Ukraine 2025: 'Vidbir' lineup announced
20 December 2024 at 16:00 CETOn Saturday 8 February, music lovers can look forward to tuning in to the latest edition of Vidbir. It's Ukraine's national final for Eurovision, and by now it's become renowned for delivering a steady supply of pop gems and new faves for Eurovision fans annually.
369 songs were submitted to the 2025 edition of Vidbir after Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne made an open call for interested applicants. And on Friday 20 December, Suspilne announced the lineup of 9 artists that will be competing in the hopes of flying that Ukrainian flag in Basel:
Future Culture — Waste My Time
KHAYAT — HONOR
KRYLATA — STAY TRUE
MOLODI — My Sea
Ziferblat — Bird Of Pray
Abiye — Dim
DK Enerhetyk — Sil’
Masha Kondratenko — No Time To Cry
Vlad Sheryf — Wind Of Change
The broadcaster also announced that a 10th Vidbir finalist will be chosen by the people of Ukraine in an online vote, via the Diia app. The final Vidbir participant will be revealed by 17 January, and Vidbir fans can vote for their picks of the following 11 artists:
BRYKULETS / ENLEO / FIЇNKA / GRISANA / MON FIA / Ranrawi / Starykova Hrystyna / TESLENKO / YAGODY / Muayad / Sluchay Sashu
The winner of Vidbir 2024 was the song Teresa & Maria, performed by alyona alyona & Jerry Heil.
At the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, Teresa & Maria took Ukraine to the Grand Final, where alyona alyona & Jerry Heil earned a third-place finish with a huge score of 453 points.
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