Ukraine releases the 18 Participating National Finalists!

In the midst of the national final season for 2018, we’ve got more artists reveals, this time from 2017 host nation Ukraine. After hosting duties, Ukraine is back to being a regular semi-finalist who has to fight their way into the final, and this year there will be 18 artists fighting it out to represent the nation at Eurovision.

Ukrainian broadcasters UA:PERSHYI and STB have revealed more information about the selection, including the dates. This year there will be two semi-finals scheduled for the 10^th and 17^th of February, with the final to take place on the 24^th of February. The broadcasters have also stuck with their 2017 Eurovision theme of Celebrating Diversity, as the national selection features no less than 16 styles of music!

Here are the 18 participants:

• The Erised

• Serhii Babkin

• CONSTANTINE

• Kozak System

• The VIO

• Julinoza

• Dilemma

• KAZKA

• Yurcash

• Mountain Breeze

• Ingret Kostenko

• Vil’na

• LAUD

• TAYANNA

• KADNAY

• Pur:Pur

• MELOVIN

• ILLARIA

This year the selection has seen some changes, including that the songs submitted were all written by the artists themselves. Musical producer Ruslan Kvinta has commented on the upcoming selection, saying, ‘We received more than 1000 applications during the first stage of the selection. It shows how intensively our music industry is developing. We have put emphasis on the quality of songs. They need to combine the love of music, daring solutions and the identity of the artist. It does not matter whether the artist is popular or not. We have done colossal work, and I can assure everyone that viewers will hear high quality music and see – I dare say – strong artists. Personally, I believe in each of them. Furthermore, all songs were written by the participants, which makes me very happy as a musical producer’

The draw to determine which acts will compete in which semi-finals will take place on the 19^th of January.

Watch the 2017 Ukrainian entry here: