| Alt Name: | or |
| Genre: | Song contest |
| Developer: | 1+1 Production Former: Starlight Production Friends Production |
| Presenter: | Timur Miroshnychenko Julia Sanina Vasyl Baidak Former: Zlata Ognevich Kateryna Pavlenko Masha Efrosinina Serhiy Prytula Oleksandr Pedan Dmytro Tankovych |
| Judges: | Jamala Andriy Danylko Serhiy Tanchynets Former: Taras Topolia Julia Sanina Tina Karol Yaroslav Lodygin Vitaliy Drozdov Ruslana Konstantin Meladze Yevhen Filatov |
| Opentheme: | "The Feeling" by Jason Tarver and Louise Dowd (2016–2020) |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Language: | Ukrainian |
| Num Seasons: | 8 |
| Num Episodes: | 19 |
| Location: | STB Studios, Hostomel (2016) Palace of Culture "KPI", Kyiv (2017–2020) NAU Center of Culture and Arts, Kyiv (2022) Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station, Kyiv (2023) National WWII History Museum, Kyiv (2024) |
| Channel: | STB (2016–2020) Pershyi (2016–2022) Suspilne Kultura (2023–2024) |
| Last Aired: | present |
(Ukrainian: Національний відбір, pronounced as /uk/; meaning "National Selection"), informally known as, is a Ukrainian musical competition originally organized by Suspilne and STB, which determines the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. In late August 2021, it was announced that the two broadcasters had terminated their partnership, and that Suspilne was looking for a new selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, thus bringing an end to the original concept for Vidbir.[1] In October 2021, Suspilne announced that the 2022 edition of Vidbir would be organized by it alone under a new format.[2]
In the first year of the show, the local record by SMS voting was set by receiving 344,268 unique votes, 37.77% of which supported Jamala,[3] who eventually became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
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| Year | Artist | Song | At Eurovision | ||||
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| Final | Points | Semi | Points | ||||
| 2016 | Jamala | "1944" | 1 | 534 | 2 | 287 | |
| 2017 | O.Torvald | "Time" | 24 | 36 | colspan="2" data-sort-value="-9999" | ||
| 2018 | Mélovin | "Under the Ladder" | 17 | 130 | 6 | 179 | |
| 2019 | Maruv | "Siren Song" | colspan="4" X | ||||
| 2020 | Go_A | "Solovey" | colspan="4" X | ||||
| 2021 | Go_A | "Shum" | 5 | 364 | 2 | 267 | |
| 2022 | Alina Pash | "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" | colspan="4" | ||||
| 2023 | Tvorchi | "Heart of Steel" | 6 | 243 | colspan="2" data-sort-value="-9999" | ||
| 2024 | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | "Teresa & Maria" | 3 | 453 | 2 | 173 | |
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| Year | Premiere | Final | Contestants | Episodes | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | |
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| 6 February 2016 | 21 February 2016 | 18 | 3 | Jamala "1944" | The Hardkiss "Helpless" | Sunsay "Love Manifest" | ||
| 4 February 2017 | 25 February 2017 | 24 | 4 | O.Torvald "Time" | Tayanna "I Love You" | Mélovin "Wonder" | ||
| 10 February 2018 | 24 February 2018 | 18 | 3 | Mélovin "Under the Ladder" | Tayanna "Lelya" | Kadnay "Beat of the Universe" | ||
| 9 February 2019 | 23 February 2019 | 16 | 3 | Maruv "Siren Song" | Freedom Jazz "Cupidon" | Kazka "Apart" | ||
| 8 February 2020 | 22 February 2020 | 16 | 3 | Go_A "Solovey" | Khayat "Call for Love" | Krutь "99" | ||
| 12 February 2022 | 8 | 1 | Alina Pash "Tini zabutykh predkiv" | Kalush Orchestra "Stefania" | Wellboy "Nozzy Bossy" | |||
| 17 December 2022 | 10 | 1 | Tvorchi "Heart of Steel" | Krutь "Kolyskova" | Jerry Heil "When God Shut the Door" | |||
| 3 February 2024 | 11 | 1 | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil "Teresa & Maria" | Ziferblat "Place I Call Home" | Mélovin "Dreamer" | |||
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The final took place on 21 February 2016. The six entries that qualified from the semi-finals competed. The winner, "1944" performed by Jamala, was selected through the combination of votes from a public tele-vote and an expert jury. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the public tele-vote.[4] "1944" is the first Eurovision Song Contest song to feature lyrics in the Crimean Tatar language. 382,602 votes were registered by the tele-vote during the show.[5] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2016 Irish Eurovision entrant Nicky Byrne performed the 2016 Irish entry "Sunlight" as a guest.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Brunettes Shoot Blondes | "Every Monday" | 1 | 3.40% | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | NuAngels | "Higher" | 3 | 5.94% | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | The Hardkiss | "Helpless" | 6 | 21.11% | 5 | 11 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jamala | "1944" | 5 | 37.77% | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sunsay | "Love Manifest" | 4 | 18.20% | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
| 6 | Pur:Pur | "We Do Change" | 2 | 13.58% | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Final took place on 25 February 2017. Special guests included Alma, Manel Navarro, Tamara Gachechiladze, Naviband, and Kasia Moś.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Salto Nazad | "O, mamo | " | 1 | 11.35% | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Mélovin | "Wonder" | 2 | 31.22% | 6 | 8 | 3 | |
| 3 | O.Torvald | "Time" | 5 | 25.57% | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
| 4 | Illaria | "Thank You for My Way" | 4 | 7.43% | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | Tayanna | "I Love You" | 6 | 16.69% | 4 | 10 | 2 | |
| 6 | Rozhden | "Saturn" | 3 | 7.73% | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Final took place on 24 February 2018. Special guests included Mikolas Josef and Madame Monsieur. 179,455 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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| Percentage | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Kadnay | "Beat of the Universe" | 3 | 18,61% | 5 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2 | Tayanna | "Lelya" | 6 | 16,62% | 4 | 10 | 2 | |
| 3 | The Erised | "Heroes" | 2 | 6,48% | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Laud | "Waiting" | 4 | 11,56% | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 5 | Vilna | "Forest Song" | 1 | 12,92% | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 6 | Mélovin | "Under the Ladder" | 5 | 33,81% | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The final took place on 23 February 2019 with special guests Lake Malawi and Bilal Hassani. More than 167,500 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting. Maruv was declared the winner after receiving the most votes among the six finalists. On 26 February 2019, three days after the final was aired, Ukraine withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 after Maruv and were unable to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest as a result of controversy.[6] [7]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| 1 | Freedom Jazz | "Cupidon" | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2 | Yuko | "Galyna guliala" | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Maruv | "Siren Song" | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
| 4 | Brunettes Shoot Blondes | "Houston" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| 5 | Kazka | "Apart" | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | |
| 6 | Anna Maria | "My Road" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote (SMS) / App | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Krutь | "99" | 5 | 19,90% | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2 | Jerry Heil | "Vegan" | 1 | 7,00% | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Go_A | "Solovey" | 6 | 25,43% | 6 | 12 | 1 | |
| 4 | David Axelrod | "Horizon" | 3 | 11,30% | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | Khayat | "Call for Love" | 4 | 20,93% | 5 | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tvorchi | "Bonfire" | 2 | 15,44% | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
| Artist | Song | Jury | Televote (SMS) / App | Total | Place | ||||
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| Votes | Percentage | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Cloudless | "All Be Alright" | 1 | 3,410 | 4.81% | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2 | Michael Soul | "Demons" | 2 | 1,239 | 1.75% | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | Our Atlantic | "Ukrainian: Moia liubov|i=no" | 5 | 1,605 | 2.27% | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 4 | Barleben | "Hear My Words" | 4 | 2,740 | 3.87% | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | Kalush Orchestra | "Stefania" | 6 | 31,634 | 44.66% | 8 | 14 | 2 | |
| 6 | Roxolana | "Girlzzzz" | 3 | 5,034 | 7.11% | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| 7 | Wellboy | "Nozzy Bossy" | 7 | 5,642 | 7.96% | 6 | 13 | 3 | |
| 8 | Alina Pash | "Tini zabutykh predkiv" | 8 | 19,535 | 27.58% | 7 | 15 | 1 | |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public vote (via Diia) | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Moisei | "I'm Not Alone" | 1 | 5,393 | 6 | data-sort-value="7.1" | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | OY Sound System | "Oy, tuzhu" | 5 | 2,496 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| 3 | Demchuk | "Alive" | 7 | 3,936 | 4 | 11 | 5 | |
| 4 | Jerry Heil | "When God Shut the Door" | 8 | 45,657 | 9 | 17 | 3 | |
| 5 | Fiinka | "Dovbush" | 6 | 11,109 | 7 | 13 | 4 | |
| 6 | Krutь | "Kolyskova" | 10 | 33,614 | 8 | 18 | 2 | |
| 7 | Tember Blanche | "Ya vdoma" | 2 | 3,411 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 8 | Angelina | "Stronger" | 3 | 2,424 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 9 | 2Tone | "Kvitka" | 4 | 4,681 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
| 10 | Tvorchi | "Heart of Steel" | 9 | 54,041 | 10 | 19 | 1 | |
See main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. In this edition, the public determined a wildcard entry through an online vote.[10] During the show, aired on 3 February 2024, the voting app crashed, causing the voting window to be extended to the following day.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public vote (via Diia) | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Yaktak | "Lalala" | 6 | 107,227 | 10 | 16 | 4 | |
| 2 | Ingret | "Keeper" | 8 | 15,238 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nazva | "Slavic English" | 2 | 14,852 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| 4 | Anka | "Ukrainian: Palala|i=no" | 5 | 19,183 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
| 5 | Drevo | "Endless Chain" | 4 | 16,235 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | "Teresa & Maria" | 10 | 723,297 | 11 | 21 | 1 | |
| 7 | Mélovin | "Dreamer" | 9 | 82,838 | 9 | 18 | 3 | |
| 8 | Skylerr | "Time Is Running Out" | 3 | 38,177 | 6 | 9 | 7 | |
| 9 | Ziferblat | "Place I Call Home" | 11 | 64,276 | 8 | 19 | 2 | |
| 10 | Yagody | "Tsunamia" | 7 | 62,269 | 7 | 14 | 5 | |
| 11 | Nahaba | "Glasss" | 1 | 23,593 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
| Year | Semi-Final | Final | |||
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| 2016 | 9.7% | 10.3% | 13.5% | [11] [12] [13] | |
| 2017 | 10.6% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 9.1% | [14] [15] [16] [17] |
| 2018 | 9.0% | 11.3% | 13.9% | [18] [19] [20] | |
| 2019 | 10.8% | 11.1% | 13.1% | [21] [22] [23] | |
| 2020 | 10.7% | 10.4% | 13.3% | [24] [25] [26] | |
| 2022 | 3.83% | [27] | |||