Vidbir

Vidbir
Also known asNatsionalnyi Vidbir
or Natsvidbir
GenreSong contest
Developed by1+1 Production
Former:
Starlight Production
Friends Production
Presented byTimur Miroshnychenko
Julia Sanina
Vasyl Baidak
Former:
Zlata Ognevich
Kateryna Pavlenko
Masha Efrosinina
Serhiy Prytula
Oleksandr Pedan
Dmytro Tankovych
JudgesJamala
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 originUkraine
Original languageUkrainian
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes19
Production
Production locationsSTB 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
NetworkSTB (2016–2020)
Pershyi (2016–2022)
Suspilne Kultura (2023–2024)
Release6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) –
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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Суспільне самостійно проведе Нацвідбір Євробачення. Оголошено конкурс на телеверсію". suspilne.media (Press release) (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Results of the SMS voting on Vidbir 2016" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 Feb 2018.