Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 18 March 2020
Song: 4 February 2021
Selected artist(s)Go_A
Selected song"Shum"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Kateryna Pavlenko
  • Taras Shevchenko
  • Ihor Didenchuk
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (2nd, 267 points)
Final result5th, 364 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Shum" written by Kateryna Pavlenko, Taras Shevchenko and Ihor Didenchuk. The song was performed by the band Go_A, which were announced by the Ukrainian broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) as the Ukrainian representative for the 2021 contest on 18 March 2020 after they were due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Solovey" before the event's cancellation. The song "Shum" was selected as the Ukrainian entry on 1 February 2021 and announced on 4 February 2021.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 15, "Shum" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed second out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 267 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 19 and placed fifth out of the 26 participating countries with 364 points.