National selection for Eurovision 2023: where to watch, how to vote, jury and presenters
Already tomorrow December 17, At 5:00 p.m. on Suspilne, Ukrainians, together with a star-studded jury, will choose which of the ten finalists of the National Selection will go to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool (Great Britain). The final will be broadcast live from the shelter.
Where to watch
The public will broadcast live the final of the National Selection on all platforms: television, digital and radio.
You can watch the live broadcast:
- on the TV channel Suspilne Culture ;
- sites Suspilne Culture and Eurovision ;
- YouTube channels Eurovision Ukraine ;
- Facebook pages Eurovision Ukraine and pages Public ;
- listen live on Radio Promin ;
- in the Diya application by selecting Diya.TV and the channel Suspilne Kultura.
How to vote
The winner of the final of the National Selection for Eurovision 2023 will be determined, as usual, by the jury and the audience through audience voting: 50% of the voting result.
This year, for the first time, audience voting for a representative at Eurovision will take place in the Diya application. Every Ukrainian over the age of 14 in Ukraine or abroad will be able to vote for their favorite of the National Selection during the final of the competition. Read more about voting rules on the Public Eurovision website .
The order of performers’ performances in the finals of the National Selection this time decided by drawing lots.
- Moisei — “I’m Not Alone”
- OY Sound System — “Oh, I miss you”
- DEMCHUK — “Alive”
- Jerry Heil — “WHEN GOD SHUT THE DOOR”
- FIINKA — “Dovbush”
- TURN — “Lullaby”
- Tember Blanche — “I’m home”
- Angelina — Stronger
- 2TONE — “Flower”
- TVORCHI — “Heart of Steel”
Composition of the jury
The jury of the National Selection this time included Taras Topolya, leader of the band “Antitila”, volunteer of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Jamala , the winner of Eurovision 2016, the winner of the “Outstanding Artist Leadership Award” of the Atlantic Council of the USA, and Yulia Sanina, soloist of the rock band “The HARDKISS”. The composition of the jury was chosen by Ukrainians for the first time during survey in the Action application.
Star performances
Even from the shelter, the National selection will take place according to the traditional scenario: stellar performances Jamalа, Zlaty Ognevich, Verky Serdyuchka and Dmytro Shurov (Piano Boy) entertain the audience live.
Presenters of the song show will be Kateryna Pavlenko, soloist of Go_A, Zlata Ognevich and permanent Eurovision commentator Timur Miroshnychenko.
We will remind Suspilne received almost 400 applications for the National Selection, and longlist included 36 participants. He became the music producer of the National Selection for Eurovision 2023 Dmytro Shurov (Piano Boy). Final of the National Selection at Eurovision 2023 will be held in the format of a live televised concert.
Photo:Suspilne
