Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processVidbir 2018
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
10 February 2018
17 February 2018
Final:
24 February 2018
Selected entrantMélovin
Selected song"Under the Ladder"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 179 points)
Final result17th, 130 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Under the Ladder" written by Mike Ryals, Kostyantyn Bocharov and Anton Karskyi. The song was performed by Mélovin. The Ukrainian broadcaster National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) organised a national final in collaboration with commercial broadcaster STB in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. The national selection consisted of two semi-finals, held on 10 and 17 February 2018, and a final, held on 24 February 2018; nine entries competed in each semi-final with the top three from each semi-final advancing to the final. In the final, "Under the Ladder" performed by Mélovin was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-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 10 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 18, "Under the Ladder" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed sixth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 179 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 1 and placed seventeenth out of the 26 participating countries with 130 points.

Background[]

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Ukraine had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in 2003, winning it in 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana and in 2016 with the song "1944" performed by Jamala.[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 24th place, which they achieved during the 2017, with the song "Time" performed by O.Torvald.

The Ukrainian national broadcaster, National Television Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), broadcasts the event within Ukraine and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In the past, UA:PBC had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Ukrainian entry. In 2016 and 2017, UA:PBC in collaboration with the commercial broadcaster STB had set up national finals with several artists and shows to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Ukraine, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. UA:PBC's collaboration with STB continued into 2018.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The Ukrainian national final took place at the Palace of Culture "KPI" in Kyiv and consisted of two semi-finals held on 10 and 17 February 2018 and a final on 24 February 2018. All shows in the competition were hosted by Serhiy Prytula and broadcast on both UA:Pershyi and STB as well as online via UA:PBC's YouTube broadcasts.

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 through an online submission form. Eighteen acts were selected and announced on 16 January 2018. The second stage consisted of the televised semi-finals which took place on 10 and 17 February 2018 with nine acts competing in each show. Three acts were selected to advance from each semi-final based on the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. Both the public televote and the expert jury assigned scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 9 (highest) and the three entries that had the highest number of points following the combination of these scores advanced to the final. The third stage was the final, which took place on 24 February 2018 and featured the six acts that qualified from the semi-finals vying to represent Ukraine in Lisbon. The winner was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. Both the public televote and the expert jury assigned scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 6 (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 three live shows had the opportunity to submit a single vote per phone number for each of the participating entries via SMS or the Teleportal mobile application. In the event of a tie during the semi-finals and final, the tie was decided in favour of the entry that received the highest score from the public televote.

The jury panel that voted during the three shows consisted of:

The Vidbir 2018 judges
Andriy Danylko
Jamala
Yevhen Filatov

Competing entries[]

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries via an online submission form which accepted entries between 10 October 2017 and 15 January 2018. Composer and producer Ruslan Kvinta was assigned as the new music producer of the show and was the lead in reviewing the received submissions and shortlisting entries to compete in the national final.[2] On 16 January 2018, the eighteen selected competing acts were announced. The eighteen acts were allocated to one of two semi-finals during a draw that took place on 19 January, which was hosted by Ruslan Kvinta.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Constantine "Misto" (Місто) Kostiantyn Dmytriyev, Ulyana Kushyk
Dilemma "Na Party" (На Party) Yevhen Bardachenko, Nazariy Herasymchuk
The Erised "Heroes" Sonia Sukhorukova, Danylo Marin, Ihor Kyrylenko, Oleksander Liuliakin, Zak Ferum
Illaria "Syla" (Сила) Kateryna Pryshchepa
Ingret "Save My Planet" Ingret Kostenko, Oleksii Potapenko
Julinoza "Hto ya?" (Хто я?) Yulia Zaporozhets
Kadnay "Beat of the Universe" Dmytro Kadnay, Philipp Koliadenko
Kazka "Dyva" (Дива) Serhiy Yermolayev, Andriy Ihnatchenko, Serhiy Loksyn
Kozak System "Mamai" (Mamai) Mykola Brovchenko, Kozak System
Laud "Waiting" Vlad Karashchuk, Roman Cherenov, Kateryna Rohova
Mélovin "Under the Ladder" Mike Ryals, Kostyantyn Bocharov, Anton Karskyi
Mountain Breeze "I See You" Oleksandr Biliak
Pur:Pur "Fire" Natalia Smirina
Serhiy Babkin "Kriz tvoyi ochi" (Крізь твої очі) Serhiy Babkin, Yefim Chupakin, Anton Malyshev, Yevhen Filatov
Tayanna "Lelya" (Леля) Tetyana Reshetniak
Vilna "Forest Song" Iryna Vasylenko, Mykyta Reva, Yuriy Vodolazhskyi
The Vyo "Nga-Nga" Myroslav Kuvaldin
Yurcash "Stop Killing Love" Yuriy Nechystiak

Shows[]

Semi-finals[]

Two semi-finals took place on 10 and 17 February 2018. In each semi-final nine acts competed and the top three entries following the combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury advanced to the final of the competition, while the remaining six entries were eliminated.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2018 Czech Eurovision entrant Mikolas Josef performed the 2018 Czech entry "Lie to Me" as a guest in semi-final 1, and 2018 French Eurovision entrant Madame Monsieur performed the 2018 French entry "Mercy" as a guest in semi-final 2.

Semi-final 1 – 10 February 2018
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Constantine "Misto" 7 5.05% 2 9 7
2 Serhiy Babkin "Kriz tvoyi ochi" 8 8.99% 4 12 5
3 Laud "Waiting" 9 14.84% 7 16 1
4 Kazka "Dyva" 4 11.42% 5 9 6
5 The Vyo "Nga-Nga" 2 4.35% 1 3 9
6 Kozak System "Mamai" 1 8.30% 3 4 8
7 Vilna "Forest Song" 3 17.66% 9 12 3
8 Pur:Pur "Fire" 6 11.91% 6 12 4
9 The Erised "Heroes" 5 17.49% 8 13 2
Semi-final 2 – 17 February 2018
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Ingret "Save My Planet" 2 6.96% 3 5 7
2 Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 8 25.49% 9 17 1
3 Julinoza "Hto ya?" 4 4.70% 1 5 8
4 Tayanna "Lelya" 9 13.23% 7 16 2
5 Kadnay "Beat of the Universe" 7 15.40% 8 15 3
6 Yurcash "Stop Killing Love" 3 9.29% 5 8 6
7 Mountain Breeze "I See You" 6 10.69% 6 12 4
8 Illaria "Syla" 5 7.48% 4 9 5
9 Dilemma "Na Party" 1 6.47% 2 3 9
Final[]

The final took place on 24 February 2018. The six entries that qualified from the semi-finals competed. The winner, "Under the Ladder" performed by Mélovin, 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 public televote. 179,455 votes were registered by the televote during the show. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, jury member Jamala performed the song "Kryla" as a guest.

Final – 24 February 2018
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Kadnay "Beat of the Universe" 3 33,392 5 8 3
2 Tayanna "Lelya" 6 29,830 4 10 2
3 The Erised "Heroes" 2 11,628 1 3 6
4 Laud "Waiting" 4 20,744 2 6 4
5 Vilna "Forest Song" 1 23,192 3 4 5
6 Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 5 60,669 6 11 1

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 29 January 2018, 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 second semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2018, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[3]

Once all the competing songs for the 2018 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Ukraine was set to perform in position 18, following the entry from Slovenia.[4]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Ukraine[]

Points awarded by Ukraine[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Ukrainian jury:[7]

  •  [uk] (jury chairperson) – producer, music video director
  •  [uk] – radio host, actor, singer
  • Artur Danielyan – sound producer, musician. DJ
  •  [uk] (Alloise) – artist
  • Khrystyna Soloviy – singer, songwriter, musician
Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Semi-final 2)[5]
Draw Country Jury Televote
D. Zhupnyk A. Danielyan V. Klymov Alloise K. Soloviy Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 8 11 6 10 16 10 1 3 8
02  Romania 10 16 8 7 8 9 2 16
03  Serbia 11 5 9 16 13 12 13
04  San Marino 13 10 11 17 14 16 17
05  Denmark 7 13 4 12 1 7 4 2 10
06  Russia 17 12 16 15 17 17 8 3
07  Moldova 14 15 5 14 15 14 1 12
08  Netherlands 1 4 2 2 2 1 12 11
09  Australia 3 3 10 6 6 5 6 12
10  Georgia 9 2 1 11 5 3 8 6 5
11  Poland 15 17 12 9 11 15 4 7
12  Malta 5 9 17 13 12 13 15
13  Hungary 16 14 14 4 9 11 9 2
14  Latvia 6 1 13 1 4 2 10 10 1
15  Sweden 2 8 3 5 7 4 7 7 4
16  Montenegro 12 7 15 8 3 8 3 14
17  Slovenia 4 6 7 3 10 6 5 5 6
18  Ukraine
Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Final)[6]
Draw Country Jury Televote
D. Zhupnyk A. Danielyan V. Klymov Alloise K. Soloviy Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Ukraine
02  Spain 17 16 25 23 7 18 24
03  Slovenia 2 9 14 3 16 6 5 17
04  Lithuania 14 22 11 16 17 20 9 2
05  Austria 6 4 5 12 3 4 7 14
06  Estonia 12 2 16 11 18 10 1 8 3
07  Norway 10 3 13 14 21 12 11
08  Portugal 24 21 18 24 9 23 25
09  United Kingdom 21 20 23 9 23 24 22
10  Serbia 13 12 17 22 19 22 21
11  Germany 20 19 7 17 8 14 12
12  Albania 4 15 6 18 15 11 18
13  France 22 5 1 2 1 1 12 4 7
14  Czech Republic 8 6 9 4 22 7 4 2 10
15  Denmark 15 18 8 13 2 8 3 3 8
16  Australia 5 10 19 5 14 9 2 19
17  Finland 16 24 22 20 24 25 23
18  Bulgaria 23 17 10 19 10 17 13
19  Moldova 11 23 12 15 25 19 5 6
20  Sweden 9 7 2 6 11 5 6 15
21  Hungary 25 11 24 7 13 15 10 1
22  Israel 3 1 3 8 4 2 10 1 12
23  Netherlands 1 13 4 1 5 3 8 16
24  Ireland 18 14 15 21 12 21 20
25  Cyprus 7 8 20 10 20 13 7 4
26  Italy 19 25 21 25 6 16 6 5

References[]

  1. ^ "Ukraine Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Eurovision 2018 - MÉLOVIN (Ukraine / Украина)". ESCKAZ. Retrieved 8 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Jordan, Paul (29 January 2018). "Which countries will perform in which Semi-Final at Eurovision 2018?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Running order for Eurovision 2018 Semi-Finals revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Lisbon 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Results of the Grand Final of Lisbon 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Groot, Evert (30 April 2018). "Exclusive: They are the expert jurors for Eurovision 2018". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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