Public Broadcasting announced the eleventh finalist of the national selection for Eurovision 2024. Ukrainians elected her by voting in Diia.
Who is the 11th participant of the Eurovision 2024 national selection
The most significant number of votes — 80,944 (26.78%) — was received by ANKA with the song "Palala".
Online audience voting lasted from December 15 to 21. During this time, more than 300,000 Ukrainians cast their votes.
Now, the complete list of finalists looks like this:
alyona alyona & Jerry Heil — "Teresa & Maria";
ANKA — "Palala";
Drevo — "Endless chain";
INGRET — "Keeper";
MÉLOVIN — "DREAMER";
NAHABA — "GLASS";
NAZVA — "Slavic English";
SKYLERR — "Time is running out";
YAGODY — "Tsunamia";
YAKTAK — "Lalala";
Ziferblat — "Place I Call Home".
The final of the National Selection will be held on February 3, 2024, in the format of a televised concert. The winner will be determined based on the jury's and audience's voting results. Ukrainians will choose the composition of the jury of the final through online voting.
Eurovision 2024: what is known
The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will occur in May 2024 in the Swedish city of Malmö. The grand final will be held at Malmö Arena on Saturday, May 11. The semi-finals, in one of which a representative from Ukraine will participate, will take place on May 7 and 9.
In November, Public Broadcasting announced the names and song titles of the ten finalists of the national selection for Eurovision 2024. The list included: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, Drevo, INGRET, MÉLOVIN, NAHABA, NAZVA, SKYLERR, YAGODY, YAKTAK and Ziferblat.
Malmö will host the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time. Before that, the contest was held in the city in 1992 and 2013. That year, Zlata Ognievich represented Ukraine with the song "Gravity" and took third place.
The 67th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Liverpool, England, on behalf of Ukraine and with the participation of Public Broadcasting. The TVORCHI band represented Ukraine with the song "Heart of Steel" and took sixth place in the final.