The preparations for Ukraine’s national selection continued today with the draw that determined who of the 18 artists will participate in which semifinal of the selection.

The first semifinal will be held on 6 February with the second on 13 February. Nine songs will compete in each show. The final will be held on 21 February.

Along with the results of the draw, some of the songtitles have been reported around the social media in Ukraine. An official release from the Ukrainian broadcasters NTU and STB is yet to come.

Semifinal 1:

  1. Jamala – 1944
  2. The Hardkiss
  3. Brunettes Shoot Blondes
  4. Svitlana Tarabarova – Nikoli znovu
  5. Vladislav Kurasov
  6. Aida Nikolajchuk
  7. Lavika
  8. Tonja Matvienko
  9. Anastasia Prykhodko – I am free now

Semifinal 2:

  1. SunSay
  2. Pur:Pur – We do change
  3. Peaks of Kings – Metal mania
  4. Pringlez
  5. Victoria Petryk – Overload
  6. Arkadij Vojtjuk
  7. ALLOISE – Crown
  8. NeAngely
  9. Japanda

Listen to Anastasia Prykhodko’s potential entry, I am free now:

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Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.