The Ukrainian broadcaster has commissioned a preview show in the build-up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, “Eurovision Dressing Room”.
“Eurovision Dressing Room” (Hrymerka Yevrobachennya) will be formed of 17 shows and will be broadcast from this evening through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.
The long-time Ukrainian commentator Timur Miroshnychenko will present the show which will cover the Ukrainian selection, the artists selected so far and news from the competition.
“Eurovision Dressing Room” commences this evening at 18:15 local time and will feature an interview with Stanislav Medvedev, the Head of Entertainment at UA:PBC who will discuss the Ukrainian selection. Oleksiy Honcharenko from Friends Production will discuss the participants, while Timur brings viewers up to speed with all the selected artists so far.
27 artists have been shortlisted to compete in Vidbir after 284 submissions were made to UA:PBC. The final will take place on the 12th of February, and the show will be returning to a final-only format after having used semi-finals for many of the previous editions.
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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.
