Ukraine’s national broadcaster, Suspilne, has revealed the running order for “Vidbir 2026”, set for February 7th, where Ukraine’s entry for Eurovision 2026 in Vienna will be chosen.
Ukraine’s national broadcaster, Suspilne, announced yesterday (Friday) on social media the official running order of the ten competing songs competing in “Vidbir 2026”. The final will take place next Saturday, February 7th, at 18:00 CET. The winner will go on to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria. The winner of the national final will be determined through a combination of audience votes (50%) and the jury vote revealed last night (50%). Who will take the win and represent Ukraine on the Eurovision stage?
“Vidbir 2026”: Running Order
- Valeriya Force – Open Our Hearts
- MOLODI – The Legends
- Monokate – TYT
- The Elliens – Crawling Whispers
- LAUD – Lightkeeper
- LELÉKA – Ridnim
- Mr. Vel – Do or Done
- KHAYAT – Hertzi
- Jerri Heil – Catharticus
- ShchukaRyba – Moya Zeml
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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.
Who Are the Judges of Vidbir 2026?
• Ruslana – Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song “Wild Dances“.
• Zlata Ognevich – Represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song “Gravity“, finishing in third place.
• Yevhen Filatov – Ukrainian singer and composer.
• Vitaly Drozdov – Chief producer at the media company “TAVR Media” and director at the Ukrainian radio station “HitFM”.
• Kostyantyn Tomilchenko – Producer, choreographer, and director who has staged numerous Eurovision performances, including the 2016 winning performance by Jamala with the song “1944“.
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 the televoting and 14th in the juries.
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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