Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

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For Ukraine's upcoming participation, see Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Ukraine
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Member station Natsionalna Telekompaniya Ukrainy (NTU)
National selection events
National Final
  • 2005–2007
  • 2009
  • 2011–2014
  • 2016
Internal Selection
  • 2003–2004
  • 2008
  • 2010
Appearances
Appearances 13 (13 finals)
First appearance 2003
Best result 1st: 2004, 2016
Worst result 19th: 2005
External links
NTU page
Ukraine's page at Eurovision.tv

Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times, debuting in 2003 with a 14th-place finish for Oleksandr Ponomaryov. Ukraine won the 2016 contest with "1944" by Jamala and, before, won the 2004 contest with "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. The 2005 contest was hosted in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Ukraine's other top five results in the contest are second-place finishes for Verka Serduchka in 2007 and Ani Lorak in 2008, third for Zlata Ognevich in 2013, and fourth for Mika Newton in 2011. Ukraine has finished in the top ten a total of eight times. Ukraine has never missed a final since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004 (except in 2015 when Ukraine did not participate) and has an average score of 143 points per contest, 233 if including the semi-finals.

On 19 September 2014, state broadcaster NTU announced that it would sit out the 2015 Contest because of financial difficulties in relation to the ongoing Ukrainian crisis.[1] However, Ukraine broadcast the contest despite not taking part.[2] On 23 May 2015, Ukrainian Broadcaster NTU pledged to bring Ukraine back to the contest for 2016. On 16 September 2015, it has been announced that Ukraine would return to the contest in 2016.[3] On May 14, Ukraine won for a second time with Jamala and her song "1944", thereby becoming the first Eastern European country to win the contest twice.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
Year Artist Language Title Final Points Semi Points
2003 Oleksandr Ponomariov English "Hasta la Vista" 14 30 No semi-finals
2004 Ruslana English, Ukrainian "Wild Dances" 1 280 2 256
2005 GreenJolly Ukrainian, English "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато) 19 30 Host country
2006 Tina Karol English "Show Me Your Love" 7 145 7 146
2007 Verka Serduchka Ukrainian, Russian, German, English "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" 2 235 Top 10 Previous Year
2008 Ani Lorak English "Shady Lady" 2 230 1 152
2009 Svetlana Loboda English "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" 12 76 6 80
2010 Alyosha English "Sweet People" 10 108 7 77
2011 Mika Newton English "Angel" 4 159 6 81
2012 Gaitana English "Be My Guest" 15a 65 8 64
2013 Zlata Ognevich English "Gravity" 3 214 3 140
2014 Mariya Yaremchuk English "Tick-Tock" 6 113 5 118
2015 Did not participate
2016 Jamala English, Crimean Tatar "1944" 1 534 2 287
2017 Host country
NOTES:
a. ^ In 2012, Cyprus and Ukraine were both awarded with 65 points each in the Final, however, as regulated by the "count-back" tie-breaker rule, Ukraine finished 15th overall and Cyprus 16th because Ukraine received points from more countries in the Final than Cyprus.
b. If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition, back in 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten with Spain and the United Kingdom finishing after 15th place, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.

Voting history

As of 2014, Ukraine's voting history is as follows:

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenters
2005 Kiev Palace of Sports Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko
2017

Other awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

Press Award

Year Song Performer Final Result Points Host city
2007 "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Лаша Тумбай) Verka Serduchka 2nd 235 Helsinki

Artistic Award

Voted by previous winners

Year Performer Song Final Result Points Host city
2004 Ruslana "Wild Dances" 1st 280 Istanbul
2008 Ani Lorak "Shady Lady" 2nd 230 Belgrade

Voted by commentators

Year Performer Song Final Result Points Host city
2016 Jamala "1944" 1st 534 Stockholm

Commentators and spokespersons

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Year(s) Television commentator Dual Television commentator Radio commentator Spokesperson
2003 Pavlo Shylko[4] No Dual Television Commentator No broadcast Lyudmyla Hariv
2004 Rodion Pryntsevsky[5] Pavlo Shylko
2005 Yaroslav Chornenkyi[6][7] Galyna Babiy[8] Maria Orlova
2006 Pavlo Shylko No broadcast Igor Posypaiko
2007 Timur Miroshnychenko Kateryna Osadcha
2008 Marysya Horobets
2009
2010 Iryna Zhuravska
2011 Tetiana Terekhova Olena Zelinchenko Ruslana
2012 Oleksiy Matias
2013
2014 Zlata Ognevich
2015 No broadcast Ukraine did not participate
2016 Olena Zelinchenko Verka Serduchka

Photogallery

See also

References

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External links

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