Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Evrobachennya 2011 - Natsionalyni vidbir | |||
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 31 October 2010 7 November 2010 14 November 2010 21 November 2010 28 November 2010 Semi-finals: 5 December 2010 12 December 2010 26 December 2010 Final: 26 February 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Mika Newton | |||
| Selected song | "Angel" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 81 points) | |||
| Final result | 4th, 159 points | |||
| Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Angel" written by Ruslan Kvinta and Maryna Skomorohova. The song was performed by Mika Newton.
The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. The national selection consisted of, five heats, held between 31 October and 28 November 2010, three semi-finals, held on 5, 12 and 26 December 2010, and a final, held on 26 February 2011; six to seven entries competed in each heat with four from each heat advancing to the final. Eight entries competed in each semi-final with the seven from each semi-final advancing to the final. In the final, "Angel" performed by Mika Newton was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a nine-member jury panel and a public televote. The Ukrainian entry caused controversy due to alleged voting miscalculations caused by multiple votes being submitted from a single phone number. A new final was to be held on 3 March 2011; the top three acts were to compete with the winner being selected exclusively by a public televote where only one vote could be submitted from a single phone number. The new final was later cancelled after two of the three competing acts were withdrawn. "Angel" performed by Mika Newton therefore remained as the Ukrainian entry and a revamped version of the song was presented to the public on 15 March 2011.
Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2011. Performing during the show in position 6, "Angel" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed sixth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 81 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 23 and placed fourth out of the 25 participating countries with 159 points.
Background[]
Prior to the 2011 Contest, Ukraine had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its first entry in 2003, winning it in 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana.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 2011 Eurovision Song Contest on 9 July 2010, announcing that they would organise a national final to select the 2011 Ukrainian entry.[1]
Before Eurovision[]
Evrobachennya 2011 - Natsionalyni vidbir[]
The Ukrainian national final took place in Kyiv and consisted of five heats held between 31 October and 28 November 2010, three semi-finals on 5, 12 and 26 December 2010 and a final on 26 February 2011. All shows in the competition were broadcast on Pershyi Natsionalnyi as well as online via NTU's official website 1tv.com.ua.[2] The final was broadcast online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[3]
Format[]
The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took place over four stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition by attending a scheduled audition during designated dates. Thirty-five acts were selected and announced on 22 August 2010. The second stage consisted of the televised heats which took place between 31 October and 28 November 2010 with six to seven acts competing in each show. Four acts were selected to advance from each heat based on the votes from a public televote and an expert jury consisting of Walid Arfush (producer), Kamaliya (singer), Ruslana Pysanka (singer), Anton Tseslik ( CEO) and Iryna Zhuravska (model, Miss Ukraine 2008 winner).[4] The expert jury first selected three entries to advance to the semi-finals and the remaining entries faced the public televote which commenced after each heat and closed before the following heat where an additional entry qualified. The expert jury also selected four wildcard acts for the semi-finals out of the remaining non-qualifying entries from the heats.[5] The third stage consisted of the semi-finals which took place on 5, 12 and 26 December 2010 with eight acts competing in each show. Seven acts were selected to advance from each semi-final based on the votes from a public televote and an expert jury. The expert jury first selected five entries to advance to the final and the remaining entries faced the public televote which commenced after each semi-final and closed before the following semi-final where an additional two entries qualified. The third stage was the final, which took place on 26 February 2011 and featured the twenty-one acts that qualified from the semi-finals vying to represent Ukraine in Düsseldorf. The winner was selected via the combination of votes from an internet vote (10%), a public televote (45%) and an expert jury (45%). The internet vote, the public televote and the expert jury each assigned scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 21 (highest) and the entry that had the highest number of average points following the combination of these scores was declared the winner.[1] Viewers participating in the public televote during the live shows had the opportunity to submit their votes for the participating entries via SMS. In the event of a tie during the final, the tie was decided in favour of the entry that received the highest score from the jury.[6]
Competing entries[]
Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries by attending auditions held at the Olmeca Plage in Kyiv between 19 August 2010 and 21 August 2010. A seven-member selection panel consisting of Walid Arfush (producer), Vlad Baginsky (NTU music producer), Ruslana Pysanka (singer), Yuliya Magdych (fashion designer), Anton Tseslik ( CEO), Igor Likhuta (composer and producer) and Kamaliya (singer) reviewed over 200 received submissions and shortlisted thirty-five entries to compete in the national final.[7][8] On 22 August 2010, the thirty-five selected competing acts were announced.[9] Among the competing artists was former Eurovision Song Contest contestants Verka Serduchka, who represented Ukraine in 2007 with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai", and Anastasia Prikhodko, who represented Russia in 2009 with the song "Mamo".[10][11] On 14 October 2010, Verka Serduchka, who was to gain direct entry into the competition's final, withdrew from the national final due to scheduling issues and was replaced by Pavlo Tabakov.[12][13]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| A.R.M.I.YA and Vera Varlamova | "Allo, allo" (Алло, алло) | Roman Babenko |
| Alyona Korneeva | "Why Didn't I Say Goodbye?" | Alyona Korneeva, Marianna Stasyuk |
| Anastasia Prikhodko | "Action" | Andrei Ignatchenko |
| Arina Domski | "Prosto lyubit'" (Просто любить) | Oleksandr Grinchenko, I. Dobrolezh |
| Bahroma | "Yeyo imya" (Єйо імя) | Roman Bakharyev |
| Dash | "Love Is" | Arkadiy Nesterenko, Dmitriy Seryakov |
| Dasha Medova | "Infinity" | Dasha Medova |
| Denis Povaliy | "Aces High" | D. Serjakov, A. Korzhenko, A. Nesterenko, Denis Povaliy |
| Eduard Romanyuta | "Berega" (Берега) | Bogdan Bolkhovetsky, Vladimir Tretyakov |
| El Kravchuk | "Moya nadezhda" (Моя надежда) | Semyon Horov, Andriy Danylko |
| Inna Voronova | "Mr. Fever" | Inna Voronova |
| Ivan Berezovskiy | "Ave Maria" | Romano Mussumaro |
| Jamala | "Smile" | Jamala, Tatiana Skubashevskaya |
| Kristina Kim | "Victim of My Love" | Kristina Kim |
| Maxim Novitskiy | "True Love Can Free You" | Maxim Novitskiy, Brent Jordan |
| MetroPoly10 | "Think It Over" | Maksym Dersky |
| Mika Newton | "Angel" | Ruslan Kvinta, Maryna Skomorohova |
| Mila Nytych | "Goodbye" | Gennadiy Krupnik, Olga Stepura |
| Natalya Pugachova | "Hey Boy" | Natalya Pugachova |
| Nek$i | "Sever-Jug" (Север-Юг) | Gennadiy Tatarchenko, Yuriy Rybchynsky |
| Oleksandr Kvarta | "Ne somnevaysya" (Не сомневайся) | Oleksandr Kvarta |
| Oleksiy Matias | "Myself" | Gennadiy Krupnik |
| Para Normalnyh | "Gliadi" (Гляді) | Vitaliy Pleshakov |
| Pavlo Tabakov | "Shake Your Body" | Petro Chernyshenko |
| Shanis | "Kamenniy tsvetok" (Каменный цветок) | Ruslan Kvinta, Diana Golde |
| Tetyana Vorzheva | "Vsyo resheno" (Всё решено) | Vlad Darvin |
| Vitaliy Galay | "My Expression" | Vitaliy Galay |
| Vladislav Levitskiy | "Love" | Vladislav Levitskiy, Sonya Sytnyk |
| Vroda | "Zhovteye zhyto" (Жовтеє жито) | Vasyl Tkach |
| Yakov Smirnov | "You'll Be With Me" | Yakov Smirnov |
| Zaklyopki | "Superhero (U-la-la)" | Sergiy Kabanets, Katya Komar |
| Zhemchug | "Hero" | Anna Alisher, Aliona Zhemchug, Evheniy Matyushenko |
| Zlata Ognevich | "The Kukushka" | Mikhail Nekrasov, Eugenia Matyushenko |
Shows[]
Heats[]
Five heats took place in October and November 2010 at the Dovzhenko Studios in Kyiv, hosted by Tatyana Goncharova and Timur Miroshnychenko. In each heat six or seven entries competed and the top three entries following the votes from an expert jury advanced to the semi-finals of the competition. The remaining four entries then faced a public televote held in the week following the heat which determined an additional qualifier, with the remaining three entries being eliminated. Wildcards were additionally awarded to four of the eliminated entries, which also advanced to the semi-finals.
Jury qualifier Public vote qualifier Jury wildcard
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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| 1 | Pavlo Tabakov | "Shake Your Body" | Not Selected |
| 2 | Jamala | "Smile" | Selected |
| 3 | Denis Povaliy | "Aces High" | Selected |
| 4 | Maxim Novitskiy | "True Love Can Free You" | Not Selected |
| 5 | Tetyana Vorzheva | "Vsyo resheno" | Selected |
| 6 | Vroda | "Zhovteye zhyto" | Not Selected |
| Artist | Song | Result |
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| Pavlo Tabakov | "Shake Your Body" | Advanced |
| Maxim Novitskiy | "True Love Can Free You" | Eliminated |
| Vroda | "Zhovteye zhyto" | Eliminated |
Semi-finals[]
Three semi-final took place on 5, 12 and 26 December 2010 at the Dovzhenko Studios in Kyiv, hosted by Tatyana Goncharova and Timur Miroshnychenko. Eight of the entries that qualified from the heats competed in each semi-final, and the top five entries following the votes from an expert jury advanced to the semi-finals of the competition. The remaining three entries then faced a public televote held in the week following the semi-final which determined an additional two qualifiers, with the remaining entry being eliminated.
Jury qualifier Public vote qualifier
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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| 1 | A.R.M.I.YA and Vera Varlamova | "Allo, allo" | Selected |
| 2 | El Kravchuk | "Moya nadezhda" | Selected |
| 3 | Jamala | "Smile" | Selected |
| 4 | Eduard Romanyuta | "Berega" | Selected |
| 5 | Mila Nytych | "Goodbye" | Not Selected |
| 6 | Pavlo Tabakov | "Shake Your Body" | Not Selected |
| 7 | Dasha Medova | "Infinity" | Selected |
| — | Oleksiy Matias | "Myself" | Not Selected |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place | Result |
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| Mila Nytych | "Goodbye" | 9.07% | 2 | Advanced |
| Pavlo Tabakov | "Shake Your Body" | 8.69% | 3 | Eliminated |
| Oleksiy Matias | "Myself" | 82.24% | 1 | Advanced |
Final[]
The final took place on 26 February 2011 at the Savik Shuster Studio in Kyiv, hosted by Savik Shuster, Gaitana, Irina Rosenfeld, Evgeniya Vlasova, Olesya Batsman, Iryna Zhuravska, Tatyana Goncharova and Timur Miroshnychenko. The twenty-one entries that qualified from the semi-finals were to compete, however 19 entries ultimately competed after "Allo, allo" performed by A.R.M.I.YA and Vera Varlamova and "Sever-Jug" performed by Nek$i were withdrawn from the final. An additional two entries were disqualified during the show: "My Expression" performed by Vitaliy Galay for using pre-recorded backing vocals and "Vsyo resheno" performed by Tanya Vorzheva for having over six performers on stage. The winner, "Angel" performed by Mika Newton, was selected through the combination of votes from a public televote, an internet vote held between 13 and 26 February 2011 and an expert jury.[7][18] Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the jury. The jury panel that voted during the final consisted of Ruslana (singer-songwriter, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine), Egor Benkendorf (NTU President), Walid Arfush (producer), Hanna Herman (Deputy Head of Presidential Administration), Yan Tabachnyk (composer), Ani Lorak (singer-songwriter, represented Ukraine in 2008), Eduard Klim (producer), Yuriy Rybchynsky (poet) and Alyosha (singer-songwriter, represented Ukraine in 2010).[19] 75,310 votes were registered by the televote during the show and 221,682 votes were registered by the internet vote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Nek$i performed as a guest.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury (45%) |
Televote (45%) | Internet (10%) | Total | Place | ||
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| 1 | Zlata Ognevich | "The Kukushka" | 19 | 19,900 | 19 | 14,349 | 13 | 18.40 | 2 |
| 2 | Dasha Medova | "Infinity" | 13 | 2,980 | 16 | 32,587 | 16 | 14.65 | 4 |
| 3 | Zhemchug | "Hero" | 7 | 270 | 5 | 509 | 2 | 5.60 | 16 |
| 4 | Bahroma | "Yeyo imya" | 10 | 295 | 7 | 2,836 | 9 | 8.55 | 13 |
| 5 | Oleksiy Matias | "Myself" | 11 | 2,539 | 15 | 24,924 | 15 | 13.20 | 6 |
| 6 | Jamala | "Smile" | 17 | 10,800 | 17 | 37,232 | 19 | 17.20 | 3 |
| 7 | Mila Nytych | "Goodbye" | 15 | 560 | 9 | 181 | 1 | 10.90 | 10 |
| 8 | Alyona Korneeva | "Why Didn't I Say Goodbye?" | 14 | 879 | 11 | 1,208 | 4 | 11.65 | 9 |
| 9 | Denis Povaliy | "Aces High" | 9 | 286 | 6 | 2,498 | 8 | 7.55 | 14 |
| 10 | El Kravchuk | "Moya nadezhda" | 8 | 676 | 10 | 34,488 | 17 | 9.80 | 11 |
| 11 | Shanis | "Kamenniy tsvetok" | 8 | 91 | 1 | 3,184 | 10 | 5.05 | 17 |
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| 13 | Mika Newton | "Angel" | 21 | 29,064 | 21 | 37,384 | 21 | 21.00 | 1 |
| 14 | Eduard Romanyuta | "Berega" | 13 | 2,472 | 13 | 5,902 | 12 | 12.90 | 7 |
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| 16 | Ivan Berezovskiy | "Ave Maria" | 16 | 2,502 | 14 | 1,289 | 5 | 14.00 | 5 |
| 17 | Zaklyopki | "Superhero (U-la-la)" | 10 | 181 | 4 | 2,320 | 7 | 7.00 | 15 |
| 18 | Vladyslav Levytskyy | "Love" | 12 | 450 | 8 | 1,494 | 6 | 9.60 | 12 |
| 19 | Anastasiya Prikhodko | "Action" | 12 | 1,119 | 12 | 14,821 | 14 | 12.20 | 8 |
Controversy and new final plans[]
Following Mika Newton's victory at the Ukrainian national final, jury member Hanna Herman petitioned for a re-evaluation of the votes due to multiple votes being submitted from a single phone number which caused votes to be miscounted. On 28 February 2011, it was announced that a new final among the top three acts: "Angel" performed by Mika Newton, "The Kukushka" performed by Zlata Ognevich and "Smile" performed by Jamala would take place on 3 March 2011 with the winner being selected exclusively via a public televote. Viewers participating in the public televote would have the opportunity to submit a single vote per phone number for the participating entries via SMS.[20] However on 1 March, Jamala withdrew from the new final claiming that votes would again be rigged.[21] Zlata Ognevich also withdrew on the same day as she was due to take part in another television show the day the final would be held.[22] On 4 March 2011, NTU announced that the new final would be cancelled and "Angel" performed by Mika Newton would remain as the Ukrainian entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.[23]
Five years later, Jamala would go on to win the Contest for Ukraine while Zlata Ognevich achieved 3rd in 2013.
Preparation[]
On 15 March 2011, a revamped version of "Angel" was presented to the public through the release of the official music video, directed by Alexander Ivanenko.[24]
At Eurovision[]
Ukraine went through the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May, placing 6th with 81 points and qualifying for the final.[25] The public awarded Ukraine 5th place with 91 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 76 points.[26] In the final Ukraine came 4th with 159 points, with the public awarding Ukraine 4th place with 168 points and the jury awarding 7th place with 117 points.[26][27]
Voting[]
Points awarded to Ukraine[]
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Points awarded by Ukraine[]
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