Act one, act two and act three have advanced to the final of Ukraine’s Eurovision Song Contest 2016 national final. 

Tonight, nine acts performed their entries looking to earn a place in the final.

After a combination of a public vote and jury vote, Sunsay, NuAngels and Pur:Pur qualified for next weekends decider.

Sunsay topped the leaderboard when the two scores were combined.

The second semi-final included for Junior Eurovision 2014 runner-up Viktoria Petryk, as well as NuAngels who previously came 5th in the Ukrainian national final for 2014.

Tonights participants

• Alloise – Crown
• Arkadiy Voytyuk – Vse v tobi
• Japanda – Anime
• NuAngels – Higher
• Peaks of Kings – Last hope
• Pringlez – Easy to love
• Pur:Pur – We do change
• SunSay – Love manifest
• Viktoria Petryk – Overload

The trio join last weeks winners Jamala, Brunettes shoot blondes and The Hardkiss in the final.

Last week, Jamala eased through after earning top marks with the jury as well as picking up almost 50% of the televote.

The final line-up

• Jamala – 1944
• The Hardkiss  – Helpless
• Brunettes shoot blondes – Every monday
• Pur:Pur – We do change
• NuAngels – Higher
• SunSay – Love manifest

Ukraine pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 due to issues in the country.

They last competed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 in Denmark. They finished in 6th place thanks to Mariya Yaremchuk’s Tick tock. 

The country boasts one of the strongest records in the last 15 years of the contest. Since their debut in 2003, the country has finished in the top ten on seven occasions.

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