Daniil Leshchynskyi, who represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, will be the spokesperson for Ukraine in the upcoming contest.
Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne has revealed that Daniil Leshchynskyi, member of Ziferblat, will announce the points of the Ukrainian jury during the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Ziferblat represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 with “Bird of Pray”, finishing 9th with 218 points in the Grand Final. Ukraine came 14th in the jury vote and 6th in the televoting, with 12 points from the public of Czechia, Israel and Poland.
Daniil is already the third artist from last year’s contest confirmed as spokesperson for this 2026 edition, following Klavdia for Greece and Jakob Norrgård for Sweden.
Ukraine will be represented this year by Leléka and the song “Ridnym”, performing 12 in the second semi-final of May 14. You can find more about the Ukrainian representant in our dedicated article.
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.
