| Vidbir | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Natsionalnyi Vidbir or Natsvidbir |
| Genre | Song contest |
| Developed by | 1+1 Production Former: Starlight Production Friends Production |
| Presented by | Timur Miroshnychenko Julia Sanina Vasyl Baidak Former: Zlata Ognevich Kateryna Pavlenko Masha Efrosinina Serhiy Prytula Oleksandr Pedan Dmytro Tankovych |
| Judges | Jamala Andriy Danylko Serhiy Tanchynets Former: Taras Topolia Julia Sanina Tina Karol Yaroslav Lodygin Vitaliy Drozdov Ruslana Konstantin Meladze Yevhen Filatov |
| Opening theme | "The Feeling" by Jason Tarver and Louise Dowd (2016–2020) |
| Country of origin | Ukraine |
| Original language | Ukrainian |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | STB Studios, Hostomel (2016) Palace of Culture "KPI", Kyiv (2017–2020) NAU Center of Culture and Arts, Kyiv (2022) Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station, Kyiv (2023) National WWII History Museum, Kyiv (2024) |
| Original release | |
| Network | STB (2016–2020) Pershyi (2016–2022) Suspilne Kultura (2023–2024) |
| Release | 6 February 2016 – present |
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Natsionalnyi Vidbir (Ukrainian: Національний відбір, IPA: [nɐts⁽ʲ⁾ioˈnɑlʲnɪj wid⁽ʲ⁾ˈbir]; meaning "National Selection"), informally known as Vidbir, is a Ukrainian musical competition originally organized by Suspilne and STB, which determines the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. In late August 2021, it was announced that the two broadcasters had terminated their partnership, and that Suspilne was looking for a new selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, thus bringing an end to the original concept for Vidbir.[1] In October 2021, Suspilne announced that the 2022 edition of Vidbir would be organized by it alone under a new format.[2]
In the first year of the show, the local record by SMS voting was set by receiving 344,268 unique votes, 37.77% of which supported Jamala,[3] who eventually became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
- ^ Mori, Yevheniy (30 August 2021). "Суспільне мовлення завершує співпрацю з СТБ в проведенні нацвідбору на Євробачення". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Суспільне самостійно проведе Нацвідбір Євробачення. Оголошено конкурс на телеверсію". suspilne.media (Press release) (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Results of the SMS voting on Vidbir 2016" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 Feb 2018.