Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, has revealed the longlist for Vidbir 2025.
After receiving 374 songs from 369 artists, an expert jury selected twenty artists for the longlist. The Vidbir 2025 longlist consists of the following artists:
- BRYKULETS
- ENLEO
- FIЇNKA
- Future Culture
- GRISANA
- KHAYAT
- KRYLATA
- MOLODI
- MON FIA
- Ranrawi
- Starykova Hrystyna
- TESLENKO
- YAGODY
- Ziferblat
- Абіє (Abie)
- DK Energetik
- Masha Kondratenko
- Muayad
- Sluchay Sashu
- Vlad Sherif
The longlisted artists must now attend a mandatory audition. Based on these auditions, up to nine artists will be selected for the final of Vidbir 2025. The public will then choose another finalist from the longlisted artists who did not pass the audition. The full list of finalists will be published by January 17.
The final of the Vidbir 2025 will take place in February. The winner of the selection will be determined based on the results of the jury and audience voting, and will have the chance to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 in Basel.
alyona alyona and Jerry Heil represented Ukraine at this 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with their song “Teresa & Maria”. The duo finished in 3rd place with a total of 453 points. They also achieved the best result from the dreaded 2nd spot in the Grand Final running order since 2002.
Image Source: Alma Bengtsson / EBU | Source: Suspilne
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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. Kalush Orchestra gave Ukraine their third victory in 2022 with “Stefania”. Ukraine is one of two remaining countries with a 100% semi-final qualification record.
