| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Evrobachennya 2009 – Natsionalyni vidbir | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 8 February 2009 Final: 8 March 2009 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Svetlana Loboda | |||
| Selected song | "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 80 points) | |||
| Final result | 12th, 76 points | |||
| Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" written by Evheniy Matyushenko and Svetlana Loboda. The song was performed by Svetlana Loboda. The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The national selection consisted of a semi-final, held on 21 February 2009, and a final, held on 8 March 2009; thirty-one entries competed in the semi-final with the top fifteen advancing to the final. In the final, "Be My Valentine!" performed by Svetlana Loboda was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote. The song was later retitled as "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)".
Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 17, "Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed sixth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 80 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 21 and placed twelfth out of the 25 participating countries with 76 points.