!

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Today, the public broadcaster of Ukraine, Suspilne, announced that it has received 374 song submissions for its national final, from 304 artists. Among these, 232 submissions are from solo performers and 72 from bands. A total of 369 applications were submitted.

The submission period for the Eurovision 2025 national selection ran from September 17 to November 10. This year, applications were also submitted by artists from Sweden, Germany, Poland, the United States, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The names of the artists advancing to the next selection stage will soon be announced. Based on the initial selection results, a list of participants who will move forward to the national selection phase will be formed. This list will include up to 20 artists who must pass auditions and participate in person.

By December 20, the finalist list for the national final will be finalized, comprising up to 9 performers based on audition results. For those on the longlist who do not make it to the finalist list, an online ranking vote will determine an additional participant for the final. The complete list of finalists will be announced by January 17, 2025.

The national final will take place in February as a televised concert. Like in previous years, the winner will be selected through a combination of public and jury voting. The composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public in an online vote at a later date.

Previous Vidbir winners and Ukraine’s Eurovision 2024 representatives, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, finished in third place with their song “Teresa & Maria”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=-qjs54ZTRBQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: Possible date of Vidbir 2025 the 8th of February!

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Vidbir 2025 will possibly take place on Saturday, 8th of February 2025!

According to the announcement by the national broadcaster of Ukraine, Suspilne,Vidbir 2025, the national competion through which the country is going to choose their representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, will probably take place on 8th February 2025.

The reason why the date is considered probable and not guaranteed is because the holding of Vidbir for 2025 should be held based on a specific creative and technical proposal. This proposal should take into account security issues at a time when martial law is still in effect, the correct setting of the stage, and the director’s vision which includes, among other things, the work involved in producing the performances of the ten artists, conducting of the rehearsals, ensuring the procedure that the jury will follow as well as the correct broadcast of the show.

The winner will emerge through the combined result of the public and jury votes and will have the chance to represent Ukraine in Eurovision 2025 in Basel.

Source: Suspilne

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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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