"Under the Ladder" is a song performed by Ukrainian singer Mélovin. The song was released as a digital download on 18 January 2018 through Umyh Music, and was written by Mélovin along with Mike Ryals and Anton Karskyi. It represented Ukraine in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the with the song "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European B ...

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, Portugal. It was included in Mélovin’s 2018 album "Octopus".

Eurovision Song Contest

On 16 January 2018, Mélovin was confirmed as one of the 18 competing acts in ''Vidbir 2018'', the Ukrainian national selection for the

, with the song "Under the Ladder". He competed in the second semi-final on 17 February 2018, where he qualified to the final as one of the top three finishers, placing first with the highest number of televotes from the Ukrainian public and second-highest number of jury votes from the jury consisting of

Jamala Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova, ; rus, Суса́на Али́мовна Джамалади́нова, Susána Alímovna Dzhamaladínova, sʊˈsanə ɐˈlʲiməvnə dʐəməlɐˈdʲinəvə, links=yes. (born 27 August 1983), known professionally ...

Andriy Danylko Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko ( uk, Андрі́й Миха́йлович Дани́лко; born 2 October 1973), better known as his drag persona Verka Serduchka ( uk, Вє́рка Сердю́чка, links=no, ; russian: Ве́рка Серд ...

, and Eugene Filatov. He won the final on 24 February and represented Ukraine in the

. The song competed in the second semi-final, held on 10 May 2018 in

, Portugal. It qualified for the final, finishing in 6th place, and finished in 17th place in the final, getting seventh place with the public (119 points), but last place with the juries (11 points).

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

2017 songs 2018 singles Eurovision songs of 2018 Eurovision songs of Ukraine {{2010s-pop-song-stub