
Ukraine 2025: 10 'Vidbir' songs released
23 January 2025 at 15:15 CETThe 2025 edition of the popular national final Vidbir is edging ever closer!
Ukraine will select its song for Basel on Saturday 8 February, and you'll be able to stream Vidbir live on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
The 69th Eurovision Song Contest is a new milestone in Ukraine's Eurovision history. It will be the 20th anniversary of Kyiv 2005 - the first time that the country got to host the Contest, following Ruslana's iconic win with Wild Dances.
Since then, Ukraine has hosted the 2017 Contest in Kyiv, and also jointly hosted the 2023 Contest alongside the United Kingdom, with Liverpool stepping in as Host City on behalf of Ukraine in May of that year.
Ahead of Basel 2025, we've got 10 artists who are all set to compete for that ticket to Switzerland and to represent their country in the next installment of Ukraine's vibrant Eurovision journey.
On Thursday 23 January, Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne released the 10 songs that will be taking part in Vidbir. And you can listen to them all right here:
FIЇNKA — Культура
Future Culture — Waste My Time
KHAYAT — HONOR
KRYLATA — STAY TRUE
MOLODI — my sea
Ziferblat — Bird of Pray
Abiye — Дім
DK Energetyk — Сіль
Masha Kondratenko — No Time to Cry
Vlad Sheryf — Wind of change
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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