The 24 participants of the Ukrainian national selection were announced today. 23 out of them were chosen by NTU, STB and the selection’s producer Konstantin Meladze while the 24th act was chosen by an online voting. The selection itself is made of three semifinals and a final.
The participating artists are:
- Arsen Mirzoyan
- Mila Nitich
- Vitaly Kozlovskiy
- Aghiazma
- Salto Nazad
- Green Grey
- Rozhden
- Vivienne Mort
- Paioshtie Trusi
- Anastasiya Prudius
- Tayanna
- Detach
- O. Torvald
- Illaria
- Kadnay
- Roma Beremychik & Lumiere
- MamaRika
- Laliko
- Melovin
- Letay
- Panivalkova
- S.K.A.Y.
- Monochromea
- Kuznetsov (Online selection winner with 11820 votes)
Details regarding the songtitles and the division to semifinals will be announced in due course.
The Ukrainian selection will kick off with the first semifinal on 4 February, following the other two on 11 and 18 February. The grand final will be held on 25 February, and the winner will represent Ukraine on homeground at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv.
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