Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processEvrobachennya 2009 - Natsionalyni vidbir
Selection date(s)Semi-final:
8 February 2009
Final:
8 March 2009
Selected entrantSvetlana Loboda
Selected song"Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Evheniy Matyushenko
  • Svetlana Loboda
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 80 points)
Final result12th, 76 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" written by Evheniy Matyushenko and Svetlana Loboda. The song was performed by Svetlana Loboda. The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The national selection consisted of a semi-final, held on 8 February 2009, and a final, held on 8 March 2009; thirty-one entries competed in the semi-final with the top fifteen advancing to the final. In the final, "Be My Valentine" performed by Svetlana Loboda was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 17, "Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed sixth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 80 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 21 and placed twelfth out of the 25 participating countries with 76 points.

Background[]

Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2009 contest, Ukraine had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times since its first entry in 2003, winning it in 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana.[1] Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Ukraine had managed to qualify to final in every contest they participated in thus far. Ukraine had been the runner-up in the contest on two occasions: in 2007 with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" performed by Verka Serduchka and in 2008 with the song "Shady Lady" performed by Ani Lorak. Ukraine's least successful result had been 19th place, which they achieved during the 2005, with the song "Razom nas bahato" performed by GreenJolly.

The Ukrainian national broadcaster, National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), broadcasts the event within Ukraine and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In the past, NTU had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Ukrainian entry. Between 2005 and 2008, NTU had set up national finals to choose both or either the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Ukraine, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. NTU confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 November 2008, announcing that they would organise a national final to select the 2009 Ukrainian entry.[2]

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The Ukrainian national final took place in Kyiv and consisted of a semi-final held on 8 February 2009 and a final on 8 March 2009. All shows were broadcast on the First National TV Channel as well as online via NTU's official website 1tv.com.ua.[3]

Format[]

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took place over three stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition. Thirty-one acts were selected and announced on 28 January 2009.[4] The second stage consisted of a semi-final which took place on 8 February 2009 with the thirty-one acts competing. Fifteen acts were selected to advance from the semi-final based on the votes from an expert jury. The third stage was the final, which took place on 8 March 2009 and featured the fifteen acts that qualified from the semi-finals vying to represent Ukraine in Moscow. The winner was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury.[5][6] Both the public televote and the expert jury assigned scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 15 (highest) and the entry that had the highest number of points following the combination of these scores was declared the winner. Viewers participating in the public televote during the final had the opportunity to submit a vote for the participating entries via telephone or SMS.[7] In the event of a tie, the tie was decided in favour of the entry that received the highest score from the jury.

The jury panel that voted during the two shows consisted of:[8][better source needed]

  • Vasyl Ilashchuk – NTU President
  • Roman Nedzelskiy – NTU First Vice President
  • Oleksandr Ponomaryov – singer, represented Ukraine in 2003
  • Sergiy Kuzin – Russian Radio Ukraine CEO
  • Andriy Eryomin – choreographer
  • Vladimir Bebeshko – composer
  • Taras Petrynenko – composer and singer

Competing entries[]

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 3 November 2008 and 16 January 2009.[9] A six-member selection panel consisting of Vasyl Ilashchuk (NTU President), Roman Nedzelskiy (NTU First Vice President), Andriy Chernyuk (NTU Vice President), Yevgeniy Kalenskyi (NTU Vice President), Sergiy Lapchenko (NTU Chief Entertainment and Music Editor) and Oleg Pylypchuk (NTU Entertainment and Music Director) reviewed the 63 received submissions and shortlisted thirty-one entries to compete in the national final.[8][better source needed] On 28 January 2009, the thirty-one selected competing acts were announced.[4] On 8 February 2009, Oleg Skrypka and VV and Nikole withdrew from the national final and were replaced by Ira Poison and the group Tabu.[10]

Semi-final[]

The semi-final aired on 21 February 2009 at the NTU Studios, hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko. The show was filmed on 8 February 2009. The top fifteen entries following the votes from an expert jury advanced to the final of the competition, while the remaining sixteen entries were eliminated.[11]

Semi-final – 8 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Tori Joy "Smile" Viktoriya Petryk, Andrey Tymoshchyk, N. Doncheva Finalist
2 Goryachiy Shokolad "Every Kiss" Dmitry Klimashenko, Tetyana Reshetnyak Finalist
3 Bagira "Sexy Mama" Iryna Bagley Eliminated
4 Solomia "Not Perfect" Olena Karpenko Eliminated
5 Tatyana Bryantseva "Sweet and Sugar Baby" Yaroslav Schogla, Iryna Mironova Finalist
6 Maya "Ty ne odin" (Ти не один) Maya Yanchishin Eliminated
7 Andriy Knyaz "Ne ydy" (Не иди) Andriy Furdychko Eliminated
8 Zaklyopki "Time Is Up" Katya Komar, Sergiy Kabanets Finalist
9 Nazar Savko "Ty prosto slukhay" (Ти просто слухай) Nazar Savko Eliminated
10 Nazad Shlyahu Nemae "V ochah nebo" (В очах небо) Dmitry Mitusov, Denis Nazarov Eliminated
11 Anastasia Prikhodko "Za tebe znov" (За тебе знов) Anastasia Prikhodko Eliminated
12 Natalia Volkova "Gush" Taras Panenko Finalist
13 Zoryana "Vklyuchayu Play" (Включаю Плей) Zoryana Skirko Eliminated
14 4 Kings "Tearin' Up My Heart" Roman Polonskiy, Anna Rozina Finalist
15 Gala "Sly Lover" Gennadiy Krupnik, Maryna Kursanova Eliminated
16 Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine" Evheniy Matyushenko, Svetlana Loboda Finalist
17 Inna Oliynik "I Don't Wanna Be Your Again" Inna Oliynik Eliminated
18 Kishe "Midnight" Timofey Reshetko, Yevgeny Matyushenko Finalist
19 Ana "You're Like a Paradise" Anna Zotyeva Finalist
20 Eduard Romanyuta "Silence" Dmytro Tarasov, Oleksandra Malygina Eliminated
21 Vesta Kameneva "My Devotion" Yevhen Kryvoshlyk, Yulia Goncharova, Vesta Kameneva Eliminated
22 Inshiy Den "U loni sniv" (У лоні снів) Volodymyr Omelchenko, Andriy Stukalo Eliminated
23 NikitA "Beauty Saves the World" Roman Babenko, Jay B. Finalist
24 Aleksandr Panayotov "Superhero" Taras Demchuk, Natalya Safonova Finalist
25 Denis Barkanov "You Are My Love and Pain" Vyacheslav Batulin, Igor Kulik Finalist
26 Ira Poison "You Freed Me" Sergey Pavlov Finalist
27 Manya "Fayna Ukraina" (Файна Юкрайна) Alexandra Lushnikova Eliminated
28 Tabu "You Are" Tetyana Bubliy, Cyrkel Maksym Eliminated
29 Andriana "Oberezhno" (Обережно) Hristyna Bazar, Andriana Ryabets Eliminated
30 GODO "Zagadaymo bazhannya" (Загадаймо бажання) Pierpaolo Guerrini, David Mario Reyes, Yuriy Lukyanenko, Tatyana Ostrovskaya Finalist
31 Lenara Osmanova "Flash" Zera Kengigaeva, Elmara Mustafaeva Finalist

Final[]

The final took place on 8 March 2009 at the National Palace of Arts, hosted by Maria Orlova and Timur Miroshnychenko.[12][13] The fifteen entries that qualified from the semi-finals were to compete, however fourteen entries ultimately competed after "Beauty Saves the World" performed by NikitA was withdrawn from the final. The winner, "Be My Valentine" performed by Svetlana Loboda, was selected through the combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the jury.[14] Yevgeniy Kalenskyi replaced Andriy Eryomin as a jury member in the final.[8][better source needed] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2009 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Petr Elfimov, 2009 Lithuanian Eurovision entrant Sasha Son, 2009 Polish Eurovision entrant Lidia Kopania, 2009 British Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine Ruslana performed as guests.[15]

Final – 8 March 2009
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Lenara "Flash" 1 11 12 9
2 Goryachiy Shokolad "Kiss" 8 5 13 8
3 Tetyana Bryantseva "Sweet and Sugar Baby" 4 1 5 13
4 Denis Barkanov "You Are My Love and Pain" 7 12 19 5
5 Zaklyopki "Time Is Up" 13 9 22 2
6 Natalia Volkova "Gush" 10 6 16 7
7 4 Kings "Tearin' Up My Heart" 6 4 10 11
8 ANA "You're Like a Paradise" 2 2 4 14
9 Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine" 14 14 28 1
10 GODO "Zagadaymo bazhannya" (Загадаймо бажання) 3 8 11 10
11 NikitA "Beauty Saves the World" — — — —
12 Aleksandr Panayotov "Superhero" 9 13 22 4
13 Ira Poison "You Freed Me" 12 10 22 3
14 Kishe "Midnight" 5 3 8 12
15 Tori Joy "Smile" 11 7 18 6

Controversy[]

After the semi-final, it was reported that Anastasia Prikhodko and her manager claimed that neither the NTU nor the jury had used trustworthy methods to choose the contestants for the final. Prikhodko's interpretation of the rules was that in the semi-final, she had been entitled to perform something different from her entry. In fact, Paragraph 4.3 of the Rules of Eurovision Song Competition issued by the NCTU on 31 October 2008 stated literally: "On 8 February 2009 on the improvised stage set in the NTU studios, the 30 semi-finalists perform their competition songs live."[16] On the grounds of the paragraph, the jury disqualified Prikhodko as she had previously performed the Russian version of her entry "Vsyo dlya tebya" during the talent show Fabrika Zvyozd.[17][better source needed] Prikhodko would later enter the Russian national final on 7 March 2009, winning with "Mamo" and represented Russia at the 2009 contest.[18][19]

Promotion[]

Following Svetlana Loboda's victory at the Ukrainian national final, the official video of "Be My Valentine", later retitled as "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)", was presented to the public on 16 March 2009.[20] Loboda made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" as the Ukrainian Eurovision entry. On 17 April, Loboda performed at the UKEurovision Preview Party, which was held at the Scala in London, United Kingdom.[21] On 18 April, she performed during the Eurovision Promo Concert which was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands along with entries from 22 other countries.[22][23]

At Eurovision[]

Ukraine competes in the second semi-final of the contest on 14 May 2009. Svetlana performs 17th in the running order of the semi-final, following Albania and preceding Estonia. The song qualified for the final where it finished 12th with 76 points.[24][25]

Svetlana released news on her performance at Eurovision that she would perform on stage with a large mechanical device known as the "Hell Machine", appearing somewhat like a cog. The device would descend and rotate from the top of the stage, and to be accompanied by embedded lights.[26][27][28]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Ukraine[]

Points awarded by Ukraine[]

Detailed voting results[]

Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Final)[31][32]
Draw Country Results Points
Jury Televoting Combined
01  Lithuania 3 3
02  Israel 6 6 1
03  France 4 3 7 3
04  Sweden
05  Croatia 2 2
06  Portugal
07  Iceland 1 4 5
08  Greece
09  Armenia 6 6 2
10  Russia 12 12 8
11  Azerbaijan 10 8 18 10
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina
13  Moldova 5 5 10 7
14  Malta 1 1
15  Estonia 7 7 4
16  Denmark 8 8 5
17  Germany
18  Turkey
19  Albania
20  Norway 12 10 22 12
21  Ukraine
22  Romania
23  United Kingdom 7 2 9 6
24  Finland
25  Spain

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