Ukraine: It’s Gо_A with the song “Solovey” to Eurovision 2020!

Ukraine: It’s Gо_A with the song “Solovey” to Eurovision 2020!
Saturday, 22 February 2020

  • After two semi final rounds and a total of 16 candidates , the Ukrainian national final for Eurovision 2020, Vidbir 2020, was held tonight crowning big winner Gо_A  and the entry  “Solovey”  .

    The final show was hosted by Sergey Pritula and saw a total of 6 acts battled for the right to represent Ukraine in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next May.

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    The acts that took to the stage this evening were:

    Krutь – 99

     

    Jerry Heil – Vegan

    Gо_A – Solovey

    David Axelrod – Horizon

    Khayat – Call for Love

    Tvorchi – Bonfire

    The final outcome was influenced 50% by the public vote and 50% by a jury which is made up by  Andreiy Danilko aka Verka Serduchka (Ukraine 2007), Tina Karol  (Ukraine 2006) and Vitaliy Drozdov (producer of Hit FM Radio).

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    Specifically the overall scoreboard developed as following:

    Final – 22 February 2020
    DrawArtistSongJuryTelevote (SMS) / AppTotalPlace
    VotesPercentagePoints
    1 Krutь “99” 5     4 9 3
    2 Jerry Heil “Vegan” 1     1 2 6
    3 Go_A “Solovey” 6     6 12 1
    4 David Axelrod “Horizon” 3     2 5 5
    5 Khayat “Call for Love” 4     5 9 2
    6 Tvorchi “Bonfire” 2     3 5 4

    As you can see Go_A topped both jury and public voting leaving behind in second place Khayat who came thrid in the jury votes and second in the public voting. Therefore G0_A will represent Ukraine in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.