Tonight: Ukraine decides for Eurovision 2023 with the Vidbir 2023 final

Tonight: Ukraine decides for Eurovision 2023 with the Vidbir 2023 final
Saturday, 17 December 2022

  • Today Ukraine will be deciding the successor of Kalush Orhcestra holding the Vidbir national final in order to select their Eurovision 2023 hopeful.

    The time of truth has come for the 2022 Eurovision winners, as Ukraine will be selecting their representative for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. 

    The national final show will take place art  Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv and will be presented by Timur Miroshnychenko, Zlata Ognevich and Kateryna Pavlenko. Timur has been the Ukrainian Eurovision commentator since 2007 and hosted also Eurovision 2017 in Kiev. Zlata rerpesented the nation back in 2013 with 'Gravity' achieving a 3rd place for Ukraine in Malmo. Kateryna is the leading vocalist of the band Go_A that were the Ukrainian hopefuls in 2020 and 2021 finishing 5th in Rotterdam with their song 'Shum'.

    A total of 10 acts will battle for the right to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2023. Namely the stage will take tonight:

    1. Moisei — “I’m Not Alone”
    2. OY Sound System — “Oy, tuzhu” (Oh, longing)
    3. DEMCHUK — “Alive”
    4. Jerry Heil — “WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR”
    5. FIINKA — “Dovbush”
    6. KRUTЬ — “Kolyskova” (Lullaby)
    7. Tember Blanche — “Ya vdoma” (I’m home)
    8. Angelina — “Stronger”
    9. 2TONE — “Kvitka” (Flower)
    10. TVORCHI — “Heart Of Steel”

     

    The outcome of the selection will be determined by televoting and jury voting. This year the jurors forming the jury panel have been selected via public voting which decided that the following three will server as jurors of the national final: 

    • Taras Topolya is the leader of the antytila group, a volunteer of the 130th battalion of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Volunteer, co-founder of the charitable foundation "ANTYTILA";
    • Jamala, a singer and songwriter. Winner of the "Award for Outstanding Leadership of the Artist" from the Atlantic Council of the United States in 2022 and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
    • Julia Sanina is the frontwoman of the rock band The HARDKISS. Songwriter, composer. She was on the jury and mentor of the talent show "X-Factor", a participant in the TV show "Dancing with the Stars".

     

     How to Watch 

    The national final is set to hit the screen at 16:00  CET and you can watch through the following broadcasts: 

     

    News Source/Image: UA:PBC

     

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.