''Yevrobachennia. Natsionalnyi Vidbir'' ( uk, Євробачення. Національний відбір, ; meaning ''Eurovision: National Selection''), informally known as ''Vidbir'', is a

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musical competition originally organized by the public broadcaster

Suspilne The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспіль� ...

and

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, which determines the Ukrainian representative at the

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. In late August 2021, it was announced that the two broadcasters had terminated their partnership, and that Suspilne was looking for a new selection format for the

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, thus bringing an end to the original concept for ''Vidbir''. In October 2021, Suspilne announced that the 2022 edition of ''Vidbir'' would be organized by them alone under a new format. In the first year of the show, the local record by SMS voting was set by receiving 344,268 unique votes, 37.77% of which supported

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, who eventually became the winner of the

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Winners

Cast

Key: : Judge / Host / Music producer / Showrunner : Competed as a contestant

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Vidbir 2016

The final took place on 21 February 2016. The six entries that qualified from the semi-finals competed. The winner, "

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" performed by

, was selected through the combination of votes from a public tele-vote and an expert jury. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the public tele-vote. "1944" is the first Eurovision Song Contest song to feature lyrics in the

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. 382,602 votes were registered by the tele-vote during the show. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2016 Irish Eurovision entrant

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performed the 2016 Irish entry "

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" as a guest.

Vidbir 2017

Final took place on 25 February 2017. Special guests included

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Manel Navarro Manel Navarro Quesada (born 7 March 1996) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Do It for Your Lover" and finished last in the final. Career 2014–16: Early beginnings Nava ...

Tamara Gachechiladze Tamara "Tako" Milanova (; ka, თამარა "თაქო" მილანოვა, ; born 17 March 1983) is a Georgian singer, songwriter and actress. She represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song "Keep the ...

Naviband Naviband (stylysed as NAVIBAND, until late 2016 also called NAVI) is a Belarusian band from Minsk. The band was founded a duo between vocalist and guitarist Arciom Lukjanienka and vocalist and keyboardist Ksienija Žuk, later also featured guitar ...

, and

Kasia Moś Katarzyna "Kasia" Moś ( ; born 3 March 1987) is a Polish singer, songwriter, and dancer. She was previously a member of The Pussycat Dolls Burlesque Revue in 2011, and in 2012, she came third in the third series of the Polish version ...

Vidbir 2018

Final took place on 24 February 2018. Special guests included

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and

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. 179,455 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting.

Vidbir 2019

The final took place on 23 February 2019 with special guests

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and Bilal Hassani. More than 167,500 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting. Maruv was declared the winner after receiving the most votes among the six finalists. On 26 February 2019, three days after the final was aired, Ukraine withdrew from the

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after

Maruv Hanna Borysivna Korsun ( uk, Ганна Борисівна Корсун; , uk, Попелюх; born 15 February 1991), known professionally as Maruv (stylized in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer. She used to be part of the band Maruv from Fe ...

and UA:PBC were unable to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest as a result of controversy.

Vidbir 2020

Following the cancellation of the

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due to the

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Go_A Go_A ( uk, Ґоу_Ей) is a Ukrainian electro-folk band first formed in 2012 who were set to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the song " Solovey". Following the cancellation of the 2020 co ...

were internally re-selected to represent Ukraine at the , this time with the song " Shum".

Vidbir 2022

Following controversy regarding her travel history,

Alina Pash Alina Ivanivna Pash ( uk, Аліна Іванівна Паш, ; born 6 May 1993) is a Ukrainian singer and rapper. In 2016, she participated in the sixth season of the Ukrainian edition of ''The X Factor'', placing 3rd. She also participated i ...

's status as a legitimate participant, and therefore winner, of was challenged, which resulted in her participation being ceased by

as well as her withdrawal. The runner-up,

Kalush Orchestra Kalush (stylised in all caps) is a Ukrainian rap group formed in 2019. The group consists of founder and rapper Oleh Psiuk, multi-instrumentalist Ihor Didenchuk, and breakdancer MC KylymMen (). Didenchuk is also a member of the electro-folk ba ...

, were chosen as the Ukrainian entrant for the

Vidbir 2023

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References

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* {{Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest selection events Recurring events established in 2016 Singing talent shows Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest Ukrainian reality television series 2016 Ukrainian television series debuts 2020 Ukrainian television series endings