
Many of the performers and audience members were bundled up in warm clothes amid freezing winter temperatures.Ī barrage of Russian missiles strikes on Friday hit the Ukrainian capital's infrastructure, cutting off electricity, water and heat supplies in Kyiv. Ukraine's national song selection show was broadcast live and streamed on YouTube, showing a stage set up in the underground station. And we are ready to meet the other amazing contestants," singer Jefferey Kenny said.Īccording to a Eurovision statement, the two musicians formed TVORCHI in 2018 while studying at the Ternopil National Medical University in western Ukraine.

"We will represent Ukraine in Liverpool," said group member Andrij Guzuljak in a message on Eurovision's official Instagram account. The electropop duo TVORCHI came out on top of the contest with their song "Heart of Steel." Musical artists, judges and fans gathered in a subway station that has been converted into a bomb shelter for the show on Saturday evening. Ukraine's national selection show took place amid the dark backdrop of Russia's war on the country, with the Eurovision festivities taking place underground. Therefore G0_A will represent Ukraine in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest now has its first entry after last year's winner Ukraine selected its act for the competition. Specifically the overall scoreboard developed as following: Final – 22 February 2020Īs you can see Go_A topped both jury and public voting leaving behind in second place Khayat who came thrid in the jury votes and second in the public voting. The final outcome was influenced 50% by the public vote and 50% by a jury which is made up by Andreiy Danilko aka Verka Serduchka (Ukraine 2007), Tina Karol (Ukraine 2006) and Vitaliy Drozdov (producer of Hit FM Radio).


The acts that took to the stage this evening were: The final show was hosted by Sergey Pritula and saw a total of 6 acts battled for the right to represent Ukraine in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next May. After two semi final rounds and a total of 16 candidates, the Ukrainian national final for Eurovision 2020, Vidbir 2020, was held tonight crowning big winner Gо_A and the entry “ Solovey”.
