Maruv won Semi-final 1 with "Siren Song"

Ukraine: Vidbir 2019 Semi-final 1 results

Ukraine has kicked off the national selection, Vidbir 2019. Three acts out of eight have qualified to the final

The national selection in Ukraine, Vidbir (Yevrobachennia. Natsionalnyi Vidbir / Євробачення. Національний відбір), kicked off tonight with Semi-final 1 and the three contestants who won the ticket to the final are Maruv, Brunettes Shoot Blondes and Yuko. The results were decided by 50/50 combination of public televoting and an expert jury.

Vidbir 2019 – Semi-final 1

9 February 2019

Maruv – "Siren Song" (14 points)
Brunettes Shoot Blondes – "Houston" (14 points)
Yuko – "Galyna guliala" (13 points)
~~Tsesho – "Hate"~~ (11 points)
~~Bahroma – "Nazavzhdy-Navsegda"~~ (7 points)
~~Vera Kekelia – "Wow!"~~ (6 points)
~~Letay – "Myla moya"~~ (5 points)
~~The Hypnotunez – "Hey"~~ (2 points)

Qualifiers' performances

Maruv – "Siren Song"

Brunettes Shoot Blondes – "Houston"

Yuko – "Galyna guliala"

Vidbir 2019

Vidbir 2019 will have three shows, held in Palace of Culture "KPI" in Kyiv:

~~9 February 2019: Semi-final 1~~
16 February 2019: Semi-final 2
23 February 2019: Final

The jury is the same as last year:

Jamala – singer-songwriter, Ukraine 2016 (winner)
Andriy Danylko (Verka Serduchka) – comedian, drag artist and singer, Ukraine 2007 (2nd)
Eugene Filatov (The Maneken) – singer and producer, creator of group Onuka