Despite the fact that they are currently resisting Russian troop build-up on their borders, the Ukrainian broadcaster did what broadcasters should always do – transmitted Eurovision selections (if it was good enough for ex-Yugoslavia).
This one started at a frankly ridiculous 4.30pm UK time, so I came to it very late indeed – so much so that I missed Cloudless having technical issues and having to perform a second time (aren’t I lucky?).
Anyhow, the Ukrainians had an eight-song final with Jamilla asking Very Hard Questions™ again of the participants, seemingly, after each performed.
The result was determined by a three-person jury and a televote.
They took the scoreboard down at some point during the televote, and seemingly the jury scores were also wrong but Alina Pash was declared the winner … I think
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Cloudless | “All Be Alright” | 1 | TBA | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Michael Soul | “Demons” | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | Our Atlantic | “Moia liubov“ | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 4 | Barleben | “Hear My Words” | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | Kalush Orchestra | “Stefania” | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | |
| 6 | Roxolana | “Girlzzzz” | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| 7 | Wellboy | “Nozzy Bossy” | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | |
| 8 | Alina Pash | “Tini zabutykh predkiv“ | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1 | |
