Ukraine’s 2026 entry is LELÉKA with ‘Ridnym’, chosen through Vidbir after scoring the maximum from both jury and public. That sort of clean sweep usually tells you an entry has struck a chord at home, even if it may take a little longer to work its way into the affections elsewhere. On paper, at least, this looks like a very Ukrainian Eurovision choice: rooted in identity, serious in tone, and clearly intended to carry a little emotional weight rather...
Ukraine - Ridnym - is another musical song
2nd year in a row, Ukraine is sending a very weak song. This is 2025 all over again when a weak song from Ukraine will most likely make the cut to the final and won’t stop them from another top 10 result.
This is a ballad and a very Disney like ballad. But a Disney ballad will be memorable enough to stay in your head. This is not that kind of song. It...
This is an odd song. It starts off all plinky-plonky like something from a national final of old and then the beat seems to drop and then it turns at right angles and then back again - the first minute of this song is very very confusing!
It's a total curates egg of a thing and I am not sure it knows what it wants to be and where it wants t go as it turns more than a slalom...
Vidbir 2026 has wrapped in Kyiv, and Ukraine has, in time‑honoured fashion, picked its Eurovision act via three hours of trauma pop... and a voting system that looks simple on paper and melts brains in practice.
The show
Suspilne kept things streamlined again this year, with a single 10‑song final, trimmed down from a long list of 15 via auditions and an online wildcard vote. The final ran just over three hours from Kyiv, with Timur Miroshnychenko and Lesia Nikitiuk steering...
Yes the mythical Wild Card entry that the Ukrainian broadcaster Suspline was seeking has finally been agreed.
Based on a public vote, song number 1, Hertsy, sung by KHAYAT (all caps, not me having a stroke) will join the already published nine songs for the Vidbir Final on February 7th, where a jury and public vote will pick the Ukrainian Eurovision song.
Just a reminder of how it sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLiOjVfAwM&list=RDXzLiOjVfAwM&start_radio=1&pp=ygUGSGVydHN5oAcB0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv
And if you want to hear some of the songs in full -take...
Ukraine has launched its search for a Eurovision 2026 entry, with public broadcaster Suspilne officially opening submissions for Vidbir 2026 in early September. Songwriters and performers can now register their interest, setting in motion one of the most anticipated national selections in Eastern Europe.
As in previous years, the process will culminate in a televised national final in February 2026, where a jury and the public will decide who will carry Ukraine’s colours to Vienna. Vidbir has become known for...
Until it was abandoned, the 2020 contest was shaping up to be a classic contest. A number of countries were being touted for a win, including some of those that 'get' Eurovision, and one or two others. Of course, we'll never know. But many of the Class of 2020 got the 2021 gig too.
Ukraine's Go_A won their national selection in 2020, and got an automatic gig in 2021. They were fronted by today's birthday girl Катерина Павленко/Kateryna Pavlenko. She's...
The joy of being your country's first ever entrant in our favourite TV show. You've gone where no-one from your country has ever been before, and no-one can take away the fact you were the first.
Your status as your country's first might get slightly forgotten if someone from your country wins the following year. This fate might have befallen today's birthday boy Олександр Пономарьов/Olexandr Ponomariov. He was Ukraine's first in 2003, and set up Ruslana's win a year later....
Eurovision can be a serious business. As you see every year, some countries take the contest seriously, and seem to know how to do well. Others, well, try hard at least.
One of those countries that seem to 'get' Eurovision is Ukraine. Three wins in the 21st Century, and a whole host of high placings. In 2024, Ukraine sent today's birthday girl альона альона/alyona alyona (née Альо́на Олегівна Савране́нко/Aliona Olehivna Savranenko along with her pal Дже́ррі Гейл/Jerry Heil. It was...
We love all songs here. For all their musical ability, or kickass prop, every song - and that's EVERY song - will have at least one fan.
Having said that, you must know there is that sort of song that few give a hope to. It lacks a bit of musical merit. The singer isn’t that good at her craft, even though she looks OK. You fear that the song will do well because of where it comes from. You...
