The national selection will be broadcast by “Suspilne Movlennya” on the following channels:
- “Suspilne Kultura”;
- website “Suspilne Kultura”;
- on the Facebook pages of “Suspilny” and “Eurobachennya Ukraine”;
- YouTube channel “Eurobachennya Ukraine”;
- on the website “European education in Ukraine”;
- in the “Diya” application, selecting “Diya. TV” and the channel “Suspilne Kultura HD”;
- The broadcast can be heard on radio “Promin”.
On the website “Suspilne Kultura” It is noted that the finale will be broadcast with sign language translation in full screen format. Lada Sokolyuk, Anfisa Khudashova and Alexander Rudyk will perform songs in sign language. Tatyana Zhurkova will translate the dialogues in sign language.
10 participants will compete for the right to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2026. They will appear on stage in the following order:
- Valeriya Force.
- Molodi group.
- Monokate;
- The Elliens;
- Laud;
- Leleka.
- Mr. Vel.
- Khayat.
- Jerry Heil.
- Group “PikeRiba”.
The performances of the artists will be assessed by a jury consisting of:
- singer, Eurovision 2004 winner Ruslana;
- singer, Eurovision 2013 participant Zlata Ognevich;
- Ukrainian composer and singer Evgeniy Filatov;
- general producer of the media holding “TAVR Media” and director of “HitFM” Vitaly Drozdov;
- director, choreographer Konstantin Tomilchenko.
The winner of the national selection will be determined based on the results of voting by the jury (50%) and the audience (50%). To vote for a participant, viewers will have to send an SMS with his serial number to 7576.
“Suspilne Kultura” reports that performances by Ukrainian artists associated with Eurovision are planned in the interval acts. Also, the representative of Moldova at Eurovision 2026, singer Satoshi, will sing in the final of the Ukrainian national selection. He will perform his competition track Viva, Moldova!
The presenters of the national selection were Timur Miroshnichenko and Lesya Nikityuk.
Context
The winner of the Ukrainian national selection will represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2026, which will take place in the Austrian capital Vienna. The first semi-final of the competition is scheduled for May 12, the second – for May 14, and the grand final will take place on May 16.
