Following the announcement of the tenth finalist, Suspilne has revealed snippets of nine of the ten songs competing in the final of Vidbir 2026.
With the full line-up for the final of Vidbir 2026 now revealed, Suspilne has released snippets of the finalists competing songs. Short snippets have been released on Suspilne’s social media accounts ahead of the full release of the competing entries on January 15 at the Origin Stage, where a live presentation of the songs of the finalists of Vidbir 2026 will take place in a concert format. In addition, the running order draw will take place on that day.
The ten finalists are:
- Jerry Heil – “CATHARTICUS (prayer)”
- LAUD – “Lightkeeper”
- LELÉKA – “Ridnym” (To relatives)
- MOLODI – “THE LEGENDS”
- Monokate – “TUT” (Here)
- Mr. Vel – “Do or Done”
- The Elliens – “Crawling whispers”
- Valeriya Force – “Open Our Hearts”
- ShchukaRyba – “Moia zemlia” (My land)
- KHAYAT – “Hertsi” (Hertz)
Jerry Heil represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, together with Alyona Alyona, with the song “Teresa & Maria”. The duo placed third on the night of the Grand Final. Monokate represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 as the lead singer of the group Go_A, placing fifth on the night of the Grand Final.
Ziferblat represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel with their song “Bird of Pray”. The band finished in 9th place with a total of 218 points.
Source: Suspilne
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”, which scored 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 only two remaining countries with a 100% semi-final qualification record.
