Ukraine completes its “Vidbir 2026” lineup as Suspilne announces the final qualifier for the national final ahead of Eurovision in Vienna.
Ukraine’s national broadcaster, Suspilne, which oversees “Vidbir 2026”, has recently revealed that the winner of the final entry ticket to the national final, scheduled for February 7th, is KHAYAT, with his song “Hertzi”, after receiving approximately 32.41% of the public vote. Second place in the audience vote went to MON FIA with her song “Do You Hear Me?“, which secured 17.31% of the votes, while Marta Adamchuk finished third with the song “Silvered Pines“, earning around 15.36% of the total votes. The remaining nine competing songs in the national selection will be revealed on January 15th, at 18:00 CET.
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As previously reported, out of 15 final candidates, nine artists were initially selected and revealed as finalists for the Ukrainian national final. The six songs that did not qualify directly for the final competed for the last remaining spot through a public vote, which was ultimately won by KHAYAT. In total, 10 artists will compete in the grand final for the right to represent Ukraine at the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest.
“Vidbir 2026”: Full Line-Up
- Jerry Heil – Catharticus
- KHAYAT – Hertzi
- LAUD – Lightkeeper
- LELÉKA – Ridnim
- MOLODI – The Legends
- Monokate – Ti Tut
- Mr. Vel – Do or Done
- The Elliens – Crawling Whispers
- Valeriya Force – Open Our Hearts
- ShchukaRyba – Moya Zeml
Familiar Faces Among the Finalists:
- Jerry Heil – Ukraine’s 2024 Eurovision representative alongside Alyona Alyona with the song “Teresa & Maria”, finishing third in the grand final. Jerry also competed in Vidbir in 2023 and 2020.
- Monokate – Ukraine’s representative at Eurovision 2020 and 2021 as part of the band Go_A, which placed fifth in 2021.
- Olena Usenko – Member of The Elliens, Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision entrant with “Vazhil”, placing sixth.
- LAUD – Competed in the 2018 preselection with “Waiting”, finishing fourth.
- MOLODI – Competed in the 2025 preselection with “My Sea”, finishing second.
Ukraine at Eurovision: Huge Success and an Impressive Record
Ukraine, together with Sweden, is among the two most successful countries in Eurovision in the 21st century. The country has won the competition three times – in 2004 with Ruslana and her song “Wild Dances”, in 2016 with Jamala and her song “1944”, and in 2022 with Kalush Orchestra and their song “Stefania”. In addition, Ukraine has finished twice in second place (2007 & 2008) and twice in third place (2013 & 2024) — and has never missed a Eurovision final, holding this distinction alongside Luxembourg, which returned to the contest in 2024.
Ukraine at Eurovision 2025
“Bird of Pray” is the name of the song that was performed by Ziferblat, representing Ukraine in Eurovision 2025. Ukraine qualified for the final from the first semi-final of the contest and finished 9th overall with 218 points. Ukraine finished 6th in tele-votes and 14th in jury votes.
The Ukrainian result is their worst one since 2018.
Eurovision 2026: This will be Ukraine’s 21st participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine joined the competition in 2003 and has won it three times. Ukraine’s last victory was in Eurovision 2022 with the song “Stefania” performed by Kalush Orchestra.
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