Solovey (Go_A song)

"Solovey"
Single by Go_A
Released	4 February 2020
Genre	Folktronica
Length	2:55
Songwriter(s)	Taras Shevchenko Kateryna Pavlenko
Go_A singles chronology
"Rano-raneńko" (2019) "Solovey" (2020) "SHUM" (2021)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Ukraine
Artist(s)	Go_A
Language	Ukrainian
Composer(s)	Taras Shevchenko Kateryna Pavlenko
Lyricist(s)	Kateryna Pavlenko
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Contest cancelled
Entry chronology
◄ "Siren Song" (2019)
"SHUM" (2021) ►

"Solovey" (Ukrainian: Соловей, transl. Nightingale) is a song by Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A. It was set to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, although the contest was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] This would have been the first time that a song sung entirely in Ukrainian represented the country at Eurovision.^[2]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

The song was selected to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, after Go_A was chosen through Vidbir, the music competition that selects Ukraine's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Ukraine was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.

It was announced on March 18 2020 that, due to the 2020 pandemic of Coronavirus, the Eurovision Song Contest for 2020 would not go ahead.^[3] Tentatively, the national broadcasters have stated that no further national selection will take place in Ukraine next year and Go_A will be allowed to return as the Ukrainian entry for Eurovision 2021.^[4][5] According to the rules of the competition, Go_A would have to create a new song for the 2021 competition,^[6] which they did with "Shum."

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