Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processFirst Selection:
Artist: Internal selection
Song: National final
Second Selection:
Artist: National final
Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 20 March 2010
Song: 24 March 2010
Selected entrantAlyosha
Selected song"Sweet People"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 77 points)
Final result10th, 108 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Sweet People" written by Borys Kukoba, Vadim Lisitsa and Olena Kucher. The song was performed by Alyosha.

The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. Vasyl Lazarovych was internally selected in December 2009 by NTU to compete at the 2010 contest, with a national final being held to select the song that he would perform. "I Love You" written by Brandon Stone and Olga Yarynich was selected as the winning song following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote, however in March 2010, NTU announced that they would organise an open national final to select a new 2010 Ukrainian entry after objections to the internal selection of Lazarovych. The second national selection was held on 20 March 2010; twenty entries competed and "To Be Free" performed by Alyosha was selected as the winner after tying for first place following the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote—the tie was decided in Alyosha's favour after "To Be Free" scored the highest with the jury. Following the national final, it was revealed that NTU were required to select a replacement entry following plagiarism allegations and that "To Be Free" had been made available publicly in 2008. The replacement entry, "Sweet People", was presented to the public on 24 March.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 8, "Sweet People" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed seventh out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 77 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 17 and placed tenth out of the 25 participating countries with 108 points.

Background[]

Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2010 Contest, Ukraine had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven 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 2009, 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 2010 Eurovision Song Contest on 28 December 2009, announcing that the artist would be selected internally.[2]

Before Eurovision[]

First selection[]

Artist selection[]

On 29 December 2009, NTU announced during a press conference held in Kyiv that they had internally selected Vasyl Lazarovych to represent Ukraine in Oslo.[3] Lazarovych's selection as the Ukrainian representative was decided upon from six performers considered by the NTU Arts Council, of which ten out of eleven members voted in favour of Lazarovych.[4] On 13 January 2010, NTU announced that they would organise a national final to select his contest song.[5]

National final[]

Composers had the opportunity to submit their songs in English, Ukrainian, Spanish or Italian between 13 January 2010 and 7 February 2010.[6] A seven-member selection panel reviewed the received submissions and shortlisted five songs to compete in the national final.[7] On 2 March 2010, the five selected competing songs were announced.[8]

The final took place on 5 March 2010 at the NTU Studio 1 in Kyiv, hosted by Maria Orlova and Timur Miroshnychenko and broadcast on the First National TV Channel as well as online via NTU's official website 1tv.com.ua and at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[9] All five competing songs were performed Vasyl Lazarovych and the winning song, "I Love You", 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.[10][11][12] In addition to the performances of the competing songs, 2010 Armenian Eurovision entrant Eva Rivas, 2010 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant Safura Alizadeh, 2010 Bulgarian Eurovision entrant Miro, 2010 Georgian Eurovision entrant Sopho Nizharadze, as well as Ukrainian singers Irina Rosenfeld, Tatyana Nedelska and Katya Burzynska performed as guests.

Final – 5 March 2010
Draw Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 "Adrenalin" (Адреналін) Dmitriy Klimashenko, Olga Yarynich 3 3
2 "Shine of Your Star" Ziga Pirnat, Brandon Stone 8 2
3 "I Know" Nikola Karajia, Brandon Stone 8 2
4 "Don't Wanna Lose You" Claes Andreasson 3 3
5 "I Love You" Brandon Stone, Olga Yarynich 14 1

Second selection[]

One week before the deadline for Eurovision entries to be submitted to the EBU on 15 March 2010, it was announced that NTU may organise a second national final to replace Vasyl Lazarovych as the 2010 Ukrainian entry after objections to NTU's internal selection and thus an unfair competition for other artists who wished to take part.[13] However, EBU rules state that national final details must be made known by 31 January 2010 and Ukraine may be forced to withdraw if NTU failed to submit a replacement entry by the deadline of 22 March 2010.[14] On 17 March 2010, the new NTU management announced during an emergency press conference that a new open national final would take place on 20 March 2010 at the Savik Shuster Studio in Kyiv, hosted by Savik Shuster and Olha Freimut and broadcast on the First National TV Channel as well as online via NTU's official website 1tv.com.ua.[15]

Competing entries[]

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries by attending auditions held at the Savik Shuster Studio in Kyiv on 18 March 2010. A seven-member selection panel consisting of Egor Benkendorf (NTU President), Mihail Kulinyak (Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine), Walid Arfush (producer), Igor Likhuta (composer and producer), Iryna Lysenko (Novyi Kanal General Director), Elena Franchuk (StarLightMedia Head of Supervisory Board) and Savik Shuster (television host) reviewed the 63 received submissions and shortlisted twenty entries, including Vasyl Lazarovych, to compete in the national final.[4] On 19 March 2010, the twenty selected competing acts were announced.[16][17]

Final[]

The final took place on 20 March 2010. Twenty entries competed and the winner, "To Be Free" performed by Alyosha, 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.[18] Masha Sobko and Alyosha were tied at 36 points each but since Alyosha received the most votes from the jury she was declared the winner.[19]

Final – 20 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Vitaliy Kozlovskiy and Iryna Bilyk "I-L@VE?" V. Serov, H. Kruhlyk — —
2 Vasyl Lazarovych "I Love You" Brandon Stone, Olga Yarynich 24 7
3 SH & BB "Ne zhurys'" (Не журись) Dmytro Bohush, Yevhen Kolesnik — —
4 Oleksiy Matias "Angely ne umirayut" (Ангелы не умирают) Konstantin Meladze 32 3
5 Zaklyopky "Anybody Home?" Katya Komar, Sergiy Kabanets 23 8
6 Ivan Berezovskyi "No Doubt" Mikhail Nekrasov, Oleg Chornyy 22 9
7 Stereo "Ne skhody s uma" (Не сходи с ума) Stas Shurins — —
8 Irina Rosenfeld "Forever" Irina Rosenfeld, Oleksandr Mankin 29 6
9 Shanis "Lechu k tebe" (Лечу к тебе) M. Shajduryk, Taras Piskun — —
10 Max Barskih "White Raven" Mykola Bortnyk — —
11 Vladyslav Levytskyi "Davay, davay!" (Давай, давай!) Vladislav Levytskyi, Taras Topolya — —
12 Miya "Vona" (Вона) Nazar Savko — —
13 DaZzle Dreams "Emotional Lady" Dmytro Tsyperdyuk — —
14 Masha Sobko "Ya tebya lyublyu" (Я тебя люблю) Ruslan Kvinta, Vitaliy Kurovskiy 36 2
15 Zlata Ognevich "Tiny Island" Mikhail Nekrasov, Yevgeny Matyushenko 30 5
16 Mira Gold "Crazy Lady" Mira Gold, Sonya Sytnyk — —
17 Natalia Valevska "Europe" Ruslan Kvinta, Natalia Valevska, Larissa Flint 31 4
18 Juliya Voice "Zavyazhi mne glaza" (Завяжи мне глаза) Juliya Voice — —
19 El Kravchuk "Fly to Heaven" Andriy Danylko, Semyon Horov, Peter Dickinson — —
20 Alyosha "To Be Free" Olena Kucher, Bogdan Chykalyuk 36 1

Rule violations and replacement entry[]

Following Alyosha's win at the national final, allegations were made that "To Be Free" plagiarized the song "Knock Me Out" by Linda Perry and Grace Slick, and had been made available publicly in 2008. NTU stated in a press release that they would conduct an investigation over the issue.[20][21] During the Head of Delegation meeting on 22 March 2010, NTU announced that they were given an extended deadline by the EBU in order to select a replacement entry by 26 March, with fines being imposed every next day that no entry has been received by the EBU.[22][23][24]

"Sweet People", which officially replaced "To Be Free" as the Ukrainian entry, was presented to the public on 24 March 2010 online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[25] "Sweet People" was composed by Borys Kukoba, Vadim Lisitsa, as well as Alyosha herself.[21]

At Eurovision[]

Ukraine competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May. Ukraine placed 7th with 77 points and qualified for the final.[26] The public awarded Ukraine 7th place with 77 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 78 points.[27] In the final Ukraine came 10th with 108 points, with the public awarding 13th place with 94 points and the jury awarding 6th place with 129 points.[27][28]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Ukraine[]

Points awarded by Ukraine[]

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