MELOVIN will perform in the interval of Ukraine’s Eurovision selection show.
Ukraine’s 2018 Eurovision representative, MELOVIN, will perform in the interval of Vidbir Semi-Final 1 next Saturday. The singer represented Ukraine at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, where he placed 17th in the Grand Final with his song “Under the Ladder”.
In an interview with STB, he also revealed that he will be rooting for KAZKA in the selection this year, but hasn’t watched everyone’s performances yet. Read more about his interview here.
The Semi-Finals are set to take place at the Palace of Culture on 9th and 16th of February 2019, with the final taking place on February 23rd. Ruslan Kvinta remains as the Producer of the show, while Sergey Pritula will host the competition.
The artists who are competing in Semi-Final One and the order they will perform in is:
- The Hypnotunez
- LETAY
- VERA KEKELIA
- TseSho
- YUKO
- MARUV
- Brunettes Shoot Blondes
- BAHROMA
Competing in Semi-Final Two are:
- Ivan NAVI
- ANNA MARIA
- KAZKA
- KiRA MAZUR
- LAUD
- KHAYAT
- Braii
- Freedom Jazz
The jury panel, which is unchanged from 2018, will feature:
- Jamala – Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
- Andriy Danylko – Comedian and performer behind Verka Serduchka
- Yevhen Filatov (Eugene Filatov) – Music producer
Source: STB
Ukraine first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, when Oleksandr Ponomariov performed “Hasta la vista”. The following year Ruslana brought the country their first win with the song “Wild Dances”. It was a feat that would be replicated in 2016 by Jamala with her song “1944”; her emotionally charged song scored a record 534 points to take victory in Stockholm. In 2017 O.Torvald represented the country on home soil with the song “Time”. The group finished in 24th place, Ukraine’s worst result at the contest to date.
