Ukraine 2025: It's 'Vidbir' winner Ziferblat to Basel
08 February 2025 at 22:12 CET
Ziferblat will represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2025
Ziferblat earned 'Vidbir' victory tonight and will represent Ukraine in Basel with the song 'Bird of Pray'.
Ukraine held the 2025 edition of its popular Eurovision national final Vidbir. on Saturday 8 February.
10 songs competed in Saturday night's pre-selection, all vying for the honour of flying that blue and yellow flag in Basel this May. After 4 hours of Eurovision-themed musical entertainment put together by broadcaster Suspilne, Vidbir had its winner and Ukraine now has its entry for Basel 2025!
Ziferblat will represent Ukraine at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in May with the song Bird of Pray.
Bird of Pray won the top marks in the public vote and finished in second place in the jury vote.
Its total winning score was 19 points, while runner-up My Sea by Molodi came second with 16 points along with Masha Kondratenko, who also scored 16 points with No Time To Cry.
Ziferblat
A band who define themselves as part of the new generation of Ukrainian music, Ziferblat's sound has been crafted to be a delicate balance of originality, lightness and multi-instrumentalism.
The trio, which formed in 2015, had previously competed at Ukrainian Eurovision pre-selection Vidbir in 2024. They finished in second place with their song Place I Call Home.
Their 2025 entry Bird of Pray is a deep, emotional reflection on the realities that the Ukrainian people face daily. The powerful narrative within the song has been composed to resonate with the sense of hope that lives in people's hearts.
Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and took no time at all to establish themselves as one of the most successful countries in the show’s more recent history.
They won on their second participation when Ruslana’s Wild Dances stormed to the top of the scoreboard and took the Contest to Kyiv for the 50th edition.
Ukraine would be declared champions again in 2016 thanks to Jamala’s emotional ballad 1944, which also won a Marcel Bezençon Award for artistry in the process.
The third and most recent Ukrainian victory came courtesy of Kalush Orchestra and their entry Stefania, which became the first rap song to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
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