Ukraine: NTU reveals the 20 finalists

NTU,  the national broadcaster of Ukraine, held auditions today for their Eurovision selection. Fifty-two artists took part and performed their songs in front of a professional jury and twenty out of them have qualified for the national final to be held on 23 December at 10:50 AM (11:50 local time).

The following acts will compete for the right to represent Ukraine in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest :

1. Oksana Pekun and Maxim Novitsky
2. Maria Yaremchuk
3. Marietta
4. Dmitry Yaremchuk
5. Inesh
6. Zlata Ognevich
7. Duet “Emoushen”
8. Ensemble “Hvozdivchanka”
9. Realivanna
10. Tatiana Shirko
11. Group “Trinity”
12. Ana Stesiya
13. Alina Grosu
14. Dasha Medova
15. Elena Korneeva
16. Anheliya
17. Eduard Romanyuta
18. Matviy Vermiyenko
19. Group “DyOfylʹmy”
20. Dmitry Skalozubov